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Skyline is now in it's final (for now) resting place. Just needs slam and wheels basically and done..

Didn't really know there was much of a 210 presence in NZ so this is cool, watching with excitement

At one point I had 7 cars total.. quickly realised I wasn't Jay Leno. Celica actually wasn't really a big project I don't think, just me fuckin around alot. Shame I never got stoned in it haha

Soo in the bit that's gone on lately over here I've sold that Celica, but now there's an update on the Hako. The main thing that's been going on with that is prepare it as best as possible for storage. Unfortunately the budget does not allow for paint to go on right away so it's been coated to halt the surface rusting as best a possible but that's basically a future problem. So this is what it'll look like for the time being until we find out what the future holds.

Yeah probably part of the reason the other one failed. I've moved it to a lower location now so we'll see how that goes.

So last time we had all those carb issues on the Celica and I since replaced a bunch of jets and gaskets again and I was able to get it to run but then it abruptly cut off after it got up to temp. I thought maybe it was a coil issue as that sometimes can happen but it seemed like it was still cool to the touch. Then something I should've done much earlier is check the fuel system. This is the fuel pump that was in the car which seems like it fails after running for a while. A somewhat new development. So I got a new one and plumbed it back in the same location however it's far too loud as it seems like it pumps quite a bit better so I have to work out a better place to put this. Good news is the car didn't cut out for no reason now and the fuel filter is looking much more full than it used to. It also allowed me to do a little bit of tuning finally and I think the carbs are pretty balanced as far as I can do now, but the idle is still high so still needs some more work. Also the timing is a touch off as it ran on slightly so I need to work on that too.

Yoohoo me again. This Celica is still not sold, just a bunch of lowballs so I decided to do some things to make it more boomer friendly. I removed the cut springs in the back and replaced with non-cut lowering springs. I was actually planning to put OEM springs back but because of the shorter shocks they didn't fit. Also I sold the longchamps so just found some other roll around wheels. Another thing I did is install an OEM exhaust system. Old JDM Barry stitched me up, this thing is full of holes! I'll have to get out the JB Weld. Full headers back so includes the poo OEM header. Problem is I don't think it came from a TA22 because the supplied hangers didn't match anything on my car. I managed to dodgy something up though. So then I thought I'd try some other things to diagnose why the car was running shit. My plan initially was to swap the front and rear carbs to see if the carb is the problem or something else but I never got that far. I started pulling the jets out and suddenly.. wtf is that shit on there? Looks pretty not good.. Opening the top cover of the broken carb and there was a bunch of poo, perhaps rust? Haven't investigated that further yet. The working carb was clean inside. I can't recall running the car without a fuel filter but stranger things have happened. Also for some reason fuel was coming out of this hole on the broken carb, that's not correct. Another problem I noticed which is reasonably probably the running issue is these jets should all be the same. As you can see, they are not. The ones on the right are correct, the ones on the left are for the 44PHH series not 40PHH. No idea where they came from or why they aren't matching as none of my records indicate me ever changing these. So now I've ordered a bunch more bits and bobs and another couple rebuild kits so I can get the broken carb back on level ground hopefully. The emulsion tubes had seen better days as well so I've ordered some more of them in too.

Nice, I've got an e-power Nismo S and it goes good but can't row the gears lol

This is the final updated from panel Barry from 2025 and it's mostly door repair and getting them all fitting nicely with the window frames lining up nice as well. Inside the doors are absolutely brand new now and should last another lifetime. The right hand side of the car fitted up pretty nicely with minimal work required but he said the left side must have had some accident damage in the past and it wasn't lining up as nicely. This meant there was some additional metal added to some bits and bobs to get all the gaps minty. Next the car is expected to get coated in epoxy primer and do finishing work for that ready for paint. However, this process may be delayed some time due to recent life events. Unfortunately, same life events see the Celica up for sale so if anyone from NZ is interested I can assist with shipping. Feel free to send me a DM.

Yoohoo, me again. I had mixed hopes about today after I found that vacuum hose the other day. Seems like I have lots of random hose kicking around the shop now so managed to find something that fits and replaced the busted one. It's not pretty but it'll be fine. Turns out it didn't really fix anything I don't think? Maybe it did do something as I was able to get the car to fun for a period of time somewhat smoothly however at about 2000 rpm, then suddenly it spluttered and died. Cool maybe I have a fuel problem now too. To be honest the fuel pump setup is sketchy and was on my list of things to look at so I guess that will be expedited. I didn't have my eye on the filter at the time though so firstly may just remove that from the system in case. After that I wanted to get some good feels so I offered up the new muffler in a couple of different positions. I don't like it. Needs more tip, less muff. I have more room length wise but width wise we're pretty tapped out because of the wheel well and I believe this same maker does a longer muffler with longer tips so that's probably the way to go. The curse of TA22 coupe is every muffler looks bad, even OEM. After doing some research about weird carb things I came across a post on some Barry MG forum about balancing carbs off the car. I know my carbs were not balanced because the tuning steps for OEM 2TG manual mean you do it in a weird way (which in my mind doesn't make sense but I guess it does) and I was half way through doing that when the car died. I found a guy made a bench balancer basically using a vacuum so I did that too. Not questionable looking at all. But I jammed this on the end of one side and the SK meter on the other side and twiddled the screws until it was all about the same. What this doesn't tell us is if the level it's set to is going to work or not, but at least the carbs are all even(ish) now. The good news is with this experiment it tells me the throttle shafts are not bent otherwise the reading between the butterflies would've been significantly different when it wasn't. The difference in this setting is crazy so not sure it will work and to be honest I'm still confused about how that balancing linkage works so we'll see I guess. Oh bonus round, found a new leak from a bolt in the gearbox that looks like it doesn't even have a purpose.. cool!

HOLD THE PHONE! Just when I was about to buy a whole bunch of stuff to rebuild the throttle rods and all that (might still anyway) I thought I'd put old smokey into the booster vacuum hose and what do you know.. some smoke appears. I didn't notice this giant slice in the hose normally as it's underneath and even when I would take the hose off the manifold I wouldn't move it enough to see it. I suspect this is one of the main reasons (perhaps primary culprit) we are having issues on the one carb. The hose is rock hard and 30 years old probably and I don't even think it's the right one for the car as it has always rubbed on some things. Question is, can I find a replacement?

A couple of things exciting have arrived! About 6 months ago now (feels like it anyway) I found a full OEM TA22 GT exhaust system in Japan and shipped it over, it arrived last week. The pipe diameter is tiny but it's a cool piece and seems intact. It will let me see how the factory did their bends and where they had hangers etc. Also another thing that arrived was the muffler, sweet! You can see it compared to the OEM muffler, shorter so I will be able to work out how to do the piping easier, hopefully. The inlet is 60mm which is mildly annoying as 60mm stuff isn't common here but I'll work something out. Shame it didn't have a bit of pipe on the inlet to weld to, will be testing my limited skills for sure. I also received my smoke machine which allowed me to do some vacuum leak hunting. With a bit of Barry fab making some block offs (that were about 85% effective) I was able to find the rear carburettor had a leak. Amazingly my ghetto block off solution for the PCV was perfectly fine. Previously I suggested there was a throttle shaft issue but actually I was thinking about that on the other carb, turns out the rear carb is leaking from there. Google tells me this is not so uncommon for Mikunis. I reckon it became worse after I cleaned it all because there was probably gunk and dirt stuck in there keeping it all together before however the car has never idled smoothly so who knows. The next problem is do I try to tackle the rebuild of the throttle system which I think won't require me to dismantle everything again or just get new carbs. I'm always about the least cost solution which would be the rebuild but I'm fairly sure I threw out all the "extra" parts from the kits because of course why would I need them when the job is done? Either way I'd need to buy some more screws for the carbs as the ones on there now wouldn't survive more fucking about with how stripped the heads are. Or 2nd option is buy brand new Webers instead.

Forget the car, how good's the shed!

Bit of a mixed bag today. It's probably been 1.5-2 months since the car ran as seems to be tradition when I pull something apart. So let's start with the good stuff cause there's quite a bit actually. * A new intake manifold gasket arrived, and that fits fine and seems to not be leaking. * "Rebuilt" radiator not leaking. * Replacement radiator hoses fit up, although not super in love with how close to spinny wheel of death the lower one is but that seems to be same as the one that was on there before; which as it turns out was from some kind of Landrover according to part number on the side of it. The lower one did have a slice in it when removed so maybe that's forewarning. * My replacement bush that I worked out for the linkage works excellently after some trimming down. Very little play in that whole system now after replacing some of the other ends with new ones too. * Fuel no longer leaking from carb fittings and seems like there's more air being pulled in from the rear carb now than there was before so I think that's improved. * Water system seems to be working now. Temperature came up fairly quickly and bubbles in the radiator etc so I presume circulation is happening. I'd say considering the water went mud brown it's likely to be circulating but might need to flush it out before actually filling with coolant. * Car still runs.. Onto the not so good.. * I did some Barry fab to make a wee block off plate for the PCV unit that was doing nothing, sadly it leaks a bit. Might need to revisit that one. I was re-using an old gasket that had some kind of molding specifically to fit the PCV filter unit as my gasket paper didn't arrive yet. Basically I just got impatient. * Not entirely sure if vacuum leaks are resolved. As part of the PCV system there are two vents on the intake manifold that I did a ghetto block off with (this is upside down caps jammed in). Again, got impatient as my block off caps didn't arrive yet. However, the rear carb does seem to be pulling more air than it was before so maybe that's working? * Car still runs shit. But.. I feel like things are heading in the right direction. I have an inkling the throttle tube in one of the carbs may be bent but also still possible vacuum leak. Hopefully my muffler arrives soon from Japan so I can weld that on and actually handle the car for more than a short time to do some tuning and see if I can get it to idle. Anyway, it will be an excuse to get one of them smoke machines now to see if there are any other leaks which I'm sure there are.

Just ticking some boxes before I head away for a month shortly. Quite excited to have my Quickjack that arrived during the week, definitely old man friendly when bending down to do bits and bobs. Today I was really just setting up the Quickjack and also planned to rebuild the radiator as it's a bit crusty. I'm not sure what would make this pattern of bent fins on the front though. It looks like it would be fan doing that but if the fan hit it then there would be impact damage? Surely it's not air making this, weird. While removing the radiator I noticed a rattle.. apparently there were rocks inside my radiator. Anyway I setup the paint booth and worked on the rebuild with my favourite tool, seems like it turned out OK. While I was waiting for that to dry I cleaned up the intake manifold ports a bit just of grime and oil that was in there. In the real world probably makes no difference at all but it looks better. Try as I may I cannot get off the shit on the mounting face though. I had a think about the PCV system while it was all apart and thought the blanking plate that I could use may be similar to a wastegate block off panel. Unfortunately it seems like the bolt holes don't match the usual type of block off panels. I could get something made up but ultimately I decided to just "rebuild" the catch tank thing that sits in there and I'll block off the ports. No pictures but I managed to figure out why the driver side seat rail wasn't mounting properly as well so now the driver side agian has 4 bolts holding it down. Passenger side still 3 so that's a job for another day. When I get back from Japan I'll crack into putting this puzzle back together if I still remember how it works.