The Supra Files.... Gettin' Laid

 Well, the carpet, that is. The rear part of the floorpan was scrubbed and dried, and then the rear section of the new carpet was laid onto the floor to see how it fit, and how much would need trimming. It wasn't too hard to do, but it's a "Measure Three Times, Cut A Little Three Times" type of operation.

And you have to use the right tools. I started using a razor knife and X-Acto knife, but those are really for other uses. For $25, delivered, I  got a great pair of carpet shears, which making long, straight cuts very easy.

 

We started with the rear section, as it was smaller with fewer cuts. I wasn't trying to even get close to "Final Trim Size", as my cutting methods were crude. Kinda Stone Axes and Flint Knives crude.

Annnnnnd....because I left the carpet in it's shipping box for like, oh...Twelve Years, it was pretty lumpy and had some creases I had to work out with a heat gun, and then re-form the molded in contours. Tedious, but we managed to do it. I'm using "we", because Sweet Little Wife was helping me do this. 

 

 

We were rolling along by this time, so I started scrubbing the front floor pans. Passenger side cleaned up beautifully, but (always one of those) when I moved some of insulation padding around to make the final free play adjustments on the pedals, I found this.

 

 

When I cleaned up the damaged paint from the leaking clutch master cylinder, I neglected to check the firewall on the other side, in the passenger compartment.

So that took a week to resolve. Ground it all down to bare steel with a flap wheel in my Dremel, then did a phosphate wash, and sealed it up with Eastwood's "Rust Converter". After several days of drying, I primed and painted it.

 

And then the two of us put the front section of carpet in, and began trimming.

 

 

 Should look pretty nice with the rebuilt door cards, dashboard, and seats in it!

 

Booger's Acting Up Again.....

 Seems like my feeds aren't updating. Makes it really annoying when trying to keep up wid all yous guys.

Anyway...Seems like the Summer blew past without so much as a hello. Kinda like last Winter did. Especially with regards to precip. Praying for a good snowpack this year for us, and those downstream of us.

Supra work continues. The rear carpet has been installed, and just needs a little nip and tuck in places, and then it will get glued and clamped to the floor pan / door sill area while the glue sets.

I hit a big snag in the front, though. I missed a couple of areas that were marinated in broke fluid, and were down to bare, rusty steel. OOOPS!  I found it when I was doing the final adjustments to the brake and clutch pedals, and pulled back some of the insulation on the firewall. Big, ugly, rusty, peeling paint, nasty splotches. Caused by the brake fluid from the leaky clutch master cylinder. It saturated the padding, and marinated the paint right off. Today's chore was removing the padding, cleaning the area, and then getting it down to clean, bare steel. Then I put a Phosphate coating on the bare steel. Tomorrow I'll clean it, mask off the area, and prime it.

I'll have some pix tomorrow. Promise.

Until then, keep Holy the Sabbath, and keep them heads movin' in their gimbels.... 

Yeah, Yeah..I just completed 75 Orbits of the Sun

 Thanks for all the well-wishes on Facebook. Went to the Hu Hot Mongolian BBQ, and it was great, as always.

And yes, all the memes saying "I would have taken better care of myself if I'd known I was going to live this long" are quite true.

Enjoy the weekend, keep those heads swiveling, and avoid large crowds...

We Needed Rain, and WHOO-BOY did we get it.

 We received .7" in about 45 minutes. The max rate was 6.26"/Hour.

 We had water pooling in spots of the front yard, and the streets had small rivers running fast through the streets.

Thank You, Lord! 

Hot, Hotter, and Hottest

 Good Gravy it's been HOT here. We've 2~3 weeks of 95+, and today it hit 105*. It was 106* in Greeley, where Well Seasoned Fool and my son live.

We went to the Larimer County Fair last Saturday, and while it was hot, there were extra sun shelters set up with misters in them. Really felt better under one. 

A front passed through Monday, and the temp went from 98.7* to about 80*.  We were hoping to get a least get a sprinkle or two (20% chance per NWS), but it just sailed on through with no payload. BUT it's was downright cool here Tuesday and Wednesday, and very enjoyable.

Annnnnd today the heat returned. It "only" made it to 91*, but the humidity has been in the 30~35% range, making it almost sticky outside. The last two weeks when it was ~100* the RH was like EIGHT per cent, which at least made it tolerable.

Hope you all have a great week, and keep vigilant! Things are getting NUTZ out there.... 

 

Blogger Borked?

 Seems like there's some issues with Blogger. I can't get to Feral Irishman, Knuckle Draggin' My Life Away, and another one I don't remember.

All I get is a Blogger "WHOOPS!" page. 

The Supra Files....Gettin' Juiced!

 Hydraulic juice, that it.

Installed the new brake booster and master cylinder, and the new clutch master cylinder bolted in. I still have to make the pedal adjustments, install the hard lines, and then fill and bleed.

 And the rebuilt pedal assemblies were also installed.

The Supra Files.... Getting Wired, part II

 So the slow, tedious job of rebuilding all the engine compartment wiring harnesses continues. You have to remove the harness, unwrap it, clean and inspect all the individual wires, replace any wires where there's insulation damage, clean/replace all the plastic connectors, bundle it all back up, and fit it back into the car.

I got the fusebox mounted and connected, but I can see I'm going to have to pull it out again, and cut apart some of the cable lacing I did, It fits "OK", but doesn't really fit "Nice", so that'll need a bit of tidiness applied. 

 The last harness being worked on is the one for the Engine Control Unit ("TCCS" in Toyota-Speak), and it's pretty bad. This harness goes on the firewall behind the engine, and then has numerous "breakouts" in the harness to connect to the sensors, fuel injectors, cold-start injector, and other bits and pieces on the engine. Since it lays on top of the engine, it's subjected to all kinds of abuse like high temps, oil, fuel, and coolant vapors. Not exactly a very benign environment for a wiring harness.

 

 

These are the six connectors for the individual Fuel Injectors. The plastic has broken on most of them, and the metal retainer is missing on others. 

 

I also have to replace a few wires that were heat damaged, and this shielded cable, which was never properly terminated. This one goes to the Knock Sensor.

So I sourced the correct connectors, bought some high temperature wire, and proceeded to make these nine connectors with 7" long leads on them. These will get spliced into the harness to replace all the damaged ones. 

 

 

 So, the Fun and Games continue with the wiring, and I'm pleased to announce that I finally got off the pad with this project, as other things are getting bolted on the car, and shelves are getting empty in the garage.

 

Keep hydrated, and keeps yer heads on swivels! 

 

Ahhhhh.....RAIN.....!

 And the weather has been gorgeous since my last post. Cool breezes, puffy clouds, blue skies kind of weather. Had a few little spritzes of rain, but nothing to write home about.

Until today.

Yep, some real rain.

And work on the Supra continues. The next post will show you what I've been doing with various system type things.

 

SLW's BFF Passes Quietly

 On Friday, the 29th, and 1215pm local time.

Surrounded by family and friends, and her two dogs.

Things have been a bit hectic here, as expected. 

Honoring Our Fallen Heroes

 Really bugs me when people say "Happy Memorial Day". It's NOT "happy". It's very solemn; There's nothing "happy" about it.

To our fallen I say Thank You for your ultimate sacrifice, and may God hold and keep you close.