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  1. Insidious Surmiser

    help on dropping oil pan...

    any suggestions about how to do this (replacing gasket) my ideas are 1. pull motor 2. drop front cross frame/ rack and pinion (would someone tell me what the correct term is for this?) any input is highly appreciated :icon_bigg
  2. Insidious Surmiser

    oil pressure

    ok... so, i posted before about the jdm oil pressure sending unit on my car, i changed it out for the usdm one, but now my oil press. gauge reads + 120 psi at ALL times, even w/ the battery unplugged and the car off... :1zhelp:
  3. Insidious Surmiser

    coolant flow through heater core

    before reading... there are cliff notes at bottom :biglaugh: so, pretty much i'm too lazy to buy new coolant hoses... here's how it goes... there is a coolant line that runs from the rear/top of the cylinder head into a plastic thing? on the left side of the engine bay. there is a line (on...
  4. Insidious Surmiser

    oil pan gasket...

    so now, along w/ all of the other problems, my oil pan gasket has sprung a leak... any advice? the gasket's never been removed... god just hates me, and all of the bolts are tight
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    turbo wrap/blanket

    so, i started my jdm motor for the first time last night, and i noticed smoke coming from the turbo, not instantly, but it came a bit later once it got warmed up... now, the smoke did not smell like burning oil, so i'm wondering if my turbo wrap is making the smoke... anyone have any experience...
  6. Insidious Surmiser

    anyone in here have a jdm 7m? NEED HELP

    did any of you have to change out the oil sender (brass bell shaped thing to the right of the oil filter) for the usdm one? someone said it needs to be done, but the wires plugged up fine, not to mention i can't even get it off of the usdm motor which is in pieces and outside of the car... :1zhelp:
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    CPS...?

    does it need to be adjusted at all?
  8. Insidious Surmiser

    jdm engine swap... problems

    apparently, the throttles are VERY different... anyone know anything about this... there is a rod that runs to the throttle body on the usdm motors, but a cable that runs to the throttle body on the jdm motors, and the cable on mine was cut down to about a foot or so... and no bracket on the...
  9. Insidious Surmiser

    rear windshield wiper...

    how do you remove it?... mine's rusted, and i'm trying to re-paint it... you loosten the nut and then...? as usual just don't wanna mess somethin up
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    fog light mod

    i want to be able to run my fogs w/ out using my headlights.. i have a 89 (i know the wiring is different from 87-88) supra, and i know there's a write-up on here somewhere, but i just can't find it :-/
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    maf light?

    this is really odd, pretty much the only problem i have with my car now, other than the power antenna... when i go around corners, turning left, a light comes on on my instrument pannel that looks like a orange circular air filter (like you'd find on a old muscle car) then it goes off. The...