Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

Voodoomelon

Some craic last night, the S-Type battery was stone dead at 10pm in the pitch black, the rear passenger reading light was left on for a week.

Needed to move the car, not a jump lead in sight and the boot was backed up to a wall.

Improvised with some high gauge amplifer cable and some domestic solid core cable.





Started right up!

LawlessBoy

Ordered a new set of pressed plates from eireplates yesterday for the new car, came this morning in the post. That would be my third set of plates to order from them now and i have to say between delivery times and quality they are probably the best ive ever dealt with.

job seeker

LawlessBoy wrote: »

Ordered a new set of pressed plates from eireplates yesterday for the new car, came this morning in the post. That would be my third set of plates to order from them now and i have to say between delivery times and quality they are probably the best ive ever dealt with.

How much did they set you back?

Atlantic Dawn

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Improvised with some high gauge amplifer cable and some domestic solid core cable.

Started right up!

I don't know what it is but I bloody love starting a dead car with jump leads, it's like bringing Frankenstein to life, rewarding.

Voodoomelon

It really is. It's ALIVE!

shietpilot

Installed the Focus mk2.5 instrument cluster. Hardest part was programming the new cluster to have the same settings as the old one for the engine and optional extras. I also had to code the 2 keys to the PATS immobiliser system and sync it up with the ECU and other modules.

Updated the cluster firmware to show actual engine temperature instead of the fake levels it had before. You can see the needle changing when the thermostat opens now :P

Hal1

Fair fks man nice job. Did you have to load up software to access the firmware etc? It's a bit involved and you'd be best to know what your at, which it seems like you were .

robbiew

Fair play to ya, i wouldn't have the balls to attempt something like that. :eek:

shietpilot

Hal1 wrote: »

Fair fks man nice job. Did you have to load up software to access the firmware etc? It's a bit involved and you'd be best to know what your at, which it seems like you were .

I used ELMConfig to flash all the firmwares. Takes about 15 minutes do flash one and there were like 5 of them available. I kept flashing them all until I got to the latest one and all was working fine.

Programming the keys was a bit scary especially when I did it in Kilcock Car Dismantlers car park :pac: She wouldn't start with the new cluster so I had to code the keys.

robbiew wrote: »

Fair play to ya, i wouldn't have the balls to attempt something like that. :eek:

Life's not fun without risks

robbiew

shietpilot wrote: »

I used ELMConfig to flash all the firmwares. Takes about 15 minutes do flash one and there were like 5 of them available. I kept flashing them all until I got to the latest one and all was working fine.

Programming the keys was a bit scary especially when I did it in Kilcock Car Dismantlers car park :pac: She wouldn't start with the new cluster so I had to code the keys.



Life's not fun without risks

Only if it works out

Changed fuel filter on my car. Started it up. Leaks. Took filter off, then back on - leaks again.

Put old filter back on, no leaks. The inflow screw wasn't going in far enough to the new filter I discovered, even though when I lined them up side by side originally they were looking identical!

Diabhalta

Dero wrote: »

You could try Displex. I've used it on watches, CDs and the like, but it should work fine on car clocks. Plenty of sellers on eBay/Amazon.

Thanks. I bought a 5g tube of it for 6 euro from Germany on ebay (free postage). It does a great job, and got rid of majority of the scratches.

Like he says in the video larger scratches stay there, but overall when looking at the result closely all those tiny scratches are gone and it looks much better than before.

NickDunne

shietpilot wrote: »

Kilcock Car Dismantlers car park :pac:

Kilcock is lyf

joujoujou

More tomorrow - too tired to work with photos now.

lafors

Started with two easiest jobs first...

Wheel caps were annoying me, replaced all 4.



Then to replace the plates and put surrounds on. I know not everyone likes them but I think they make the car look nice and clean.




And here's the parts for the hard job.
The voltage regulator on the alternator need replacing, so belt off, alternator out. At the same time I'll be able to see the infamous alternator mount bracket and see if it's leaking, if it is then I've to remove the engine mount and the bracket to replace a €4 gasket. Ridiculous BMW design and crap gaskets. Will post up pics of it after I'm done today/tomorrow.

CJhaughey

joujoujou wrote: »

More tomorrow - too tired to work with photos now.

New intake manifold and TB I am guessing, might also want to think about a new radiator, my wifes looks similar and I am thinking about a new one very soon. Need a good gearbox first though as well hers is on the way out, whining and vibrating now.

Special Circumstances

lafors wrote: »

At the same time I'll be able to see the infamous alternator mount bracket and see if it's leaking, if it is then I've to remove the engine mount and the bracket to replace a €4 gasket. Ridiculous BMW design and crap gaskets.

That feeling.

joujoujou

CJhaughey wrote: »

New intake manifold and TB I am guessing, [...]

You're right.

CJhaughey wrote: »

Need a good gearbox first though as well hers is on the way out, whining and vibrating now.

You never know what you get. From my own experience - went through 4 second hand gearboxes (all ended up the same way). Decided to keep the last one - when started to whining, got bearings replaced - all sorted!

CJhaughey

joujoujou wrote: »

You're right. You never know what you get. From my own experience - went through 4 second hand gearboxes (all ended up the same way). Decided to keep the last one - when started to whining, got bearings replaced - all sorted!

How hard was it to replace the bearings? any part numbers?

joujoujou

CJhaughey wrote: »

How hard was it to replace the bearings? any part numbers?

Don't know + don't know.

Pulled the gearbox off and sent it (believe it or not) to Poland. Lads over there did the rest. The whole thing (transport + parts + their labour) was approx 150 notes.

CJhaughey

joujoujou wrote: »

Don't know + don't know.

Pulled the gearbox off and sent it (believe it or not) to Poland. Lads over there did the rest. The whole thing (transport + parts + their labour) was approx 150 notes.

Thats very good. I have to do something soon.

JohnBoy26

CJhaughey wrote: »

How hard was it to replace the bearings? any part numbers?

Any good mechanic can replace the bearing in those gearboxes.

CJhaughey

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

Any good mechanic can replace the bearing in those gearboxes.

Anyone have part numbers? I'd do it myself but I am finding it hard to get the part numbers, probably a kit with driveshaft oil seals as well.
People are looking at stupid money for them secondhand and you don't know what you are buying secondhand.

LawlessBoy

job seeker wrote: »

How much did they set you back?

Only seeing this now €40 for a pair with next day delivery i think it was

job seeker

LawlessBoy wrote: »

Only seeing this now €40 for a pair with next day delivery i think it was

Ah, not bad at all.

JohnBoy26

CJhaughey wrote: »

Anyone have part numbers? I'd do it myself but I am finding it hard to get the part numbers, probably a kit with driveshaft oil seals as well.
People are looking at stupid money for them secondhand and you don't know what you are buying secondhand.

There is two bearings that go in them. I have no part numbers but any Toyota dealer will know the exact bearings you need as it's a common enough issue.

joujoujou

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

[...] any Toyota dealer will know the exact bearings you need as it's a common enough issue.

^^ This! ^^

Probably I still have empty boxes after the bearings replaced in my gearbox, somewhere in the shed, will try to find them tomorrow. Obviously, the numbers on them will apply to C150 gearbox - very unsure if would fit another box.

Now, yesterday's modification in pics - 4ZZ-FE upgrade.

Start point:



Intake manifold, throttle body and air hose removed:



New manifold and TB in, some small hoses too short, one too long. Easy to sort, having some parts from another car.

Unfortunately I didn't have throttle cable bracket from 1ZZ engine, so had to deal with that somehow. It looks ugly, but it works!



One of my biggest fears - not enough clearance between new manifold (30mm bigger than 4ZZ one) and radiator inlet. Wasn't so bad at the end, will go back to it later.



Had two airbox to TB hoses to choose from - one from 1ZZ celica, one from 1ZZ avensis. Chose avensis:



Cut and ground:



Another fear was clearance between manifold and rad fan bracket. Thankfully manifold's "thickest" point was above bracket. So, 3mm between rad hose and manifold (green lines) and 30mm between manifold and bracket (yellow lines):



How it looks like now. Rad hose had to be placed slightly different, sadly had to cut a corner from engine cover. Although I will reroute that hose below TB - there's a lot of room over there. But before that must get some rad hoses, couplers and coolant of course.



And reward:



Additionally, replaced spark plugs and cleaned OCV filter.

Engine runs well, but ECU must adapt to new conditions. Internet says it'll take up to 200 km. So far, revs going up and down on idle, but no errors from OBD.

pablo128

Great work. I take it you replaced injectors too?

joujoujou

pablo128 wrote: »

Great work.

Thank you.

pablo128 wrote: »

I take it you replaced injectors too?

No. I'm too lazy to deal with injectors (and ran out of funds).

pablo128

joujoujou wrote: »

Thank you. No. I'm too lazy to deal with injectors (and ran out of funds).

They are really easy to change on those engines. You can fit 1.6, 1.8 or 2.0 vvti injectors to the 1.4 engines with the corresponding t/b. I assumed that's what you were doing.