Toyotally Fixerating Bitz 'n Bobs.. A Diary

[overrun]

I think I observed earlier in this thread... "The only classic Toyota is the Celica" was the view of 'specialist' underwriters.

.... That's me told then

I pay £98 per year to insure an MR2 Turbo.

[tooSavvy]

Considering 2x RING +130 H4 bulbs.

 

Good prices on Amazon and a winner in Auto Express mag review.

[tooSavvy]

My 2" Vac gauge will be here soon. I have studied comments on various Toyota site and I'm fairly certain a vac port is to be found, poking out directly below the carb/facing bulkhead.

 

Not using the Dizz vac as it is 'ported' (changes relative to throttle disc position).

 

Looking forward to carb/timing antics...

[tooSavvy]

Hey Hey Heyyy...

 

Big day coming up!

 

6 Dec, 1st reg = 27th Birthday

[jumpingjehovahs]

Hey Hey Heyyy...

 

Big day coming up!

 

6 Dec, 1st reg = 27th Birthday

That’s amazing. Certainly doesn’t look 27. Reckon you’ll get it to 30?

 

 

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[tooSavvy]

.... easy 10yr on it

 

Read the MOT history m8

[tooSavvy]

** BIG DAY 2 DAY**

[tooSavvy]

...... And just another day at the office :-

 

 

.... shopping with our rather poorly daughter.

[loserone]

Liked for the beautiful car, not the poorly daughter. Hope she's feeling better soon.

[tooSavvy]

Considering 2x RING +130 H4 bulbs.

Good prices on Amazon and a winner in Auto Express mag review.

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/accessories-tyres/76760/best-car-headlight-bulbs-2018

 

.... just popped for a pair of these @£15.99 on Amazon.

[Jim Bell]

I don't like Coast Road Tesco since they've changed it round. Nice bogs though.

[tooSavvy]

Nanook of the North has just 'bongdd' our door.

 

2 Bulbs + 3device/1yr Kaspersky (over £20 free Amazon delivery)

 

.... looked well soaked and cold, poor chap!

[tooSavvy]

New bulbs fitted... you have to remove the 3 pin socket, then pull away a rubber boot [which is a damn tight fit!] and unhook the 'hairgrip' spring.

 

Easy enough on the drivers side but a wee bit tight, behind the battery on the passenger side...

 

 

Darkness will Prove the Pudding 

[tooSavvy]

Well.... Nice n Brite!!

 

I haven't done the treeless Wooler route 'testing' quite yet*

 

*nor likely :/

 

Better than what came out [of the front, in darkness]...

 

5*****

[tooSavvy]

Blocked washer jets.... Discovery of :/

 

1. Winter salt season

 

2. MOT

 

*1 = I cleared it with a twist of copper wire [paperclip wire won't fit]

[tooSavvy]

75 miles without batting an eyelid...

 

 

.... Alnwick Lights are nice.

 

*headlights very impressive on backroads, came up along coastal route. 11/10 wood bye agin

[Jim Bell]

75 miles without batting an eyelid?

That's to the shops and back! Think you need to add a naught on the end and let it really stretch it's legs.

[tooSavvy]

75 miles without batting an eyelid?

That's to the shops and back! Think you need to add a naught on the end and let it really stretch it's legs.

So... You willing to supply sausage rolls for LeJog trip then...

[tooSavvy]

As I now have :-

 

1. Vac Gauge

2. Timing light

3. Some tech data sheets

 

.... anyone fancy me making a 'shakey hand-held' phone vid of me wrestling with ToMM.

 

Scene#1 Toyota running 'a bit grumpy'

 

Scene#2 Me twiddling screws and stops

 

Scene#3 Me gazing haplessly as car refuses to start...

 

Scene#4 - blank screen - :/

[tooSavvy]

Just rummaged thru the dustbins on Amazon and unearthed some dusty relics...

 

1# Set of moulded leads nos - Bosch

2# new rotor arm - Blueprint

3# new dizz cap - Intermotor

 

.... only 90k on car but Very Old :/

[tooSavvy]

Good News + Bad (...not so) News

 

My £5 n.o.s. Bosch plug leads arrived in a big box .. err .. INCLUDING the cap!!

 

Cap - Toyota (19101-16120) it says inside - seems a factory set part number = Winnah

 

My loose cap - ordered at the same time cos I thought it was leads only - from Amazon, cannot be cancelled today BUT I can generate a returns label and send it back for full refund

[tooSavvy]

I MUST STOP....... browsing :/

 

[loserone]

Hahaha! I tried that with the 405 and now it needs a new engine

[tooSavvy]

Hahaha! I tried that with the 405 and now it needs a new engine

Ah... The sales blurb said 'enhances power at higher revs'

 

.... Oopsss

[Jim Bell]

Moar power is always yes

[tooSavvy]

I have a fairly broad hotch-potch of spanners...

 

Mostly noname and rough forge stamped.

 

In TK Max, of all places, I spied some svelt, highly polished spanners. Not [sadly] in their very large 'clearance' tub but reasonably priced.

 

#66092

 

 

£12

 

Loverly

[tooSavvy]

I did a bit of snooping on tehWeb....

 

Seems my 'miles & miles' of rubber vac hose is 4mm id.

 

I have spluffed £3 on 2M of red silicone so I can do some refreshing 'deep down & dirty' in the nether regions.

 

Red looks rather fetching (vs. Boring Bloo... )

[tooSavvy]

Post#: 6666

 

The Devils own work to get here, mind....

 

.... as you were

[tooSavvy]

Woot Woot.....

 

Red vac hose plopped thru letterbox earlier

 

 

We are on a ROLL....

 

*see what I did there

[tooSavvy]

IF.... the Sav had friends....

 

https://youtu.be/7_T2g6WWHoI

 

Ah well