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    How do you get the starter out?

    is there an easy way im missin here? i crawled under there and can't seem to reach the bolts for anything. i could get the one on bottom but the other one i can't even see let alone get to..
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    how do you fix a cps connector?

    Alright thank you!! Ok getting ready to attempt this but one more question---with the wires do they just connect with the wire that's going through the harness to the wire on the cps side? Cause there all different colors?
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    how do you fix a cps connector?

    ok im a little confused...so either i can buy a 4 pin trailer connector, or cut the connector off (the one with the 4 pins?) and solder them straight to the wires? so with a 4 pin connector how would i hook that up?-- annd can someone elaborate on how im suppose to solder the wires without the...
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    how do you fix a cps connector?

    i opened up the green connector to the cps and one end was the 4 pins and the other was the connections. my question is, is there a way to fix the cps connector by soldering? i don't have much skill with wires and pins so what would i have to do? im pretty sure it's getting a bad connection...
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    well i diagnosed, 2 codes

    Nah I'm not takin it to a "garage". In takin it to where my buddy works. He's a pretty damn good mechanic, he does work on big ass vacuum trucks and company vehicles. He said I could keep my supra at the shop and he'd help me work on it for free, and I get to keep my car there for the winter =]...
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    well i diagnosed, 2 codes

    Well damn, thanks for the help so far. But now it's not even cranking over when I turn the key. So I'm pretty sure I seized up the starter from cranking it over zoo many times. I just charged the battery so thais not it and everything else electrical works. Btw yeah that green connector might...
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    well i diagnosed, 2 codes

    well i found it, and yeah that makes sense because of how you desribed it. and now im reaaal pissed off, i just payed $2200 for this car :icon_evil that don't run and the cps is $600 from toyota, and i can't find one anywhere else!!!!! Anybody know of a temporary fix for it i can try?? or know...
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    well i diagnosed, 2 codes

    where is the cps? Do I need to replace it? Sorry not to mechanically inclined yet..
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    well i diagnosed, 2 codes

    one was the tps, and the other was the thermostat sensor. would the tps keep my car from running? and how would i go about fixing that? my car is being weird, it likes to start random times and most of the times it just cranks without starting. somehow it's not getting fuel, any suggestions?
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    Damn-need quick help again!! Won't start

    it's cranking but it's not starting. It started fine earlyier but now it's not. Any suggestions?!? I think rhe batterys good, it's getting spark I think so idk =[.
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    so what went wrong here?!?!? Please help.

    Alright thanks... I think I'll post of video up later to show you guys what it looks and sounds like... She's a beast, I'm very impressed with this car and engine. I took some of my buddys on a little drive yesterday because they were making jokes about it before I got it saying it was a ricer...
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    so what went wrong here?!?!? Please help.

    so I just got my supra yesterday =]... Anywho it was sitting for some years now, but it has been ran the last couple months before I gotit a couple times. So I went to get it yesterday and the guy did an oil change for me before the 3 hour drive back. He put 5w 30 in it this time to break the...
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    cleaning my engine bay?!?!

    so im getting my supra sunday and i am gonna tear some of it apart and super detail everything. but with the engine im wondering, would it be ok to spray some degreaser everywhere and just spray it down? should i cover up the turbo and air box?
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    so here's what im doing so far...what do you think?

    Hmm, yeah I know that. I've already test drove and inspected this car, one of the best conditioned supra's I've seen. But I know to check everything and double check. Nothing is mechanically wrong with the car tho. Just a paint fade on front and rear bumper is all I could see... I know how to...
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    so here's what im doing so far...what do you think?

    im getting an 87 auto turbo here in a couple weeks, the engine was rebuilt has about 50k miles. it's all stock. here's what i got in mind, i want to get the apexi power intake system, then 3" divorced downpipe, after that any tips for a good exhaust system setup?? then i plan on getting a boost...
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    bout to buy an 87 supra turbo

    but it's been sitting for 4 years. I test drove it and It still runs like a champ. The oil needs changed, but other than that what else should I do to it? It only has 50,000 miles on the engine btw. Stock. Any suggestions as to what I should do upgrade wise?
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    top speed of an na?

    Thanks. I was just wondering because I'm getting an 89 and the guy is putting a basically new 7mge in it with only 20,000 miles.
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    top speed of an na?

    with all stock parts, then with the basic upgrade's, intake, exhaust..