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Hey guys. Not happy to be doing this, but I have the time or the resources to take care of her. =[

Reason for sale: Started leaking radiator fluid from underneath the manifold. I'm pretty sure its just a freeze plug that I am going to attempt to replace. She also is leaking a little oil, like by the cam seals which probably just need replacing. I am starting internship in the beginning of December that is and need a better vehicle for the interstate.

Cons: Dent in the driver side fender (roommate backed into her), Blemish(scrape) right above the driver side wheel, clear coat coming off of the spoiler, driver seat has cover due to tear in the seat, and of course the two things mentioned above.

Pros: Completely stock with the exception of aftermarket exhaust (sounds beautiful), white 17 inch rims, kenwood radio, and custom 8" bazooka(sonotube) for base. AC works great. Interior is nice with the exception of the driver seat seat cover. Brand new headlights.

Goodies: Some parts that can come with are both sets of from brake pads, rear driver side drum, pads, and rest of hardware kit (had to replace the passenger side stuff so I bought it for the other side).

Mileage: 179,XXX
Engine: 7AFE
Trans: 5-Speed Manual
Price: 1300 OBO (might not be OBO if coolant issue gets resolved)

Location: Orlando, Florida (by UCF)

Check out my profile. I'll post more recent images if anyone is interested. She can be a great local daily, first car, or project that I would want her to be. Hope someone here can take her in.

Text or call me (Otto): (863) 258-2714

Replaced my passenger side rear brake set up (Drums,Shoes,Cylinder,Hardware...)! Wanted to do driver side, but due to it being my first time it took longer than I expected. And I know. I know, should have gone to rotors and calipers.lol. Taking care of the other side tomorrow as well as the front pads. =] saved my self $600 for doing this job myself and not at the shop that quoted me $750.

Sooo, spring break is next week and I was hoping that today I would fix MOST of my 171k miles 95 ST's oil leaking issues so I could head down to South Florida for a couple of days and actually enjoy myself... I went ahead and dropped the Number 2 oil pan, as I was changing my oil and filter as well today, and replaced the felpro gasket that was almost nonexistent. So, hopefully that takes care of a lot of the griminess from the bottom oil pan.

Next I wanted to take care of my valve cover gasket, the 4 stem seals, and the 4 grommets for the valve nuts, since just about everything has been spewing out at least a little bit of oil.

The complications started after I snapped my PCV valve that I had just replaced last oil change. Since it snapped I had no choice but to break the PCV grommet that the PCV valve connects to. I thankfully had an extra PCV valve. But the rest of the PCV grommet fell inside of the baffle part of the valve cover. I had to chisel it til it broke into small enough pieces so I could rattle them out. So, hopefully I can drive safely enough to Auto Zone and pray that they have that connector grommet.

Then I came to realize how difficult it is to remove the original stem seals. -___- After attempting to wiggle at least one off with a number of different pliers, I couldn't. I don't believe that I had/currently have the proper tools or technique. I changed the valve cover gasket, but still saw that some oil was seeping out of the bottom right corner, even after putting the suggested RTV there (Dont know what more I should do for that?).

The stem seals are a bit important to get to since I have been getting some white smoke from the tail pipe when the car has been sitting for over 12 or so hours and I have read that replacing this might be a solution. If anyone has any suggestions for these forsaken things I would appreciate it.

It all came with the new distributor... the problem was the old spark plug wire boot fasteners (clip like things that hold the boot down to the dizzy cap) wasn't agreeing with the new cap and therefore the plug wasn't getting enough contact. So I just took them off and plugged them in w/out them.

Also adjusted the ignition timing to about 12.5 degrees above TDC. Rode it around, and she is back! =]

So happy. Valve cover seal, grommets, rings and fuel injectors coming soon. Wires I'll hold off on til I can find some reasonably priced aftermarket ones.

So the leaking was internal with my Dizzy. So I went ahead and bought and replaced it with a new one from E-Bay.

The Good News: > My Idle RPMs went down from always being at 1100RPM to around 800RPM.
> The Oil Leak, obviously ceased to be. =]

But on my way to school today it felt like I was only riding on 3 cylinders. Scary lose of power. So I get to my parking garage and play with the spark plug wires a little. Ran the car around a little again and the car seems to be responding better. But I still feel some sputtering going on. Gonna check the timing after school today. But could it be time for new spark plug wires after 170K?

My next sub-project I want to work on is really cleaning OR replacing my fuel injectors. I know this would help with my performance greatly.

I can't THANK this site and its users enough for all the great information! Thank you really. There is nothing more gratifying than being able to fix your own car and saving so much money.

lolol... Mega complement. ^_^ but mine is a simple ST. Hopefully, I can get her riding strong enough to keep up at the next FL meet.

... replaced both radiator hoses and washed her reeeal good. And my new dizzy came in so she can stop the leaking(crying). =]

^^ I second that statement. =/ I dont want to be a 4x4...

I have a 95 ST with 170k now. I have the same problem, only mine starts around 60+ or 70+ mph depending how hot it is weirdly. Its had the problem since I bought it, with no loss of power either. It has actually been getting up to those trembling speeds really nicely lately.

I have a pretty sick oil leak coming from the distributor. I haven't gotten around to replacing it, but Im assuming that once that is replaced and tuned I might be able to make past 80mph without thinking the car is going to explode. Update if you get the tune up soon please.

If you were to let that drivers side tail light go I am interested in the Passenger Side Tail Light...

And I live in Orlando.

Thank you everyone. I've been reading up on all of the rebuild guides I can find and were given. I at least got to take off the dizzy cap and there was a little bit of oil there. My neighbor and I degreased the top of my transmission which was holding all of the oil, gunk, and dirt. Looked pretty for a day, untill I drove it a couple of days and now it has fresh oil right back on the top.lol.

I see now that the seal picture I posted was just the cap gasket and is thankfully leaking it out and not holding too much oil inside the dizzy cap. I also now see that the inner shaft seals/rings are a bit of a project. I can only seam to find a rebuild kit from KBox. A lot of people in the rebuilds are using this Canadian Manufacturer.

Before I order the 7AFE dizzy rebuild kit I want to pull out the dizzy from the engine to see what exactly is going on in there. I already bought the external O-Ring at least and I also have a couple of generic internal rings/seals that might do the trick which were given to me. Then again I really might need that bearing that comes in the kit, since mine must look like hell I pressume.

I was having trouble taking out the rotating pin that is seen in as soon as the dizzy cap comes off. Is it just suppose to pop out? The write ups aren't clear on how to remove it. I'll keep watching some videos and reading nonetheless. It should be number 6 in the image below:


Thank you all...
-Otto

I appreciate the quick write up xrav22, I see you are talking about the external O Ring. But would you, or anyone else, have any insight on the inner O ring that goes around the base of the dizzy.

I pulled the image below from a 4A MR2 Dizzy rebuild write up:


This is what I believe he is asking for, just in case its not just the external O Ring. Sometimes its the internal(base) seal that is the culprit. Maybe if I can find the dimensions of the O Ring(s) I can find it at a hardware store, maybe? =] I just can't find any specs on it.

Hello All,

I apologize for not being as avid as a user as I had expected to be when I first got my 95 ST. Lack of money and being a pretty diligent college student my time for my Celi has been limited. On top of the major set back of the semester: getting my first three tickets ever, in one sitting, one stop sign away from my housing by an undercover DB total $342 (rant can be posted if you guys would like to hear about it...lol) =/ But I've been working really hard and have a little bit of money to take care of quick and easy issues and mods for now.

But on to my actual issue. I've been having a bit of an oil leak problem. Thankfully a have a master mechanic of a neighbor that helped me narrow it down to it being my distributor. He is so savvy that he told me to find a specific seal that I cannot quite find online. I'm pretty sure it is the "inner shaft seal" for the distributor that I've read a little about already. I will also be getting the standard O Ring for the distributor which should be easy to find, order, and replace from what I've read.

I would really appreciate any heads up on this inner seal matter and if anyone knows where I might be able to find it?

-Otto

I feel ya man. There are some dumb drivers in mid-Florida and my old Honda was a victim of that a while ago. That's why I take the back roads to school now.



Thank you Ferdi, I appreciate it. I'm looking forward to hearing about the meets. Just have to get her up to par or somewhere near that!lol.



Nice to hear man. I'm around the UCF area, if anything.



And I intend in keeping her that way. You have a very clean GT. Your cruising wheels and suspension set up looks very nice.

Hey man bump on a fun thread and really nice ST... inspiring stuff!

Thank you man! I appreciate it.

Will do that soon... I also added an old 8" bazooka and kenwood stereo. I'll be sure to put those pics up. Thanks Keiri!



Yeah, I don't doubt that at all...lol. Just want to take care of her... Thanks!



Thanks Cheela. I'll be sure to get the best out of her too.

Hey guys,

Just bought my 1995 Toyota Celica ST about three weeks ago and have quickly fallen in love with it. I always admired the sixth generation models and after a month and a half of non-stop looking I found her on Craigslist for the reasonable price of $2,700 (Reasonable because i found it in Orlando where people are famous for their overpricing). The previous owner took pretty good care of it. I had a bit of a scare when it started over heating not too long ago, but it was thankfully just the thermostat.

I have to say that I am more than thankful for this site. It has already came in handy. Even though I they are known to last, my Celi already has 166,xxx miles and she will be to the best of my abilities my "Project Car/Daily Driver." So in advance I would like to say thank you for all of the old threads with answers and any new ones that might pop in my new threads.

I'm soon to tackle quick projects such as: Short Ram Intake, Lowering Springs, New Front Bearings, Tints, even a new shift boot...

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