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striker8881

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  1. haha yer its missing but its $280 for a new one and its genuine only wreckers or nothnig dont have them has to come from japan and theres a big dent in the back corner and yer not pretty otherwise its good and on a rainy day still goes the same nothnig happens its fine what im doing next is putting arctic blue globes into my headlight and fog light =] then getting some mesh and taking off the other scoop and putting it into the vents =]
  2. i keep the photo of the dent away though not a pretty site
  3. striker8881

    Toyota Celica

    st184 1992
  4. yer man all fixed see what happened the gear that goes into to the gearbox had somehow unscrewed so what i did was screw it back in TIGHT =] aint going anywhere now now everything on the car is good except for the small tapping from the timing cover but thats not important if it snaps WARANTY cause guys before i bought the car didnt do it right =] haha and a few squeaking/knocking noises from my door trims which i have to secure and i really bad knock/rattling from behind the glove box so i gotta strip all that down when i have time not major just annoying fun isnt it =]
  5. test your battery and your alternator and check all the fuses could be a alt reg starting to bugger
  6. ok not a head gasket it was a heater hose under the distributor that had burst and was spraying coolant onto the distributor haha so glad =]]
  7. nah man its hasnt haha im a mechanic that cream is just condensation in the oil from water you get it aswell from not driving your car but yer ima tk test it today if it is ima do a little tip of the trade and sell it =]]
  8. but the thing is if it was really that it wouldnt idle properly either but it idles perfect
  9. ok the other day i was going about 80 km/h and i dropped from 5th to 3rd and floored it it then just cut out and jumped back in i was like "ok..." so drove an extra 200 metres went around a round about and it just died again and wouldnt start i left it for 5 minutes and tryed to start it and it started and idled then i reved it and it sucked air in and just died again left it for 10 minutes started and it was fine but now when i accelerate it pretty much struggles i can feel it as i go what is this?
  10. how much do you think parts for a blown head gasket will be and a recon'd engine? including turbo
  11. haha no not that hard i never really go the speed limit but i dont overly speed i know about how fast im going =] but me and my workmates all rekon the the gear has just fallen out from behind the dash cause it doesnt seem like a electronic speedo and i dont have a tacho just my rev meter =] but ill pull out the dash myself and have a look over the week im a mechanic so ill get my tools from work haha if anyone needs a mechanic hand just ask =]
  12. other day im driving along then i accelerate around a round about and i notice my speedo dial is just going everywhere couple seconds later back to normal then again it happens a couple minutes later now when i drive it stays on 0 or moves between 0 and 20 ks now opinion the gear on the gearbox is fryed or its popped out from behind the dash what do you rekon?
  13. i did see someone taking pictures just cant remember who? thats the problem we have here
  14. haha yer it was good though i was shy haha and i got stuck at the lights and everybody left and then got slowed down by cops on freeway AND turned the wrong way onto leach highway and STILL got there as you guys got to maccas =] haha still didnt get a race though =[
  15. well ill be there either way 10 30 is easy i wake up at 7 am 7 days a week haha work (N) joys of being a mechanic =]
  16. yerr lights camera ACTION =]] leading up to the day i got a puncture now i need a new tyre stupid low profiles cant see if there low or not but i got my rear discs in and im putting them on tomorow and the everything else some time this week so my car should be good for sunday =] anybody like to see how much iv spent on my car already =] Done In The Past: Power Steering Pump And Rack Rekon$800? Bearing+Hub$200 Rocker Cover Gasket$20 Payed For: Front Shock Absorbers = $320 Rear Shocok Absorbers= $219 New CV Shafts= $314 Front + Rear Pads = $110 Front Slotted Discs = $243 Wheel Bearing Kit= $78 Hub Piece= $107 To Be Bought This Week: Rear Slotted Discs= $314?? 1 Tyre= $149 To Find Quotes For: New Muffler+Fix Exhaust Bashing ?$600?? Installing Sub And Amp + New Rear Speakers ?$400?? Fix Body Damage + Paint+ Body Kit ?$8000?? New Wheels ?$1200?? Turbo Kit ?$5000?? 3S-GTE Head + Racing Parts + Computer ?$5000?? **** expensive project and just to get it up to standard is dealing with annoyance worth it in the end thank *** for loans off parents =] interest free =]
  17. OMG 5th gen sexy sry man the plan for enterin AS08 is cancealed We can try for AS09 can't w8 to chek out your car on 25th i love 5th gens :) still deciding either 6th or 5th :( yer i know its cancelled thats why im saying most of my work will be done by then hopefully my sound system will be done to haha $6000 for it haha man which one do you like better 5th or 6th? they have equal power cause its basically the same engines in them no difference in power but for the 6th parts are prob easier to get cause 5th are older dba doesnt even make slotted discs for them anymore so depends whether you want parts easier really or looks to you =] as for gt4 mines not a gt4 1.8 ltr ew ill stick with my 2.2 and get it bored out to 2.4 when i get my turbo =] Ill just get a 5th gen Looks way more agressive then the 6th then you can help me out with my mods and yea my mods would prob b done by then aswell on the 22nd, and1 and me are goin to some thingy at convention centre its lik adverts or somtin for his shop so lik i can try get us sponsors for AS09 that sounds sweet =] i can prob get some sponsors but ill wait till next year to get them involved
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