Tom theres a place near me that will mod your exhaust for you. What make exhaust is it?
Tom theres a place near me that will mod your exhaust for you. What make exhaust is it?
Hi Dave,
cheers for the tip. However, the exhaust place have quoted me £365 for a complete stainless steel system that is brand new, built to my spec and comes with a lifetime warranty. A good price I thought.
It might cost me at least a hundred quid plus petrol plus what I paid for the mk2 exhaust to get it modified, so for an extra hundred quid or so I can get a bespoke system
I'll be selling the mk2 exhaust now. It's a Mongoose mk2 turbo exhaust. Let me know if you're interested for your 1.5.
I'll post up pics of the new system once it's fitted.
Cheers,
Tom
PM me a price Tom if its the same as the one that was nicked from my garage by the pykeys i will be interested
Well I've got my car back and it's failed on a couple of things:
-New front brake pipes left and right - a little bit more than surface corrosion so having them replaced
-New front tyres (tread is fine in the centre but sides are worn out from cornering ) - putting new ones on
-Little bit of welding needed behind the rear corner triangle on the near side
Plus of course, exhaust and handbrake but they're both being taken care of by moi! I discovered that it was the brake cable that had seized, but the caliper could have done with changing anyway. New cable arrived this morning so I'll fit that tonight after work.
Not too bad overall considering it's my daily driver and get's used in all weathers.
Well, I had a rather interesting journey on Wednesday night!
Car was driving fine, when all of a sudden it felt like it was tram lining really badly, or perhaps a binding brake? I limped it onto a side road and found my rear nearside wheel was at a strange angle. Something obviously wasn't right... I managed to borrow a jack and wheel brace off someone in a house close by and took the wheel off, only for the hub nut along with a bit of CV joint spline fall out! A quick check around the rear of the hub confirmed the CV joint was indeed free and easy. Usual AA story ensued... they insisted on sending a man in a van first, even though I told them the rear wheel was hanging off! Anyway, he arrived and decided against towing it backwards on the back of his van due to the front spoiler. He then ordered a low loader, which turned up quite quickly. I had to stop him from putting his towing hook onto the bumper bar eye! He didn't believe me at first, but finally he listened to me and used the proper hook attached to the chassis underneath the front. Anyway, got it home fine.
Today I got the car jacked up and took the drive shaft out and as it was now quite clear that the wheel bearing was fubared too, I removed the hub as well; pics below!
Gearbox oil drained and hub and drive shaft removed:
Hmm, what's missing from this picture?
Ah... this!
Pinball anyone?
I'm very thankful this didn't happen on a motorway/dual carriage way or also while I'm away in Europe in the summer on a 2500 mile road trip!
Just ordered a new wheel bearing and had already ordered a pair of CV joints. I'm going to change the offside one just to be on the safe side!
In other news, some new shiny rotors and pads arrived!
I'll give an update once it's all back together!
Cheers,
Tom
Just had a wheelbearing replaced on mine, very glad I did now!
Yeh, Ben, too right!Originally Posted by benedwards64
I'm not sure which part caused the other to fail or whether it was just a combination of age, fatigue and having the 3SGTE in the back.
Anyway, I'm safe, the car is safe, and all the parts needed are en route!
Well, after being told that I should buy an ST185 CV joint, I went out and bought 2 (thought I'd do the other side too to be safe).
After trying several techniques to get the old out joint off, out came Gary the grinder!
When I went to build up the shaft, the ST185 joint was too small... hmm... interesting!
Annoyingly, I'd already packed the joint with grease, but thankfully EuroCarParts accepted both joints back with a full refund, even with me returning them outside of the 28 day returns policy; champion!
After a bit of searching over on twobrutal, I found someone that had had a similar issue. They said that you should buy an ST165 CV joint. I then found on another thread on twobrutal that Ollie had bought a CV joint from TCB Parts (part no. CTY45016E). However, this part is listed as fitting both ST185 and ST165 Celica's... hmm... the mystery continues. Anyway, I ordered one joint to see what it's like and bingo! It fits!
What I can only assume is that there must have been some crossover ST185's and then later revisions changed their CV joints. Unless certain motor factors have goofy parts directories. Anyway, I was a happy boy. I also changed the inner CV boot as this was split.
Once I'd confirmed that this was the correct part, I ordered another 2; one for the other shaft and the third as a spare.
Next, onto fitting it, which turned into a bit of a pig of a job.
A word of advice, do this from underneath the car so that you can get a good hold on the shaft to slide it in and then wiggle it to get the retaining ring compressed and in. If you don't do this, you'll struggle. Basically, I tried for 40 minutes doing it without being under the car and once under the car (with the lower wishbone removed), it took 30 seconds!
While I was under there and as the hub had been off too, I treated the old girl to some twos'r'us rear tie bars.
Bottom arm removed to help access for the CV joint install and also to loosen up the bolts ready for the geometry getting done:
So glad I went for a 3 piece exhaust when I got the custom one made up. It makes access a lot easier to manage:
New tie bar vs old. I set the new one the same length as the old one before fitting:
And fitted:
Tie bar end fitted to the hub:
The other part of the exhaust:
Filling the gearbox oil (the funnel I picked up at Tatton was perfect!
Then I re-fitted the bottom arm and torqued everything up etc.
Cheers,
Tom
My turbo oil seals have been gone for quite a while now, but I've just been managing my driving style and keeping an eye on oil levels. However, with my European road trip quickly looming (I'll start another thread on this, but check out http://www.spa2013.co.uk for basic info), I decided it was time for a new turbo.
I got lucky on eBay about 8 months ago. I spotted a CT26 turbo that was listed as being a standard turbo taken off a Celica. However, on looking at the size of the compressor wheel, it was obvious this was a hybrid. I managed to win the auction for £112 including postage! If it's what I think it is (confirmation to follow) it's a stage 2 CT26 that should cost about £1k to buy off the shelf. I was taking a chance fitting it as the seals could be totally shot, but I was happy with the condition of it and there was very little shaft play, so I thought balls to it.
So, the car got packed with tools as I had reserved my girlfriend's parents' driveway for the weekend. I've been having to do most of my jobs on the roadside since I moved houses in Sheffield a year or so ago, but for bigger jobs I prefer to do them off the road for safety and convenience.
So, here is the car as it stood just after lunchtime today:
I jacked it up, removed the wheels for easier access underneath and went at it. Charge cooler off (as with practically any job on my engine), exhaust, heat shield and down pipe removed:
(the moisture on the manifold is penetrating/lubricating spray)
Manifold off. The alternator and bracket had to be removed to allow the manifold to come off, which added a bit of time onto the job, grr!
Turbo out after much jiggling. A distinct void at the back of my engine!:
Old turbo vs new:
As you can see, it's not only an improvement in performance terms, but also condition! I'll probably sell the old turbo on as it would make a good refurbishment job due to it being a mild hybrid.
I removed the old gaskets and cleaned up the mating faces for the oil and water pipes on the new turbo as well as liberally applying copper grease to all stubs on the turbo and manifold before refitting:
Downpipe and exhaust centre section refitted along with water and oil pipes connected using new gaskets and mikalor clamps:
I'd always found it a bit silly that you could only get to one of the two bolts that hold on the lambda sensor, which meant if you wanted to change it you would have to remove charge cooler etc etc. just to get to one bolt. So out came Gary the grinder for a brief bit of fun:
Everything else refitted, checked and checked again. Just filling the oil and topping up the coolant:
Then after removing the EFI fuse so that I could prime the turbo with oil by cranking the engine ten or so times, it was time to refit the fuse and fire her up!
I didn't fit the exhaust as I've got more jobs planned for tomorrow, including fitting a new offside CV joint and tie bar. It sounds quite naughty I think you'll agree!
I checked underneath for leaks, but everything was bone dry, which is always nice!
Right, time for a BBQ and a beer! (Plus bubbly as it's my anniversary with the girlfriend - 15 months.)
As always, thoughts, questions etc. welcomed!
Cheers,
Tom
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