The "Little Issue" Turned Into A Big Problem // Project MR2 Turbo
Вставка
- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- In this video, I mess some things up-proof you can't always win.
Social & Merch Links:
Website: www.sarahntune...
Instagram: sarahntuned
Snapchat: sarahntuned
Twitter: sarahntuned
Patreon: / sarahntuned
Amazon Store: www.amazon.com...
Merch: www.teespring....
Special Thanks to my Patreon Support!
Britt F.
Chad B.
Col. L.
Curtis S.
Daniel F.
Darren M.
Dave
David L.
Jeffrey P.
Josh H.
Kevin C.
Mark L.
Meghan "in Seattle"
Nenad R.
Ray I.
Terry S.
Todd C.
#MR2 #Raybrig #Sarahntuned
If we learn from our mistakes then the mistakes are just tools to make us better. Congrats on getting better.
"Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better." - Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus
In the UK, we use "Headlamp Beam Adaptors/deflectors" if we take a r/h drive car into a l/h drive country.
oooppps same idea as yours sorry, you must have posted while I was type'in mine our
Are these the stickers you apply to the outside of the lens? Where I live you cannot pass annual inspection with this.
I used them for my LHD car when I first registered in the UK, but they reduce the amount of light, at the same time as the beam cut off. Have since switched to RHD headlights. They are a solution, but best for a temporary fix
Cardone remanufactures these distributors. A bit spendy, but I just had to replace mine, 91 MR2 turbo. Wichita kansas.
How much?
You can order off Summit correct, or not this version cause I know its usually $155 I believe. Summit works with Cardone.
I think 123-Ignition has a ignition system for that- some versions can change the timing via bluetooth. they are not cheep but seem to be pretty bulletproof
Zfb Tln I don’t. I’m doing stand alone and coil packs.
@@SarahnTuned The distributor could be rebuilt and the boss for the rotor removed and capped to use as a crank trigger to go into the ecu. Like the RWD SR20DET uses.
On my projects, I routinely spend half my time repairing the damage I caused doing my initial repair!
In my '83 GTI, I had a set of Hella E-Code H4 conversions that were amazeballs.
Everyone that has ever modified a car has made a “3am mistake” at some point. The good news, you know what you need to fix.
I just removed my ‘98 Corvette dash to replace blend door motors and damn you, had to clean everything.
Ha!
serves you right .. haha. keep on wrenching!
OBD1 code 12 is no crank signal which is normal as engine not revolving. So everyone just uses 12 to indicate it's in diagnostic mode. It's not a fault. I think the metal bits is just a lucky coincidence. Lucky in that you can fix it in the garage without a tow. Anyway all my OBD 1 experience is GM based but should be same.
Goodness freakin' sakes, after watching my first video of you, "How I built my dream car in 15min".. I've just absolutely fell in love with your style of videos. As I watch this one, I realize more and more how much information you've obtained to learn from.. Thank you very much and keep making videos, you are very talented.
To sort out your headlamp beam alignment you can bend the tabs on the h4 bulb and rotate it slightly from its intended position. It leaves the beam with a flat profile with no "kick up" in any direction. I live in the UK and have had to do this when I can only get European headlights for cars. Works 100% on my Ur quattro with sport front end.
Give it a go, worst case you waste a bulb.
Geez Sarah, take it easy. I don't consider either of these issues mistakes. It is very difficult to think about all contingencies when rebuilding and working on these older cars. What you did anyone would do. It is very easy to get excited and the anticipation of a completed job clouds thoughts sometimes. Most folks would not have thought to thread lock those screws. IT sucks with the ignition issue, but someone will help you with some new parts!
Be proud of your beautiful accomplishment.
This mr2 is sooooo clean. 🤣 Literally
Sympathetic (hugs) for you, Sarah. I feel your pain in having something as heartbreaking as this happen on a project. You'll get through this!
Remember the line from "Heartbreak Ridge": Adapt, Overcome, Survive." You adapt to the situation by overcoming the obstacles and therefore, you survive. :)
Half the time I'm struggling to keep up at what you say because I'm not very experienced with cars but I always learn something new and appreciate your knowledge. I'm like the kid in the back of the classroom fascinated but struggling to keep up with the lesson lol.
don't worry about the JDM lights. Just tweak the low beams down a bit to reduce glare of oncoming cars. your MR2 is very beautiful car.
And you car is lower than new stuff people will not notice.
Not sure about that. The beams cannot be set independently so dropping the beam will also pull down the high beam which will defeat the object of fitting them as an upgrade.
With the dip pattern the wrong way round (to suit correct hand drive) will almost certainly not be DOT compliant. You might wing it through inspection but you could still get a pull by the police.
I had the same problem when I imported US after market angel eyes for my ed9 CR-X. Thankfully those were projectors so I was able to flip the obscuration plate inside the unit.
In the uk we put temporary stickers on the head light lenses if we take our cars to the continent but that is ugly and not a forever fix.
Terrible idea. MR2 headlights are like gloworms in jam jars at the best of times. You really want all they put out in the right place. The usual upgrade for people who can't find/afford Raybrigs is crystal lenses from ebay and nightbreaker+ lamps.
about the headlights...just drive it!
I own a 2002 Lotus Espirit Twin Turbo I purchased in the UK with left hand drive, my fix for the headlights was easy I just purchased the US lights and switched them out. They were aware of the light issue at customs but didn’t require me to change them.
I left my headlights on my Rx7 and just adjusted them. pattern isn't "right" but works well and doesn't blind people. if you are going stand alone EMS and can get a CAS look into IGN-1A coils, they are high power, non CDI, and can be used with non resistor plugs.
2011 sub forester owner here.
Found your channel last week been binging and rewatching ever since
Your r awesome
Most impressive is u doing all the wrk w hair down and no hair tie lol
Hope to meet u one day u have inspired me to qrk on my subaru even though I've never wrked on cars
Thks u keep up the wrk
It's likely that I have a bit of OCD, as well because I definitely would clean those headlamp buckets. You are not alone. I did have a really dump thought that went away quickly, switch the headlamps. Then I realized that the buckets are likely dedicated to one side. I hope you feel smarter now. Also, when you said "boned" I felt many years younger, so thanks for that, Sarah.
Have a look at your favourite store for camera gear for "Manfrotto 468MGRC2 Hydrostatic Ball Head" . It has a quick release which means you dont wear anything out. And the hydrostatic ball head means when you reposition the camera it doesn't instantly clunk to the side damaging anything, it has resistance.
Its what I've been using for 6+ years with my Canon DSLR which weighs a ton.
As soon as you turned the headlights on the first time with one of each I could see the right-hand drive beam pattern on the new one. I'm glad you figured it out though. Smart woman.
you win some and you loose some! cant wait to see you this weekend !!!! IM COMING TO CHEER YOU TF UPPPPPPPPP!!!!!
Yay hopefully another awesome vlog of the two of you having some fun :)
I'd like to help cheer the car goddess sarah up, how do I write to you? 😘
You can adjust your headlights. There should be one screw on the bottom of the housing below the headlight bracket and one one either left or right don’t remember. The black plastic surround should have an indention to fit a long screwdriver through. I feel your pain on the MR2. Mine was not as clean as yours, but it was just PITA. Different problems every time.
for my 68 camaro i used hella headlights 100watt high beams lots of light all glass looked like the flat face euro lights you are fun to watch have fun with mick beth
The Hella Sealed Beam Conversion from Prime MR2 works awesome with the LED bulbs.
Recently fitted Cibié H4 E-codes to my NA Miata. Drastic improvement over North American spec sealed beams. Would recommend if there is not a Raybrig solution for RH traffic.... The Raybrig lamps look great installed in Mister Dos. When you first unboxed them, I thought the up-kick in the reflector for illuminating road signs was on the wrong side for right-handed traffic. Sadly, confirmed, but they look great 👍. Stay positive, you will figure out the distributor fix or distributor-less option fix as well as the headlamps.
You're still my favorite UA-cam car nerd, Sarah!
The code "12" on obd1 is entering code flash mode and finished code flash mode.
So 12 then 25 then 12 means beginning then code then end of codes. Hope that makes sense.
If that was the case then there wouldn't be a code 12 fault code which there is on Toyota's. Seems to me like your interpreting GM OBD1 codes. Well GM isn't Toyota and OBD1 is not standardized in any way like OBD2 is.
Mike Edward that’s on the first gen MR2 ECU only, if there is no code present on the SW20 it flashes a steady pace without pause.
That's GM specific isn't it? I don't believe Toyotas use an entry/exit flash. Her code 12 is an actual code (no NE or G signal to ECU).
I love the Raybrig conversion! My FC is going to get an upgrade now. You could adjust them down slightly.
When I lived in the UK if we took our cars across the water to frog land we could buy strips that adhered to the headlights that prevented dazzling oncoming traffic, hope that helps
We all make mistakes, fiddling with stuff like this. Some are stupid, some are expensive (why does mine always seem to be both..)
Like others I retrofitted a set of HID projectors with correct pattern to my old crappy/illegal JDM lights. I have about the same amount of OCD with this as Sarah, so auto-levelling and washer nozzles was added too. Never been addressed at annual inspection - and they check for correct pattern every time.
Yes, definitely go with a standalone ECU. It makes so many things easier and more flexible, and will allow you to delete the MAF and just run speed density. It's so much easier to troubleshoot, too...you can see and log every single operating parameter and see exactly what is going on. A Megasquirt MS3X kit isn't really that expensive compared to the bigger brands as long as you're not afraid of building an adapter harness to adapt it to the stock ECU plugs. It's totally worth it.
Megasquirt actually supports this chassis and has base map files for it as well I believe. I think I will go with Link ECU though based on ATS racings recommendations.
0:01 you had me at “dumb”
I've had those Raybrig headlights on my LHD s13 240sx for 10 years. Don't worry about it unless you are getting flashed. If so simply adjust them using the beam alignment screws.
If it doesn't fail your local inspection it should be fine but you could tweak the adjust to the right a bit and make it a bit better, To be honest it did look fine. The lamps don't have much in the way of direction either with the reflectors or the glass.
Sarah, you put out the most entertaining/ informative videos.
Try salvage yard looking for a new distributor. Like what we did in the Air Force. We would take parts from the "Canned" jet to repair an active one. there has to be a wrecked mr2 somewhere to get a distributor.
I don’t know if your big door has a hose connection port in it or not. I always think it would be a great idea for your garage door so you can run MS Dos and others, inside and more often. Just like the extreme cold in Quebec City, you are inside a lot due to the extreme heat in southern Arizona. This idea always talks to me when viewing your UA-cam videos.
Re aim the headlights. Should be two screws one on either the bottom or top and one on either the left or right of each headligh behind the bezel.
Cibie e code headlights are the best. I had them for years and the light output is amazing. It takes H4.
Hey Sarah, if your JDM lights aren't causing bother to on coming traffic then just run with them. I own a JDM Toyota Soarer in the UK but have a set of USA spec angel eyes lights fitted to my car as they came with the car. But every year we need to get our cars MOT'd, you bring it to a centre and they check it for road worthyness, so I just swap in an old set of JDM lights I have lying around. then after Mot is passed I swap them back. Bit of a pain but it's only once a year.
On my S13 Silvia (with projectors) I retrofitted HID's and I had to drop them gown slightly. I've asked many people about my lights blinding them and they said it wasn't bad at all and the light output was still a huge upgrade for me. So my advice is Adjustments. You can find glass housings that except H4 bulds online too. I dropped a set in my hardbody and they were awesome.
Hi Sarah !! Your MR2 looks MINT !! The engine is so very clean!! I LOVE watching your videos; keep them coming to your fans SWEETIE !!
Running a Link G4+ ECU on my JDM rev 2 Mr2 Turbo. The stock ECU capacitors are at the age where they leak, after going through 2 I went aftermarket with a Wide Band and a tune. Not only does the car run better but it's never had an issue starting since. Probably the best upgrade for one of those, more power, reliability & a USB to plug into a laptop to pull logs.
Mistakes are a part of life. We learn and move on. YOU share your mistakes and don’t hide them. Much respect.
Hi Sarah, I'm from the UK, as part of my job I drive alot in Europe, so I got the same problem with my lights, (UK drive on the correct side of the road, everybody in Europe drives on the wrong side, thats why there have so many accident's over there) so what we have to do is buy a convertor kit (which is 2 triangular pecies of Black tape and stick them on) it works and if you don't like them easy to take off if there is any glue left on head lights easy wiped of with some warm soapy water
Sarah I moved from the UK to Spain and couldn't find decent pair of left hand drive lights for Spain on my Right Drive 1986 Ford Capri you could do what I did and removed the glass from the right hand drive ones and place the replace them with the Glass Left hand drive ones you'll lose the clear plastic lens but have the right offset and the better bulbs
Leave the headlights. I have a 92 Suzuki Cappuccino, and I have never been flashed in the 2.5 years that I’ve owned it. Truth is people don’t care or even notice the JDM cutoff
you can black out a bit of your headlight glass on the right hand side the glass is marked
Sarah..... i had a similar problem with my KIA. I put the Asian Spec. headlights on the US Spec. car. I tweaked my adjusters to match the old headlight pattern. Been driving it like that for 6 months now and no complaints.
Sarah I don't think you messed up with the headlights unless the MR2s are designed completely different than all other cars in the world. But generally the high and low beams are positioned properly from manufacture. But the directioning left, right, and up, down, is adjustable with vertical and horizontal tilt adjust screws typically.
Sarah is so stealth about her vast technical expertise. I learned something new about headlight cutoffs from this vid. Thx S-n-T.
I’m just gonna say you could do videos about any subject on earth and I’d watch them all.
Headlights, go for the trucklite LED, for the ECU pick up a used Motec M84 or hundred series ecu, this gives you access to the awesome motec i2 data-logging software and the ecu manager software is powerful but fairly easy to get your head around (download it from the website have a play around before you buy any ecu), has built in wideband so no little extra boxes or junk just the ecu. easy to road tune yourself and only need to do the last little bit on the dyno, beware other ecu brands that are only "good" because some influencer got free t-shirts...
Little issues aside, the MR2 is looking great! I really like it.
That was really clever with the ball head stud. I wish I had thought of that.
Was looking at an MR2. Bought an S2K. Your videos makes me think maybe I need both now. This is a problem. Also appreciate you posting the problems you’re facing before I jump down that rabbit hole.
I am learning so much from you. You're an AMAZING automotive technician!!! Thank you.
Lol just had to use a similar kit on the aw11. My connector almost didn't fit over the diag connector. And the light flashed. I'm going to try cleaning the old dielectric grease out and try it again.
Agreed that you should be able to swap the cans... Why not led bulb swap? With the right color temp itll look kind of stock and the light output is great!
Edit: I refuse to believe anything other than this was your plan all along. Who doesn't want a standalone?
Keep up the videos, you're awesome 👌
Car looks awsome ,don't worry about the lights here in arizona it's seams like everyone has bright head lights anyways
Haha, my MR2 has an oil leak at the turbo, rear main seal, front main seal, AND the valve cover. Oh and it’s leaking coolant. All issues just sort of SURPRISE out of nowhere
The headlights are fine. My Harley LED headlight has a wide beam pattern. The beam cutoff looks good. Just make sure the lights are aimed correctly.
Have you considered getting lengths of threaded rod? You could cut it down into multiple studs for your camera mount.
I want to replace my rx7 convertible lights now. Just run those lights that you bought. You can always drive down the opposite direction of your mr2 at night and see if the headlights are annoying.
I’m sure you’d hate them but in the UK you can buy plastic lens correctors for switching from right to left hand drive light patterns.
Ouch on distributor eating itself. You still might be able to use it for cam sync using G1 pin. I vote for an AEM Infinity, I posted a wiring guide to go from stock sw20 harness to 80 pin Infinity 506 plug on mr2oc, and am using stock dizzy and 1ZZ coils. You'll add lots of wiring anyway to do the full standalone with extra sensors, kinda easiest to just plan it all out cleanly.
Be on the look out for 1ZZ being broken on ebay, you can take the coil pack loom from them. Although i don't advise, you might get lucky and get a low mileage one and take the coil packs.
I've had the conversion done on my Rev 3 3SGTE with a Link G4. Also saves you money in the long run from having to buy expensive HT leads
If the bolts came loose in the dizzy you just gained adjustable dwel angle 👍👍 woopwoop
I think you can manually adjust the beams? At least on non-popup headlights you can, there should be 2 screws, one for vertical and one for horizontal adjustment.. Since yours is lowered, it would almost be as important to me as bumpsteer correction..
YES YES YES. WOoooo MR2 is back. HECK YEA! Even a little tease drive. That exhaust sound! I should have kept my 93 mr2. But after some spin outs that car scares the crap out of me on track and in wet
code 12 is the pm sensor in the distributor , check the wiring of the sensor they dissolve in an oil leak
If you got the Osram "Nightbreaker" bulbs in the US, fit those (they have them in H4), they really make a difference.
They look nice. I still have the OEM head lights on my 1988 200sx. Don't worry about the distributor. You will figure it out.
I have no idea of the cost or complexity of a coilpack solution for the MR2. But any coilpack conversion is going to be a vast improvement over points/condenser. Much cleaner and accurate spark. I would assume that that conversion also generates a much higher voltage output which in your case would be optimal if you have plans to raise the boost. It would remove any possiblity of spark blow-out that could easily be a result of remaining with the old distributor when the boost is raised past OEM spec. I assume a standalone ecu is not a requirement to facilitate a coilpack conversion?
A higher voltage spark could also allow you run a colder set of plugs as well. Just thinking out loud here.
Waaaaaoooo... this beautiful and sensuous lady is the best mechanic !!!! Diagnosed deep problems in her old MR2 and installed very quickly the appropriate lights
Lol
I had a car with the "wrong" headlamp, I managed to trim the upper pin on the bulb to enable it to rotate enough to correct the beam. I have seem other cars which allow this by default on their headlights so you can easily swap. This passed the UK MOT which has very specific requirements for headlights.
I just bought the MegaSquirt for my AW11. I really recommend you that one cause like you im a little OCD too... so it keeps the car clean cause you use the stock wiring harness that you already repaired and invested time on it.
Now that you have that headlight and can switch bulbs.. I just did this on my trans am. Same problem sealed beam headlight. But they make an LED Bulb minus the fan that will fit right in to that slot. Mine are H7 But you will just need to order whatever your factory plug is. Then you can get away from the heat of the Halogen
You can get stickers that change the direction of the lights I think. Us U.K peeps do that when in Germany.
Nailed it with the headlight upgrade 👍
Consider trying a pair of Truck-Lite 27450C LED Headlights i have used these on the Alaska Hwy and they work awesome. When off they look black .
I would inspect the dizzy internals. Obviously a moving part is wearing. Check the bearing or the reluctor to magnet gap. I'm surprised you don't hear anything. I remember the 92 Accords had a safety recall for defective dizzy bearings disintegrating, showing red dust like shavings everywhere and eventually a loud screeching noise.
Mike R already did, I was spot on with my diag.
@@SarahnTuned So the four platform screws came loose? Wow, okay. Thought maybe excess lateral shaft play at fault causing component interference (shavings). Sorry to hear. Guess a future video regarding this is in the works.
I have made many mistakes like the headlights. Par for the course when working on stuff.
You could aim the driver and passenger headlight down and to the passenger side to compensate but just a little bit it’ll be fine. The beam pattern is close to being Center just weighted to the left a hair.
After way too much research... I finally pulled the trigger on a stand alone for the 2zz so I can use wideband O2, swap to MAP/IAT, run E85, and eventually forced induction with electronic boost control, etc.
You really did it with these headlights. That really tied in the look of the car. You by far have THE nicest MR2 I’ve ever seen!
You can always do the 1MZFE conversion with a TRD supercharger. You'll love the torque and power.
@ 5:39 ... it has a Nintendo!!! Thank you, that made my day,LOL.
You have an aviation background, let's see your safety wire skills!
Yup I built two airplanes in the last 20 years. Even though I sold my beloved Van RV7 in 2013 I still use safety wire frequently, even on my garden irrigation system to stop the stop little 1/4" dripper heads from popping off..:).. And don't forget the cleco's!!
I had to look up "safety wire", interesting.
Safety wiring isn't that hard it can just be notoriously frustrating, especially, in the aerospace world.
Sarah...as others have said..you should be able to twist the adjustment screws for the headlights to move the beams to a more LHD pattern...should be enough room on the adjusters for that. Those looks awesome though!
Trim half the sides off the legs of the H4 bulb so you can turn the bulb anti clockwise a bit
robwhite240z 🤔
The reflector and lenses specify the beam pattern, so may be stumped
Vintage Def Leppard shirt is KILLER!!!
UP Garage out of Japan has a location in California now or you could just check with Japanese website (they have English) if you need to look for that distributor.
14:20 My cats were disappointed that u didn't film what u said next--they love hunting for that squeak sound.
You should be able to pick up Hella H4 replacement housings pretty easily on Amazon or eBay designed for left hand drive. I did a similar retrofit on my own car with the cool pop up headlights. On some cars you need to rewire the stock harness to connect to the H4 bulb but sure seems like the ones on your MR2 are just fine.
I like that the new lamps don’t really look blue. They just look really new and they REALLY make the OEMs look old and dingy. Man I love Mister Dos. So friggin perfect
I received a Mallory distributor directly from a manufacturer one time and was driving to a car show after a couple weeks of driving and it started spitting and sputtering pulled over suspected the distributor so did some investigating and found to screws that backed out of the base plate that held the optic trigger. Guess no locktite straight from factory.
Sarah - I'm not a Toyota expert but, I was an ECU Tech back in the 1990s but, for GM cars. Back then, a Code 12 would ALWAYS flash if the engine wasn't running. I think it meant "no timing pulses detected. Just a thought. The metal shavings does point to something being wrong but, if the ECU is anything like a Gen I GM ECU, the Code 12 means nothing. Thanks for everything - love your Videos!
I thought it meant everything was fine 🔥
As a former ECU tech you should then know OBD1 was not a standard. Every manufacturer implemented their own proprietary on-board diagnostics system. This included what flash codes meant what. If you look up flash code 12 for Toyota it means something different than what you're accustomed to with GM.
James Canaday negative, it flashes a steady pace without pause if there is no code found in diagnostic mode.
Sarah there’s also a way to bridge the OBD one port I’m sure you might know this , you take a paper clip and bridge it, check engine light will flash and depending on the flashers give you the code reference.