I'll go first.

My coolant temp sensor failed so now my ECU's not happy

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I'm waiting on the part from Toyota now and hopefully then I can be back in action with a happy idle. :yes:

What are you doing on your deuce this weekend?

If my intercooler arrives today i'l be at it 3 months waiting for it Curse you eBay and royal fail

Looking at it.

Harper wrote:
Looking at it.


no harper, you'll be sitting in mine while I horse the shit out of it down to Armagh.



My list for this weekend is:

number plate check with MOT dudes
dyno test
burning petrol and rubber like it's free

Welding a metal plate onto the fuel tank Don't worry, it's been bone dry for almost two years.

Making some intercooler shrouds.

Also changing oil, oil filter, fuel filter, air filter, coolant, gearbox oil, power steering fluid and brake fluid on my wife's mk4 tdi golf.

Sold the Ford Ka2 last week

Quandry wrote:
What are you doing on your deuce this weekend?

7200rpm

Try changing up to 2nd gear

Marty J wrote:
Sold the Ford Ka2 last week

Maybe you can get your MR2 back on the road now

Erm no actually, I bought 2 GoodYear Allseason tyres for the Golf and all that other stuff on the service list

Marty when the hell is your car going to be on the road?

I don't know. I am waiting on some grommets that I ordered for my wire tuck.

Once the fuel tank is sorted, the engine won't be long going in after it.

Now hop to it and get your suspension sorted.

Doing nothing to mine as I sold it! Though heading to Cork For the return of the Supra

I'm working all weekend so nothing probably. Really need to finish off the bloody engine bay. Have everything bar coolant disconnected now so need to drain that and figure out how to drop the engine!

Marty J wrote:
I don't know. I am waiting on some grommets that I ordered for my wire tuck.

Once the fuel tank is sorted, the engine won't be long going in after it.

Now hop to it and get your suspension sorted.

Is it possible to do a wire turck without removing the engine?

Yes it is possible but a little bit more awkward.

UQuandry wrote:
I'll go first.

My coolant temp sensor failed so now my ECU's not happy

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I'm waiting on the part from Toyota now and hopefully then I can be back in action with a happy idle. :yes:

What are you doing on your deuce this weekend?
I think that picture isn't labeled right the pic I got from the OC is different
I don't know how to load a pic from photo bucket using my phone

Get the photobucket app, it will generate a link.

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Thanks Harper.
If you look at the two pics the cold start timer switch is labeled different

I finally shampooed and polished my MR2 All day today... removed enough tar to pave the M50 from the sides ..Holts tar remover FTW!

AG Shampoo and AG Super Resin Polish...she is looking very well now, paint looks alot darker now, might stick a coat of AG EGP tomorrow wax at and pick up some HD wax at some stage.

Any before and after pics of the transformation to make us all jealous?

I changed out my coolant temp sensor today. Thankfully it was quite an easy job:

Here's a pic of the 3sgte coolant temp sensor (part number 89422-20010). Apparently this sensor is used on many different Toyota engines from the same era which makes sense!

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It's a compact unit and given that they last circa 20 years I think it's worth the 50euro it cost me to buy a new one.

In this picture it is the green connector which makes it the highest of the two coolant temp sensors the gen2 3sgte uses:

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First job, unplug the sensor connector and also the oil pressure sensor to give easier access for the 19mm spanner.

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Crack the big nut and it undoes pretty easily

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Then I slip a bit of blue absorbent cloth underneath to catch any drops or trickle of coolant and slowly undo by hand - mind out if you're doing this that there is a copper crush washer on there that can fly off under the car if you're not really watching or rushing..

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new versus old

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I didn't use any thread tape on this, there didn't seem to be any on the old one

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Then tighten up the big nut back up

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Thankfully my CEL light had gone out and the car was back running like normal. I went for a spin to get the engine nice and hot and no leaks. All in all an easy job, took about 5 minutes to do (doing the nut up is a bit fiddly) and good result.

Well this past weekend I got to move forward a little bit with my suspension arm refurb project. It required a couple of trips to B&Q and also managed to hammer the christ out of my thumb which was not really enjoyable you could say.

I have a couple of snaps on the camera so will have to get an update on here. Anyone else get any work done on their 2 this weekend? and any jobs planned for next weekend?

I feel shame;


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I dropped my mrk II into JOMO to get the polybushes I bought two years ago installed.

I have a little flaking paint behind the t-bar glass sections. I was in Halfords yesterday and picked up some painters wipes, sandpaper and a can of lacquer. I have the paint already so need to do the job when I get a moment. Any tips? I'm no pro but it has to be better than seeing more paint flake away.....

Im putting my new wheels on this weekend (Advans) if my lug nuts come in the post this week...... fingeys crossed !! I'll put some pics up wen i get them on

Cool! where did you get your lugs from? I'm in for a new set soon as mine are looking a bit scrappy.

Quandry wrote:
Cool! where did you get your lugs from? I'm in for a new set soon as mine are looking a bit scrappy.

got them from this place

www.nengun.com/rays/duralumin-lock-nut-set-long

heard different things about the aluminium .... these ones are suppose to be stronger!!!

sure ill find out soon

becky just make sure you get some copper grease on the studs before putting them on ! i had those exact ones with my rays wheels on a skyline and the rears welded them selfs to the studs and turned out to be a nite mare ended up holesawing them off there very britel.

anto300zx wrote:
becky just make sure you get some copper grease on the studs before putting them on ! i had those exact ones with my rays wheels on a skyline and the rears welded them selfs to the studs and turned out to be a nite mare ended up holesawing them off there very britel.

I had a similar experience when tightening aluminum into steel, nothing but a cutting disc would seperate them.

thats not good! I no the aluminium aint great I was thinkin do with them being Rays they cant be real bad........ did you hand tightin them and then just give them one 90 degree turn with the wheel brace???? or are they a bit stronger than that??

would you recommend them??? regardless of the fact there in the post now

kc for the advice!