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  1. The Supra now has an MOT!! 1) Rear wheel bearings have been replaced. It seems the garage that had the car before had removed the dust covers from these and never replaced them. I missed this when we changed the driveshafts but even if it was caught the bearings would have already been rusted. 2) 2nd upper rear suspension arm has been replaced 3) rear brake calliper has been repaired However, even with this there is still a bad vibration above 30mph. It’s speed related and the mechanic thinks either it’s a driveshaft or prop issue. He’s going to get it on the ramp this week (hopefully) and see what he can find. The driveshafts are my only suspect point as they were bought from the internet. They looked fine but aside from that who knows…
  2. And off she goes again. Better luck this time! I’m busy with work and family things so have sent it off to a trusted local mechanic to do the final bits (He’s an old school Toyota and Lexus specialist who’s worked on local supras for 10+ years). I’ve put in a push button horn for now until I can try a replacement clock spring mechanism (kindly supplied for free from @Scooter , thanks man!) The mechanic is doing the following: 1) new rear wheels bearings 2) rear calliper repair 3) swap over the other rear upper arm (not doing THAT on the driveway again!) 4) MOT it If all goes well I’ve got a track day planned for March 8th at Cadwell Park.
  3. Welcome back, I've sent you a PM to get your old account reactivated.
  4. Homer

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    Interestingly when I insured my supra (£35k value), they didn't even require an alarm to be installed! I have fitted one anyway though.
  5. Thanks mate, that could really help. I'm going to take it off the car first and see if there's anything obviously wrong with it first. Part of it is shown on the 2nd picture on the first post (Black ring with the '5' sticker on it). Also shown here:
  6. My 98 facelift, 94 aero top and 93 RZ all had these brackets. @mwilkinson I can’t wait to see more pictures of the rebuild process. I am 100% saving and using these as a reference for when I start rebuilding my Supra properly. Great job so far and best of luck!
  7. Update to this. We found where the grounding is happening but am not sure how to fix it. After a process of elimination the ground is occurring between the plug that goes into the clock spring unit and the plug for the horn on the steering wheel. Bypassing this it works as intended. Does anyone know if the clock spring mechanism can be dismantled and checked? It’s one of those things I suspect isn’t easily serviceable…
  8. Wow... just wow. That colour and finish is perfection.
  9. so today @evinX and I decided it would be a good idea to work on the car while it was -2 degrees out. Not the best idea but we got a lot done! 1) Mot is cancelled as we couldn’t get the rear caliper fixed in time. The pins holding the brake pads in place are frozen and we couldn’t get them out even with a press. I’ve taken the caliper to a local specialist and hopefully he can get it repaired. 2) The rear upper arm that the car failed on has been replaced with one from Supratronix. It was a bit tricky getting this out as neither of us had removed one before. It turns out that both bushes are completely shot, along with the ball joint. Good job this was caught in the MOT. New arm is installed with all new bolts, absolutely spot on. Very impressed with the quality of these. 3) now that the suspension is stable we found the wheel bearing also needs changing. The other side has a small amount of movement, so I’m going to get the car to a local garage to have those changed. 4) We traced the horn wiring loom back to the fuse box and found it is grounding somewhere in the engine bay loom. Since this is all but impossible to separate a single wire from it we rewired directly from the fuse box. The weird thing is the horn is still on all the time. We’re completely confused as to why this is happening so need to spend a bit more time looking into this. 5) Two wheels had buckles so they’ve been straightened by a local alloy wheel shop. The face of the wheel that meets the hub had also been powered coated so that had been wire wheeled off on all the wheels. Next step: refit repaired calliper and rebook MOT. Old and new: The play was bad… IMG_3855.mov New arm in. And yes, new discs and pads will be fitted once all mechanical issues are resolved.
  10. Homer

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    Any updates on the car Uzair?
  11. This. The seals are quite inexpensive from Toyota, especially if ordered through somewhere like Amayama. I think I paid about £65 for mine.
  12. Unfortunately the car failed the MOT today, but not on items we were expecting! 2 major items and 2 advisories (which are very easy fixes). 1) Drivers side rear upper suspension arm has too much play. I did check the arms last year but must have missed this, it’s got play in the bushes. By some very good luck @evinXhas a new pair of these in stock, so I’ve bought them from him. I’ll try and get the bad one replaced this week. 2) Off side rear calliper is frozen. Since these came off a car that was only MOT’d last year I’d assumed they would be fine, apparently not. We’re going to try and free it up, otherwise I’ll need to source a new one. There is also a very bad vibration above 40mph, I’m going to get the wheels checked at a local alloy wheel place as it looks like one might have a small buckle. The issue with the rear suspension arm probably doesn’t help either. Other than that the car was flawless lol. It drove perfectly, no smoke, very smooth and everything worked as intended. Importantly both turbos spool up and it pulls well. It was awesome to finally drive this on the road after 10 years! Massive thanks to @evinX for the help and support today (and also arranging the MOT with his guys) Replacement arms, with rubber bushes. fantastic price on these thanks to Kev!
  13. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087079114047 I bought the exact same plug from them last week, worked perfect!
  14. JM Imports is in Newcastle. Jurgen the owner is well known and respected on this owners club.
  15. Thanks @Peter P, I put a thread up in technical and @TuneR posted a pic showing the same connecting point. With both of you guys confirming the same it’s safe to say we have everything wired up correctly. It must be grounding somewhere. I already tried the celica wheel and it made no difference. Since most of the wiring loom is bolted to the back of the dash it would mean a dash-out job to trace it fully. I think the most viable option is to take a wire from the horn pin on the column, run it to a fuse then connect it to the engine room loom. If the dash ever comes out I’ll redo it properly but I can’t see it’s worth the effort right now.
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