removing tems

[89supra884]

well i have my 87 5 speed turbo, and i want to remove the tems with all the wires. does anyone have any good procedures on how to do that.

thankyou

 

[IwantMKIII]

there is no real reason to do this unless you are replacing the suspension with non-compatible shocks. just unbolt and remove. Very self explanatory.

 

[mk3tattoos]

there is no real reason to do this unless you are replacing the suspension with non-compatible shocks. just unbolt and remove. Very self explanatory.

so your saying there is no need for a spring compressor to remove them?

 

[92TealSupra]

Ha I would like to see someone rip the whole TEMS circuitry out of the car. that means it will take you 7 weeks to take each wire out of a harness, take the dash out to, take everything out. Good luck with that!

 

[jimi87-t]

Just unplug the actuators, remove actuators, and hide/tuck the wires away.
The only way to fully remove the system is to replace the shocks or go with coilovers, and trace wires back throughout the car and remove.
Big waste of time to trace all the wires back. IIRC you will have to pull off the fenders and pull out a lot of the interior to get to the wiring,
just hide the wires.

 

[WhtMa71]

Pointless to remove the wiring unless you're building a race car.. My non-TEMS car has the wires and plugs for it in the engine bay next to each shock tower.

 

[gtsfirefighter]

so your saying there is no need for a spring compressor to remove them?

I don't think that's what he was talking about. For safety's sake, you'll want to use a spring compressor.

 

[rayall01]

Let me clear this up. If you're just removing the tems actuators, you will NOT need a spring compressor. If however, you are replacing the struts, you WILL need a spring compressor.:aigo:

 

[89supra884]

Pointless to remove the wiring unless you're building a race car.. My non-TEMS car has the wires and plugs for it in the engine bay next to each shock tower.

i want to remove the tems out of the 87 5 speed turbo, and put it over to my 89 na auto. i am soon going to do a whole engine/trans swap. so the wires for tems are in my 89 right now ???

 

[rayall01]

I believe the wiring harness for for all supra's have the tems connectors, as it's less expensive to make one universal setup as opposed to multiple setups. You will have to move the computer over though. I could be wrong though, like I said that's just my belief.

 

[89supra884]

where is the tems computer located??

 

[rayall01]

where is the tems computer located??

I believe it's near the ECU, behind the glovebox, though I've never actually looked for it.

 

[figgie]

Ha I would like to see someone rip the whole TEMS circuitry out of the car. that means it will take you 7 weeks to take each wire out of a harness, take the dash out to, take everything out. Good luck with that!

4 hours actually.

Not that difficult to do. Hardest part is unwrapping the said harness from the tape/tubing that toyota uses.