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Congratulations! I remember the time I fired up my engine after doing the valve covers, and the satisfaction that it brought to me. You must have felt ecstatic.
I have been following this thread since the very beginning because I love reading build threads. Anyway congratulations!!! that feeling of accomplishment you get when you finish a DIY is priceless.
Thanks for all the props! I got the hood on today, axles torqued, buttoned up a few loose ends, drained the water out and put toyota red anitfreeze in. $34.00 a gallon! I was shocked.
Well, I was quite happy to have no codes. Unfortuneately, that only lasted about 5 minutes. Both knock sensors are bad. I took the other ones out from my old motor, what a horrible design in my opinion, and zip tied them to the heads. Drove about 10 miles and no more CEL!. Ran the scanner again when I got home and it's clean.
I'm not tackling that job right away.
Only other issue is when the lights are on and I step on the brake, I get this little car with lights like a bulb is out. It goes out after about min and comes back on only when I step on the brakes. Checked all the lights out back and they're good.
Otherwise the car runs great, drives nice. Needs new tires badly.
Thanks for all the props! I go the hood on today, axles torqued, buttoned up a few loose ends, drained the water out and put toyota red anitfreeze in. $34.00 a gallon! I was shocked.
Well, I was quite happy to have no codes. Unfortuneately, that only lasted about 5 minutes. Both knock sensors are bad. I took the other ones out from my old motor, what a horrible design in my opinion, and zip tied them to the heads. Drove about 10 miles and no more CEL!. Ran the scanner again when I got home and it's clean.
I'm not tackling that job right away.
Only other issue is when the lights are on and I step on the brake, I get this little car with lights like a bulb is out. It goes out after about min and comes back on only when I step on the brakes. Checked all the lights out back and they're good.
Otherwise the car runs great, drives nice. Needs new tires badly.
Well so far she is still running good. Small issues with coolant temp sensor and I need to replace that stupid oil level sensor. It's been my daughters car for the last two years and will move to either me or my wife's car. I bought her a Scion TC. She is so happy! It is a fun little car other than the horrid blind spots.
11-09-12, 10:52 PM
I converted mine...
