Kook
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Re: 1990 white GT
2017/11/15 08:27:29
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Re: 1990 white GT
2017/11/15 15:50:05
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Good work, nice to see you take the extra time for the finer details.
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Re: 1990 white GT
2017/11/22 09:50:35
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Whoever said getting the petrol tank out was hard has never had to put one back in...
Anyway, its back in, covers all back on (except hand brake as I'm having some issues with the rear brakes sticking), fuel filter done and a bunch of parts on the way from Prime Driven and Amayama. Including HFH, HFHOE and exhaust manifold gasket so the new turbo can go in.
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Re: 1990 white GT
2017/11/27 10:16:18
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Small update:
Tightened the shifter spring and put the skateboard bearing in the links, cleaned up the battery box, pulled out the cluster to have a crack at fixing the rev gauge, fuel gauge and possibly the trip gauge (also will replace on the LEDs while I'm in there).
Ordered a short shifter too.
Keen for my order from Prime Driven and Amayama to arrive so I can get stuck into the turbo.
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Re: 1990 white GT
2017/11/28 09:12:37
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Try not to remove the needle on the tacho. It's pre tensioned and will read incorrectly if it comes off and on again.
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Re: 1990 white GT
2017/11/28 11:06:50
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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.
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Re: 1990 white GT
2017/11/28 12:14:50
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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.
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Re: 1990 white GT
2017/11/28 13:39:16
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Sounds like I might as well change them while it's out then, like you said it cant get any worse haha
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Re: 1990 white GT
2017/11/28 15:46:12
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A couple of photos. The battery holder:   And the painted up heat shields: 
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Re: 1990 white GT
2017/12/02 21:16:56
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Re: 1990 white GT
2017/12/04 08:24:51
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Re: 1990 white GT
2017/12/05 15:49:48
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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): 
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Re: 1990 white GT
2017/12/05 16:10:14
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Happy car parts day! 
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Re: 1990 white GT
2017/12/05 17:29:27
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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.
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Re: 1990 white GT
2017/12/05 21:41:51
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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.
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