Rob
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its all about Carbon Fibre 91 MR2 GT Hard top 83 Porsche 911 SC Convertible MR2 OWNERS CLUB QLD - RUN COORDINATOR
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Lumix
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Still tinkering on this thing. I impulse bought some delrin shifter plate bushings (eBay) a few weeks back and installed them. I didn't notice much, if any improvement as my original bushings still looked and felt okay.   Coolant drain, flush and refill started off on a good note. Middle of day turned sour trying to bleed it. Day ended on a great note. Ben, the champion, dropped around that night and helped me bleed the system. Introduced me to the spill-free funnel... changed my life.  QLD Club President giving the funnel the thumps up. I heard you have something to do with this, Carmikey?  I have also been tinkering on reproducing more stickers in my spare time. AW11 4A-GZE engine bay service sticker - Only a test print so far but really happy with how it turned out but still needs some tweaking. Reproduction  Old  4A-GZE cam gear cover sticker Reproduction  Old  Designed up a AW11 retro 80's shirt while I was in the groove listening to Synthwave. Absolutely love how it turned out. I wear it when ever I get the opportunity... the club thinks I only own one shirt.  Shot of the car at the QLD club gathering at Harry's Diner on the 04/03 
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Introduced me to the spill-free funnel... changed my life.
QLD Club President giving the funnel the thumps up. I heard you have something to do with this, Carmikey?
Those things are game changers. I saw Paul Brell use one at Wakefield. Is that a bought one or a home made jobbie? The only ones I can find for sale on ebayze are in 'Merica and they cost a fortune. I'm going to try and make my own.
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Those things are game changers. I saw Paul Brell use one at Wakefield.
Is that a bought one or a home made jobbie? The only ones I can find for sale on ebayze are in 'Merica and they cost a fortune. I'm going to try and make my own.
That was a bought one, I believe you can get them from Bursons ($100+), I found some on Amazon around the $30USD mark. I will most likely be buying one soon - made the job 10x easier. I tried a home made one, built from a empty demineralised water container and plumbing fittings fixed into the lid with silicone. I had to hold and apply constant downward pressure so it wouldn't leak. It worked a treat. HOWEVER, the plastic of the lid was too thin and started to get soft when the car warmed up...narrowly avoided getting coolant all over the place.
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5SGTE
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Could you be persuaded into making a couple 5SGTE eng code stickers? I might have a sample 3s one buried away.
Funnel is awesome I'd like to diy one.
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Could you be persuaded into making a couple 5SGTE eng code stickers? I might have a sample 3s one buried away.
Funnel is awesome I'd like to diy one.
Shoot me a message with a pic of the 3S one and I will see what I can do for you. Could get it printed at the same time as the AW11 service stickers.
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Your car looks ridiculously clean. Totally envious!
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Did you get to the bottom of the running issue?
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Your car looks ridiculously clean. Totally envious!
Cheers bud! A quick clay, hand polish and wax. I would love to get my hands on a RO Polisher and see what results I can get. 5SGTE
Did you get to the bottom of the running issue?
Possibly. I cleaned throttle body, ISCV, changed the water temp sensor and got the injectors cleaned but the first start was still stumbling after sitting for a 6-8 hours. Did a error code test got error 41 (Diagnosis: throttle position sensor) Checked the throttle body position sensor and it was slightly out of spec to the manual, made some adjustments. Still no good on first start. Could be totally unrelated... Rewind back to last week. Car alarm randomly started going off after 30-60sec of being locked making me jump out of my skin. The first two times I thought it was by accident, buttons getting pushed in my pocket but than it happened twice in a day. I checked the connections in the engine bay, latch etc thought maybe the system was thinking the lid was being opened when the car was locked. I also unplugged the speaker in the engine bay to get rid of the sound in case it went off again. Well the alarm hasn't gone off and no joke it has started perfectly for the last 7 days, morning and night. I plugged the speaker back in today going to see if the first start issue resurfaces tomorrow. Edit: Maybe the cooler weather playing a part?
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Cleaned up and refreshed my gear shifter assembly today with all new Toyota parts. Zero play in the assembly and feels very smooth. Swapped the solid delrin shifter plate bushes and went back to genuine Toyota. 1x 33556-17010 : SEAT, TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER BALL 2x 90386-12034 : BUSH (FOR SELECTING BELLCRANK NO.1) 1x 33548-12021 : BUSH, NO.1, SHIFT LEVER (FOR FLOOR SHIFT) 1x 90385-24001 : BUSH (FOR TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER BALL SEAT) 1x 90564-37019 : SHIM (FOR TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER BALL SEAT) 4x 90389-08031 : GROMMET, NO.1(FOR CONTROL SHIFT LEVER RETAINER) 4x 90389-10016 : COLLAR, NO.1(FOR CONTROL SHIFT LEVER RETAINER)       
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Well done. Can't beat genuine. Gives a really nice precise feel and not harsh either.
Your whole car always looks great. Good to see you keeping on top of the small maintenance items as the car gets older too.
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Thank you, Doug! Been two days since the refresh of the gear shifter and it feels smooth and precise. Hopefully this weekend I can find some time do the clutch fluid.
I got a whole bunch of genuine parts sitting here. I would like to learn how to rebuild calipers, picked up genuine kits for front and rear, got new handbrake cables plus some stainless steel brake lines to go in for a track day perhaps ;)
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Awesome work yet again, always impressed! I'd love to mimic the small repair jobs you do as I imagine they make a world of difference on the road, just not sure if I have the patience or time to do it haha
I'll have to get you to talk me through some of it next meet, keen to learn~
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