Have I earned my gold wrench yet?
09-07-2007, 10:23 PM
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Uhhh Lesseee here
over the last three months:
*I also I did the full top end soft stuff (heater, fuel & vac hoses)
*Moved crankcase vent to catch can rather feeding intake
*Upper ball joints & wheel bearings
*Rebuilt the door locks & hatch lock (pulled apart, cleaned, repaired stripped mounting screw holes
*Pulled passenger seat to clean electrical, relube tracks, & rethread mounting hole that PO had cross threaded - I have NEVER seen a seat mounted like that?! On my Supra, 30 secs with a ratchet & my seats are out. While out I added extra lumbar support. On Driver's side, I stole air pump bladder lumbar system from Supra seat & installed that.
69gaugeman - Hold up da mirror =8-D
DonS - For me, spilling blood is a given. I consider it a good day if I don't have to go for stitches!
JKelly - thanks for the new avatar!!!
Ad0911 - my upper arms could actually be moved forward & back a few mm by hand, with an obvious click, thats why I replaced mine. Having said that, the soft material on mine appeared OK visually, but the sloppiness concerned me.
I will post a pic of the tool later- all I really did was weld a 19mm nut to a 22mm socket so I could use a box-end wrench to spin. I now have to buy a replacement socket....with 20/20 hindsight, I think I would grind down a socket height-wise so i could use a ratchet wrench and save about 20 minutes of wrenching. Or there are other tight-clearance tools you could buy, but I was already into the job using a friends garage, and didn't want to wait the extra day.
Ken
*I also I did the full top end soft stuff (heater, fuel & vac hoses)
*Moved crankcase vent to catch can rather feeding intake
*Upper ball joints & wheel bearings
*Rebuilt the door locks & hatch lock (pulled apart, cleaned, repaired stripped mounting screw holes
*Pulled passenger seat to clean electrical, relube tracks, & rethread mounting hole that PO had cross threaded - I have NEVER seen a seat mounted like that?! On my Supra, 30 secs with a ratchet & my seats are out. While out I added extra lumbar support. On Driver's side, I stole air pump bladder lumbar system from Supra seat & installed that.
69gaugeman - Hold up da mirror =8-D
DonS - For me, spilling blood is a given. I consider it a good day if I don't have to go for stitches!
JKelly - thanks for the new avatar!!!
Ad0911 - my upper arms could actually be moved forward & back a few mm by hand, with an obvious click, thats why I replaced mine. Having said that, the soft material on mine appeared OK visually, but the sloppiness concerned me.
I will post a pic of the tool later- all I really did was weld a 19mm nut to a 22mm socket so I could use a box-end wrench to spin. I now have to buy a replacement socket....with 20/20 hindsight, I think I would grind down a socket height-wise so i could use a ratchet wrench and save about 20 minutes of wrenching. Or there are other tight-clearance tools you could buy, but I was already into the job using a friends garage, and didn't want to wait the extra day.
Ken
