Thanks Jaycrab, I pulled it out and couldn't see any obvious issues with the capacitors. Will probably sit in the too hard basket for a bit now.

Deevon
Thanks Jaycrab, I pulled it out and couldn't see any obvious issues with the capacitors. Will probably sit in the too hard basket for a bit now.

Fair enough. Mine looked fine as well, they weren't burnt or discoloured. I figured I couldn't brake it any further and capacitors only cost 30cents. I replaced two and the tacho started working right away. My only issue was the idle was reading at 3,000 (because I removed the needle) so I had to preposition the needle whilst the car was idling.    

Sounds like I might as well change them while it's out then, like you said it cant get any worse haha

A couple of photos.
 
The battery holder:


 
And the painted up heat shields:

 

Nothing but rain here in Vic this weekend and having issues with some manifold studs being stripped and not wanting to come out, so I decided to paint some gear ive had sitting around for years. My border rear pods and stock side mirrors.
 

Some more photos of the progress on the mirrors:
 

 
Need to do some clear coat then they can go on the car (ordered a new mirror glass from Amayama yesterday to replace the broken one)
And did a bit of a test fit of the rear pods (apparently I can drop the exhaust with a few washers so it isnt so snug):
 

Not a bad colour match, only used a swab book. Car is still super dirty and mirror only has one coat of clear on:

 
Might leave it like this (more aerodynamics):

 

Happy car parts day!
 

Looking good. How old is the white paint on the body? It's funny, I just did my mirrors and shields and have a very similar looking parts box. I guess similar cars have similar issues. 

jaycrab
Looking good. How old is the white paint on the body? It's funny, I just did my mirrors and shields and have a very similar looking parts box. I guess similar cars have similar issues. 

Yeah I've been watching your thread, very similar things happening.

I blew up the turbo then just hit the ground running to do stuff I hadn't bothered doing for years.

The white paint was done back in Japan so over 15 years ago. They did a piss poor job too.