garethj Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 This plug has 2 inputs so I pulled it out and rigged up a dodgy temporary 3.5mm input jack and connected it up. The radio didn’t switch on at all. Arse. I put the audio inputs inside the white plug but they weren’t a great fit, no audio came out and to be honest I wasn’t 100% sure how I’d switch to it anyway. Bluetooth overlayed with satnav instructions wasn’t what I wanted. Time for plan B; a conversion bracket from double DIN to single and use another radio that already had an input to it. Next day delivery from Amazon, a set of Toyota to ISO leads from Halfords and we’re in. Jim Bell and rainagain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 That Blaupunkt London sounds a lot better than the original Toyota radio, even though I think it’s a premium system. Maybe because the Blaupunkt has better sound adjustment so I can make the most of the Toyota’s speakers. Next was the broken petrol release lever. It’s right by the front edge of the seat and I think it’s quite a vulnerable spot. It looks like someone has trodden on it so while it worked, it kind of laid there like a dead rat. Seat out, carpet up and it should be easy to see what’s what. To add some excitement I enlisted the help of my eldest who shares the car with me. This is an action photo of him carefully removing some of the trim clips from the sill cover. The Moog and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 As luck would have it, the lever pivots on a plastic pin and that had just popped out. A bit of pulling and it’s ready to put back together again. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 My Carina II has a nice set up (likely the same?) with the boot lever twice the size of fuel - the fuel notched inside the boot, likely shared pivot pin. Quite hard to stand on it, to my mind anyhoo... Nice to see a bit of ToyyoAction, m8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 The Carina one looks better because there’s the plastic shroud surrounding it. The Celica one is just the bare, naked, vulnerable lever. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inconsistant Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Ive never liked any of the Celicas ever and I’m not going to start liking them now just because you’ve bought one. Nice car well bought though, you’ve def. got a nose for the overlooked and underbudget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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