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frushez 'restores' a crown wagon


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19 hours ago, toy-mota said:

Theres a crown wagon the same getting parted out in the north island.i sceen a post on FB of it.under offical rwd toyota page

Only one I could find was a '84 shape, which sadly is too old for this girl! Cheers though!

Finally got @Snoozin 's tyres fitted up on the lass! Needs some major slam to cover up that gap though.. ha

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It runs! Still no idle. 

Done a whole bunch of shit in the meantime - pulled off the horrible pinstripes, stripped the engine bay out for a cleanup. The whole thing's just covered in unlimited shit. It is quite satisfying though.

Ripped out the culprit ISCV to find it's jammed erect. great.

If anyone's got a spare (non VVTI) 1JZGE ISCV laying around, let me know. Not sure how to get it to loosen up..

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two steps forward, one step back or something.

took the bonnet trim off to clean out the shit behind it - which turned out quite well.
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Only to end up snapping the trim while cleaning it. Muck metal.
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If anyone has the bonnet trim lying around, please get in touch..

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Yeah so I thought I'd put it all back together again after a minor teardown, then ship it off to some poor bastard to have a whack at.

And now it runs.

Not complaining.

Took it for a blat. Now I just need the rust sorted out and WOF time. A little late for WAGNats but ah well.

And some low. 

 

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18 minutes ago, Seedy Al said:

What was the issue with the Idle in the end mate? 

Mostly my own ignorance.. But I'd been working on the car in darkness for the past however long. Finally got a minute to look at it in daylight, turns out one of the lines running from the throttle body was completely blocked to all fuckery and back.

Cleared that out, and after a fair few neighbourhood thrashings, she's idling at a comfy 850-1k. Handles better than expected

 

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Incoming boring post but i like updating this thread anyway

Forever grinding and cleaning shit that's rusted.. Perks of a car being parked in weather/under a wet tree for 4 years ha.clamps.thumb.jpg.f7df82ae97bab18f33a0ba2830df7a7c.jpg

Managed to source some old/new to me clamps for this bastard. engine.thumb.jpg.2618733c224db29a83c2f2db1a49699f.jpg

And grind back/clean up the manifold guard. Chucked a cheeky silver coat on it for freshness.

 

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So went to Caffeine and Classics the other weekend, got hyped up/cocky and thought fuck it, I'll take it to VTNZ.
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Took it to a gas station for the first time.. Pretty sweet feeling

Surprisingly didn't fail too hard at VTNZ. Old VTNZ barry was pining over it and yarned to me for a solid 10-er after the 45min,  4 man VTNZ bukkake.

Got yelled at by the other barry for "not having a rego for the past 5 years", to my response "yeah that's why i'm here mate". 

Turns out the front end is a bit shot. Can't say i ever bothered to check - ha. Good to know WOF man.

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Can't get the bumper off properly though because the screws have rust-welded themselves to the front subframe. yay. Tempted to cut it off instead.

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How she sits currently. Getting there though..

 

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  • 4 weeks later...

forever posting  boring updates till it's legal

Managed to get a new bumper shipped over from Osaka via Jesse Streeter. Can't believe how easy + cheap + fast it was.

Here's some old vs new pics

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As you can see, old one was well beyond cooked

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