supra head gasket questions+ rebuild

[supramacist]

That's yet another huge issue with first time owner/beginners of these cars.

You have to figure out what the other thousand shade tree mechanics in there before you have done.

Once you get through this Andy. You'll never let anyone near the car without you. Especially when the bonnet is up.

My buddies get mad because I won't let them smoke in the car or any of that. No one will ever get it like you'll get it when you finish.

Everyones always going to be telling you that you should have gone a different route. It's not worth what you have in it. ya it's cool but DAMN.

You got lucky with Bill showing up. He either has his car up so he can get the pics you need or he took good pics when he had it up. I know this because I can't go out and get those type of pics as mine sits.

Alas. I am about to tear into it again.

[Andy C]

hi supramacist, yeah looks like other people have messed around witht he car before.

garage mechanics get paid by the hour so what do they care how gentle they are with your car. i learnt that and will never let a garage touch my car.
the weather was so hot today got seriously burnt to. ouch!

got all the plenum, pipes and connectores on and the turbo today.

reckon the car will be ready by the weekeend, if it works

whats wrong with your car?

check these pics out see if you can tell me or show me with pictures what this attacheds to.

[paulmicin]

Originally Posted by Andy C

hi supramacist, yeah looks like other people have messed around witht he car before.

garage mechanics get paid by the hour so what do they care how gentle they are with your car. i learnt that and will never let a garage touch my car.
the weather was so hot today got seriously burnt to. ouch!

got all the plenum, pipes and connectores on and the turbo today.

reckon the car will be ready by the weekeend, if it works

whats wrong with your car?

check these pics out see if you can tell me or show me with pictures what this attacheds to.

It depends, is that a water, fuel, or vacuum line. Also, where does it run to?

[Bill UK]

Difficult to say from your photos Andy, but that pipe looks like the one I've marked in the photos below, the hose sticking up at the top connects to the small metal vacuum pipe in front of the 3000 intake pipe. Supramacist was right I had the engine out last year to do a big end-repair and was able to take lots of pic`s,

[supramacist]

The captions inside the pics are an issue for me.
They cover up things I want to see and keep me from answering.

At times.

[j3pz]

looks like the coolant line that runs to the throttle body/isc. does the other end go to a metal pipe that goes behind to motor?

[Andy C]

anyone got any pics of the fanbelt air con belt arrangement please took all the belts off cant remember what order they go back in deh!

no worries found it onthe trsm. didnt realise there was more to trsm than i orignaly noticed if only i noticedthat earlier would of helped me alot. thanks anyway.

only a few hours away fro mstarting the car. got to put coil pack on. air intake throttle cables.

fill up with power steering fluid .drian oil and replace with new and filter plus antifreeze an i m there me thinks.

Any advice before sticking in the key (gulp) must admit im nervous . ps i have timed the cam with the 0 mark at the bottom but still a little confused about the cps and how to fine time it.???

[supramacist]

The tsrm is the toyota tech book.

It has everything.

[Andy C]

turned on the ignition today and the engine management light came on. havent started yet gotta get some fuel and double check everything but can someone give me some advice on this. shouldnt the light go out before i starttye car??? my prelude goes out before i start the car. any help please.

[supramacist]

I think you mean the check engine light.

Before you even mess with starting it.

Pull the codes.
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