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tas
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June 2002
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Sat, 29 October 2005 11:53
 
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Karl might need to order a few more parts, after today's accident.
Don't spose you have a spare passenger headlight and those plastic panels that go under the headlight, and also the blinker part that is also in that area. Might need to get a picture.
Motor landed from pretty high, the engine hook clean broke off and bent the underchassie in the front area, passenger guard is also rooted 
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Location:
South Australia
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Sat, 29 October 2005 13:12
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Fark me dingaling! That sucks big time  If it's any consolation the motor is probably going to be alright except for the pick-up and sump which you may wanna replace/check...
Usually I just use a $300 engine crane and drop the motor onto some kind of chipboard or something that I can move it on, and then raise the front of the car and slide the motor out. I'm going to write down a note that using tractor hydraulics can be dicey 
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Location:
new castle
Registered:
July 2005
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Sun, 30 October 2005 01:34
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trd-162 what shade of red...monza red,blood red....? just if its same as my car it'd save money on painting
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Sun, 30 October 2005 05:01
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It would look like this...
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Location:
tas
Registered:
June 2002
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Sun, 30 October 2005 06:11
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RWDboy, Thanx i will go buy an engine crane 
sump looks ok, a few dents, no leaks, water t-juntion snapped clean off, luckily that can be replaced and all the sensors are ok.
Dam tracter! what happened was i lowered the engine down and was going to raise the car up to slide the engine from underneath, but my step dad comes along and reckoned yeah just hook to chain up to one hook on the engine and lift it out vertically.
So that worked quite well the engine was above the car now, only have to move the tractor forward and lower the engine onto the ground, as soon as the tractor was started up, the crane whent berserk tossed the engine up into the air and the engine with all it's wieght coming back down snapped the hook and lended crashing on top of the celica body, nearly catching my arm inbetween. 
This happened another time with a subaru engine but much worse, tossing the subaru engine about 6 meters in the air and slamming it onto the ground!! we figured the hydrualics on the tractor just needed more oil, but nup that obviously did not work. *mental note to self, keep step dad and his tractor far away from me when doing 1jz conversion to supra, buy engine crane asap*
Oh don't spose there are any celica guards forsale that you know of?
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Location:
new castle
Registered:
July 2005
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Sun, 30 October 2005 10:00
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yeah try-162 it does look alot like the color of my celica (monza red) i'm just tossing up wether i want to part ways with a thousand dollars or not.... how easy are they to mount? any dings scratches or anything?
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Location:
Upper Northshore, Sydney
Registered:
October 2004
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Sun, 30 October 2005 10:08
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all i can say is DAMN MAN !!!!! thats an expensive excersise !!!
and that tractor sounds contankerous !!!! damn !!! throwing engines around !!!!
nick.
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Location:
new castle
Registered:
July 2005
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
March 2004
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Sun, 30 October 2005 10:40
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dingaling! woah!! that sucks big time!!
I used an engine crane with a leveling bar to get my engine in and out. Getting it out (with nfi what we were doing) we came in from the front with the crane and tried to lift it. Unfortunately the arm on the crane really wasn't long enough and it kept trying to pull the motor forward as we lifted. 2 engine mounts, a bent powersteering pump and 2 bricks later we got it out. A mate of mine who's a mechanic came over and laughed at us - apparently the most pain free way to get a FWD engine out is to come in with the crane at the non-gearbox end, hook it up (to atleast two hooks ) and drop the gearbox end down low as possible. Then its just a case of slowly raising the engine upward and outward. We used this method putting the new engine in and it worked like a charm - shoehorned it in, got the g.box under the chassis, bolted in the drivers side mount, leveled it out and bolted the passenger side mount. Took a quarter of the time and nothing got broken!
Ah well, guess we live and we learn ey?
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Location:
new castle
Registered:
July 2005
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Sun, 30 October 2005 10:53
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yeah that angel way is how me and my mechanic freind got my engine out ("borrowed" engine crane from his work)
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
March 2004
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Sun, 30 October 2005 11:21
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havabeer - those ebay gauges are pox. they've just scanned the original dials and printed them inverted. They look p00 when they're lit up too (i asked the guy to email me a pic when he first listed that thing on ebay).
I had a go at making some a while back. I can send you the files if you're keen to have a go yourself.
http://members.optushome.com.au/an-d/web/IMG_1013. jpg
(pls. dont laugh)
There's also another company on the web that sells EL glo dials for these cars, i found it the other day and they were about the same price.
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Location:
Upper Northshore, Sydney
Registered:
October 2004
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Mon, 31 October 2005 03:04
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smashed wombat, how did those light up at night did u take the condoms off the instrument bulbs ??
i know if you want white cluster lights at night go and buy some LED white parker bulbs , they look good !!! 'rice bro'
any good, coz the ones i made up you could hardly see the glow behind the numbers , speeds !!!
cheers mate, nick.
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Location:
new castle
Registered:
July 2005
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Mon, 31 October 2005 06:26
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yeah not really after a night glow or anything. just liked the look of the bright white ones rather then my stocko black.
if i had the time i'd try making my own. but seeing as i'm just getting my celica back on the road (after about 3 months of it sitting in garage with fucked enigne) i'd rather not piss fart around with it much more
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Location:
new castle
Registered:
July 2005
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Mon, 31 October 2005 07:02
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smashed wombat send files over anyways...later on might have a stab at making them myself. any advice is good advice
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Location:
Upper Northshore, Sydney
Registered:
October 2004
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Wed, 02 November 2005 08:52
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hey guys.
as you may already know, my engine is up for sale on here in the MECH-ENG section, i am selling because i have a jap-spec lined up ready to go in.
i am waiting on doing that, to see if i can get a buyer while the engine is still in the car.
the engine is going dirt cheap $350 for a complete long motor.
from what i have been told and my own intuition, its in pretty condition still, was comp tested at 150 - 160, the engine has done 202,000k. no nasty noises, unaware when timing belt dun last however, same as h/g.
so if anyone is interested in using it as a whole, or for some donor bits, let me know as the thing has to go !!!!
nick.
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Location:
Western Australia
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Wed, 09 November 2005 02:48
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hi guys just wondering if any of u are interested in buying a modded 88 gt4 for 9000??? its fully licensed and there are no major problems with it. if u are interested take a look at it at the classified section in toymods and its under "88 gt4 modded 9000 urgent sale" unfortunately i am making the sale within perth.
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Location:
Canberra
Registered:
January 2005
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Wed, 23 November 2005 00:12
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hey guys.
as a result of a drunken (ex)friend, i am in desperate need of a new
DRIVERS SIDE TAIL LIGHT.
for an 86/87 st162 (the pre facelift model)
emailing me on the_brewery_fresh@hotmail.com will prolly get a quicker response than repling here, but whatever floats your boat.
cheers
Andy Campbell
im in canberra btw if that helps. if you are else where postage is a good option, any way let me know.
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Location:
new castle
Registered:
July 2005
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Sun, 27 November 2005 02:02
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hey fella's i need some help with a few things on my old gen1 3s-ge.
recently dropped another engine in after i stuffed my big end bearing.
this new engine was only ment to have done about 100,000k's 
but now that i 've got it all going and took it to a place to get it tunned the engine is overheating
it really only over heats when its underload ideling it seams to be fine. driving normall (changing at lowish revs) it goes good but as soon as you give it a little (say 4000k) it starts to cook.
1 of the thermal fan runs constantly. i replaced the thermastat it has helped slightly but doesnt seam to have done much. not sure if it was the right one, the thermastat i pulled out has an "air bleed vavle" (witch was jammed closed with crud and dirt) and the one i put in doesnt have one
the top pipe from the radiator gets pretty F-ing hot while the bottom one gets a bit warm but not hot.
love to take it to a place like natrad but i'm not 100% sure it'll make it there (bout 25mins away)
any suggestions?
also the oil pressure gauge barely moves. when ideling it doesnt get off the mark and when driving it seams to only get to about 1-3rd of the way up. there's plenty of oil in the sump aswell.
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
February 2005
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Location:
QLD, Gold Coast
Registered:
February 2004
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Mon, 28 November 2005 06:38
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yep sounds like an alternator problem, most likely its not charging the battery at all, therefore results in your car dying.
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Location:
Gold Coast, QLD
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Mon, 28 November 2005 07:08
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I agree - sounds like the alternator has gone and is not charging the battery enough if at all. Is your battery light on the dash coming on while all this is happening?
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
December 2003
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Mon, 28 November 2005 07:09
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yep, alternator. But adrian wouldnt have not told u on purpose - one of the best, nicest and most honet blokes i know - hope u get it sorted. I just chucked out an alternator the other day that u could have taken to get new brushes - sorry!
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
February 2005
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Mon, 28 November 2005 07:52
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thankz for confirming the problem guyz
Oh Adrian's a top bloke fo Sho  (edited first post ... after havin a read it did sound like i waz bad mouthin em)
Yep, the battery light was on when i took it out today
Ummm, so does anyone have an alternator for sale?
Could someone install it for an extra charge?
im really short on time these dayz ... havta work extra shifts so i can repay the loan i took out for the car but it waz worth it
Oz!
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Registered:
April 2005
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Thu, 01 December 2005 10:59
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i have done 630km's on a tank and havnt even hit the low fuel warning light. petrol was normal shell, so how mnay km from warning light? 30?
i gonna try the new 100octane to see how it goes,
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
October 2004
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Fri, 02 December 2005 02:45
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Yours has a low fuel light?!
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Location:
parkdale, Victoria
Registered:
May 2005
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Fri, 02 December 2005 03:07
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Any chance one of you guys could supply me with the stock 162 ecu pinout/wiring diagram  . Thanks in advance! 
tictactoe28@hotmail.com
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Location:
QLD, Gold Coast
Registered:
February 2004
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Fri, 02 December 2005 03:53
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Yours has a low fuel light?!
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yeah it should come up looking like a gas tank, as for how much fuel left in the tank when it comes up, mine can be anywhere from 15-20 litres, but mines stuffed, but at least i get a generous amount before i run out of fuel.
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
October 2004
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Fri, 02 December 2005 04:43
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What year is your ST162?
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Location:
QLD, Gold Coast
Registered:
February 2004
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Fri, 02 December 2005 06:20
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1987 here
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Registered:
April 2005
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Fri, 02 December 2005 07:37
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my car made it to approx 700kms on one tank on a long trip
(didnt run it to low but worked out what was left), not too bad for a 86 model car
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Location:
new castle
Registered:
July 2005
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Fri, 02 December 2005 07:50
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car car seems to be doing the same thing...
when i turn indicator's on it moves with each flash, same if i apply breaks or windshield wipers. it does seem to be charging properly (at about 11.5V slightly lower) but while driving the battery light isnt on.
all this is causeing my car not to start just get the dreaded "click" and no start.
any suggestions? change brushe's on alternator?
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Location:
new castle
Registered:
July 2005
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Re: ST162 dedicated thread
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Fri, 02 December 2005 12:04
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found problem...the wire (assum earth) that gets bolted down on the alternator was connected right and was sparking. so was stuffing things up. pretty much F-ed the bolt and nut (witch is now jammed in my 10mm socket due to snappage of the bolt) and alot black starting to run up the slowly cooking wire's
but took car for a good long run and everything seems to be going good again.
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