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wilfredmerriweathr posted:What size batteries do you guys use? The replacement one I got has the posts a little too far in and is a little too fat and short to fit well. I just bring the old battery to Costco and attempt to match size that way. The battery I got for ours was sounds like yours, it fit but not perfectly. Seemed fine.
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Good to know. Not sure how to keep it tied down but I'll figure something out. The van cranks but no start and the head unit (brand new) is dead. Also, it dropped from 12.5v to 10 in five minutes. Something is still hosed up. Should there be some indication that the glow plugs are heating up? Not seeing anything wilfredmerriweathr fucked around with this message at 23:49 on Oct 18, 2019 |
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Oct 18, 2019 23:43
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KakerMix posted:I wonder if there is something confusing to drivers about these HiAces. I always expect whatever vehicles we buy to be dead on arrival because of battery hijinx but our running, driving HiAce arrived completely dead. For me it was the main 20 (I believe) amp fusible link that completely killed dead the whole van, nothing electrical worked at all. You should get the mechanics to put on stickers indicating which battery terminal is what, because apparently it's super loving confusing. "Negative means positive in Japan, I'm pretty sure"
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Holy poo poo yall. I just drove it around for 20min. My wife may have mistakenly inserted the efi fuse in between fuse blocks, lmao. Replaced it and it fires right up. Unfortunately I only get 11.8 v across the battery at idle and like 12.8 when revving, so I am pretty sure the port hosed my alternator up, but at least that's something definite and I know how to fix it! Also the brand new head unit is totally dead. wilfredmerriweathr fucked around with this message at 00:34 on Oct 19, 2019 |
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Oct 19, 2019 00:19
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How cold is it there? My lamdcruiser just had a little orange light for glow plugs others have idiot light with little circles that goes off when ready if it’s not cold it just takes a second
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It's in the 50s, I didn't see the telltale glowplug light but the thing started right up after replacing the efi fuse. Now my issues are other poo poo that got fried, like I assume the alternator voltage regulator and the head unit which won't do jack poo poo. But lights and whatnot work, at least. Also, if anybody knows what sort of alternator I could use for this, that would be rad because apparently the stock ones are hard as gently caress to get ahold of. Hoping there is crossover between the 1kz and some American model wrt alternator. Hey, question for anyone that has imported one of these - what sort of license plate adapter bracket do you use? wilfredmerriweathr fucked around with this message at 02:43 on Oct 19, 2019 |
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Oct 19, 2019 00:44
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Double post time for piiiiiiics (busy weekend so I havent done any more work on it plus after driving it I am trickle charging the battery up since alt no worky):    Those seat covers appear to have been on since new. There are also pieces of plastic wrap type stuff on most of the walls.... so it seems the original owner of this really went all out. Whoever ends up buying it from me is gonna get basically new seats and interior! Oh, and those headlights are totally HIDs, so I am officially now That Guy. If I were keeping it I would swap them out, but as it is I don't really care. Also, the license plate surrounds? Those are LED and glow. I'm basically the coolest guy on the road, just need some neon underglow to complete it. wilfredmerriweathr fucked around with this message at 22:30 on Oct 19, 2019 |
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Oct 19, 2019 21:55
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As well as my change.org petition to replace all V6s with straight sixes, please can people sign my other petition for the return of Burgundy coloured velour seats in cars.
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Kaker or anyone ever seen one of these? Some Toyota navigation system. I assume it displayed on a screen but that isn’t in the van. Just got back into town this lite Ace delivered while I was gone. Bolted in good and has TONS of wiring hooked to it.
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Yeah that resembles the very early cd and hdd based nav units, there were probably multiple GPS antennas that hooked into it. Toyota actually pioneered that stuff, the toyota crown executive sedan had a full color nav system in 1987 based on fancy new 'cd-rom' tech, lol. I would imagine someone swapped the screen out for a more modern head unit? Weird they left the brains of the old one though.
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I think this fits here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE9STm6ldoY For inspiration. Japan really made some of the coolest cars ever. Speaking of Japanese cars, how is the early 80's Celica? The smaller 4 cylinder ones. Looks cool as hell but I guess parts availability in Europe is poo poo?
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A Car Marty would be much cooler than that but it’s still cool.
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I might have missed this in the thread, but are there any good deals to be had on interesting LHD cars?
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blk posted:I might have missed this in the thread, but are there any good deals to be had on interesting LHD cars? A certain subset of the population likes to have LHD German cars. That might be a good place to start looking.
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BMW/ Mercedes / some Volkswagen campers, they have plenty of American and Italian imports too but I never look at those. All the g wagens I look at are RHD. Virtually no Japanese cars are lhd but I’ve seen a few campers like Toyota dolphins that were imported to japan and are LHD but few and far between.
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blk posted:I might have missed this in the thread, but are there any good deals to be had on interesting LHD cars? https://www.dodge.com/lineup.incent...f0aAmBqEALw_wcB quote:GET UP TO $7,970 Cash Allowance on a 2019 CHALLENGER SRT® HELLCAT REDEYE.
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I've seen what I think are good deals on VW Eurovans...
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French Canadian posted:I've seen what I think are good deals on VW Eurovans... All the GOOD VW campers will go for around a million in Japan. Also you better make sure the auto trans if equipped is in great shape or you will be looking at up to $5k to fix or replace EDIT: Also Kaker or anyone who can help me with parts I know you've linked before and I will be going back through the thread to find, but this Lite Ace might need a clutch or a related part and I can't find squat on google that is not from Australia and most don't list this model. I F'n told Mat I wanted it sent to the mechanic and he blew me off said clutch was fine to get on boat. F'n BS everdave fucked around with this message at 21:41 on Oct 23, 2019 |
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That's that Mat BS right there. Fuckin infuriating. I asked him to have the squealing ps pump on my hiace looked at and he did the same thing. It goes away when warm but still, I would have paid a japanese mechanic to replace that poo poo for sure. If I want to do it now I gotta buy a pump from... *checks google* the UAE apparently. Fuckin a. I know the camry was briefly offered w diesel here in the 80s, same with the hilux. I wonder if the clutch is the same.
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Just say that you want to switch as your broker. You can use either broker, you are not beholden to one. I would say though as not to railroad Yoshi, run it by the Scott (or whatever his name is). I will txt Yoshi and ask for the owners contact info.
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I already switched to Yoshi, it is night and day. Yoshi did let me know that Mat and Scott are cc'd on all his return emails in a wink wink nudge nudge way of telling me that Mat would see any complaints about his behavior. I see that as a plus because the guy should know that we all see how half assed he is. Dave, it does look like the 2c/2ct was used in the 80s camry, so it may be possible to source a clutch in North America. Maybe someone else knows more, I don't have any experience with 80s diesel usdm Toyota. Googling tells me it was a 1.8l though. wilfredmerriweathr fucked around with this message at 23:32 on Oct 23, 2019 |
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everdave posted:Also Kaker or anyone who can help me with parts I know you've linked before and I will be going back through the thread to find, but this Lite Ace might need a clutch or a related part and I can't find squat on google that is not from Australia and most don't list this model. This is one of the cons to importing some of these cars. I can't imagine many shops here wanting to deal with poo poo like a clutch job on a HiAce. If they do you'll end up paying out the rear end for hours as they're literally learning on the fly how to do it.....And hope they don't gently caress it up. You might want to start shopping around for a good mechanic willing to do the work if you're gonna keep bringing in cars.
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Mine is a 2.2 at least labeled on the back, everything I search for comes up with 1.8 parts and they are in Australia. At church with kids so can’t look up my details right now. Just freaking fed up. I asked for it to have clutch replaced in Japan and he was like it’s fine to get on the boat not worth sending. And even if I had a clutch I don’t know how to do it and no one in town is going to know. I’ll probably get it in my backyard and freaking cover it and deal with it in the spring I’ve got 8 other imports here or on the way to get sold
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Lord of Garbagemen posted:Just say that you want to switch as your broker. You can use either broker, you are not beholden to one. I would say though as not to railroad Yoshi, run it by the Scott (or whatever his name is). I will txt Yoshi and ask for the owners contact info. I have Scott’s email he sent me a message thanking me for my business a few weeks ago only time I’ve ever heard from him
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Ok, so it sounds like you have the 3c-t engine. It was used in the estima (previa) as well, I haven't been able to find much about the transmission but I wonder if it, by any stroke of luck, used the same transmission as the gas previas? Because those are relatively common in the states, and I imagine clutches are readily available. If it at least uses the same trans as the 3c-t estimas of the era, this clutch may work? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/fits-TOYOTA-ESTIMA-LUCIDA-EMINA-2-2TD-1992-2000-EXEDY-3-PIECE-CLUTCH-KIT-/401027942708 EDIT: Oh poo poo dude, if this link is to be believed, it is in fact the same clutch and it is shared with the 2rz gas engine https://www.ebay.com/itm/Clutch-kit...K9T2IlM&vxp=mtr You will want to verify this but that engine is in every 2wd 4cyl tacoma from 96 to 2001. wilfredmerriweathr fucked around with this message at 01:40 on Oct 24, 2019 |
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Very good info I will start down this path! Thanks!
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everdave posted:All the GOOD VW campers will go for around a million in Japan. Also you better make sure the auto trans if equipped is in great shape or you will be looking at up to $5k to fix or replace Get your chassis ID (aka the VIN) and punch it into here: https://partsouq.com/ It should bring you right to the schematic set for your Lite Ace for how it left the factory. Part numbers are worldwide, so if there is a Toyota part number it's the same no matter where on Earth you are. Applebees Appetizer posted:You might want to start shopping around for a good mechanic willing to do the work if you're gonna keep bringing in cars. Or do what I do and just go 'welp guess I'm doing this then'    Feed a belt to itself in order to break crank bolts loose         All original belts now over 30 years old. They were all quite crispy and loosing their RIBs but structurally still together and not slipping. Timing belt looks pretty nice as far as I could see but old rubber is old rubber and has got to GO. Both the idler pulleys (outside and the one on the timing belt) had been flinging their grease from their bearings for a while, that's what the black stuff is under the cover. Elected not to do the water pump at this time as it's only 32,000 km young, and it is outside the timing cover. Can't wait to floor this thing now  Rib-Ace, RIBSTAR and PowerGrip: All my porn names
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Cool thanks! Can’t wait to see that car in action
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Lite Ace nestled in the backyard, got a camping trip with kids this weekend so when I get back going to focus on selling cars that are good to go or simple to fix up and start researching through tips provided about clutch. It drives it’s just basically no clutch you let it all out and then rev the f out of it to move. No burning or grinding but definitely not fit for driving around town. In somewhat good news the Panasonic battery in it took and has held a full charge after a few days on the trickle charger. Sleep tight til I get To ya field tourer...
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wilfredmerriweathr posted:Holy poo poo yall. I just drove it around for 20min. Check behind the head unit for a blown fuse. Aftermarket heads usually have on on the wiring or in the rear of the head unit itself. Probably blown when whatever fuckery happened to your van happened. Also check the fuse in the fuse block to, of course, and when you have the head unit out, check for 12V on both switched and constant. Most heads require both to actually work..
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Word, thanks for the heads up. I have one fuse for it that is actually wired right into the positive radio lead coming from the battery. That one isn't blown at all, but I figured there might be another one in the back of the actual head unit. I'll have to investigate when I dig into it next.
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oh, god.. i'm on the verge of another bad decision. https://jdmwholesale.com/detail/BG548888 already got myself a 93 alto works for myself but i was of the mindset my next purchase would be for resale. this, though... i did not expect to stumble upon. i've lusted over a mira van for awhile, now. drunk when i found it so i'm not acting on anything 'till tomorrow but boy howdy. anyone ever deal with this website?
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Gomi Day posted:oh, god.. i'm on the verge of another bad decision. That thing looks straight out of a cartoon.
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Gomi Day posted:oh, god.. i'm on the verge of another bad decision. I know nothing about that website but they come up for auction often. Also somebody else makes one that looks pretty close to it. I saw one of the miras the other day at auction that had Land Rover on the hood above the grill. I’d say you could get a decent one for 2500-5000 US at auction.
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Darchangel posted:Mighty Car Mods drove one in Japan, then Marty imported the major chunks of one to convert an Aus-market Mira (they only got the 2WD poverty-spec model) to the AWD turbo model. It's a pretty neat little car. I loved how they put all that work into building and engineering and getting it legally recognized as being fit for road use, then then the government changed their stance on importing cars.
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Lots of Altos up today if anyone in the market, ranging from garbage to nice Man this really nice camper is listed as a 95 but vin check shows it produced in 94, could be a deal for those looking. I can't bid on anything for quite a while or I would be all over this... https://auc.japancardirect.com/aj-2CxTeUbcVcIuosb.htm
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I was REALLY interested in one of those RVs for awhile, but after doing the math it's just more cost effective to get a used Chevy or Ford based class C RV, especially for ease and cost of maintenance/repairs. Anyone in the country can work on a Ford or Chevy RV, it would suck to be in the middle of nowhere in some small town with a cab over Isuzu diesel RV that nobody can work on or get parts for. It's all fun and games having a quirky imported RV until it's not.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:I was REALLY interested in one of those RVs for awhile, but after doing the math it's just more cost effective to get a used Chevy or Ford based class C RV, especially for ease and cost of maintenance/repairs. Anyone in the country can work on a Ford or Chevy RV, it would suck to be in the middle of nowhere in some small town with a cab over Isuzu diesel RV that nobody can work on or get parts for. It's all fun and games having a quirky imported RV until it's not. The quirk is the point though
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