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They said it used 430g of refrigerant. Goes cold real quick like 20 seconds after turning it on. Very surprised

Just had it gassed at F1 it's blowing cold now and no leaks so all good. Cost 69 quid. Koyo condenser doing good

Gonna take to to F1 auto centre, 70 quid but they gonna do full vacuum job and leak test etc and if it's not working then you don't pay so good enough for me What's normal temps supposed to be for celicas? E.g if it's 25c outside temp what should I expect the AC vent to blow out?

if you can buy the a/c pro guage, get the cannister they do, its a green one for r134a. can recharge your car twice from empty in my experience. you also get £10 if you give halfords the cannister back after as a part of their recycling scheme too

I painted my gen7 with flake in it, unfortunately I used silver and it reflected everything so ended up looking rainbow coloured.

Wouldnt bother with halfords, my mate used one and they didnt have a proper machine, they were just using small bottles. Told him it had a leak and they didnt have the tools to look for it and they couldnt fill it. A year passed and he brought it to me to change the condenser, Before taking it off, I checked and there was still gas in it. Took it somewhere else and they tested it and filled it and its been working ever since. Lots of local garages have the proper machine and will do it for £50 - £60 - including a proper remove, vaccum test and new oil

Yea will have to hunt about no local places cheap. Halfords is so far cheapest at 75 Inc vat but want the car left there all day which I can't do

I've seen regassing in Norfolk for £50 inc vat, so probably worth checking around for prices.

Anyone regassed Thier own Aircon using those vacuum pump and gauge kits? Current gassing prices are 75 to 90 quid so thinking of just getting the 100 quid kit and doing it myself but wanted to see if anyone else has tried it.

Entry pic at Go Japan , Brands Hatch

GoJapan,Brands Hatch

There wont be a lot of metal to form a thread, but it is not like a M6 is going to be holding suspension.

Yes mines a year 2000 reg. I bought it in 2013 and it had surface rust underneath but no holes or weakened metal. Cavity wax is the main one to get on it, stops it rusting from the inside out. Will see how the wheel arches hold up, if the coating comes off I may switch to noxudol 900 or 1600

Got 5.5mm cobalt drill bit from Toolstation. Drilled through and tapped hole and used stainless bolts. All sorted now

Will have to try that. They are M6 in size

Drill and extractor jobby.

So when replacing the AC condenser the 2 bolts that hold the bracket that holds the condenser in place snapped. I was careful but guess they just took far gone . Drilling didn't seem to do much I'm guessing they are hardened steel. Any ideas how I can remove them? What's in the underside is it a nut welded to the frame or something else? Some better pics of the screws that are stuck in the holes. Iv put bumper all back on now. Just need to take it for a regas. Not sure what to do with the brackets, they are out back on and held by the condenser side but hopefully it doesn't pop off. Could epoxy the bracket on but that's gonna be issue in future if I need to do any work again.

2016 Mazda 2 The Mazda is very different, still getting used to being so high up, and keyless ignition. I have a nice quartet of winter wheels to go if you're interested? They had a nice respray 4 years ago, new Michelin All Season tyres in October 2024, only 3k miles...

oof thats a bargain, id love to have had that but im supposed to be reducing my collection not adding to it. What have you replaced it with?

I'm sure it will sometime and for a lot more than a grand, depends on how much it costs to sort the rust out tho, looks a really nice example nicely lowered, pity I feel your pain it still looks good and modern and different amongst a sea of SUV s nowadays

Sadly, after 11 years 6 months of wonderful ownership, my Celica is now sold and no longer in my ownership 😢 It's now in the hands of a motor trader (trade-in deal for another car). The trade-in value = £1,000 The dealer said the Celica will be auctioned via Auto-Trader - on a private auction for the trade only (?) 🫤 So it may come up somewhere for sale sometime again....

Good on yer there sounds like yours ll last a v long time there. If I remember is yours an early one that hasn't been rustproofed that much in the past but is still rot free with usage. It seems to me with my experience too that tho these cars can rust like crazy it doesn't take too much extra and knowledge to keep em rust free maybe it's the same with all rusty/cars I dunno.

Thank you all sorted now.

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