CarolsHusband

What are they worth over there ? Resto projects are 10,000 UK quids, decent ones start at 23 and seem to go up to high 30's. They all seem to have gone now. Still kicking myself for missing this S'efrican import at 20...

Handsome vee hickle. 24 valve Auto ? / I'll be round in the morning // Whereabouts in Cornwall are you ?

Giz

Now, I can see that some folk might think "So ?" but trust me, having two Toyotas that actually starts & run as they should is something I could get used to, as opposed to a lame piece of smokey slow turning gimpery. It's not the half-a-turn of the Hilux, but it's close enough.

One new starter motor later......

Mine was an Imp. Just saying.

Pommy approved Bort. More doors, more door handles.

Well, it's all turned into a bit of a rollercoaster. Trouble is it's s'posed to be a car. Got it mostly back together last night, bled the injectors & fitted everything else back on this morning. Fired right up & blew a bit of smoke. Took it round the block, after about 5 miles the smoke stopped smoking & It's running clean. I imagine it was clearing all the shit out that's been building up. Very pleased, got home, turned it off to open shed doors. Wouldn't restart. Pretty sure it's nothing I've done as it ran great for 40 minutes. Dunno if it's the immobiliser or the inhibitor switch or that fucking bolt that went missing but there's no power to the starter solenoid. Tried hot-wiring it, but couldn't get a decent connection. Looks like tomorrow will be immobiliser removal and/or inhibitor switch hunting. Please not starter removal, I didn't fancy the look of that job at all. Sigh.

Blanking plates done. Hopefully running & rollin no coal by tomorrow evening.

So, as is customary in these situations I believe this item can fuck the fuck off... I don't think it was fully closing, which I can't imagine is a good thing. Also, inlet pretty sooty but not as bad as some Time to click the ratchet over & get spannering. I wonder if I'll have some bits left over.

She's very proud of her earlier fame. / Nah, she bought me it for Christmas. No workshop should be without one. It has raised a few eyebrows among the younger, more enlightened folk, but fuck 'em.

Brakes all back on & adjusted, seem fine now. Handbrake works too. Got back at lunchtime with the new rims. They're wearing old but hardly worn 185/70 Pirelli Cinturatos. I got them off the son-in-law of the deceased owner who had them on his Staaaaag..... Been sorting out some nuts this evening. However, this afternoon I bolted them up. Gonna go 185/60 and roll the arch a bit. The other side is already done. Dunno why. Crazy Japs. Anyway, you want pics, and I don't blame you. Me likey Oh, and boobs !

Hmm... Funny brake things. So the reason the handbrake had gone lame was that the lever at the backplate end had fallen out of its locator, probably due to the shoes getting all spiffed up. Re did it all and now barely any handbrake on the drivers side, as well as zero footbrake. Wheel cylinder jammed solid. It's only 7 years old, the other one is fine. Has a little mark in the bore but nothing dramatic. piston's a bit mank. Maybe it's been seized for ages & I never noticed. Weird. Took 100 psi of air to get it out & that was after a lot of penetrating oil & freeing up. Anyway, all back together now, rubbers seem fine, hopefully it'll plod on for a bit until I get some replacement ones. Also, picking up the rims in the morning. / pics

There may be a set of these in my life in a minute. Appliance Wiremags, though not particularly JDM YO. they are made in Japan & have a few more mm poke than my Watanabe's. Got a bit of an Enkei mag mesh thing going on And they're local /pic of not the actual ones for Fred

Thanks. Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's the '88 (LN65) calipers I need. If it's not, I can always put them on my '88 (LN65) Hilux. The ones that are on there are actually off a Crown so I have already done the pipe mods, hopefully. /pics // Yes, I know the bleed nipple's in the wrong end.