Rhode Island Project Celica Options

[mkernz22]

No it won't, mine were completely fine. You just have to let the glass cool a little bit before prying otherwise you can chip off little pieces of the glass. I know from experience on an extra head light that I had.

[RabidTRD]

I'll start off with an extra that I have as well and see what I can do. Trying to figure out if I want to tackle that tonight or not haha.

[LimitedGT4]

wow.
what a thread.
now, i must admit, i havent looked at this thread really at all untill this morning, but from meeting you at CSP, i definetly wouldnt have thought you'd be this rude.

these guys are telling you to research over and over for a REASON.
you want everything spoon fed for you, like stevenson said, but even if we do spoon feed you, your still gonna be lost when it actually comes time to DO somthing, cause you arnt actually LEARNING anything.
these guys that are telling you all this stuff are guys who HAVE done the research, and taken the time to learn how to and perform theyre own swaps.
youve met cam, ask him what he has gone thru over the past YEAR researching his swap, then ask him how hard reality slapped him in the face when it came time to actually DO it.
without the help of dustin and steff, he would have been LOST, and not because he didnt research and take the time...its because he's never done it. like you.
untill you've actually done somthing, all this talk is just that, talk, but the more you actually take the time to do the research and learn as much as you can now, the more prepared you'll be when you run into the little hiccups that come with ANY swap.
if you cant handle that, you better be prepared to spend ALOT of money to do things twice, and expect lots of problems along the way.
good luck.

i probably deserve that
and i didnt mean to disrespect anyone if i did
specially not dustin cus he has been nothing but help to me as well

but to be fair manny ive seen a few posts where ppl just throw the "do research" bit around as a joke, like one post where a guy goes " i got this one do research lol"
now thats rude as well

if we wanna grow as a community if u think someone isnt ready to do a swap we should ask him what does he think he know to see if hes ready
and no am no mechanic and i dont use technical words there for i use terms like frankestein peice given that its a clutch made for the 3sgte to work with the s54 and also other forums just confuse the **** out of me because everyone post things as they understand them and their not necessarily mechanics or technicians so confusion arises

[qtfsniper]

Went and saw the car today. Awesome progress.

[LimitedGT4]

Small update broke the pass axle need another one asap anyone has any please let me know i need one badly
and yes am 3sgte already didnt post any progress pics cus no one thought i could do it but while drivin today car was a lil funky and then blaaaa axle was done





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This post has been edited by LimitedGT4: Jul 3, 2011 - 1:47 PM

[mkernz22]

What tranny are you using? If it's the s54, just buy a new one at autozone. Be sure to bring in the old one when you buy it so you can get the core back on it. I think it was about $80 after the core was taken off.

[LimitedGT4]

What tranny are you using? If it's the s54, just buy a new one at autozone. Be sure to bring in the old one when you buy it so you can get the core back on it. I think it was about $80 after the core was taken off.

I need the st185 outers for my e153 dont feel like goin to autozone bit i will if i cant find one soon

[LimitedGT4]

So my axles jus keep poppin out
Used a spacer
Longer axle from camry
Longer axle plus spacers
Keeps poppin out
Tryna get an axle carrier but everywhere i go no one seems to know what it is lol
Havent been able to enjoy my car for more than a few mins at a time lol

any suggestions anyone?

[Batman722]

is the snap ring on ?
that's the only thing holding the pass side axle in the tranny.

[LimitedGT4]

Dnt think any of the 2 passanger stubs i have got a snapring went to a couple parts stores and no one knows wat they are lol

[mkernz22]

Wait so you need the carrier bracket for the axle? I might have one, not sure though. I'll check tomorrow.

[Needles]

So my axles jus keep poppin out
Used a spacer
Longer axle from camry
Longer axle plus spacers
Keeps poppin out
Tryna get an axle carrier but everywhere i go no one seems to know what it is lol
Havent been able to enjoy my car for more than a few mins at a time lol

any suggestions anyone?

did u use spacer on each side ?
i had hard time whit these front hybrid axle and now i need to bring back my passenger cause the rubber crack all around and grease went away.
how big was the spacer u put there ?
it logically cannot pop out if there is spacer enought big...


(dont drive whitout carrier axle )

This post has been edited by Needles: Jul 10, 2011 - 10:32 AM

[Batman722]

you need the axle carrier from the turbo MR2.

The set up is similar to the 5s but you need the MR2 part.
The carrier bolts to the back of the block and the axle has a bearing on it that clips into the carrier with a snap ring.

[LimitedGT4]

Lol am tryna get one wth no luck guess ill have to hit the junkyards sucks that i aint got time all week to goto them if anyone has a spare one let me know

Lol funny thing i asked a friend who has an mr2 turbo and i asked him about the carrier and he said he didnt remember havin one on his car n that really confused the sh*t out of me

This post has been edited by LimitedGT4: Jul 10, 2011 - 1:29 PM

[Needles]

whitout the carrier u can move the axle a little bit, i noticed when i swapped, it maybe can damage the teeth of the axle...in some kind of way

[LimitedGT4]

Yea i know i had a carrier it jus ended up being the wrong one so now i need the mr2

[LimitedGT4]

SO my axle stubs look like this no snapring on the tip only a Cap ring? i guess it can be called

and YES

the cap ring IS ON (dont know if thats the proper name as it looks like a cap)




guess the problem is the axle carrier

outside of damaging the axle stub which i have a spare for i guess i could also mess up the
differential i guess or should i not worry about that?


AXLE CARRIER NEEDED ASAPPPPPPPPPPPP JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA

anyone knows if theyr easy to find in junkyards or is that one of those parts they usually dispose of



This post has been edited by LimitedGT4: Jul 10, 2011 - 12:48 PM

[qtfsniper]

I couldn't remember if I had a carrier or not. most of the stuff I do is on the driver side. That doesn't have one for sure since it's too short but I do remember a snap ring near my spare engine on the ground. I'll try and source you an axle carrier. I know a local, dan, on the mr2oc parting out his car this weekend. Oh. and were BOTH axles popping out? were those the two axle inners I sold you?They don't look familiar(all trying to remember from memory so i might be wrong) They should have a groove for a snap ring. They look like this. You could see the ring that I'm talking about. These are e153 inners

This post has been edited by qtfsniper: Jul 10, 2011 - 1:28 PM

[LimitedGT4]

dont remember the driver side but passanger side is like pic, the one i got from u and the one from the junkyard are like the pic i posted and after u mentioned the snapring i started wondering y i didnt remember seeing one and its because its like that,

anyways thanks Treit for helpin me with the carrier

an no only the passanger it jus pops out enough to lose grip from the diff



This post has been edited by LimitedGT4: Jul 10, 2011 - 1:25 PM

[qtfsniper]

just waiting for a reply from Dan. He's in worcestor