What did you do to your 2002 today !

[M3This]

Paul started making her a little wider today

 

Edited April 19, 2022 by M3This

[tech71]

Thats a lot of surfboards for Boise?

[M3This]

2 minutes ago, tech71 said:

Thats a lot of surfboards for Boise?

lol. It’s down in Southern CA right now. Unfortunately not a lot of quality shops up here. 

[mccusername]

Mmm those smell like carbon fiber flares. 
 

[Mike G]

31 minutes ago, mccusername said:

Mmm those smell like carbon fiber flares. 
 

there’s tape on the roof ?

[SydneyTii]

Replaced a set of silicone leads… won’t make that mistake again, went back to original style, but added heat proof socks to save the wires and caps, I don’t have any heat shield, new BPR6ES plugs as well. Noticed a very faint miss and tracked it down to ignition. Cleaned up plenum a bit and hit both it and the rocker with Penitrol, should be good for another 6 months without oxidation.

 

 

Edited April 19, 2022 by SydneyTii

[OriginalOwner]

Sydney,

 

a tii that clean is begging to have it's picture taken in front of the Hotel Palisade !!!!

 

Cheers,

 

Carl

 

Edited April 19, 2022 by OriginalOwner

[MattL]

A few days late to post, but last week I picked up my 76 with a newly-rebuilt-and-installed (with Blunt's awesome kit) Getrag 245 in it. After two false starts of hauling faulty transmissions in and out of the underside of the car, I wasn't looking forward to crawling back under there. I said "F*#& this!", swallowed my pride, and hired a good local shop to do the work. For anyone in the Philly area, I highly recommend J&J Motors in Bryn Mawr. Jay knows his stuff, is honest, and has a longstanding collab with a local Getrag guru for internal transmission stuff. He also typically has an eclectic assortment in-shop at any given time. When I first pulled up, there was a Camry, a Lambo, an E30, a VW bus, and a Delorean in the lot, and a couple air-cooled 911s on lifts inside.

 

I also had Jay install my sexy new Danjer extended control arms. I'll need to do a little fender massaging to get rid of some rubbing under load, but the handling is terrific. 

 

I'm now finally getting around to replacing the original carpet with Esty's beautiful kit. 

 

 

[SydneyTii]

3 hours ago, MattL said:

 

 

Nice looking car!

what brand are those minilite style wheels?

Totally Carl, needs to happen!

4 hours ago, OriginalOwner said:

a tii that clean is begging to have it's picture taken in front of the Hotel Palisade!!!

Edited April 19, 2022 by SydneyTii

[2002#3]

MattL,

 

"After two false starts of hauling faulty transmissions in and out of the underside of the car, I wasn't looking forward to crawling back under there. I said "F*#& this!", swallowed my pride, and hired a good local shop to do the work." 

 

I feel your pain.  Only 2?  You were lucky.  Doing everything (except shortening the DS) by myself took only 8, 10, don't really remember, re-installs.  Still having night sweats and flashbacks.  Quite a challenging and educational process, indeed.  However, the reduction of 800 or so rpms in OD surely sounds (actually, don't sound) and feel sweet.  Glad I did it.   You will be, too.

 

Larry 

[BeMyWay]

On 4/14/2022 at 12:08 PM, John76 said:

Great idea!

This will go well with the "pelican bib" I wear when eating and drinking.

 

 thanks for the visual.  

[Pdxguy]

17 hours ago, SydneyTii said:

Replaced a set of silicone leads… won’t make that mistake again, went back to original style, but added heat proof socks to save the wires and caps, I don’t have any heat shield, new BPR6ES plugs as well. 

 

 

 

What is the issue with silicone leads?

 

Dennis

[zinz]

Finished polishing for now. 
 

Before:

 

 

After:

 

Still need to work the nose, but I have to sort out the best grills out of a couple sets I have. 
 

Now on to getting the mechanical bits sorted. 
 

EdZ

[SydneyTii]

3 hours ago, Pdxguy said:

What is the issue with silicone leads?

I thought they’d stand up to the exhaust heat, like the silicon gloves used in the kitchen? unfortunately it wasn’t the case, one one broke down and didn’t carry the spark.

[MattL]

13 hours ago, SydneyTii said:

Nice looking car!

what brand are those minilite style wheels?

 

Thanks, Syd.

The wheels have "Superlite" center caps, but the rim says they were made by Two Gates in the UK.