David P

I have no idea, I bought the hatch for the wing that was on it and have never seen them in action.

This simple fact confusticates many idiots! In a dipsticks nutshell; The A340E Aristo box is the same F box as an A340E J spec Supra, except it has a different F prop-flange and sometimes a different F breather. Same for GS300 A343E, which is same box as U.K. spec Supra. (Note: GS300 box has a size "A" donut flange, which means that a Soarer prop-shaft front-section can be used as an alternative way to achieve a plug & play T.T. Supra fit.) If you can't understand that, then please go away and spend lots of money instead.

Put gear selector into position P, open lock tab and remove flange-nut, an air spanner may well be necessary to undo this nut. Wrap a cloth around tail-shaft end to prevent ingress of foreign debris, then cut off protruding centre pin with angle grinder fitted with a 1mm slitting disc. I recommend that you clean the splines inside flange and on tail shaft with brake cleaner and assemble with RTV on the inside of flange splines ONLY. This prevents ATF leaking through/past 20 years old splines. Fit Supra rear flange and torque the nut up to 90 ft-lb. If the transmission has a different breather, swap for Supra version. The Aristo box is now a plug & play fit into Supra.

nowak "Evening David. Thank you for finding this box for me, and thank you for going the extra mile asking about the milage, i feel terrible but i am going to to have to hold of with the shimmed box for now.. as unfortunatly my supra went on fire at the weekend :'( , I am hoping i have managed to put the fire out in time before any major damage was done:( but i will not know untill i take it appart. Oh and thank you for the tip to change the oil and add lucas ss into the box what a differance it made I dont know how to send pictures through this or i would of sent you some of the fire damage. Anyway i hope i get it back to its formal glory soon and maybe if the funds allow after xmas i could get the box finaly shimmed. Thank again for all the help. I will stay in touch Irek. "

The next post is feedback for advice given re. slipping clutches. (And the very reason to do this before they do start slipping) ..............................

Thank you for your concern re. my old girl, yet I have no worry of Supra sabotage. I have given up the remainder of the width of my front garden, for her to have a parking patch and path she can call mine all mine. (Even though her garden is ten times larger than mine and she doesn't lift a finger to maintain it, where apart from her daughters dog $h!tt!ng in it, that doesn't get used at all.) This shiny new helipad revelation, she doesn't know of yet and won't find out until the day they come and do it. (weather permitting, in 2-weeks?) After which, I sincerely hope that she winds her neck and claws in. If not, with CCTV evidence, the Housing Officer is primed to have her sectioned, I'll get some Supra peace and quiet then. One way or another I need her to be pacified, because the fine print in the rules state that a SORN vehicle cannot be parked here. It is a lovely secluded location, where the only persons who would even know that my Supra is here would be her and the Postman. However, I need to build a shed before I can even think of bringing the old girl here, by which time the silliness should have dissipated, or she has been carted away in a straight-jacket or coffin? Furthermore, I need to rip out the useless bungalow-flooding level-access shower, level the floor and replace it with a whirlpool bath before I can do that, my spine is in a bad way these days and needs all the pampering it can get. Realistically, it could be another year yet before I can even think of moving it to here. In the meanwhile, please feel free to pop round for a cup of tea anytime and whilst here, help me to dig and bag up some of the 10 tonnes of soil that needs to be shifted before I can build my shed. Please take care not to get trampled in the rush!

nowak, thank you for your contribution. Aristo box here for £150. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lexus-Gs300-sport-MK1-aristo-1993-97-breaking-gearbox/112644102601?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

Shane recommended this system to me and I'm pleased as punch with it. Spot on for keeping an eye and ear on your pride and joy, for peanuts too in the great scheme of things. Here's the cheapest option for a Floureon 8 channel. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FLOUREON-8CH-1080N-CCTV-AHD-DVR-4-X-Bullet-2000TVL-1-0MP-Camera-Security-Kit-UK/182091647458?epid=571175232&hash=item2a658209e2:g:LWwAAOSwlp1Z2L7P Here's same with vandal proof camera's for a tad more. If you need LED's with longer night range, (up to 65ft) look for the 3000 TVL version camera's. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FLOUREON-3000TVL-Vandalproof-CCTV-DVR-Security-IR-CUT-Night-Vision-Dome-Camera/112496705778?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FLOUREON-CCTV-DVR-Home-Camera-Kit-8CH-1080N-CCTV-5-IN-1-TVI-AHD-DVR-4-X-Dome/253194065633?epid=927647904&hash=item3af38ad6e1:g:CTUAAOSwScdZ132A The box doesn't have a hard drive to record, but there are many ways to do that. I went the full monty and fitted a 4TB SATA III hard drive, the unit supports hard drives up to 4TB, which gives around a 4 week continuous loop in full HD colour in the day and B&W IR during the night. A hard drive from an old Sky box will give 500mb. (Record 4 camera's in full HD on continuous loop for a week?) You can reduce the amount of frames per second or definition to get more time, or even use a memory stick for a shorter loop? Click on similar items for more options, Floureon is the one recommended to me and I'm really pleased with it. If you want you can add audio too, the mic's are peanuts. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mic-Audio-Mini-Spy-Hidden-Microphone-for-CCTV-Security-Surveillance-Camera-DVR/132303802068?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649 It can simply be plugged in to a spare HDMI port on the back of your tele, but I had an old TV that I mounted on a cheap wall bracket to allow me to watch the bicky dirds. Treat yourself to hours of fun with a Cat blaster. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PestBye-Water-Jet-Spray-Repeller-Cat-Heron-Bird-Fox-Squirrel-Repellent-Deterrent/331263988213?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649 These are the little camera's I am fitting into bird boxes so I can watch the blue tits and robin chicks etc. that I will run on the spare 3 channels I have. At £14 each these are a snip, they work by radio link, have invisible IR and have audio too. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tiny-Pinhole-Micro-Wireless-CCTV-Camera-Receiver-Security-IR-Day-Night-Vision/191838204224?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

Merely the result of owning the only supercharged Supra on the planet - that needs it's bonnet painting.

Frayed knot. But I have installed a very good CCTV system that is watching and listening to all things and recording them in HD on a continuous 4 week loop, full colour in daytime and IR black & white at night. There are also 3 PIR motion detector lights that come on and turn the night vision back into full HD colour. Yet my favourite gizmo is the cat blaster, this is a PIR activated garden water sprinkler to stop my neighbours 4 cats from $h!tt!ng in my vegetable plot. At £19.99 everyone should have one, it's more fun than watching Tom & Jerry. At the mo, my internet connection is via my mobile phone and which barely functions unless the sky is clear, yet when I get a hard line connection I will be able to compile and post a selection of cat-astrophies from the recordings.

Having somewhere to keep the Supra at home will be a huge step forwards in the great scheme of things, yet at the mo my tools and Supra parts are stacked up high in my bedroom that is presently doubling up as a shed. Before I can get on with anything in earnest, if there is even any earnest left in me? I need to build a shed, yet before I can do that, I need to level the ground and get rid of several tonnes of soil then mix and lay a level concrete pad. I am just back on my feet after a week spent flat out, caused by nothing more than spending an hour filing papers, which gives some idea how long everything takes me these days. Looking forwards to getting the WTF plate on it at least.

In August I moved home into a nice and secluded little bungalow that has a double parking sized slab of concrete in the front garden. I got all excited that at long last I would have somewhere to call my own where I could get on with tinkering with my old girl a bit at a time on nice sunny days. I spent the first couple of weeks after I moved in clearing the turf that had grown over it from one side and removing all the overgrown scratchy bushes from the other, there was so much nature on this concrete pad that it took me 24hrs to burn it in an incinerator. However, it turned out that I have a neighbour from Hell who then came out and claimed that my front garden was hers, she even came out and attacked my pals for parking on it, hissing and spitting like a cat, with her hands formed into claws shouting "It's Mine All Mine" and I also received threat of physical violence from her F wit pals. Spaz regardless, anyone who knows me, knows that such things are like a red rag to a bull with me. However, because she is a she I turned my attentions onto the Landlords and it turns out that my pen is mightier than my right hook and consequently, she is to get a parking patch of her own and the existing yet tired double patch that I have is going to be dug up and relaid with new. This work is to take place very soon which means that come the return of decent weather I will have hard standing that is "Mine All Mine".

My spine is giving me some pro per gip at the mo and I''m not up to very much at this time. Consequently, I have given J some more tuition, lent him some of my tools and he is going to have a go at dropping the V.B. himself and swap back to the best known C-0 accumulator combo of; GE accumulator + GE springs. He has watched and helped me do this job four times now, on three of these occasions working from underneath. He has also on two occasions helped me to split and rebuild a valve body and I'm confident that he is up to the job. It looks like I have an apprentice.

I am working my way through the possible C-0 accumulator combinations, trying to result with a Hybrid transmission that engages D like a stock box, yet in the meanwhile, I remind you that all you need to do for a bump-less engagement is............. Pause in R before engaging D

Note that Aristo A340E and Lexus A343E are both the same strength as T.T. Supra A340E and can be converted to fit Supra, see in links below. Aristo A340E http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/group.php?discussionid=223&do=discuss Lexus A343E http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/group.php?gmid=2945&do=discuss#gmessage2945

USA W58 3 , 285 1 , 894 1 , 275 1 , 000 0 , 783 3 , 786 4 , 272 3 , 345 USA ( from 1998 ) W58 3 , 285 1 , 894 1 , 275 1 , 000 0 , 783 3 , 786 4 , 083 3 , 197 Japan W58 3 , 285 1 , 894 1 , 275 1 , 000 0 , 783 3 , 786 4 , 083 3 , 197 GCC ( Gulf States ) W58 3 , 285 1 , 894 1 , 275 1 , 000 0 , 783 3 , 786 3 , 769 2 , 951 Japan V161 3 , 724 2 , 246 1 , 541 1 , 205 1 , 000 0 , 818 3 , 192 3 , 269 2 , 674 After the 4 gear ratio's same, the next is ? the next is diff ratio and the last is ?

engine region transmission Gear / translation differential total translation 1 2 3 4 5 6 R 2JZ - GTE EU A343E 2 , 804 1 , 531 1 , 000 0 , 753 2 , 393 3 , 538 2 , 664 Austria / CH A343E 2 , 804 1 , 531 1 , 000 0 , 753 2 , 393 3 , 266 2 , 459 USA / Japan / GCC A340E 2 , 804 1 , 531 1 , 000 0 , 705 2 , 393 3 , 769 2 , 657 EU V160 3 , 827 2 , 360 1 , 685 1 , 312 1 , 000 0 , 793 3 , 280 3 , 266 2 , 590 USA / Japan / GCC V160 3 , 827 2 , 360 1 , 685 1 , 312 1 , 000 0 , 793 3 , 280 3 , 133 2 , 484 2JZ - GE USA / GCC A340 / E 2 , 804 1 , 531 1 , 000 0 , 705 2 , 393 3 , 769 2 , 657 Japan A340E 2 , 804 1 , 531 1 , 000 0 , 753 2 , 393 4 , 083 2 , 879

A343E Torque converter with lockup clutch and 4 - steps - automatic with overdrive ( Aisin A340 / A340E / A343E ) - [ E = electronically controlled ] Turbo - models equipped Toyota standard with a differential with limited slip by the Torsen ® system and a ( by pressing a button can be switched off ) electronic traction control ( TRC ) from . body Coupe / Targa Coupe / Targa engine 2JZ - GE 2JZ - GTE transmission 4 - Gang - Automatic ( A340 / A340E ) 4 - Gang - Automatic ( A340E / A343E ) 6 - gear - gear ( Getrag V161 ) 6 - gear - gear ( Getrag V160 ) 5 - gear - gear ( W58 ) Torsen - differential optional default ( USA: standard from 1998 ) Transmission Grading / Differential

bluesonic94 has discovered that U.K. spec Supra's use the A343E box! (Why after all these years has a U.K. spec owner not revealed this before now?) What this means is; the A343E box is as strong as the A340E and like the Aristo A340E, it can have the prop flange and breather swapped to become a plug & play fit into Supra. Note: V8 and S6 bell-housings are different but are a straight swap. This information greatly increases the number of transmissions to choose from as they wear out with time. WELL DONE TREVOR. Thank you.

David I said I would give you back to back time with no other changes then your shimmed box and the times was 13.5 vs 13.2 , I done 2 runs like this , then I removed weight IE spare wheel and tools I had in the boot , being a 22 year old car the tools I keep in the boot are vast lol hope that clears it up Garry" It does. Cheers

Feedback shimmed T.T. transmission. SA3. Mellonman ; "David I would love to give you good news but I cant the times I put out where just great so I will have to give you great news, Being a staight back to back time the difference was .3 of a second 13.5 vs 13.2 This was with a stupidly strong head wind which every car was struggling with only 2 supras broke into 12's I think. My best was 13.02 Thanks for your help with the box modification you need to do a video when doing your next or even a dummy run with a broken one you have to pass on you leggacy and get a load of youtube hits in the making Cheers dave Garry" Garry, Just posted up your feedback, but I'm confusticated. Was it 13.2 or 13.02? You told me both, which was it? Cheers David

U.K. spec auto box going here for £195. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322844741921?ul_noapp=true

GTE accumulator + GE springs = P-to-D bump GTE accumulator + GTE springs + modified GTE cap = No bump, but also no Reverse GE accumulator + GE springs + modified GTE cap = P-to-R bump GE accumulator + GE springs = P-to-D bump, but less so GE accumulator + GE springs + 1 washer shim = Best combo so far GE accumulator + GE springs + 2 washer shim = ? Or, have a go & let us know?