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    Planning 2014 Standalone Upgrade - Question...

    Do you still have the squashed cast elbow in the IC Piping?
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    how do I get oil INTO my diff?

    I used to use the plastic bottle with the tube nozzle in the cap, I had some -6 hose that was a tight fit I then put that into the diff fill hole bought it out over a rear tire, I stabbed a small hole in the bottom with a scribe and turned the reg on the compressor down to 1>2psi and used the...
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    7mgte no Thermostat Safe?

    Will run cooler in traffic but slightly hotter at highway speeds with the rear edgo of the hood up/unsealed. As for the TStat verify it's opening temp BEFORE fitting it.... just been through all this and out of 3 stats I have only 1 works consistantly the other 2 exhibit weire fluctuations in temp.
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    Project Git 'er done!: Stages 1, 2, 3,...NOW FOUR!

    Button head FTW ;) Think from memory I had to shorten the lockbolts in mine as well.
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    Cheaper Alternative to Engine mounts 89+

    Agreed 100%, there's a bunch of bits for my 2004 car that are inpossible to buy new..
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    Cheaper Alternative to Engine mounts 89+

    Don't make me ban you young fella ;)
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    Cheaper Alternative to Engine mounts 89+

    Yep my cars are a 2004 and a 2005 and a HUGE leap forwad to the last Domestic I owned :)
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    Cheaper Alternative to Engine mounts 89+

    Volume production... Since leaving the Mk3 world and running Domestics I'm constantly AMAZED how cheap parts are, I'm talking 1/10th what I was used to paying for the same Supra Bits!
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    Project Git 'er done!: Stages 1, 2, 3,...NOW FOUR!

    Yep can't think of anyone in Modern times that Mirror polishes intakes (or exhausts for that matter as they stay polished for about 50 miles)
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    Project Git 'er done!: Stages 1, 2, 3,...NOW FOUR!

    High polish on intake ports is bad....
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    Hole in 2j block what to do?

    Grab another block and start swapping/rebuilding.
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    Planning 2014 Standalone Upgrade - Question...

    17 is very very lean.... or the Sensor is poisoned and is reading incorrectly.
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    Furious But Lazy 7M owner who gave Up.

    What Diff ratio do you intend to use with the 160 that will allow you to use 1st/2nd?
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    Car is Cranking but won't run

    Most of these kids are seriously lost now... Both my current cars are OBDI/II and are an exponential leap in complexity, one is a 2004 model the other is a 2005 and just in that one year span the later management system is twice as complex....
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    I picked up a 1997 SC300

    Going for the "Iceberg" theory that 75% of the ugly is below the surface huh?? ;) BZZZZZZZZZZ wrong!
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    7mge quarks...

    ALWAYS ran +1qt after losing a GE under brakes on the way home from Sydney.. Just fill it till it's full on the Dipstick then add a Qt redip it and mark the stick with a new full mark... not exactly Rocket Surgery..
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    Cheaper Alternative to Engine mounts 89+

    Bet they're NOT $30 though ;)
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    MYTMK3 6th times a charm HG thread

    The Tin plate?? If so it's just a cover, doesn't need to be touched.
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    MYTMK3 6th times a charm HG thread

    Should pay someone to do it right then ;)