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On its way to the shop

April 26, 2012

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Well that's the car just got collected today so give it a week or so and the new engine should be in....!

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Crankshaft bearings prep

I managed to get back into the garage and make a start on the bottom end, after getting my hands on some over size bearings. Check out the video below!

The Celica hasn’t really don’t much lately as I handed it over to my trusted paint shop for them to work their magic. It’s been a while since any work was actually carried out on it and for a while, I got a little exasperated by it and needed a break. I hurt my back leaning over and stretching the wrong way (over 40 now….!) so since then I have been focusing on health and fitness a bit more to get in shape. Anyway, the Celica was stripped back to bare metal and it was actually in great shape with only 2 little points of interest: A previous weld repair to drivers door (so smooth you couldn’t tell with paint) Also, a rusty bit in the rear drivers wheel arch near the mud flap. The body shop quickly cropped this and welded in new metal and got the car coated in etch primer. They also gave me a list of various small items that broke during the strip down. It turns out, little bits of trim and other associated body parts are becoming INCREDIBLY difficult t...

EJ257 closed deck build

It's finally started!! The block has been sitting in my garage for 1.5yrs due to various work/real life getting in the way. Today felt really good to give everything a real deep clean, and by that I mean double check that there was no machinery cuttings left in the block, and remove the protective oil coating I had put on the block. After a good wash, I the took the various measurements and started to "gap" the rings on cylinders 1 & 2. Time is the key element here, take is sloooooowwww........ dont rush it and measure everything 3 times before proceeding to the next stage,

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John Halliday

On its way to the shop

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