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Saving a UK TT 6 Speed !!Update Page 9/10 !!


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Hi guys new updates!

 

Heres where I was at last time, subframe stripped…

 

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Cleaned all the old paint and rust off with a wire wheel on an angle grinder..

 

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Then put in etch primer

 

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And painted matt black to match OE

 

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Right, next up was replacing all the bent arms, I used the arms from the other subframe but removed all the Powerflex bushes from the old arms and refitted to the new arms…

 

New Arms

 

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Cleaned and painted

 

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Removing the Powerflex bushes

 

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Cleaned up top arms

 

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Powerflex bushes fitted!

 

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Next up, nice new shiny Toyota parts! Lots of ££££ :(

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Pressed in second rear diff mount

 

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Cleaned up the diff ready

 

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Be careful fitting Soild rear diff mounts guys! Espcially if you have a bit of a drifting crash…. :D As there are no rubber bushes all the energy is directed straight onto the diff cover… resulting in a cracked cover.. which you can no longer get from Toyota UK!

 

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Cleaned internal filter and fitted:

 

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And temp sensor and breather

 

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Bead of non-silicone based sealer

 

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Done!

 

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Rear diff fitted to subframe

 

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Removed diff cooler pipe work/pump

 

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Pump refitted

 

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All refitted with fresh pipes and clips

 

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Old subframe for the scrap!

 

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Now trying to get this in by yourself is fun… :D

 

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Alas got it on!!

 

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Next set of updates is rebuilding the front suspension..

 

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Sorry its all a bit mundane at the moment, the fun bits start soon!

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This is a really good write-up. One question relating to a job I might need to do soon, did you clean the *inside* of the heater matrix, and if so what did you use?

 

Yes, i used paint thinners and left it in there for a few hours :bang:.... looked lovely when i emptied the contents out... :tumble:

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Great read so far mate - looked at that car at the start of the thread and thought - well, "damn!" initialliy, but after that, i was kean to see how someone was going to go about rescuing the car.

 

Its like extreme "Wheeler Dealers" :D :thumbs: Top work so far dude.

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usy bee….

 

Ripped off all the old NA front suspension…

 

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Started moving over the UK stuff

 

Once again its all been pollybushed! :D

 

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Moved over the UK spec anti roll bar, this is 3mm thicker than the NA one, you can just about make this out in the pics

 

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Getting there

 

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Uk Spec brakes on

 

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Right, now that’s most of the boring stuff out of the way, it starts to get more interesting from here on in…

 

First of, just to give an idea of how cold it is in the unit I am working in… :D

 

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Anyway better things!

 

Spec twin plate, with aluminium flywheel!

 

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Next up is the engine..

 

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Stock twins

 

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Oh…. Looks like there coming off then…

 

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Where did they go!

 

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I decided to do the EGR delete while I was at it

 

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You can see where the gasses are channelled here

 

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More EGT gay’ness removed

 

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Cleaned up

 

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And made a blanking plate from a nice bit of stainless steel

 

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Next up gearbox cleaning!

 

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Gearbox off and removed stock clutch…its brand new… typical!!

 

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Its for sale along with the stock flywheel!

 

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Wooo! Stock gayness Vs my nice aluminium flywheel and twin plate! :D Couldn’t belive how light the new one is over stock!

 

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Random shot..

 

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Fitted, all bolts indexed so I can make sure none of them get lose

 

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Hydraulic slave fitted and bellhosuing cleaned of all contaminates

 

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I brought a HKS copy fuel rail, only due to the fact I knew it needed to be modified to fix my 1000CC injectors and it seemed a shame to modify an expensive rail

 

I sent it away to be rebored for 14mm injectors, thanks to Dan my glamorous assistant :D

 

 

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Sensor hole capped and thread sealed

 

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Injectors test fitted

 

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Fitted

 

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New Bosh style loom plugs fitted

 

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Random shot again lol, fitted my wideband through a spare gromit on the drivers side, just a reference for you guys if anything

 

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Clutch hydraulics no exit where the old slave cylinder used to be one for fluid the other for bleeding

 

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Also decided to pressure test the rail for leaks! Didn’t want to get it all togther to find a big fuel leak…

 

6 Bar of air and no hissing! :D

 

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Next welded up a FPR mount and combo EGR blank lol

 

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Fitted

 

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Also fitted my breather for my ICV

 

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Ready to go on a trip!

 

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1st oil feed blank with copper washer

 

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2nd feed with M12x1.25 to AN3 adapter

 

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Exhaust ports cleaned

 

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And as if by magic! :D

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Rear gearbox remote fitted and lubed.. :D

 

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Handbrake back on

 

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Prop re-fitted and lined up

 

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Decided to paint all the heats shields while they were off

 

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Those pics look crap :(

 

Rear subframe bottom mounts

 

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Next up made a start on the loom, removed the old FCD as its no longer needed… ;)

 

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Then refitted the rear plastics after testing everything…

 

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Removed the pump

 

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Stock UK Spec pump being replaced with a Walbro 455

 

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UK Spec Vs 455!

 

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Tested the rubber anti vibration pad in fuel to make sure it didn’t melt lol :D

 

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New pump fitted

 

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Soldered at different heights and heatshrunk 4 times lol

 

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And refitted

 

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Spare wheel and tool kit refitted

 

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Refitted the centre console but as the UK Specs have a label here I changed over the lid… must do it properly if your going to all this effort lol :D

 

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J Spec

 

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Changed!

 

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And that takes me upto date! Tune in next time for wiring and more interesting stuff! :D

 

Thanks

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How did you find polybushing? Im looking to do mine very soon. How long did it take you and would you advise getting spare parts to bush and then swap over or taking parts off bushing a putting back on again? My car is a daily runner hence that question. :)

 

if you have the cash put new OEM spec parts back on..... doing the bushes is the biggest headache on these cars

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