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clueless

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  • Birthday 04/30/1992

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    Conquest
  • Type
    ESI
  • Model Year
    1986
  • Transmission Type
    Auto
  • Factory Color
    Majorca Black
  • Interior Color
    Black
  • Status
    On the road

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  1. Thank you importwarrior, I was going to cut it but now I know to keep it! Finally this Sunday it didn't rain, and it wasn't plus 33C either! Got the engine bay painted many things went wrong, the gun fitting did not fit with my compressor for some reason.. then when i had paint it started leaking from the paint cup, you can see paint drops all over the floor. Luckily I had other guns so I swap the fitting and the paint cup and it worked. It was such a nightmare for my first paint job. Super hard to reach behind the brake booster and other places. It took forever to adjust the gun and pressure to the way I wanted. Anyhow it took me 1 hour to sand, 1 hour to tape and prep. and then 4 hours to paint. here it is! it turned out so much better than I anticipated. My next step is to undercoat the car. and maybe reassemble the car and paint the entire thing. Don't have enough money to really start the 2jz swap yet. Will probably wait till next summer. http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag109/kawiwee/5F1EEAA0-98D2-4458-84CA-9C14E428DF6E_zpsynysjtmj.jpg http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag109/kawiwee/7524E3CD-2C72-4F0E-949C-F06E32286BAD_zpsiorzgfxt.jpg http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag109/kawiwee/772AE740-D6F9-4723-8173-CE8B0237BDD5_zpscef6f1rq.jpg
  2. thanks for the help! ya someone told me it as for AC and I read that people remove them and run the engine wiring harness for the 2jz through that spot right? I did not know about that copper tube though, do you know what the swap people do with them then?
  3. thank you for all the support. its my first time doing all of this stuff about cars, so I have to search quite abit before I do anything. I haven't done anything yet because I was struggling harder than I thought trying to find paint for the engine bay. I walked into NAPA, walked to the counter and said I want a grey paint, and the guy looked at me like I'm an idiot and didn't offer any help at all. so I walk out. so EMBARRASSING. I read up on type of primer, base-coat and clear and other stuff before I headed back. I ask the guy for dark grey metallic paint and they quoted 124$ for one Litre.. not to mention catalyst and reducer... So I decided to use Chrysler single stage black as reccomended by a buddy. with hardener and reducer it comes to only 100$! I also found a good deal on Kijiji from a guy who crashed his civic so I got them for my daily. I got magna flow catback exhaust, led back light, K&N short ram intake, and a set of motegi racing rims with tires, I decided to paint the rim satin black because it looked beat up with an ugly grey. it was all for 350$ and totally change the look of the car. the exhaust sounds very nice but the car is very slow. http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag109/kawiwee/6F73D3A6-62BE-4A5E-A9B0-7F4F85CF8FDF_zpsow6smwfw.jpg http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag109/kawiwee/D470E937-730B-4954-BCE0-CB34309DB91F_zpsfob9grtg.jpg anyways this has nothing to do with the car, but i finally found a 40 hours/week part time lab technician job so I can make money again. not the job i was hoping for with a chem engg degree but its better than nothing. its also why I haven't had anytime to work on the car. I should be done painting the bay this weekend.
  4. i might have a set of hardpipes but im in canada
  5. got a pressure washer to wash the engine bay. http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag109/kawiwee/IMG_3676_zpsdnbshz31.jpg http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag109/kawiwee/1A2D7AFE-37BA-4C09-8FE9-72DDDE41513C_zpsce9bi3dr.jpg got a service manual for 1986 and wow is it thick.. http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag109/kawiwee/IMG_3717_zpsoogeeqyo.jpg couldnt take the painfully slow 2 gallon compressor anymore so I got a 26 master-craft gallon compressor to sandblast. sooo much faster. http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag109/kawiwee/IMG_3723_zpsxero5isy.jpg finally primed it today with rustoleum rust primer, i forgot to clean inside the area underneath where the engine mount were. http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag109/kawiwee/IMG_3764_zpskpgozgbz.jpg
  6. http://www.kijiji.ca/v-tires-rims/calgary/stock-wheels-from-85-celica-gts-same-as-mkii-supra/1076901113?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true How cool is this? it looks like rims from a wide body, but meant for flatty! Good for someone who wants the look of a wide body but don't want to do the lug conversion.
  7. hey thanks for answering my questions. I'm not doing anything with them but don't wanna trash them either. I have most of the stuff except the head and the radiator. still have fans, inter cooler, turbos, pipes, etc. transmission is good too, but its auto. Its all yours if you come get them, trade me that louver
  8. ya I use a grinder and wire brush all the rust out before I bondo and paint them. I'm currently trying to sand down my engine bay. It is a very long painful process. Got a sand blasting gun today with some abrasives, problem is the compressor is only 2 gallons so I can only spray for 15 seconds and wait... Its useful for the spots my wire brush cant get to though.
  9. good taillights? pm me please.
  10. so did anyone pick up the taillights.. and rear louver.
  11. so jealous of how rust free it is. that stabilizer bar looks really nice. where did you get them?
  12. sometimes when you copy and paste a link from photo bucket, it does not matter which method or if you use DIRECT or IMG - it will say "This image extension is not allowed by this community or watever". You have to go in your URL. Find the ".jpg~original" and delete the "~original". Then your URL will work. Thanks for the post! Struggled so hard yesterday.
  13. Up to date now. June 12 2015. Got a pressure washer for a good price today at Canadian Tire, I got really excited and get the work removing some more stuff so I can finally spray the engine bay and watch the greasy and dirt fall off. Its amazing how you can push a car in and out of the garage by yourself once the engine and transmission is out. Removed the headlights, steering lines, brake fluid reservoir and a couple lil things.The engine bay looks so much better when the harnesses are separated to each side. Question: Do I need anything from the wiring harness such as a specific plug that I should cut out. http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag109/kawiwee/IMG_3658_zpsauw1seq2.jpg Plugged off the gear box, heater hose, brake cylinder, etc.. so I think I can finally start spraying down the engine bay tomorrow. Not too sure what to do with the fuel filter and the lines yet. Will probably just leave it there. You can still see the steel line that connect to the charcoal canister running across the firewall. Really annoying. Can someone tell me if I can just cutt that off. http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag109/kawiwee/IMG_3668_zpsskyb19xl.jpg
  14. Not sure if anyone else had a problem like this but I remove my battery a long time ago when the car was parked, and now I have no power source to pop up my headlights. While trying to find the right wires to connect an external source of power, I found that if you remove the rubber there is a gear underneath so just turn it, then your headlight will slowly go up. http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag109/kawiwee/IMG_3621_zpsifmf349d.jpg Sorry bare with me, this is my first time opening a car and seeing all of this. Got a few more questions: What does this do? theres two of them on the passenger firewall side. (relays) http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag109/kawiwee/IMG_3660_zpsgx1qf1mw.jpg What is this wire? wondering if I could cutt it. I didn't see it attached to anything when I remove stuff. (for 02 sensor) http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag109/kawiwee/IMG_3644_zps4clidtal.jpg I assume this entire thing has to do with the ac. (cut and plug) http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag109/kawiwee/IMG_3633_zpsy4qvkkfn.jpg
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