I Drove a 40 Year Old Toyota Supra Across The Country, TWICE! What Went Wrong?
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🚗 In this episode, Jared dives headfirst into the world of automotive restoration, showcasing his skills, passion, and a touch of humor as he tackles the challenges that come with reviving a vintage gem. From engine diagnostics and everything in between, witness the transformation of a tired road warrior into a road-ready masterpiece.
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Greatest statement ever.. always return something in better condition than when you picked it up.. ❤❤
I've had my '89 MkIII since '94. Almost 30 years now. I'll never let it go. It was, and still is, my dream car.
My Dad always said if you borrow something give it back better. If it has a half tank of gas return it full. Nice work Mr Pink
I've been a fan of Supras since a kid in the 80's. One of the JDM legends.
I started driving in 1976 and I agree 100%
Absolutely agree. I had a 1985 5 speed when I was younger, still is one of my more favorite cars that I have owned!
The effort and passion you put into your channel is evident in every video.Thank you for doing it so well
I appreciate that!
Idk why, but I think I’ve always preferred the MKII and MKIII Supra’s over the 1000hp built MKIV’s. They are just very sleek and under the radar styling. Sure all-the-boost power is a hell of an experience, but how often can you really enjoy it without getting into arrest-me speeds?
That 80’s early 90’s wedge styling is just rad!
I think are all cool for different reasons honestly. Kinda like the MR2 - I love both the W10 and W20 but for different reasons and in different ways.
One of the reasons I prefer tastefully modded BPU levels of Supra MKIV´s. Still running the stock twins, but still enough power to make you smile. Very underrated imo.
I bought a brand new 1983 Toyota Supra as my first new car. Loved it and wished I never sold it. Look forward to this video 🙂 Mine was a manual white with burgundy interior.
You have a completely different personality when you work on Toyota's. So much love and knowledge for them. Beautiful old girl that. Well done.
Jared your channel is absolutely gold! Entertaining, funny, informative and of course epic.
The effort in preserving it as a survivor car is great! It looks really good having its weathering intact, yet protected.
Jared, as an avid MK1 MR2 guy, if you read some old manuals it says to use a little bit of oil in the shock body before installing the shock. so seeing some oil come out of the shock body is actually not surprising in the slightest. they 99% of the time leak from the top seal and down the side of the shock body. not filling the shock body up !
keep wrenching buckaroo !
same with E30's! The BMW manual says it's for the heat transfer and it's safe to use regular engine oil.
I remember when these weren't worth anything, in the mid 90s my elderly neighbors had a baby blue one all dented up that they replaced with a gold 97 Camry. As a kid the taillights always fascinated me
both really reliable rides
It hasn't been that long. There was a P type 5-speed car for sale near my sister's place south of Chicago 4 years ago for $1500. The interior was partially dismantled, but it was all there and the body was very solid for a Chicago car. Sadly I didn't buy it because at the time I had no place for it.
Fantastic automobile, Mr. Pink. Scotty deserves a million thumbs up for his generosity.
Those oem struts should have oil inside the strut housing like that. My 80's corollas are like that from the factory as well. Awesome to see more supra content!
That is correct. According to the KYB instructions, some transmission fluid is placed inside shock the tube before inserting the new shock into the cartrige tube. The fluid is supposed to keep rust/corrosion from forming in between the two. Otherwise, good luck separating the two in future maintenance.
Strange that Jared as a Toyota tech did not remember that detail.
Changing those fronts are a pain to change out, i want to forget about it too. (1985 Cressida)
supposed to dissipate heat also.@@sleepyhollow783
I had an 87 fiero GT with the V6 and a manual. I noticed it was running a little sluggish when I got it, so I changed the plugs. The plugs against the firewall were such a pain, you could tell they had never been changed. The car improved its 0-60 by about 5 seconds.
So it finally make it under 20sec 😁😁
0 to 60: yes
Best video on UA-cam of 2023 ! I need a60 Supra ! I own a 5 inch lifted 3rd gen 4Runner (2000) with 33 inch Mickey Thompson tires! 287k miles runs like new no lights on the dash and Doesn’t Leak or burn a drop of oil !
Having done quite a few miles in the passenger seat of this car, I have to say I was shocked how quiet, comfortable and capable it was, the early supra are truely amazing cars. Awesome work sir
Really enjoying the regular content. Hope you’ve had some nice time off over Christmas, don’t burn yourself out.
Thanks for the vids
Jared getting back to his roots! Yes please!! It’s always nostalgic to go back to what you cut your teeth on! Keep up the awesome content Jared!
What an amazing friend you have Jared, handing over his Supra for a road trip across the country. I have had the pleasure of driving one of these and they really are a good handling fun car. Thanks for showing us the tune up and the detail, super cool to see!
Short spring story: when I did my first set of shocks, we used a spring compressor from a friend's friend and it was really shitty. And it was worn. And we didn't know what we do, so it went a bit wrong and one compressor slipped off, while one side was in place so the spring was suddenly a dangerous half moon. Luckily it was outside and away from the garage - So we put a bag of cement on the spring, on the impact gun, took two extensions, and build a mountain of cement bags for protection and then released the one side until it broke free and it flew away.
So do as he said, do what feels safe. If a mountain of cement bags feels safe, do that.
Couldn't help but giggle when you talked about bringing your friend's car back in a better condition... 😅😅😅 If you know, you know
"you have to be careful cause if you pinch your tube too tight your shock won't slide in and out" - that's what she said. LOL Love the kind gesture of returning the car back that you borrowed in a better condition than when you got it. It takes someone with a good heart and true character to do this. Keep up the great work Jared!
Watching you smile as you drive that Supra is about as authentic as you can get. It's so special getting to watch someone work on something they're incredibly passionate about - I can't wait to see what you do with the honeymoon Supra!!
I'm new to this channel. I love that you work on everyday people cars and not super expensive vehicles. Or at least the couple videos I've seen.
Don’t watch the Porsche videos then…🤫
@@jorgeantonini201 lol ok thanks for the heads up. I've just seen this and the escalade video
He CAN work on expensive cars, like he used to with Tavarish, but he's a humble, very capable, mechanic at heart. His relatability is the hallmark of this Pure Jared Channel!
Hey, nothing is more relatable than the pain of buying a $10,000 Porsche 911!
Somethings I wish I was better at the UA-cam thing, but I’m going to stick being me
You're a good friend, Jared! My late friend had a similar year Celica (not a Supra) and he did all the maintenance, new tires, everything done right and his car threw a rod on the expressway and almost burned to the ground. It was such a fun vehicle.
Awesome job and a great prestoration! Loved having it along the past two events!
I hate the joke about fake torque clicks. Now some plugs are a crush seal. Turn til stop, then go x turn more.
The amount of stuff I have had to fix due to people just going 'I can feel the torque' is astounding. Especially on wheels. Cylinder heads? Yeah. That was fun doing helicoils when the threads pulled out.
Did you see SarahNTuned series on her Mk2 Supra? That would be a fantastic blueprint to build this one
Hers was done amazing!
@@TheQuestionableGarageit would be good if you could do a collaborative episode
My first car in high school was an 84 p type in 2004. Later on I owned an 86 p type for a while…I’ll probably be looking for another in a couple years….possibly my favorite car and always nice to see them get some love.
and hopefully working on this MkII will finally give you the motivation and drive to work on your MkIII wedding car!
“When everything goes wrong the answers always supra … even If it goes wrong your in a supra can’t be that bad right”
The oil in the strut cartridges serves two purposes. 1, preserving the threads on the cap. 2, conducting heat away from the strut. Fill em up folks.
I’ve got a 1982 RA60 Celica XT, with the 2.0 litre 21RC engine and five speed with factory air. Bought it from the original little old lady owner back at the beginning of 2008, and still own it. It’s now got 240,000km on it and has only just recently had a clutch and top end rebuild (the valve stem seals were worn out). I love the old girl.
You've got the oil part right, that's what I choose to use. I also believe whatever you borrow gets returned in better shape than what condition you received it in. This also Includes fuel in the tank. Not only does it make the person helping out feel good they won't think twice about lending things out again if needed.
The suspension work reminds me of how my Prelude went. Pulled the front left shock, and you could freely push and pull it in and out by hand. The front right shock wouldn't budge. No wonder that thing hated gravel and bumps.
The difference in handling was amazing!
MkII Supras are one of my unicorn cars. I've had a 1982 RX7 for 20 years and it always makes me smile to just see it.
I possessed a Silver? 82 L-Type and loved it, in lived in Humboldt County CA and it went successfully from there to Chula Vista CA & back, was always concerned about opening & closing the tailgate, severe rust @ bottom corners, thought it would crack in half.
Happy new year and thank you for the great content. God bless
Awesome video. Not a Toyota fan but love watching your videos.. Keep on doing your thing
i used to have a 1983 CELICA XX 2000 G TURBO which is a really rare viarent of one of these and i loved it
i absolutely love these old cheese wedge toyotas from the 80s. they're so funky and cool
The exhaust note of the Yamaha six is great in the upper rpm
The oil in the strut takes up any air gap between the tube wall and damper which helps dissipate heat build up.
There is supposed to be oil inside the strut tube. It helps with heat, noise and prolongs the life of the strut cartridge. I thought the same thing when I disassembled one for the first time 👍🏼
I had a 84 p type and a 86½. Both had me fill the extra space in the struts with oil, for colling purposes I believe. My 86½ was the same color as this one. I had read the silver blue color was the worse one for fading so I kept it waxed regularly and it was in a garage when I wasn't at work. Was a daily driver and the paint on the body was fine after 9 years but the plastic bumpers would fade. Zymol plastic wax helped but it fade again in a few weeks.
Valvoline is all I have ever used since I was a kid. The man who I learned from used it as well.
Happy Holidays Jared. Good to see you and Valvoline are still good channel partners. 🙂 Also, really nice that you'd give the Supra back with a full tune-up and a sort-of detail(?). 😄
I thought you were going to call it a Questoration! Great content, love the stuff you do.
Awesome content bring all the Supras back to life!
I did some of RT66 once. Drove out form NKY/Cincinnati area just to go drive some more roads. Stayed in Baxter Springs KS and they were baffled that I would drive that far, just to drive. I was also in a very low, first generation Scion tC. That wasn't my brightest idea, but it was worth all the hassle as it made it problem free. I remember stopping somewhere to get gas and people just asking me "how do you drive around that low?" I'm like, just pay attention. Then I hit the random spots of pavement ending, and was like ohhhhh, now I see why they all asked me that. lol
Ive literally replaced over 100 headgaskets on 7m engines lol. Well known for blowing them in Australia. Recon i could do one in my sleep now lol
Just pre-89. After 89, Toyota fixed the issue(58 ft lbs instead of 85 so the tale goes at the factory) I have never had to do an 89 or later 7M HG unless due to poor maintenance
And honestly, if you do an HG on a 7M, you do rod bearings too. At least that has been my experience. Otherwise, you are just doing them 6 months later😂😂😂
@@OkieRA29 yeah we didn't get paid enough for that lol besides if it came to that they would just sell them a new engine. We were an engine importers lol.
Should have wet sanded it, and put on some of Dereks wipe on clear coat!
"oil should not come pouring out of there" actually on Datsun z cars with the same style strut, oil goes in the tube to help with cooling.
I know the old Datsuns (240Z, etc.) had oil between the cartridge and the housing tube they were bolted down into with the gland nut.
The purpose was to enhance heat transfer from the cartridge to the housing. It's a good thing.
That may not have been from the cartridge leaking.
I had an 82 exact same color, but the wide rims-tires, 5 speed, loved it, I wish I could keep it, but had no storage at the time, and I needed a truck for busines, so I bought a 93 T100 SR5 4x4 5 speed fully loaded, in 95 new, that has been sitting on the dealers lot for over 2 years.
I love all questionable garags videos but when i see jared and supra in the same video i always get excited 🎉
Bought myself a pizza grabbed a nice drink and enjoyed this one :) alwYs love your videos jared have a great day!
My struts looked the same when I tore my 83 apart; it benefitted greatly from bushings all around and new brake hoses in addition to a mkIII master cylinder.
My favorite part of Rte 66 is a section South of the Arizona/Nevada border, where it emulates a roller coaster for several miles. Got on it more or less by accident once, and had a wonderful time.
Nothing Questionable here. A great job and a great story. Well done.
Haha I like the little roadblock burn there in the beginning. Have a great new year!!
Australian MA61 Supras , at least mine 1984 had a 5M SOHC (gutless) later years had the GE , Our cars also had Flares on the guards and a roof spoiler and larger Mags , our regular celica 4cyl had the same wheels as the car your working on . I still love the styling of those cars.
I seen it done without a funnel...they left the dipstick in but pulled out 3 quarters the way and they let the atf run down the dipstick
Been waiting a long time for this one!!!
MK2s are the best!!! ❤
That Supra reminds me of high school. It can run through a closed garage door ok but doing donuts until it flips on its roof will be game over. They do look best imo with the big black factory wing across the back window. I think the seats were super comfy too.
We had an 87 in the mid 90s. White with burgundy cloth interior and silver BBS rims with a 5 speed. Customer blew up the motor so I bought it and threw a low mile Japanese imported motor into it from Attarco. My wife drove it for several years until we had our first child and needed something a little more car seat friendly. It was a great car for sure. Would love to have it still.
Had an '82 with TWO baby buckets in the back. Worked like a charm. Only real problem with the car was it was bio degradable. It got junked in about '96 as the body had degraded to the point it wasn't safe. GAWD I miss that car....
Jared, there are a lot of car related channels. Yours is one I love the most. You are not trying to be like Derek from Vice Grip Garage and trying act like Red Green or so many other fake channels out there. You are yourself and act like that as well. I really hate watching fake people trying to act a certain way.
Hi Jared and guest nice car 🚗 and video 📹 also the workmanship!!! Like the wax part shiny
I love these. I had a '79 Celica Supra and a '83 just like that one.
love to see fixing up your friends car. i put a wire on the outside of my atf funnels to help them not air lock as the fluid runs down.
Me I got the 11983 Celica GT. 22RE EFI. All pappers from the car was sold new in CA USA. Now it lives in my garage here in Sweden. Im missing parts thou siens they are hard to come bye here. The Automatic si okish but the engine shuts down after a bit due ( I think ) to a bad alternator.... or shuld I say dead alternator :p. Still love the car and rust is minimal. Most confined to the rear deck lid. Aint it got just so much more of a character then Connie? ;) My preference thou.. Great work!! Whuld love to se more like this ♥
Nice effort Jared, cool car and good looks on getting her tip top.
Avolon King, Armor shield IX, I’m out, bought a bunch of kits and lately had bad luck with them, one email replied from customer service stating we will send out replacements and never a reply since. They dropped the ball and I’ll be moving on. Plenty of other good DIY options, FYI, for any guys like me that enjoy detailing but got hung out on failed product used correctly
What a great way to start the New Year. All the best. Enjoy the Holy Days.
Scotty seems like a great guy! Really enjoyed this video!
Hey Jared! I found your channel by way of Derek and Jess’ channel vice grip garage! I’m only in two episodes so far and looking forward to new vids and catching up on previous episodes. Thank you for your content!
Glad you found your way!
That ignition looked totally shot!!! Crazy!!!
Watching your videos are so interesting, very thankful you’re a Toyota nut too!
I'm sure it's an old joke ive never heard, but when you went " Click, Click" im steal laughing! That's awesome and I'm definitely going to be borrowing this
Wix 51515 is also the filter for the small block Ford. I just bought one for my F100.
Being an old Toyota technician I worked on many of them. They were rolling oil leaks. Made a ton of money off of them just fixing oil leaks alone.
Rt 66 is an amaing drive. We did it fully staying on the old road as much as we could in an chevy bolt. it was a blast having the new car on the old road.
Jared, do not change your way, hard to find a no bullshit UA-cam channel these days. Easy to watch, you could be a good car stuff teacher
Love the content top notch.
My first car in high school was a 73 ford maverick that i did a lot of work for my grandparents to get it. They had bought it new, but didn't use it much since my grandpa had retired in 1980 they didn't need two car's. I had a job as a cook after school to pay for the insurance and gas, but in 1988 as a junior, my friend's called it the bread box, because it was olive green outside, same color interior, but a little lighter in color. I miss that car, drove it a few year's, sold it to a friend because the salt belt ate it up. I have driven all kinds of vehicle's, but would love to get something older to work on. I'll be 53 soon, and have progressive MS, and it's been causing muscle wasting on my entire left side, so my dr. told me to try and be as active as i can. I have some other stuff going on, and i really have to push myself to get thing's done, but i want to be mobile as long as possible. I like the supra, good on you for giving your friend his car back in better condition. Not many people would lend you their car for a 7500 mile road trip. G-d bless from one of the two ladies who watch this channel lol. I really like the cadillac video's, and that you, the wife, and the furry friend's can all ride comfortably.
My favorite year of the Supra . Car looks great Jared.
I only use NGK or Denso plugs and wires. When I was 3 (in 1983) my dad almost bought one of these brand new. He wound up buying a 1983 Toyota pickup instead. That's the truck I learned to drive manual in.
Liking the new editing and graphics on the latest videos.
The cheat way to pull those springs out easy is to undo the shock nut before even jacking up the car. As you jack it up, the shock pulls out of the hat and the spring falls out. The tricky part is putting them back together that way, but I've done it a few times.
Great video. New Jersey got me too.
Did you manage to change the fuel pump? I have been using Valvoline VR1 in my 60 year old 9k rpm engine for competition use, and it really is as good as they say it is.
HAPPY NEW YEAR SIR 🤓🇺🇸👍
Love your videos! I'm your number one fan!
Back in the day, with those early replaceable damper style strut tube assemblies, they were filled with a little bit of oil, maybe 1 cup, to "cool" the damper. It's generally good practice to put some fresh oil back into them, but with modern damper technology, it's not really necessary anymore.
I come from a Toyota owning family. My first car, which I bought my senior year in high school (Class of 89) was an original owner, low mileage 1980 Toyota Celica GT and I loved driving that thing. I hooked it up with an Alpine 7900 head unit with CD player and Alpine EQ. I was looking at buying a 1982 Supra before the Celica GT but the insurance was too high for my 18 year old self even with a perfect 3 year driving record at that point. I eventuality sold it to my sister in 1993 who killed it within a year by driving it into the ground while never checking, toping off or replacing any fluids. 🙄
A product to check out for paint conditions like this is Xkote. Its basically a hand applied clear coat. Works well.
I love these cars - I had a couple of (second hand) 2.8s in the UK, back in the late '80s 🙂
The smile on your face driving it 👍
im actually suprised you didnt call Derek at VGG. He makes "Patina Juice" that woulda been perfect for the supra's "Finish". Its a clear coat, but made to preserve a cars finish, no matter what condition its in.
I absolutely LOVE the MK2 Supra! They are so under appreciated!!!
Dayyyamn it looks awesome 🤘🏽🔥
Gen 2, my favorite gen! So when do you start to restore your Supra, seeing you said it was nice to work on a Supra again?
If you need to find parts for these, rock auto still has lots. Need to search up the celica 2.8 not the supra. They cataloged them wrong a looooong time ago and never fixed it
Sssshhhhh... Don't give away the secret😂😂😂😂