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capableronTRD Regular Location: Brisbane Registered: July 2004	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's Mon, 17 January 2005 21:29 1-For cressida's options : http://www.thermactor.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22 12 2-The grande has sunroof, lsd, abs, leather, cd, digital climate control, electric adjustable drivers seat (i think) as standard. As far as i know all grandes have lsd. Its easy to check you dont even have to jack the car up- look for this: http://www.reanimotion.com/ToyMods/diffdeco.gif 3) JZX90? I'm not sure, AFAIK no they dont. 4) Feedback from others that have done this conversion is that physically fitting the engine is easy, especially if you have a post 1991 model which has a different crossmember design allowing the motor to drop straight in. The biggest drama is adapting the standard loom to run the 1j. You could change the whole loom over, or search the cressida forums for info on adapting the old one-its been done many times before. Other dramas people seem to have is getting the factory cruise control and ABS to work after the conversion. 5) Well the MX83's gremlins are: -Head gaskets. The life of these can be prolonged by doing a proper repair- making sure the head and block surface are dead flat, using a genuine gasket or aftermarket metal gasket (from the likes of HKS etc..) and tightening the bolts beyond the toyota recommended value of 58ft/lbs to somewhere around 72ft/lbs. -Other gremlins-Theres not a heck of a lot. The standard auto (A340E) is very tough, being a toyota most things hold together quite well. I've had mine for over a year now (91 GLX) and apart from a head gasket (which was fixed before i bought the car, blew again because the mechanic didn't do a good job, so fixed by me in the last couple of weeks) i haven't had any major problems. Watch for the plastic top tank on the radiator cracking if your car has/ever had a blown head gasket- they're prone to be cooked by the exhaust gasses getting into the coolant. There are minor problems which i'll try to list -oil leaks from the cam covers (easy fix - retighten or replace seals) -oil leaking through the distributor (either a new o ring or if its leaking through the shaft (like mine) you'll need a whole new distributor). It doesnt cause a problem though, mines always been like that with no ill effect -valve stem seals - again this is related to if the car has been overheating or the age of the car. Not really a gremlin as all cars suffer this problem. -problems with the car idling- eg: too high or too low. This is commonly caused by a faulty idle speed control valve which is usually rectified by pulling it out and cleaning all the carbon and gunk on them that builds up over the years (again easy fix). They're really a great car. No 'dirty your underpants' speed machine but will easily take a VN commodore in good mechanical condition (at least that's my experience). They're very refined and well equiped, the engine is smooth and quiet (albeit a bit thirsty on fuel)- the suspensions a bit soft but this is ofset by a superb ride. Get one, you wont be disappointed. Have it checked out by a reputable mechanic for head gasket as a minimum. [Updated on: Mon, 17 January 2005 21:35] [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	Alot of Cressida Q's	Fr3aK	Mon, 17 January 2005 14:16
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	Norbie	Mon, 17 January 2005 14:35
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	manmx83	Mon, 17 January 2005 14:55
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	peeack	Mon, 17 January 2005 14:59
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	capableronTRD	Mon, 17 January 2005 21:29
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	Norbie	Mon, 17 January 2005 22:51
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	EvilJack	Tue, 18 January 2005 00:06
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	Fr3aK	Tue, 18 January 2005 00:59
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	Norbie	Tue, 18 January 2005 01:14
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	capableronTRD	Tue, 18 January 2005 03:43
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	wumpagrande1992	Tue, 18 January 2005 14:29
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	Fr3aK	Fri, 21 January 2005 01:41
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	Norbie	Fri, 21 January 2005 02:53
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	Fr3aK	Fri, 21 January 2005 05:30
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	capableronTRD	Fri, 21 January 2005 05:37
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	Fr3aK	Fri, 21 January 2005 05:44
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	capableronTRD	Fri, 21 January 2005 05:40
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	capableronTRD	Fri, 21 January 2005 05:59
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	Fr3aK	Fri, 21 January 2005 10:05
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	capableronTRD	Fri, 21 January 2005 21:13
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	ColMX83	Sat, 22 January 2005 02:43
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	wilbo666	Sat, 22 January 2005 03:44
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	ColMX83	Sat, 22 January 2005 04:24
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	capableronTRD	Sat, 22 January 2005 04:51
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	ColMX83	Sat, 22 January 2005 05:07
	Re: Cressida sunroof and ABS Grande	OO-259	Mon, 24 January 2005 10:59
	Re: Cressida sunroof and ABS Grande	celicamad	Mon, 24 January 2005 12:24
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	Toyo Truck	Sat, 11 June 2005 01:09
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	Toyo Truck	Sat, 11 June 2005 01:13
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	TheStitt	Sat, 11 June 2005 01:23
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	Toyo Truck	Sat, 11 June 2005 08:45
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	TheStitt	Sat, 11 June 2005 13:45
	Re: Alot of Cressida Q's	Ribfeast	Sun, 12 June 2005 12:42

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