markstevens

In my sometimes not so humble opinion, your mans comments were so fundametaly flawed that I cant consider him to be of any value with regard to any auto box. The debris from the filter will spread throughout the box in no time at all, and in the old days any ingress of this type of debris caused all sorts of minor damage which resulted in major damage, ie valves sticking, oil ways getting blocked etc which cause the major damage, often caused by low pressure.. It is easy to not notice low pressure in an auto box, and the clutches and bands get wiped out. Over heating is not likely to be a problem caused by the debris, cant see why he would say that. Destroying the face of the converter? There are needle rollers in some converters, (not many), in others just plain bearing faces. I suppose these could be affected, but the main worry in my opinion would be as mentioned earlier. 3rd gear is a weak point on these boxes. Not from a solenoid view but from a wear point. The clutch for 3rd is too small. If you ring Ken, on 01296 481145 and tell him what you have got I would expect him to give you a proper diag.

I used to work on Autos, Years ago now, BUT, YOUR AUTO MAN KNOWS NOTHING.. He is not a specialist. And you will get nothing but heart ache if you use him. Just one point, the ONLY way the split a torque converter is to cut it open on a lathe, and then reweld it. And yes the crap will be spread all throught the box, and yes the cooler can be cleaned, but it is not easy to get it clean. I could go on but I am not a specialist either.

It coulf be a broken pump, or it could have ripped the splines out of the stator in the converter. Also the epicyclic gear set is weak on these boxes but I think that only effects some gears. If there is no burnt fluid it is a breakage. You could dip the fluid, engine off, and then compare withengine on. Sometimes this will tell you if its the pump, ie the fluid goes down engine on it not pump. But 99.9% its box out time.

So having horns full of mud makes them work all on their own????? LOL

Some one said " You imagine if you had to pay the shipping from Japan to the Uk how much it would cost?? not even mention! £450.00. shipping.......Japan to UK

Ok thanks, just thought it might save you some money if the worst happens, and as I said the car wont arrive for weeks so there is loads of time for you to try to make them fit.

No, the connections getting wet will make no difference, I doubt the problem is anywhere near the horns themselves. Could be a relay, but dosnt feel like that, maybe the connection on the steering wheel? Hard to tell.

Shouldnt worry too much about not having splash guards, so much water gets in to where the horns are when you drive it in the wet not having splash guards wont make any difference. Sorry.

I have just bought a Celica from Japan, if you cant sort out the wheels/nuts problem I might be interested. cars not here for weeks so no rush. Thought it might help.

Hey Gio,,, not sure common sense is what people want on this thread. LOL

If the weight, less efficency idea held any water then why would anyone fit a gas conversion? Fact is they are less efficent, and there is slightly more weight, but the cost per litre makes up for a great deal of this, hence the market for gas conversions. Of course the many thousands who have fitted these kits might all be wrong. There are those on this forum who dont like the idea of a gas conversion, fair enough, but to come out with unrealistic arguments just to try and justify ones position is not helpfull to the person who wanted some help. Such as "Chicken Shit conversion" Maybe he is looking at the best conversion money can buy, hardly chicken shit then is it? No offence, just trying to justify my point of view.

BK9!RS Said "Wouldnt catch me having a chicken shit conversion on mine, Like Duff said I reckon a niceley driven petol zed would give very similar mpg to a gas one, but without the worry your going to explode if your cigarette blows back through the window and lands on the rear shelf" A niceley driven Z could not get anywhere near the cost per mile of one running on a properly installed gas conversion, Not in a million years, and when was the last time you heard of a car blowing up? Gas or petrol. OK, it would lose a bit of performance but alot of you guys are missing his point. he can switch it to petrol when wants all the power, and who can use that much power very often?

It is I who should appologise, I got up out of the wrong side of bed. OK now though, Sorry, Mark

I am not suggesting anyone does it, just making a point. Having said that, these cars are inspected befoe every race and some run well over 1000bhp. An emotional responce is not always helpful.

Be very surprised if mines "new" but I have a '93.

I was thinking of having my Lexus LS400 done, spoke to a few people, turns out some just stich a pipe in the air filter (almost, I joke not) and some systems are ECU controled with mulitpoint gas injection. These are supposed to be really good when set up correctly, and for £1500 I guess thats what you would get. A lot of cowboys though.

Depends on the wheel but you often used to see dragsters with "spare" bolt holes, running alot more than 300hp.

I have replaced cars original engines with all sorts, from 4 cylinders to V8, and I find the exhaust makes a very big difference. True a only a V8 sounds like a V8 but that same V8 can go from non descript to great all from a different exhaust. And then you can add other factors like firing order, flat plane cranks, number of valves, type of carb/injection etc and of you go again.

On top of the above ONLY ever start the plug into the thread by hand, ie dont use the ratchet handle as it reduces the "feel" and is too easy to cross thread the plug.

Thanks everyone, I thought I could kill two birds with one stone, ie warn everyone if it was real, and two, find out if it was real. I knew you were a clever lot.

Hi, just got this, is it real? just received this e-mail from another ebay user, as you are in my address book, you may have this virus as I did... Dear All > >A virus has been passed on to me by a contact. My address book WAS >infected. Since you are in my address book there is a good chance you will >find it in your computer too. > >The virus (called jdbgmgr.exe) is not detected by Norton or McAfee >anti-virus systems, or VET to date. The virus sits quietly for 14 days >before damaging the system. It is sent automatically by messenger and by >the address book, whether or not you send emails to your contacts. > >Here's how to check for the virus and how to get rid of it: > >YOU MUST DO THIS > >1. Go to Start, Find or Search option. > >2. In the File/Folder option, type the name jdbgmgr.exe > >3. Be sure you search your C Drive and all sub-folders and any other >drives you may have. > >4. Click 'Find Now' or 'Search Now'. > >5. The virus has a teddy bear icon with the name jdbgmgr.exe. DO NOT >OPEN IT. > >6. Go to 'Edit' on the menu bar, choose 'Select All' to highlight the >file without opening it. > >7. Now go to 'File' on the menu bar and select 'Delete'. It will then >go to the Recycle Bin. > >IF YOU FIND THE VIRUS, AS I DID, YOU MUST CONTACT ALL THE PEOPLE IN YOUR >ADDRESS BOOK SO THEY CAN ERADICATE IT IN THEIR OWN ADDRESS BOOKS. > >TO DO THIS: >1. Open a new e-mail message > >2. Click the icon of the address book next to the 'TO'. > >3. Highlight every name and add to 'BCC'. > >4. Copy this message. Enter Subject Paste to E-mail. > >Sorry for the inconvenience.

Expensive cheap car. Fast though.

Thanks Andy, I guess the TPS and ecu info is avail with a search. I think I might try Opitamax first, after checking for a hose off, as I want to try one fix at a time to find the problem, if there is one. Mark

Thanks Jeff.

Thanks Jeff, I had a feeling I needed an answer from you. I intend on asking you to service it for me at some stage but I am so busy and you so far away, relativly, that I dont know when. But your answer is what I was thinking, my last fill of fuel was the local Esso, and before that Tesco if I remeber right. To be honest I am not used to having to remember about which fuel, and I keep meaning to try Opitmax. I am sure you can relate to this desription, at the moment, the engine works far better if I dont give it full throttle. Part throttle acceleration is good, but when I floor the throttle it almost goes flat. I say almost because it is not flat but does not "roar, or have that certain edge". A term we used to use when cars had points etc. Do you know what I mean? Is a gut feeling more than anything, as you say in your email. I read your comments on pipes etc being off, but it is not that bad, although I will look. So Jeff what do you think about it going faster on part throttle? Does that ring any bells? Thanks for your time. Mark