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by Shady_Dan
Thu May 04, 2006 6:26 pm
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: Dashboard Lights (what does it mean?)
Replies: 9
Views: 1152

Cheers for that guys, now that i know what it is i can attend to it.

Fuel, yeah i knew that there was a mitsi forum, but i couldnt be arsed joining up with them, and i prefer the company of toyota owners still :lol:

It was just easier for me to ask on here because i was already registered.
by Shady_Dan
Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:39 pm
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: Dashboard Lights (what does it mean?)
Replies: 9
Views: 1152

Dashboard Lights (what does it mean?)

I know im gonna get flamed for asking this, (mainly because the car im asking about this for isnt a toyota, ive had to go to the dark side and buy a mitsubishi galant, because its a "Family car" )

I have an orange light come up on the dashboard and im not 100% sure what it relates to. Ive tried ...
by Shady_Dan
Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:10 pm
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: Starter Motor Qs...
Replies: 6
Views: 863

All fixed....

Got a startermotor from jonsonville in the end (its good to have people in the know at repco...love the cost + small % discount).

Part numbers matched up yet the actual body of the motor was STILL too big compared to the original...

So i thought "$&#$% it im gonna make this ...
by Shady_Dan
Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:34 pm
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: silvertop starter motor
Replies: 3
Views: 647

some times i wish i had a 20v 4age...least it would be easier to find the starter motor i need...(stupid 16v starter motors that dont fit....*grumble grumble*
by Shady_Dan
Mon Aug 22, 2005 6:22 pm
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: Starter Motor Qs...
Replies: 6
Views: 863

How much are you willing to part with it for? because im screwed, closest place i can get one from is hamilton and unfortunately no car to get over there to get it.

I paid $55 for my incorrect one so if u can part with it for about that im keen as a nut...
by Shady_Dan
Sat Aug 20, 2005 6:58 pm
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: Starter Motor Qs...
Replies: 6
Views: 863

Cheers for that, will look into it tomorrow.

My next dilemma is in the fact that i may have the wrong model starter motor (got one from the wreckers today, and not sure if its the right type, apprently theres five different types of starter motor for the same bloody model engine!)...but now that ...
by Shady_Dan
Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:37 pm
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: Starter Motor Qs...
Replies: 6
Views: 863

Starter Motor Qs...

Hey guys, has been a while since ive talked on these forums, thought it must be time to rear my ugly head again.

Have just had my starter motor shit itself in my AE92 Levin (Red top 4A-GE, non TVIS).

Main thing i want to know is what is the easiest way to get the damn thing out....looks like i ...
by Shady_Dan
Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:19 pm
Forum: Polls
Topic: what kinda phone you got?
Replies: 94
Views: 13684

my nokia 3315 with its ford face place pwns u all :P
by Shady_Dan
Tue Mar 01, 2005 9:20 pm
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: 4agte Vs SR Coupe (25) anyone?
Replies: 3
Views: 705

its supposedly an easy enuff conversion, but ull have to get all the 4age wiring loom and play "guess the wiring game" to match everything up (and im assuming ur using aftermarket computer?). also another issue is engine mounts and gearbox.....

PM Dohca about it, he just not that long ago put a ...
by Shady_Dan
Mon Feb 14, 2005 5:51 pm
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: s/c bov??
Replies: 60
Views: 7001

Dragger_Dan wrote:
HRT wrote:... generally you take your foot off throttle briefly when the clutch goes in ...


Ooohhhh, I see now. So that's why the gearbox died in my Mazda :oops:


dont think thats what wouldve killed a mazda gearbox, just have to look at one of those puppies and they bust :lol:
by Shady_Dan
Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:37 am
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: s/c bov??
Replies: 60
Views: 7001

Pollution? Its nothing but compressed air.

u try telling an aussie cop that while he hands u a defect notice....you know and i know its all bullshit, but u know what the 5-0 is like, doesnt matter what country your in, theyre just revenue gatherers out to look for any excuse to put funny ...
by Shady_Dan
Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:32 am
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: super strut squeak
Replies: 24
Views: 2674

oh u poor bastards with AE101s with SS...i pitty the fool....

there is a NZPC mag with an article on SS supension in it (ill have to have a hunt around for the mag and do a scan of the article), SS is notorious for going thru ball joints and bushes, if ur getting ball joints done, get the bushes ...
by Shady_Dan
Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:25 am
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: Left side dash gone.
Replies: 5
Views: 1067

Check the dome fuse under the bonnet

would this apply to my AE92 levin as well? i have the same thing (although i bought the car like this, didnt realise it was like it till i drove at night), i cant see half my speedo, the fuel gague, or the buttons on the aircon unit....plus my clock doesnt ...
by Shady_Dan
Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:20 am
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: s/c bov??
Replies: 60
Views: 7001



i heard that cops pull you over if they hear your bov in australia.

In a couple of aussie states this is the case (NSW and QLD i think it applies), it all adds to "expelled gas pollution" and is punishable by a defect notice over there. Also the cops have a right to take said BOV's out over ...
by Shady_Dan
Sat Feb 12, 2005 3:38 pm
Forum: Technical FAQs - General
Topic: Places to get a proper rollcage
Replies: 46
Views: 49746

Come to my work and buy some roll cage tubing off me ( i can even give u spec sheets for cert purposes), and take it to Richard at Bay chassis works here in tauranga, he does a mint job

(btw i work for Steel and tube @ the mt, can get u a mean deal)

*****this is in no way a free plug for my ...
by Shady_Dan
Fri Dec 03, 2004 8:29 pm
Forum: Polls
Topic: How do you rate him?
Replies: 6
Views: 2459

Meh, i cant see what the fuss is about really...seems about as titchy as the next shmuck that makes there presence felt on here.

Hes from Tauranga, of course hes gonna be an arsehole, you would be too if you had to live here :P
by Shady_Dan
Thu Sep 30, 2004 9:47 pm
Forum: Polls
Topic: Where you off to 4 New Years?
Replies: 61
Views: 19813

Ae92typeX wrote:
Levin_kid wrote:nelson isn't that very far away. If I am invited I will come will other toyspeed members be there 8)


Levin_kid wrote:where exactly is nelson. I will get really drunk if I go. Who wants to see levin_kid drunk. :oops:


...


haha looking at what he said, its almost an irony within an irony. smashing stuff :D
by Shady_Dan
Mon Sep 27, 2004 12:46 am
Forum: Polls
Topic: Where you off to 4 New Years?
Replies: 61
Views: 19813

Al wrote:
Shady_Dan wrote:teh mount for me :) mmmmm skanks, smells like chicken.



If it tastes like chicken, keep on lickin' :P



And if it smells like trout - get the $&#$% out!

This is why us northerners dont go near the chicks in taupo....
by Shady_Dan
Sun Sep 26, 2004 8:51 pm
Forum: Polls
Topic: Where you off to 4 New Years?
Replies: 61
Views: 19813

teh mount for me :) mmmmm skanks, smells like chicken.

If anyones keen should organise a Toyspeed do for ppl to come to :D

And sorry to u guys in nelson, i want levin kid in my h00d y0! its closer for him to come to tauranga than nelson.

Promise ill send u pics of him in his gimp suit :D
by Shady_Dan
Sat Sep 18, 2004 12:36 am
Forum: Polls
Topic: jono from C4/Rock
Replies: 20
Views: 8076

Love the rock, one of the better radio stations out there thats not afraid to speak what it thinks.

Yeah the music aint to ppls tastes, but u get that with any radio station. I listen to the edge as well, mainly because of chang, funniest asian man ever!

Only seen Jono on C4 a few times, and ...