What have you done to your car today?

Saving seat position so it doesn't revert to the previous saved position when you get in the car with that key is fairly standard. It's not psychic :p
 
Why can't it just leave the seat where it was? I'm only ever using the same key. BMWs and Audis don't **** about with the seat after you get out..

I get moving the wheel up for your gut, but why move the whole seat back for no apparent reason?
I have to press memory 1 every time I start it now. I can barely reach the clutch to start the engine!
 
Must be a coding thing someone did at some point, seems illogical to move seat back but not forward orbits just for easy entry and exit.
 
So, pa's Landy decided to throw a strop and not fire up earlier. I've just spent an hour on it, checking ignition wiring and fuelling. Found bad wiring between coil and dizzy - the wiring that we put in when we converted to electronic ignition was always a bit of a stop-gap as we didn't have any particularly high quality wire on hand, but once we had some we never quite got round to redoing it :o Taken care of that now.

Following that, it still wasn't running but it would at least fire briefly. Pulled the inlet filter out of the carb (a Weber 36DCD of indeterminate origin), and it's covered in sediment. Clean that off, refit. Still no joy. Pull fuel line off carb, suck on it ( :eek: ), suck on it harder ( :eek::eek: ), spit mouthful of gas and sedimentary gunge off to one side ( :mad: ), refit fuel line. Now running, but bit crappy and threatening to stall. Let it warm up, then mucked around with the tuning on it for a bit and now it's running perfectly.

For my next trick I'll get rid of that Weber and the manky old fuel line to the pump, and fit a stock Zenith and new line and filter that we've got ready to go when we stop being lazy...
 
mjt said:
Why can't it just leave the seat where it was? I'm only ever using the same key. BMWs and Audis don't **** about with the seat after you get out..

I get moving the wheel up for your gut, but why move the whole seat back for no apparent reason?
I have to press memory 1 every time I start it now. I can barely reach the clutch to start the engine!
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Is it not like coding a specific seat memory to the key? BMWs can do this but I don't have it set on mine. Basically, when you unlock the car with this particular key, it goes to a certain seat position (not sure whether this would correspond with one of the memory settings on the seat e.g. 1, 2 or 3). Check whether the seat moves when you get out/lock it - I bet it only moves once unlocked.
 
This was yesterday (I know now today)

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Tried to service the car this morning. Got the pollen filter, air filter and fuel filter all changed. Tried to get the nut undone to drain the oil and it just wouldn't come off no matter what i tried. Will have to take it to the garage at some point and hope they can loosen it for me. Decided if i hadnt change the oil no point changing the filter.

Anyone got any tips to try and get it off before I get the garage to do it?
 
Snookums said:
Tried to service the car this morning. Got the pollen filter, air filter and fuel filter all changed. Tried to get the nut undone to drain the oil and it just wouldn't come off no matter what i tried. Will have to take it to the garage at some point and hope they can loosen it for me. Decided if i hadnt change the oil no point changing the filter.

Anyone got any tips to try and get it off before I get the garage to do it?
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I had a similar problem on a drain plug - it had a recessed hole to fit a drain plug key into it but it wouldn't budge and just distorted the hole.

I managed to get it undone by using a pair of mole grips clamped around the outer edge of the drain plug and also used the drain plug key at the same time, it was a 2 man job but it worked.

Of course yours may be different.
 
Are you using a ratchet or a spanner?

Linking two spanners together for leverage can help. Gentle torque vs shocking it (and potentially sounding it) is key.
 
I tried it with a spanner to start then changed to my ratchet.

Only jack I had couldn't get the car up too high so my axle stands had to be on the lowest setting. Meaning I had no room to add a pipe or extender for some extra torque.
 
Evo8 said:
Clearly a money saving move, the exact same clock is fitted to the MK3 MR2 and that came out in 1999!
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Which is exactly the same clock that was fitted to the generation 6 celica.

You would be surprised even with modern cars how much under the skin is really old.

I bought GT86 pedals as they are nice aluminium ones to replace my rubber celica ones. Also an exact fit and also the same as a mk3 mr2 pedals!
 
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adam cool dude said:
Which is exactly the same clock that was fitted to the generation 6 celica.

You would be surprised even with modern cars how much under the skin is really old.

I bought GT86 pedals as they are nice aluminium ones to replace my rubber celica ones. Also an exact fit and also the same as a mk3 mr2 pedals!
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I wonder if this is just a thing Toyota do to save money?
 
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