DazzaJay

1 hour ago, Hiro said:

 

Toyota's diagnostics of this period consists of a paperclip or short length of wire bridging the TE1 and E1 pins of the diagnostic plugs, and counting the flashes of the Check Engine Light.

yeah, ive read about doing that, but some things ive read state that you need to use a resistor rather than a paperclip. so, i havent tried it due to conflicting info.

speaking of, has anyone tried one of these toyota to OBDII adaptors? do these work?

14 hours ago, ZZT86 said:

Engine sounds OK despite the rattle/knocking when you re-connect pot 1. I would connect a scan tool to ecu for some clues but it sounds like a conrod bearing failure. I wouldn't drive it.

I would, but i only have OBDII Compatible devices laying around, and this celica predates OBDII.

Don't worry, haven't been driving it like this. (Other than returning home when it first started making the noise)

7 hours ago, Tony Prodigy said:

Haha, the look on your face is priceless. I know that baffled look lol..

That's a very interesting issue. I suspect it also could be the conrod bearing as the noise is more prevalent when the spark plug lead is connected creating that cylinder pressure on the "bang" stroke. When the lead is disconnected, the rotating assembly just turns freely without cylinder pressure, hence no noise.

An endoscope camera could be helpful in determining piston/cylinder wall damage, but I would say that engine is done. Time for a bottom end rebuild mate.

 

I HAD a endoscope, but it broke a few months ago. so i will get a new one and take a look.
So far we've been quoted around $7,500 for a new engine by North Vic Engines in Cobram. But if it hasn't damaged the cylinder i could probably do piston/conrod/bearing replacements myself. (IF that's all that has gone wrong) (My Total Experience = 1x Daihatsu Mira piston/conrod/bearing replacement)

Hi all, Got a '93 WRC Trophy ST184R and the engine as just started making some pretty bad sounds.

Here's the symptoms:

• Sound only happens when engine is hot.
• When warming up the engine, sound will be only present above 4,000RPM.
• When engine is hot, Sound will be present all the way down to 1,200RPM.
• Sound only present when there is combustion in Cylinder 1. (Disconnecting the spark lead stops the sound)

See Video:
This video shows the engine after warm up, I rev the motor and disconnect/reconnect Spark Lead 1. - the sound only occurs when lead connected to cylinder 1.

Help in diagnosis is requested.

So far, a mechanic looked at it for 2 seconds, pulled the lead and said "It's the Piston"
Another person has said "Engine is totaled"
and another recons there's something wrong with the spark lead or injector (I don't see how)

Extra Info:
No Exhaust Smoke.
Radiator is Green and Clean.
Oil is good, Replaced 5,000km ago has no signs of metal filings.
Car has done 359,000KM and has always been serviced on time.

Saw the Jag at today's event. Confirmed its an 89, and its plates are purple on white, slimline, NSW Historic vehicle plates.

So I don't know how he's done it. Unless H rego can be transferred between States, as he WAS previously in a Victorian club.

Did they update the regulations since last year?

I have last year's regulations, (i think they are, its whatever the Club Secretary gave me) which is showing me 25 years.

And the club secretary already has his Jaguar on H plates, and it's an '89.... Then again, he is the club registration officer.

Well, no specific number, that's a bummer. As it's only about 3 years from becoming a classic vehicle. (And able to be registered on Historic registration)

This one already appears at Classic car shows hosted and attended by the Southern Riverina Vehicle and Machinery Club. ( www.srvmc.com )

But even so, the fact that (assumed) there was less with the WRC pack than the standard SX does put the car in the Special Interest category at car shows anyway.

On 10/15/2014 at 7:42 AM, Hiro said:

Hate to tell you but the WRC Trophy was just an end-of-life sticker/option pack to help sell the last of the normal FWD 5SFE-powered ST184, not the 4WD turbo 3SGTE ST185. They're about as "limited edition" as a Commodore Lumina or Camry Touring

I know it's an FF, 5S-FE.

What i'm looking for is How Many of this specific model were made. (In a number)

Regardless of model and such, all brands keep track on how many vehicles they make. so it shouldn't be this hard to find out.

I did some googling, and have been unable to come up with a number on how many of the ST184R Celica "WRC Trophy Edition" were built.

I know it came with the works, See PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3x2Uh7JTgf_TGI1cThlcEFOVHM/view?usp=drivesdk&resourcekey=0-V8ZXjIPZXBX2tNnybnAZXA

As the above PDF says, it is a special build to celebrate the Celica winning the WRC., but it does not say how many of this "special build" they made.

any ideas?

Greetings.

DazzaJay here, just signed up.

My partner is the proud owner of a 1993 ST184R Toyota Celica WRC Trophy Edition. she picked it up a few days ago for a good price.

Here's her Celica, next to my Daihatsu.

Found in the glovebox some of the original sales material for the WRC edition in rather good quality, and the last page has the tech specs.

So i've scanned it into a PDF. Here it is if you want to check it out: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3x2Uh7JTgf_TGI1cThlcEFOVHM/view?usp=sharing

On a different note, i had a chuckle when i was signing up... arrows point to what i noticed on the signup form.