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Underseal is a nightmare for hiding what isn't best kept hidden. All my cars have underseal on them and as it is coming away I'm treating the surface that has become exposed and then zinc priming, painting (I use matt black spray cans for the underside on all my cars) and finally surface coating. That way, if rust comes back it'll at least be visible. A really excellent (smooth finish) top coat that is really durable (its commonly used on steel stairs so withstands serious footfall) is a Manor coatings product. Great for your wrought iron railings and also your metalwork under the car. https://www.bitec.co.uk/manor-5lt-high-build-garage-industrial-vinyl-semi-matt-black-paint-5-litre.html It doesn't clean off brushes so its a one brush per application kind of coating.

Those prices look really good and well under half what your likely to get from your local friendly Toyota stealer.

Are you certain you have power assisted steering at all? It'd be kind of difficult to tell if you have or haven't once on the move. So, I'm going to guess you have no hydraulic pressure coming out of the pump which could mean you didn't rebuild the pump properly or the non return valve sticking. I'd check the HP line pressure.

With a classic it makes sense to go for one that doesn't attract road tax. I have a fair few old cars and my absolute favourite is the least expensive, a MGB Roadster. You'll squeak one for £4k but for a Mk1 or early Mk2 allow for £6k to get a good one. I've done loads to the one I purchased for £5.5k and now have it agreed value insured for £14k. £70 to insure, £0 to tax and sails through its MOT with no advisories but above all, great fun to drive on a sunny day.

I don't know - I haven't kept up with the alternatives to know if the alternatives are drop in replacements. I do know you cannot top off one refrigerant with another as two refrigerants together do not act like a direct blend, the boiling properties and pressures go somewhere else entirely. It'll also come down to the solubility of the refrigerant in the compressor oil as well, is it even soluble in current PAG oils? if not you will have an emulsion going round your a/c system which will have very poor heat transfer performance in the evaporator. That's bad btw. If its more soluble in the compressor oil it'll thin it down possibly too low for the compressor to function. That's bad btw. you may well need a thicker or thinner oil to reflect a change in the refrigerant viscosity dilution. You really don't need to worry though. Your refrigeration engineer will be more than happy to change whatever needs changing. Alternatively you can buy a can or cylinder of R134a and be sorted for the next few decades. it really is a very simple choice.

I wouldn't necessarily regard legislation incumbent on signatory Nations to the Montreal Protocol as scare mongering.

In the EU r134a was phased out in 2011 for new builds for lower GWP alternatives and it will be phased out completely by 2017 across Europe. The 2021 date is for a ban in new builds in the USA. Refrigerants just die one day. When the OE market goes the chemical companies no longer make the product or they get banned under the Montreal Protocol revisions. There is no requirement to stock fluids and gasses that I am aware as part of the 10 year service and body parts arrangement car manufacturers have. Once a product is banned then no one can legally sell it, there is no actual ban date yet but there will be one assigned at some point unless it is just allowed to fade away as no longer commercially viable to produce. I'd assume most Supra owners now see owning their cars in 10 or 20 years as an option so the non availability of R134a is something that those owners will have to face at some point. http://refrigeranthq.com/when-is-r-134a-being-phased-out/

HFC's were introduced as a low ozone depleting replacement to CFC refrigerants 25 years ago but now it is their turn to be phased out in favour of lower global warming and ozone depleting alternatives. Old CFC 12 air con systems could be retrofitted to HFC 134a with a gas, desiccant and compressor oil change. The gas molecule size was smaller so it was also recommended to change hoses to lower the seepage rate through the hose material. All in all, something that wasn't great for the compressor life and also wasn't cheap. Now, R134a is on the phase out list and it will end it application in new vehicles by 2021. I'd recommend that anyone with a/c cars who is competent working around an a/c system buys themselves a 10kg cylinder some time over the next 4 years, with a set of gauges and charging valves so they will be able to top up their own systems ready for when R134a ceases production and is no longer available. That'll be a much easier and cheaper option to retrofitting to a new refrigerant when a system requires servicing.

The 14051 replaced the part 14050 so you can only get the later one. "Part No. 67293-14050 Part Description CUSHION, BACK DOOR LOWER STOPPER Replaced By 67293-14051"

Nice to see a Supra with the original air box still there. Very rare these days!

Get underneath and tackle any surface rust on the sub frame and floor areas. If you can take the skirts off and check over the sills for rust and treat as necessary. These cars are rusting nicely under all the plastic bits so its shouldn't be a case of out of sight. it'll be rust that'll see the Supra of 10 to 20 years time head off to the scrap heap or very expensive resotration.

A lot of larger companies will self insure their fleet so its not that unusual. It looks like a good £5k worth of damage repair and repaint there assuming no internal panel damage going by my last claim which was for a 60mph badger attack that cracked my bumper (no other body damage) and cost nearly £2k.

I think your pictures probably show a 4" exhaust is 1" too big for UK speed humps. Not really surprising seeing my 3" occasionally drags.

the £ had largely done its collapse to $1.26 when I ordered

Supras don't break down. Must have run out of fuel.

I looked at them but their terms say if a part isn't available they will short ship which if you need all the parts for a particular job I'd imagine would be a nightmare. I use USA suppliers (Toyota Online mainly) who are the same price as Amayama but will only ship when the order is filled.

Got the OE parts through from the USA supplier with all the customs dues and the final delivered price is £602.03 which is slightly higher than the original estimate I put in of £596.44. Still its £350 cheaper than the 10% discounted price from Toyota UK, or 34%. Crazy. PS - Never did receive any quotes from Inchape Oxford or Burrows.

You'll find 2 of the three locating lugs fit so all you need do is file off the misaligned lug and all will be well as it'll still seat properly with the two remaining lugs. That's a lot cheaper option to sourcing the jspec bulb.

I don't think that does it. My car is now on a private plate but has the MOT history going back 10 years online, 3 on the new plate and the remainder on its former plate.

Absolutely the most expensive TT6 I've seen but it has no MOT history online (strange for a 1998 import) and the very low mileage car is being sold because the owner is driving high mileage though its only done 1500 miles since April. Anyone know this car? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TOYOTA-SUPRA-TWIN-TURBO-6SPD-MANUAL-RARE-WITH-VERY-LOW-MILEAGE-/331983793744?hash=item4d4bc6ae50:g:kz4AAOSwAuZX6qvV

Quite a few USA suppliers have the tank listed (7700114430) as available within 24hrs to 36hrs (Continental US) for between $580 and $650 a unit so there must be a few still kicking around the supply chain. Expect the UK price is probably £1,000.

I keep on trying but only ordered via him once as the other times he has been to busy to get around to quoting. Surprising since the orders I place aren't small ones. I know what you mean regarding security if there are issues but since the HOL ruling in 2007 that credit card purchases from overseas suppliers are covered by UK credit protection laws I figure it'd just be a claim against the credit card company if anything goes wrong or goes AWOL. There is a big difference between the Toyota UK dealer discounted (10% discount applied) quote of £952 with you go and collect to the US supplier quote (non discounted) including all shipping, duty and VAT of £596. That's a whopping 60% markup.

I hadn't but I checked their site. US$25 cheaper on parts via UAE with another US$40 less on freight. Worryingly though it says they will short ship if some parts aren't available which could well leave you high and dry on a job you had planned and ultimately out of pocket making up on parts elsewhere. I've used Toyota Online Parts in the past so I think I'll be ordering again from them. I'm stocking up on perishables or age wearing parts like door and valve seals seeing they won't be available as Toyota parts for much longer. Figure if I don't use them they will be readily resalable as NOS in a few years time.