CanadianG

I will definitely be attempting that this summer.

I got a new thermostat installed yesterday. Looks like my shipment of the timing belt kit, radiator and hoses has come in from rock auto.

By the way thank you for the link on the other thread, I'm going to see if my Brake master cylinder will come back to life if not I have sourced out a used one locally for a couple of hundred dollars that I'll be picking up this weekend. Thanks for all your help.

CanadianG

Hey Bgw70 thanks a lot for your help.

wanted to post a 1 week in update,

new thermostat, radiator along with upper and lower radiator hoses installed.

ABS skid contol unit replaced ( for anyone out there wondering no programming is needed after this is installed, I installed it with the negative terminal to my battery unhooked and then when I fired it up with the replacement part installed, no more ABS and brake light, and the speedometer work started working immediately)

Also have a brake master cylinder unit on the way, (used previously) because my BMC, booster and Actuator were making a funny noise. VERY weird thing is before the install of the skid control unit it was making the same noise but after I got the replacement skid control unit in it stopped? I was assuming the issue was a hardware issue as opposed to a software related issue so this has thrown me off.


I have my AISIN timing belt, water pump and tensioner kit that came in as well, I won’t be getting to those until the weather is warmer but the plan is to take it to my mechanic mid week to do a once over and give me a report of other items it may need (suspension, etc) I’m concerned about the health of the head gasket, the car over heated with me once (sticky thermostat) so if it did so with the previous owner as well, there’s a chance the head gasket was compromised. If the head gasket is gone, I’ve located a dealer with Japan sourced engines with transmissions which supposedly have between 50,000 and 70,000km (30,000 - 45,000 miles) for around $1600 which I’ll buy to replace.

I got a smile across my face right now knowing it’s coming along nicely.

DshngDaryl

Congratulations! It sounds like you got all the MUST DO issues resolved and are down to the "need to do eventually" stuff.

I am sure you are going to love the car, especially when the weather starts to warm up and the top can come down.

WELCOME TO THE CLUB!

CanadianG

thanks a lot! Definitely, as long as the major items are out of the way I can be a little more relaxed now lol.

CanadianG

I was taking my old radiator to the local waste facility today, I took to picture of it to show everyone just how bad the leak was on it.

maarp

Yeah, that's a mess. Any problem getting it out (and back in again)?

CanadianG

not at all it was very straight forward. Only thing was that I did have to physically cut the upper rad hose off from where it connected at the engine. It was stuck on really good

miroslav23

Where did you get your skid control unit? I have similar symptoms (ABS + BRAKE lights on, speedometer and odometer not working, and stiff steering) so I think I need to replace the module. I see used ones on ebay for ~$300 but wondering if that's the best option.

QuandAns42

Didn't you say the speedo and odo were "non functioning" or was that just referring to the cracked lens? If they're genuinely not functioning you'll need to address that as a high priority. That doesn't have to mean a trip to the dealership though, there are handful of independent shopd certified and equipped to do the necessary cloning for replacements and such. I recommend this shop as they deal exclusively with clusters. https://www.instrumentclusterstore.c...t_clusters.htm