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Harleys new progress blog from the start. My Na 5
HarleyFDMD replied to HarleyFDMD's topic in mkiv Supra Projects
I've had an issue with my clutch over the past couple of days. It keeps sticking to the floor. Seems worse during the first few minutes of driving whilst everythings cold. Im 99% sure its the master cylinder and i have a brand new oem one to fit. I would assume the one in the car currently is original and so 31 years old. So that's my job for the weekend and i bought 1.5L of Motul RBF700. I also bought a couple of decent quality .50mm T4 gaskets and 2 oil drain gaskets incase i blow one again. a few weeks back i also bought some titanium coloured mikalor clamps, i may have mentioned before but my plan is to get all the boost pipes re made in titanium. Still need to order a few more of the clamps in different sizes but i think they look pretty cool. -
Harleys new progress blog from the start. My Na 5
HarleyFDMD replied to HarleyFDMD's topic in mkiv Supra Projects
VID-20240325-WA0132.mp4 Ahh Mexico.. gotta love it 3 people deep, rear tyres down to 20psi. Mostly hooks in 2nd but still a fair bit of wheel spin. -
Harleys new progress blog from the start. My Na 5
HarleyFDMD replied to HarleyFDMD's topic in mkiv Supra Projects
Once I'd pretty much finished everything (with the exception of fitting the rear wheels, engine undertray and one of the clutch inspection covers) i fired it up to make sure everything was as it should be.. select all gears / check for noises and leaks etc. Everything with the gearbox was spot on. No issues at all and i was about to throw the rear wheels on and take it for a spin but i noticed the engine note sounded a bit different to normal. Sounded like the manifold was blowing, and sure enough it was Typical! The turbo to manifold nuts had come slightly loose and blown the T4 gasket. So i began to strip that down... fortunately i had a spare T4 gasket and oil drain gasket so i managed to get it all built back up. I had some locking turbo nuts too so hopefully they'll help prevent this happening again didn't get a final picture but it all went back together easy enough and i then got the wheels on the the other small bits finished and took it out for my first drive as a 6 speed! Clutch is smooth and light and the flywheel doesn't make any untoward noises (being solid rather than oem dual mass) so all in all very happy.. obviously it'll take a few miles of driving before its properly bed in so this may change! Still need to fit the new clutch master cylinder but I'll do that in a few days. The car feels faster than it did before, not sure whether thats because of the difference in gear ratios or maybe i just need to get used to it again. Being March.. meaning colder tyres and colder tarmac may have contributed but it was spinning the tyres much more than it did before.. just ripping! -
Harleys new progress blog from the start. My Na 5
HarleyFDMD replied to HarleyFDMD's topic in mkiv Supra Projects
Got into work early this morning to get this finished, removed the transmission mount first so i could finish the floor pan. Whilst i had the mount off i ran it through the aqua blaster to get it looking new again the rear discs were also looking worse for wear, they are probably 7 or 8 years old now but have covered very little mileage. I'll be buying new oem discs and pads soon but for the meantime i cleaned these discs up in the aqua blaster too and then re painted the edges. Then continued to get the last few bits done, heat shields, exhaust, driveshafts etc -
Harleys new progress blog from the start. My Na 5
HarleyFDMD replied to HarleyFDMD's topic in mkiv Supra Projects
Thanks mate I have that reverse light switch plug on my list of things to do today -
Harleys new progress blog from the start. My Na 5
HarleyFDMD replied to HarleyFDMD's topic in mkiv Supra Projects
I always find myself venturing off on some sort of excursion away from what i had originally intended -
Harleys new progress blog from the start. My Na 5
HarleyFDMD replied to HarleyFDMD's topic in mkiv Supra Projects
I then made a start on the ARP rear wheel studs. I decided to tackle this first as it was the job i was dreading most although it actually went very smoothly with the help of an old thread on here that i followed step by step. I also got the diff and shafts installed before tackling the clutch and gearbox I had some ARP bolts which i believe were designed as turbo to manifold bolts but they also happen to be the perfect size for transmission mount so in they went! Love a bit of overkill! Drained the old oil from the gearbox which fortunately was very clean, Good signs! -
Harleys new progress blog from the start. My Na 5
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The following day i seam sealed the areas that i had previously epoxy primed. The tunnel itself would have been a waste of time to strip all the oem underseal off as it was pretty mint so i just gave it a top up coat of Buzzweld WAR. Tomorrow I'll also use WAR on the area i have primed once the seam sealer has set -
Harleys new progress blog from the start. My Na 5
HarleyFDMD replied to HarleyFDMD's topic in mkiv Supra Projects
When i removed the old gearbox i went on a side quest and started stripping part of the floor pan. I finished off removing this section of underseal and wire wheeled any surface corrosion down before using Jenolite to tackle anything that remained. Once that had worked its magic i used Por15 metal etch and then epoxy primed it I will eventually do the whole underside but its very time consuming so I'll be doing it section at a time. Whilst waiting for the Por15 to do its thing, i also got the new flywheel on using 271 loctite so it could then dry over night. -
Harleys new progress blog from the start. My Na 5
HarleyFDMD replied to HarleyFDMD's topic in mkiv Supra Projects
Some updates from the past few days.. Firstly, got the driveshafts finished. After aqua blasting them i painted them in epoxy primer and then used buzz weld WAR as a top coat as i had some left over from my truck and thought it was good stuff! Then last night we got the car loaded back onto the trailer and bought back into work -
I'll be on my honeymoon then
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Harleys new progress blog from the start. My Na 5
HarleyFDMD replied to HarleyFDMD's topic in mkiv Supra Projects
Cleaned up the driveshafts last night, used our aqua blaster which always does a good job of things like this. Used it on a very low pressure mind you and aimed it in the opposite direction of where the CV boots seal! This evening I'll use some Por15 metal etch on them and them paint them. Should look nice and new then -
My Supra - Progress so far, next steps and build thread
HarleyFDMD replied to Peter P's topic in mkiv Supra Projects
Ok thats good to hear! I haven't fitted mine yet, it was just my expectation that the flywheel would be noisy with it not being a dual mass. Should have mine fitted at the weekend. Its all brand new, i have a stage 3+ clutch so I'll let you know what thats like! -
My Supra - Progress so far, next steps and build thread
HarleyFDMD replied to Peter P's topic in mkiv Supra Projects
Hey Peter, i had another read through this last night and noticed I've bought the same flywheel and clutch (i think) as what you have. How do you find it? Especially the flywheel.. is it super noisy? -
Harleys new progress blog from the start. My Na 5
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Really loving the oem spoiler again