yeah, it's definitely time to upgrade my arsenal. I've been using alot of cheapo tools and saying when I break them I will upgrade. Some have broken right away and thus I've upgraded to better. Some I don't use nearly enough to consider upgrading and others haven't broken yet after years of use. Still with the crap paint I have on all my cars it would be a good investment to get that one.

Always start with the lightest compound on the gentlest pad and lower end of the speed range and work up from there to get the desired results, when you're new to stuff. Also don't be afraid to cheat with fillers lol! My car is 50% polished and 90% fillers haha! I've got a motley assortment of stuff I use, none of it very fancy but I've got a system that works. I'm always up for trying new stuff, I'm ready to have a go at my Mazda with a sample of "the last cut" all in one diminishing compound. Cuts and polishes in one step with one pad which is pretty awesome!

Fillers?

did some more small things to get this thing ready for the road.

Swapped over NGK spark plugs and wires, as well as the distributor cap and rotor.
Cleaned up the valve cover and intake manifold as much as I could.


Threw my 2 post spoiler on without the riser blocks because they were reps that were a bit wobbly when put together. I'm gonna have to get some better hardware to keep them from killing people when I'm racing up to 55mph with that 7AFE power.



swapped over to HIDs as well because f*ck traffic (they're all trucks with super bright HIDs anyways)




And finally this quick little 15 min steering wheel swap turned out to be more work than I had wanted. lol
Parked in front the garage and took the battery off, swapped steering wheel blah blah easy stuff. put it back togehter, went to start the car and NOTHING.
It was at that moment that Freelica's original starter decided to take a crap after 23 years. I KNEW I should've just threw one of my spares on when I was putting the transmission back together. lol so I had to add a starter replacement to my steering wheel swap. but all good, she runs again.


question for you all.
so my clock and cd player don't turn off when I shut the car off. To keep it from sapping the battery, I've just been unplugged the battery everytime I park. Any idea what's going on with it? There's a lot of weird things I found when cleaning and putting Freelica back together. Passenger side turn signal and sidemarker has burnt out bulbs. Passenger side door light was also just unplugged randomly. wires running to the "system" in the back didn't look that well done. cigarette light is also sitting by the shifter. I've fixed all those things except for the radio/clock staying on. I'm probably gonna take the deck out and see if the wiring was done legit or shoddy... judging from everything else, it may the latter. Does the deck affect the clock though? what would keep it on after you take the keys out?

I vaguely remember the clock being on the radio fuse, and the radio is probably wired up to constant power instead of switched power. That shouldn’t keep the clock on all the time though, only the radio.

Could be the door switch? I seem to recall mine would keep the radio and clock going after turning the car off until you opened the door.

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I'm hoping the wiring behind there isn't a mess and they didn't wire up both to a constant...

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Don't think so as I've opened and closed the doors and it's still on.

I meant like if the switch was stuck or shorted, as then the door would never "be open". I dunno, maybe that or something in the ignition switch not turning off accessory?

Fart noises

Registered and on the road. Now to fix the clock and exhaust. Might go the simple method and just get some joint connectors to hold the piping in and call it good. Then ready to drive and/or sell.

This post has been edited by cheela: Sep 6, 2019 - 3:21 PM

Is the clock to measure the 1/4 mile times?

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OHHHHHHH BURNNNNN!

Yes. Yes it is.

Since you and I both live in Wisconsin, maybe one day you can help me work on my Celica. I'm a noob by the way

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just pay Cheela in head pats and belly rubs. Should be enough.

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hahaha, I have no clue what I'm doing most the time but I will help where I can. You gotta make it to one of our midwest meets one of these days. I'm having a small meet at my house tomorrow if you wanna come hang out.

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not one or the other. both.

Is that how you get access to CheeLa's famous butt everyone talks about?

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i was wondering why you never been to our meets.

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I can work with that lol plus, most people here are more mechanically inclined than myself when it comes to bigger projects so help is appreciated

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Honestly, I would love to go to a meet and get into the car scene but I started going back to school and only check on here occasionally so I miss meet dates and whatnot

BUMP.


so I ripped the deck out and the clock works again. Problem solved..except for the gaping hole where it used to be.

(just doing small updates because big updates tend to crash the forum)

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Don't you break it!

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Is that really the cause?

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Shoot! and I was gonna say I turbo charged the BEAMS and did a RWD conversion.... I guess I better undo all of that for now.

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seems so I hope. something was being powered by a constant when it shouldn't have and the wiring for it was a mess. After taking it out and putting the center console back together, the clock stayed off. But I didn't really get a closer look as it's just sitting in the carport and it's now winter in Wisconsin. Working on cars outside is no fun especially with my garage crammed with both my 1st gen and 6th gen and all the tools, engine hoist, spare BEAMS etc. There is no room to do any work.

This post has been edited by cheela: Jan 14, 2020 - 10:14 AM

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Sounds like a lack of commitment if you ask me....

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says the guy with a lift....

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Says the guy with the empty field ripe for upgrades....

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says the....

Lol but seriously though a lift makes a pretty huge difference when it comes to ease of access and work.
Plus the winter is cold, no excuse though if your garage was heated.

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The perfect day to go to the dentist.

Freelica's all put back together. Probably a good clean n vacuum and then be ready to sell. So anyone want a Freelica?

Damn! She's a keeper now.