Ossian

Had a look today at mine, seems pretty straight forward. If you look between the n/s drive shaft and the rear of the subframe you will see the pipe assembly mounting. An 11mm or 12mm socket iirc will unbolt it then its just a matter of the 2 banjo bolts above the front of the drive shaft and the two connections at the ram. By the look of it there's no need to drop the subframe.

Ok would need to be Tuesday though, I'm back at work for the rest of the week. Are they open Saturday morning?

Yes I'm off the next couple of days, failing that nothing planned for next weekend yet!

I did think about going down to that, but havent seen much info on it recently

The last pic shows the block that I mentioned, looks like it unbolts from the underside and that theres room to do the job without dropping the subframe. Hope I ain't wrong :)

Just refurbed my subframe and for the life of me cant remember whether the bolt holding the pipes to the top of the subframe comes out from the top or bottom. If its from the bottom then the job will be far easier. I don't think you will need to remove the subframe to get the pipes out but you may have to drop it down a bit, which is pretty easy really. If you look up the inside right hand side of the frame assembly you should be able to see a bracket with a couple of blocks attached, they are part of the pipes, one bolt holds them to the frame. Follow the flexible pipes forward of this and you will see 2 banjo bolts which have to be removed. Then its just the 2 connections on the rear ram.

Did you get things sorted out, or are you still after a tt to compare

14th should be ok for me, though if anyone wants a meeting sooner I'm up for that too. Thats the car all back together, tested and taxed and ready to go.

Yep we are a bit overdue on a wee meeting. I should have my car back on the road by next week if all goes to plan. Just need an MOT and to get the rear alignment checked. So sometime in the next week or two would be good for me.

If you cant manage to get anyone along before I get my car back on the road then I will pop across. That wont be for a week or two though!

Yep fitted it back in yesterday, still got the prop, exhausts and h/brake cables to refit then bleed everything up. Should be all done by the weekend, but then I am toying with the idea of cleaning the rest of the floor pan up and undersealing it to match the nice shiny back end

Well done on passing the test Andy, my turn in the next couple of weeks

Sticky plasters and gloves? ...it used to be a wee bit blue workshop roll and insulating tape, and even that was just to keep the blood of the customers motors :) Looks like you got a sore one Alan

Did you get the rest of the bits you need ?

Sorry for not getting back Sandy, been up to my ears in it the last couple of weeks. I'm going to try and clean up the diff before deciding whether to replace it.

Not an item as such but something that was found in a Celica Supra I had recently bought, was walking up to it in the works car park and one of my mates noticed two sets of footprints on the back quarter glass, the prints were facing opposite directions :ohmy:

Have you tried lifting the door a bit when you try to open it. Not had the problem on the z but seen it on other cars where theres a little bit of wear in the lock or door hinges. The catch does not then clear the pin properly making it appear the door is stuck. Either lifting the door or a hefty thump from inside usually opens it. If something has detached from the mechanism then it's likely you are going to have to pull the door card out enough to get your hand in to operate it. On the plus side if you do damage the door card then it can be replaced relatively cheaply (2nd hand) if it's standard.

Excellent, always a great feeling getting it through isnt it :) Mine is due next month, fingers crossed

lol thats why i've now got a garage full of bits

Ideal, now the hard part, fitting it :)

Have you managed to source all the parts yet. Ive got a few bits and pieces here, my old headlamps etc that i was keeping as spares. Give us a shout if your looking for anything

Andy did you manage to locate another balljoint or arm

The subframe is out the car now, so no point in just taking the easy route :). Plus I think what you are describing is just the collars which lock up the frame to the chassis as opposed to bushes. The road noise is bad enough as is without doing away with the isolating properties of the rubber. There is only one of the subframe bushes shot, I am tempted just to replace that one and keep the standard set up.

I'd need to nip out for some biccies then, you can bring your own wire brushes and sand paper

lol and you called me anal when I was doing mine!