bubble gum!!! fixed my friends boost leak good enough with tape and 5 gum till we got to my house, lmfao. so epicly okie!!!! hahaha
most commonly used tools on supra
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jetjock;1481764 said:
At the last dealership I worked at, there was an old woman of about 75 who adored her 96 Caprice Wagon. She had that car in the shop once a month for maintenance (she drove quite a bit, the last time I spoke to her before I left that job, she was trading the car in, albeit regrettably. It had just over 300,000 miles on it!!)
She told me that aside from the headlamps, there had never been a bulb replaced on that car.
Is this some maintenance thing JJ or is it just a fluke? I know that I've only ever replaced one taillamp bulb on my Supra, and that was at 165,000(ish)miles
ironic considering I ALWAYS see late model Corollas with 1 bulb out in the back, same with Mustangs, what's up with that.?!?
She probably never drove at night and always forgot to use her signals... that or her mechanic just replaced which ever one was burned out that she just didn't notice and never mentioned it.
If your taking the supra to the track my tool bag will consist of a truck with attached flatbed trailer.
supra90turbo;1515169 said:
Probably a combination of many things, including luck. How long a lamp has been run, how often it's cycled, voltage drop, all effect lamp life. They usually blow when they're turned on because an incandescent filament has a very low cold resistance that results in large inrush current when power is applied. During the filament's life tungsten is continually evaporated off until one day, when the lamp is energized, the thinnest part of the filament is unable to handle the inrush. This is true of even halogen lamps where the so-called "halogen cycle" re-deposits tungsten back onto the filament.
I think the best thing to carry around especially on you is gadget like swiss army knife. Put on your belt. Just as important as cell phone.
I keep a basic set of swivel ratcheting wrenches 10,12,14,17. And a small set of metric 1/4 drive wrenches, a handful of zip ties and a roll of electrical tape. It's a tool set that can take care of the largest amount of problems with the smallest foot print. Anything that requires more than that is probably going to dictate an large investment of time. The likes of which would make it more practical to tow it back to my house before attempting repairs.
As a side note, that headgasket repair junk likes to collect in the heater core, so expect a dash removal somewhere around when you repair your headgasket if you use the stuff. Previous owner pulled that one on me.
As a side note, that headgasket repair junk likes to collect in the heater core, so expect a dash removal somewhere around when you repair your headgasket if you use the stuff. Previous owner pulled that one on me.