Good day! I've been a member since early 2000s but MIA for the last 10-12 years. Well, in the early 2000s, I swapped a 92 JDM 3SGTE into my 1988 Celica GTS. 318hp to the wheels. Its been sitting in my garage since 2012. 6 months ago, I emptied the gas out of it through the fuel sending unit and filled it with fresh premium gas. She started after hand cracking first to move oil around. She ran ruff, but got up to normal operating temp and actually to my two daughters for a ride in it!
I noticed that cylinder 4 was not firing. I removed the spark plug and was getting spark, but no fuel. I know that the fuel rail and injectors will need to be removed and flushed. As of today, the car will not spark at all. This thing is in my garage and taking up space and wondering what to do with it, finish it or sell it.
It's easy for me at my age now to sell it and buy a Subaru STI or a 2023 Toyota Corolla GR Circuit Edition when it comes out than crawling under this car and working on it. Only reason why I still have this car is because it was my first car at 16 and now I'm 43. Haha!
Anyway, looking for someone to come by and work on this with me to get it to the point I can reregister it and drive it. I will pay of course, just want someone experienced with the 3SGTE engine. I will in western NJ.
Cars owned:
1988 ST165 Gray (Rolled 4 times)
1988 ST165 Red (Sold)
1992 Toyota SR5 ExCab (Traded in for wife's car)
1988 ST162 Halftrac with 92 JDM 3SGTE (Garage kept since 1996)
2005 Toyota Rav4 (246k miles still driving)
Thanks!
Chris
(908) 337-7721
I noticed that cylinder 4 was not firing. I removed the spark plug and was getting spark, but no fuel. I know that the fuel rail and injectors will need to be removed and flushed. As of today, the car will not spark at all. This thing is in my garage and taking up space and wondering what to do with it, finish it or sell it.
It's easy for me at my age now to sell it and buy a Subaru STI or a 2023 Toyota Corolla GR Circuit Edition when it comes out than crawling under this car and working on it. Only reason why I still have this car is because it was my first car at 16 and now I'm 43. Haha!
Anyway, looking for someone to come by and work on this with me to get it to the point I can reregister it and drive it. I will pay of course, just want someone experienced with the 3SGTE engine. I will in western NJ.
Cars owned:
1988 ST165 Gray (Rolled 4 times)
1988 ST165 Red (Sold)
1992 Toyota SR5 ExCab (Traded in for wife's car)
1988 ST162 Halftrac with 92 JDM 3SGTE (Garage kept since 1996)
2005 Toyota Rav4 (246k miles still driving)
Thanks!
Chris
(908) 337-7721