hey guys, here's the story: I bought a white lightning (so awesome) off my uncle in march this year (only done 180.000km's), it was in awesome condition apart from the common rust problems in the sunroof. Everything was original as he was the only owner. like the electric antenna still worked, the radio with the equaliser also worked. which i thought was mad. and a couple of days later, my bro was driving it through an intersection , and a stupid drunk decides speed and run through a red light at about 100km/h. the drunk t-boned the shit out my celica. thank god my bro was ok. Unfortunately for the lightning it was the first and last accident its ever had. its still sitting in my garage. although i had it only for a couple of days, i loved it so much. The bad thing was that i lost my license for 6 months a couple of days after the accident. which was really depressing coz all i could see was the celica at its worst in the garage. then my mum told me, instead of moping around all day, why dont you buy another and then fix it up, as my engine was still in great condition. so i set out to buy another white celica and i found one about 800 km's from where i live. only problem was, according to the previous owner, that it would most likely die after you get it home as the car has done 500,000+ km's. so i brought it and my cousin drove it down. and surely the engine was in a bad state. and so was the interior. I had 6 months to fix everything. its usually plenty of time to restore a car to a reasonable state. first thing i did was take the dash out as this one was cracked. i did that 5 months ago. which was cool. coz i still remembered where the dash goes.lol . lame joke. and i just realised that i have 35 days to get my car running. i found a dash in really good condition. and i put that back in with no problems. so here are the questions: - i was looking through the threads and it seems that there is a major chance that i have to pull the dash back out, so that i can get to the heater well thingo and clean out the leaves? is that a must because my heater and air conditioner work fine?? is there way i can tell its gonna be okay without pulling everything out? i know its better if i do? -this is another stupid question, when you close the glove box does it click close or do you have to slam it shut? because when i put it back together, i had to slam it shut. which i dont think is right. - the rear window washer (the jet thingo). mine does not work at the moment. like the front ones work and i know they are connected, as my first celica worked like that. unless that was screwed. how do i fix that?? - as my first one had the original white lightning stickers, i want this one to have it as well on both sides not just the one side. i was wondering if any of you guys would know where to get a pair, as i am planning to respray the whole car again. - and in this one the electric antenna doesnt work and the old one doesnt work as the accident had a fatal effect on it. is there a place that i can get one from or does anyone have a photo of one because i forgot how to put one back together again? im trying to get it to the original state.
Re: stupidest question ive got about the glove box sorry to hear that, hope your both ok. how does it involve the glove box?
You can just remove the blower motor (3 screws), put your hand in and clean out. Only remove the dash if you intend replacing the vent rubbers & replacing the rad, servo motors or the outer is stuffed. You can clean out the leaves without pulling the dash. Details & pics are on my page. Loosen the 2 screws below the cubby, align it (bend the dash loop if it's still too low/high) then tighten the 2 lower screws when it's shut Check the jet for blockage, use a pin or air in the hose to clear it. There's 2 motors, one is next to your Brake master and the other is under your RH front wheel plastic insert, there's also check valves in the line with non-return balls in them, check they are working properly and the correct way round (my car came with one in the wrong way round and only after replacing the motor did I realize the mistake) I have a white lightning here, stickers are missing. Find me some decent close-up pics of the grafix and I'll make them up This car also has a busted antenna, just replace it with an aftermarket electric antenna, you already have the brackets, wires etc? I don't think "fixing" a 20yr old antenna will work Alwayz sez just use your rubbers and spacers/holders etc Question: Can you post a pic of your exhaust manifold and water inlet pipe (temp sensor etc) - the car here has some strange stuff on it, ie 2 VSV's on the inlet pipe & a flat header cover (no, not gen2!) - pic also on my page
I've always had to slam mine shut....it just takes some tinkering to adjust it properly but I haven't bothered. I thought both pumps for the front and rear were on the bottom of the reservoir.....can you hear the pump humming when you twist the lever? it may just be a bad pump and they are simple to change You can get aftermarket ones as well, I think I paid $60 for a universal one...the hardest part about installing them is running the new coax up to the deckl
