ECU
After 17 years, my shift boot has gotten pretty ratty. So I purchased a new one made from soft calf leather from a person on the MR2 forum. I had the option of picking the color of the stitching. I picked orange for some strange reason…I have since removed the stitching and maybe in the [...]
Tags: ECU, install, removal, remove, shifter, soft
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Note: Hose from Hell is also known as HFH. Description of HFH The HFH is a simple 5 inch coolant hose on the MR2 Turbo that usually wears out and burts sometime after a car hits 100K miles. The symptoms of a bad HFH are low or no heat coming from the heater vents, [...]
Tags: drain, drop, ECU, engine, filter, hose, install, remove, swap
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Finally, started redoing the entire suspension in the car. I went ahead and removed the strut assemblies first, that way this writeup is more meaningful.
Tools needed:
* Various sockets, wrenches, pliers & ratchet
* Cheater bar for those stubborn nuts & bolts
* Spring compressor
* Bench Vice
* Monkey wrench or large channel locks
* Dremel tool (maybe, see step 4)
Tags: adjust, ECU, install, removal, remove, spring, springs, strut, struts, sway, TRD
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Special thanks to Bill Wotschak (billwot) on the message board, and Joseph Obernberger. The 3SGTE Toyota ECU uses the Turbo VSV to control the amount of boost pressure the Turbo can produce. When the Turbo VSV is not energized (by 12 volts from the ECU), the turbo can build up to 7 PSI (basically whatever [...]
Tags: ECU, indicator lights
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