AlexD

Stripped the front of my SSIII Beams in preparation of new front suspension, and replacing front wings and bumper from a doner.

Who the hell would do the driving ?

Even fully comp doesn't necessarily mean they can drive another car they don't own. A couple fully comp policies I had didn't state that. Others do. And the car has to have its own policy. As others said, I'd drive the car first. Descent duration. The get a quiet bit of road and let them try it. And the boy racer Wannabees have to show money first.

There ya go again. Off topic....

16 years and you've never had it checked. Probably drop off..nothing loose. It I'll be all seized up.

You are talking about the car , right????

Do it red and in 10 years it will be orange. Otherwise known as Toyota red.....

That brings back memories. Bean cans and tying wire and a hell load of GunGum. Was a time I reconned the entire exhaust on my Hilman Avenger was all HP or Heinz bean cans..

I did that on an old polo. Throtle cable broke. Bit of string rigged up from throttle, bit of wood tied at other end. String ran through window edge of bonnet and through the side window. Glad it wasn't raining. Got me home, and to work next day till I got a replacement. But Celica related this takes the biscuit. Vert failed MOT on rear bearing. No biggie right? Just remove wheel, entire brake calipers, disk, brake shoes and all related springs. ( I'll have to open other side to figure out how to get the damn brake shoes back together. ) Unbolted 4 bolts holding hub to find this. Spot the odd one out. Its the 3rd one. Numpty before cross threaded one of the bolts, screwed the threads on it and the hub. Lost or broke another and fitted an engineering bolt same diameter bit completely wrong thread. That screwed the threads in hub. One bolt fell out when I lossened it. Other took serious leverage with breaker a bar to get it out. So 2 hub bolt holes screwed. Now have to replace the entire hub as well as the bearing. Aagggggggggggghh.

This seems to be the case, Reported in few webs site, and news groups. announced from May 2018, that cars over 40 Years old will be exempt from MOT (only 15 More to go for my car .... yeah....) the voluntary thing, might mean Insurance companies may still require it. I say that from LPG conversions, although not a legal requirement, many insurance companies wont cover a car that has an LPG conversation, unless it is tested and registered on the UK LPG register..

Rice is very good for soaking up any water ingress. Great if you have convertible, and wife forgets to put the roof up when it rains.

That's where I was getting conflicting info. Some said red grease sliders others white silicon grease. So red grease can take the temperature?.

Okay. I've stripped couple sets of brake calipers and pistons. On my Curren (and yes its technically a celica gen 6) I'm going to purchase all the bits for a complete strip and rebuild of front and rear brakes. But which grease to which parts? And reason for same. Reading up I see reference to red grease, copper grease, lithium white grease etc. And no definitive answer which is best and where So here's the question: Sllider bolts that the carriers run on. Which grease and why?. Threaded Bolts to tighten and secure. So they don't sease. Grease and reason. Metal clips/runners./ edges of pads. Which grease and why. Anywhere else that should be greased and reason/type. And obviously no grease to disks and no grease to face of brake pads.... I have red grease. High temp lithium grease and copper grease.

It plugs in under the seat. Thinks it for the seatbelt warning light.

Mine used a friggin 2 "screw. It actually came through the plastic boot liner in one place.

Lights out reduce risk of damaging them, then your looking at screws/nut on inside of boot. there are only a couple IIRC. the number plate surround is actually held with about 6 Plastic Poppers. When your sure all nuts etc are removed, you give it a good tug at one side to popthe first few poppers. And ohh, if previous owner was same as my car previous owner, he may have screwed the number plate clean through the number plate, the surround and into the metal chassis of the car. good luck with that.

I've a Silver Gen 6 i'm in two minds about keeping or selling, Car solid and no issues, just rear seats are a bit tatty. I've a red Gen 6, so cant justify keeping both. If you can, and are going to get rid of the rear seats, pop me through a couple picture by PM.

If the rear seats are a n decent order I most might be interested in the them.

Well paunch I have (a small one, greatly reduced since the chest hair was removed) no chest hair (all got shaved of for the quintuple bypass, and hasn't grew back yet) and cant afford gold medallions. Def not in the Gen 1 class. So old, me mortgage will be cleared in 4 years, then I can really afford to get some mods done. (And for them Googling Quintuple, its 5)

Ive a similar issue with a Minibus i'm converting into a campervan. removing most of the rear seats. MOT centre when asked, said I would have to get the log book changed from 17 Seater down to 5 Seater, or MOT inspector would fail me as "missing" 12 seats and belts. Reason he gave was, even if not fitted, as classed as a 17 seater, I could refit the seats and/or belts after MOT.

Boy, you are hopeful.

Nice to Know. How you getting on with your Gen 5? I've stripped my doner and about to dump the shell. Any odd bit or pieces you might need?. I've plans for some of the parts, but if I don't have a plan or need, your welcome to them. And I do mean fully stripped.

On the engine issue the JDM 3sge is different to theuk no egr. So that would be grounds for a no cat?. in or northern Ireland we don't have garages. MOT centres are Government owned an run. I've no less than two brother-I-nlaws that are MOT inspectors. Going to run it past them be certain. But ive a 1990 gtr which cleary doesnt need cat by year.not sure if it has one or not. My gen6 has and im dying to get rid of it.

When looking up to find out if I needed a cat or not found the following. www.gtfours.co.uk/images/mot-cat.gif And this image. So basically as the gen 5 are gtr not gti and the gen 6 areareSSI SSII etc not GT ST SR, they technically can't be tested for having a cat. I'm also aware that if you get a letter from toyota stating the car was not made for UK market that they have to use a non cat test standard. I'm away to fleabay to order a nice stainless steel decay.