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Enthusiast Joined Jul 12, '19 From UK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
Hello everyone!
I just randomly won an auction for a Celica SR on eBay and only ended up paying £350 with 12 months MOT and no advisories. I'm coming from a 2004 Yaris 1.3 vvti so it's nice to have a little extra power and there's already an exhaust on it, man the 7afe sounds sweet! Here she is... https://imgur.com/oE4dJvD https://imgur.com/wOEv7Mn I really had to clean it up because it was pretty disgusting but worth the elbow grease. It needs a cam belt and I'm not quite sure if I should tackle it myself or not. Happy to finally be a Celica owner! ![]() PROJECT VIDEO SERIES on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngPT2nnen...mZl7CJVw/videos Paul This post has been edited by Shizukesa: Aug 22, 2019 - 9:45 AM |
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
Welcome! Looks like a very nice car for very little money, well done! If you're good at following instructions and have some mechanic ability you should be able to do the timing yourself, aside from being transversely mounted making it harder it's a good learning opportunity since the 7A is non interference so there's not the stress of getting it wrong and trashing the engine.
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Hood spoiler! Looks tidy for the money spent.
-------------------- '97 ST \ Eibach \ KYB \ Kenwood \ Alpine \ Cusco \ OEM+ [sold 10/18]
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 12, '19 From UK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
I decided to get a garage to do it after doing some research about the cam belt change.
Some more pics: ![]() ![]() ![]() Wheels need refurbishing, front bumper needs respraying and scratches on the rear right need sorting out. Today I had to modify a corroded exhaust bracket after I noticed the hanger wasn't even connected. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 12, '19 From UK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
Worked like a charm!
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 12, '19 From UK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
I'll tell you what... cleaning 21 year old parts is no joke
![]() Before: ![]() After: ![]() Also the throttle was sticking a little so I cleaned the throttle body today. It's idling high after this, does anyone know the procedure for idle relearn on a Celica AT200? ![]() Before: ![]() After: (this was as clean as I could possibly get it) ![]() |
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
http://www.6gc.net/howto/reset_your_air_fuel_ratio
Though that may not help as I tried it after the following; I had the same issue after cleaning my throttle body and IACV, I could've swore it had a vacuum leak so I redid the gaskets like two or three times and on the third time I gave up. After driving it though it seemed to settle down to where it was before. Also make sure the A/C idle up circuit isn't disconnected now. -------------------- 2001 Miata LS 5-speed
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 12, '19 From UK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
http://www.6gc.net/howto/reset_your_air_fuel_ratio Though that may not help as I tried it after the following; I had the same issue after cleaning my throttle body and IACV, I could've swore it had a vacuum leak so I redid the gaskets like two or three times and on the third time I gave up. After driving it though it seemed to settle down to where it was before. Also make sure the A/C idle up circuit isn't disconnected now. Ah thank you so much for your reply! I'll give it a try and if I have no luck then perhaps there's still some carbon build up around where the throttle plate is. Either that or I'll drive it for a while and see if it settles. |
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 12, '19 From UK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
Added video series link to original post - new videos every week!
![]() https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngPT2nnen...mZl7CJVw/videos Feel free to come along for the ride! |
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 12, '19 From UK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
http://www.6gc.net/howto/reset_your_air_fuel_ratio Though that may not help as I tried it after the following; I had the same issue after cleaning my throttle body and IACV, I could've swore it had a vacuum leak so I redid the gaskets like two or three times and on the third time I gave up. After driving it though it seemed to settle down to where it was before. Also make sure the A/C idle up circuit isn't disconnected now. I tried it... I actually thought it worked...but then it turned out the throttle cable was also too tight! ![]() |
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glad it was still an easy fix regardless. looking forward to more progress!
-------------------- ![]() *1997 Celica ST - 3SGE Greytop BEAMS *1977 Celica RA29 - Classic Cruiser *2005 Matrix AWD - dedded but still hanging around like a ghost 2019 Rav4 XLE Premium - Sports mode is fun. |
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined Feb 23, '12 From Warrior, AL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
Woo working! Ha, throttle cable too taught is just as bad as too slack.
-------------------- 2001 Miata LS 5-speed
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 12, '19 From UK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
Resprayed the heat shield today...
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Nice! I probably would have done it black, but clean is better!
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 12, '19 From UK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 12, '19 From UK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
Engine when I bought it:
![]() Engine so far: ![]() Bumper filler (it was in a terrible state and this was my first time): ![]() After respray but still not polished: ![]() |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 12, '20 From Phoenix, Arizona, USA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
Any update on this project?
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