But lucky me I'm off both of my jobs Thursday and Friday. So if the weather is nice, I'll finish the engine bay. A feller at work told me he's got a bunch of 00ga cable he'd sell me for $20 so it looks like I'll be moving to battery to the trunk after all!

What should I use to clean/polish the hood latch? It's all crustied up and looks bummy with the fresh painted radiator support and eventually an aluminum radiator behind it.

I did just win a factory service manual for 5 bucks on ebay. It's for a '87 FWD model; but it still has 4AC info, which is what I need.

Modified by Eric'sFreeAE86 at 8:37 PM 10/1/2009

But unfortunately, this build is on hold until I can start and finish my 5SFE 'build' for my daily status Camry. Radiator is busted and the timing belt is waaay past due. And seeing as how the timing belt is the most common cause of failure for this motor, I reckon I oughtta do some major maintenance since I'll be bustin around in it for a looong time. Be on the lookout for a Camry 5SFE ATX build thread!

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Using a tape measure as a straight edge, you can see how the core has a bend to it.

On the bright side, I did replace the belts and hoses and clean off the engine so I can find my oil leak. Looks like it's the valve cover, maybe the cam seal. Also, I'll take some measurements, but these fans look like they'd be great to fit over a Civic radiator for an 86. I'll look in to that.

But since the trans cooler runs through the bottom tank of the radiator, I spilled AFT in the catch pan with the coolant, so I couldn't reuse that coolant, so I wound up wasting almost 2 gallons.

I woulda junked it for a civic XD

--not really

I just fixed mine too.

Eric’sFreeAE86 on the FT86
"Yeah Toyota's been carrying this baby for like 5 years. They'll come out rusted and broken. "

"A 4cyl is all u need to scare u 5hitless in a street rolla."
~jinx

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I sent pictures of the radiator to the seller. He said (paraphrasing here) it's obviously defective, but he'd like to file it as a claim against the shipping company. He wants me to beat it up and send pictures to him with the box all ripped up, too. I told him that was unethical and I want my money back. If he refuses, Paypal will love to hear about this. What a crook.

wowww... professionalism is just out the window nowadays

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Now I lack:
rebuild the carb - found a kit in stock locally!!
finish the intake and exhaust manifolds
clean the block
finish removing the PS pump/bracket/hoses
clean the block some more
finish painting the engine bay
install new fuel pump and run new lines

After all that, we oughtta have 'er running! But not running for long, since I don't have a radiator.

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I got a carb kit for the stock carb today, so hopefully one of my off days this week I can rebuild it. I have to be a carpenter first; re-do the front door of my house with a custom threshold and put up some drywall.

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Eric’sFreeAE86 on the FT86
"Yeah Toyota's been carrying this baby for like 5 years. They'll come out rusted and broken. "

"A 4cyl is all u need to scare u 5hitless in a street rolla."
~jinx

AE86 FSM

http://www.aeu86.org/index/tec...=5158

props to 84hatch

There were lots more done but that's for later....

I still need to finish up the engine bay, then I can put the head back on at least.

I got stuck on removing the entire dash, but I got out the main heavy crap, so I'm going to put it all back together later. I couldn't get the gauge cluster surround/cover off with the steering wheel in the way, and I didn't want to drop the column. Plus I couldn't figure out how to get the main dash pad off? I found a couple brass-colored bolts in the center and passenger side, but since I couldn't get the gauge surround off, I gave up. I did figure out the crazy light/wiper switch removal procedure though. 17mm socket and man-hands did the trick. Who needs a manual?

My carb should be on the way, and I need to put the interior (or lack of) back together. My taillight panel is still rusting away slowly and I really really want to replace that whole panel. Anybody cutting up a car?

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I got stuck on removing the entire dash, but I got out the main heavy crap, so I'm going to put it all back together later. I couldn't get the gauge cluster surround/cover off with the steering wheel in the way, and I didn't want to drop the column. Plus I couldn't figure out how to get the main dash pad off? I found a couple brass-colored bolts in the center and passenger side, but since I couldn't get the gauge surround off, I gave up. I did figure out the crazy light/wiper switch removal procedure though. 17mm socket and man-hands did the trick. Who needs a manual? My carb should be on the way, and I need to put the interior (or lack of) back together. My taillight panel is still rusting away slowly and I really really want to replace that whole panel. Anybody cutting up a car?

Make sure you get the 10mm bolt all the way on the right, under the mini-vent. 'Man-hand' the mini-vent. If you have an intact clock bezel, don't bother trying to take it out, as it will more than likely shatter, but there is a 10mm bolt under the bezel that holds the dash to the chassis. You'll have this annoying little plastic clip under the dash that holds it to the chassis. I lightly pushed the whole dash up and down to pop the clip loose...

DON'T USE A SCREWDRIVER!!! On these old dashboards, they tend to crack if you pry or poke at them!!!