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I've bought one of those really cheap kits for travel around Europe, it also has breathalysers; a requirement these days in France. I have routed the tour to avoid all toll roads on the Garmin DriveSmart 66 I've just bought, other than the Grossglockner High Alpine Road in Austria. The Garmin basecamp route planner software isn't particularly user friendly but I have mapped out the planned route totalling 3,000 miles on my PC and load it onto the Garmin. I hadn't read about headlights on being mandatory in Switzerland. Last time I took the car to Germany it was peak Summer so I didn't bother with beam deflectors as I never ran in anything other than daylight. I suppose I should fit those this time if daytime headlight on running is required. The once I got a big brown bloom flash was in the Netherlands I never received anything from that so hopefully it'll be a fine free tour and that the Supra, that has never missed a beat doesn't miss a beat.

Well, it's on. Scheduled for the second week in June since not all the Alpine passes open up before June. I've sorted the RAC European zone 2 cover and booked a flexible ticket on the Shuttle. Hotels are all identified and will be booked during January. It's cut across the Austrian and Italian alps to spend a couple of days on the Italian lakes then into Switzerland for a few days running a few Alpine passes then returning via Lake Constance. I refurbished an OEM set of road wheels a while back now. They will finally gain some new tyres in the New Year and be put onto the car so we will be set for fast running down the Autobahn on new rubber. It seems that the only manufacturer for same tread pattern premium tyres on staggered OE 17" wheels are manufactured by Michelin so there isn't much choice available.

Not unless WW3 breaks out then 1BTC will be worth one loaf of bread. It's a good time to realise any gains.

If you do go with a trader be careful if it's a cash payment, there are a lot of fake notes going around. We had an instance locally, reported recently, where some Brummie boys were trying to pass off fake cash for a car purchase. If receiving cash direct to your account then ensure it is by faster payment (pretty instantaneous) as a BACS payment can be same day recalled. Ideally, check any payment with your bank has cleared and cannot be reversed and record that conversation.

Sounds like you have a servo issue. These are available from Whifbitz for £1,400 or you can seek out a cylinder rebuild kit: https://toyota.epc-data.com/supra/jza80/94022/chassis/4702/04493/

I'm looking to do a hose refresh on my TT6 and need to track down NOS on the following part numbers. 16264-46030 HOSE, WATER BY-PASS, NO.2 16283-46030 HOSE, WATER BY-PASS, NO.6 16284-46020 HOSE, TURBO WATER, NO.1 16284-46020 HOSE, TURBO WATER, NO.2 16286-46010 HOSE, TURBO WATER, NO.3 16287-46010 HOSE, TURBO WATER, NO.4 16295-46040 HOSE, WATER BY-PASS, NO.7 If anyone has any of these sitting around new and unused and is happy to sell them on to be used then do DM me with a price.

There are different part numbers for the number 1 vacuum transmitting pipework on VVTi and pre-VVTi engines. These are discontinued but not gaining a set shouldn't be a ball buster. it wouldn't be difficult to replicate/fabricate the tubing yourself from a 3m length of mild steel tubing. There aren't that many turns on them. All you need is a set to template from or a good eye and a ruler for following a picture topping off with primer and shiny black paint.

The internet is your friend, this thread might help you out with a trac ECU wiring signal hack. An alternative would be a GPS signal but I'm not sure if GPS speedometers are legal in the UK which could lead to MOT/insurance problems. https://www.supraforums.com/threads/rhd-jza80-a-t-to-6-speed-manual-bmw-e60-gs6-53dz-hgd-conversion.1113877/

Andy Ven sorted it out, you can PM him as he is a member. Reasonable prices to.

I applied the silver POR15 to my underside when I had the sub frame off, also to the drive shafts after cleaning those up. I was surprised just how far a small tin of the stuff would spread, being quite thin you cannot slap it on thick or it just runs everywhere. I did paint on top of the PRO, a couple of coats of matt black. I did my underside in 2017 and clean the underside with a damp rag every year pre-MOT and it is holding up well to this day. I also applied some USA rubberised arch spray to my rear wheel arches and that is holding up well to. I used ABRO U-60 undercoating spray for that, it has a good reputation amongst US restorers.

A side note is that there are many columns and journals citing that those who experienced Covid infection have gone on to see a significant rise in heart issues and also many citing that the vaccines themselves have been a cause for the rise in heart issues. The latter was always shunned by governments, pharma and MSM but have been gaining increasing scrutiny over the last 2 years. Data has suggested that those who received the Moderna vaccine have been most affected. It seems that if you caught Covid your chances of heart issues increased and if you were administered vaccines that didn't in the end provide any immunity to Covid then your chances of heart issues also increased. Over half a million excess deaths are now recorded every year in the UK since Covid hit, often heart related. Heart attacks in the under 50's have risen by a third. So it may not be all down to salt and sugar and exercise.

Rear mounting cushions can go soft over decades of use leading to differential hop. This is a new set of rear mounts for TT differential and includes 3 mounting bolts (90110-14007). Collect for £100 or including shipping £110.

You'd need to add a fair amount of boost to get to 450bhp, even at the flywheel. So, presumably its not running on stock ceramic turbos? It's not the best time to be selling if you don't have to, the market is firmly on it's arse at the moment.

Maybe a few people jumped on it and drained the stock? The interesting part will be to see if they restock.

I heard from someone, I think it was CW when I was enquiring about updating my ECU setup, that an individual ended up buying 3 working stock Denso ECU's before they found one that worked and all were all expensive. So, it's pot luck, you takes your chance, hope and prey, fingers crossed etc. There is always an option to go for an current production ECU setup with programmable options that can be mapped to suit your particular taste, I was quoted prices starting at £5k for that a few years ago and going much higher. It's like do you play Russian roulette and hope to land a good 30 year old Denso ECU or go play with the expensive crowd.

As someone who is fast hurtling towards State pension age I have been doing some research around when is the best time to retire, close down the business, draw the various pensions etc.. The WHO have tables for countries on their mortality ages and also the age you can expect to attain in good health, before an enduring or life changing medical condition emerges. For the average UK male, the healthy years number just 63. Health is priceless, so much so that I started buying private medical insurance 5 years ago and as a family policy it has already been used for an incidence of cancer care. Doesn't matter if you go NHS or private, you often will see the same consultant, only a lot quicker on private. For those who can afford it and over 50 I'd recommend taking out private medical as you have to pass a two year probationary period before claiming if you enter a policy with no prior medical conditions. Some will say it's an unfair advantage, even queue jumping but when it comes to gaining treatment for a family member I personally couldn't give a f what people may think. As Scott says. it pays to self monitor. You can buy monitoring equipment very cheaply, everyone should invest in a £30 blood pressure machine for starters. I do hope your recovery goes well after the health scare and I know these things usually come from the blind side.

Just to update this thread a few years in and all seems well with the V160 using the OE spec oil. The gearbox feels good and clunky as it should. I have just ordered in 2l ready for the next oil change in about 7 years, which will likely be in about 600 miles. You never know, after all, just how long these old Dextron II fluids will continue to be available. A new source for everyone, lower cost than the original retailer provided at £14.99/l including shipping. https://www.gfnparts.co.uk/oil/peugeot-mobil-atf-d21065-oil-for-automatic-transmissions-9730ac Update: GFN parts are part of the Greenhous group. The package arrived this morning well boxed, loads of bubble wrap and with each bottle individually sealed into a plastic bag. Quickly dispatched and well wrapped. The ATF is described on the web page as being NOS which it is batch dated October 2019, now turning 5 years old. The last oil I bought was date stamped 2017. This product may not actually still be in production so it could be prudent for V160/V161 owners to grab a couple of bottles while stocks last. For £30 it's got to be a must have on the shelf.

Thanks all. I've checked over the hoses and the ones on top of the engine (4mm id) are fairly stiff but have no sign of any cracking even when pinched and pushed. All the larger hoses look and feel fine. I bought a spare radiator 7 years ago and some coolant hoses at the same time. It's all still boxed so I need to break it open to find out what I did buy in the end. I'll need to check that out and buy in some 4mm, 5mm and 6mm id reinforced hosing to do some changes before or as required. One of the firewall heater hoses looks a proper pain to get to. I could just end up asking a Supra specialist change the hoses out for new Gates or the like where Toyota is no longer available. With only 2 people in the car there will be storage available on the back seats or behind the front passenger seat for antifreeze, rudimentary tools, pipe lengths, duct tape and the compulsory triangle. If I decide to get a specialist to replace the hoses who would people recommend reasonably close to Shropshire. I could try CW but I'm not sure that he is into doing Supra work any longer.

It's fully 24 years since my car last ran the Autobahn, gently pushing M3's aside with ease. Since I bought the car in 1998 its been 100% reliable, never even blown a bulb. It hasn't moved much in the last few years, it's about to go for it's 25th MOT having covered just 86 miles since the last one. This could all be about to change as one of my daughters is a petrol head and is now old enough to afford to add to the insurance (quoted £260 to add her), so we are thinking of running an Alpine and Dolomites tour together which would run to around 3,500 miles all in. Seeing the car is now 28 years old and will be 29 when the tour is planned, what spares do people recommend to carry? Is it likely to blow a water or inlet hose (these are all original on the car) racing through Germany on the way to Munich as the gateway to the Alps? There will be plenty of miles covered in Europe by dragonballers, is there anything that should be carried on tour for every eventuality? A lot of recovery companies have maximum age limits on cars covered, which companies do people use for their accident or breakdown recovery?

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The internet is your friend - lots of additional info (to that here) on the USA Supra forum.

When the last MOT test was conducted over 10 years ago it's going to attract low ball speculators willing to take a punt. A fresh MOT would make a World of difference to its appeal.

Few could share the attention to detail. I'd be worried it'd be like that 5,000 piece jigsaw with one piece somewhere safe you cannot recall. The big reveal will be awesome. Have you any plans to promo it with magazines etc?

It might be the car rather than your age that is the problem as insurers know that getting body parts for these cars is near on impossible these days so just about any reasonable bump claim is going to be a potential write off. When I was a wayward youth I'd always check out insurance first before buying a car, it'd usually give me pointers what to buy. The scariest quote I ever had was £5k for a Sierra Cosworth, so I settles at the time instead for £300 against a Mk3 Supra Turbo.

Get your wife, girlfriend or a child involved, looks like small hands are a prerequisite. https://www.supraforums.com/threads/any-way-to-manually-release-the-hood.415468/