MKO's AWD/Turbo/DOHC/5 Speed Project

**mko** · 11-08-2013, 10:13 PM

**greddy** · 11-08-2013, 10:36 PM

Please tell me the red seats are gonna go

**mko** · 11-08-2013, 10:41 PM

Oh yes as soon as find stock seats in good condition. I dont like them at all, but thats what i have at the moment.

**eclipsh** · 11-09-2013, 10:02 AM

Check out stock seats from other cars too. I've been very happy with my 90's Celica seats. Much better support for canyon carving. I've also got 2000 or so Celica seats in my '89 4Runner. Side bolstering isn't as good for a skinny guy but for someone bigger they'd be more comfortable. They did take some fabrication to install though. Other ones I've eyeballed are RX8, Evo, WRX. All factory seats so they're built well and comfortable for long hauls.

**mko** · 11-10-2013, 07:39 PM

The green G came home for the first time tonight.

**mko** · 11-30-2013, 04:19 PM

Well I have bad news. Pulled the spark plugs today and all of them had oil. There was oil on top of piston dishes too.

I think I might have toasted the valve seals.

Another project ahead of me.

**DEADEYES** · 11-30-2013, 06:51 PM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I finally get my 7g running again and the 7g I inspire to be goes down!!!

Man I hope its just the valve seals, Good luck man and keep us updated!

**wetamup2k3g** · 12-01-2013, 08:10 AM

One car gets up and going, the other one goes down. Life of a Mitsu tuner I guess..good luck in solving the problem Chris.

**spdracr** · 12-01-2013, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by wetamup2k3g

One car gets up and going, the other one goes down. Life of a Mitsu tuner I guess..good luck in solving the problem Chris.

I believe it's the awd that went down.

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**wetamup2k3g** · 12-01-2013, 12:29 PM

Oh, well that sucks even more because he just got it running.

**mko** · 12-12-2013, 06:38 PM

i dont have heat, but the heater hoses are hot. Im thinking the blender is damaged. Any other opinions?

From the service manual: (I dont understand how vacuum goes to heater)

Low Coolant Level
Incorrect thermostat.
Restricted coolant flow through heater core.
Heater hoses plugged.
Misadjusted control cable.
Sticking heater control valve.
Vacuum hose leaking.
Vacuum hose blocked.
Vacuum motors inoperative.
Blocked air inlet.
Inoperative heater blower motor.
Oil residue on heater core fins.
Dirt on heater core fins.

**w/oarctic7g** · 12-12-2013, 11:08 PM

If it is hot on both in and out then the problem is flow, it is probably partially plugged internally. This is what I do just disconnect both core lines so isolating the heater core, flush with water, plug one hose and pour polyzag directly into the other until full then let it sit for just a couple minutes and then flush with water in both directions. It is acidic so don't leave it in for more than 2-3 minutes, be careful use gloves and glasses and you may want to get some longer hoses so you can add and flush outside that sweet engine bay.

**mko** · 02-28-2014, 06:57 PM

I somehow managed to strip all teeth of the flywheel ring gear, so as of today my green Galant is down.

I knew the red Galant had skipped timing, so I did a timing belt job in a gas station parking lot in 20 degree weather with wind chill. She's up and running and boy did I miss her. I forgot how quick the red G was.

**DEADEYES** · 02-28-2014, 08:43 PM

Man that sucks about the GS, what kind of flywheel was it? Did it cause any damages, or is the flywheel the only casualty?

Also sucks about having to do the timing job where you did lol but at least it wasn't damaged!

**mko** · 02-28-2014, 09:26 PM

it was a brand new fidanza flywheel. Thats why I dont understand how. If I bought it used then OK I can accept it, but damn it only has 5k miles on it