Porsche Proctology Part IV: Parts Purgatory, Pliers.

Saw this at Costco and it was pretty neat. Toyota Caldina. It's got a 256 hp 3S-GTE engine and the awd system from the Celica GT-Four. Still would be tough explaining to someone why you'd want to import one.

Continuation from here:

https://rdrama.net/h/personal/post/256458/porsche-proctology-part-iii-neardisaster-and

https://rdrama.net/h/personal/post/256091/porsche-proctology-part-ii-its-out

https://rdrama.net/h/personal/post/255934/porsche-proctology-and-why-not-to

Nothing too exciting, aside from waiting on parts orders that trickle in everyday. Always want to get on in last minute then eat the shipping charges when I remember something else an hour later. At this rate though I should have everything together and possibly back together by the 15th.

I got this timing tool. It's not as precise as checking with the computer, but I'm trying to avoid buying a windows laptop and special software just for my car. This at least gives me confidence it didn't jump a tooth. When the first piston is at top dead-center, the slots on the cams should line up so that this cam-locking tool can fit in both slots.

Connects to the alternator. Gotta figure out what to do with it. Leave it, glob some hot glue onto it, liquid electrical tape, or de-pin it and re-crimp.

These aren't adapters, but are short little extensions for when a short socket is too long and a long is too short.

Finally got a parallel/ratcheting tool for these clamps. Had been using the plier style but the extra leverage really gives it that last squeeze it needs. The nice things about this style clamp is it doesn't bite / cheese-grate the hose.

Partially reassembled. I changed out those pulley bolts to match.

Guibo / aka flex disc. This couples the main differential with the driveshaft going to the front wheels. Mine's not too bad but pretty cracked up and I might as well change it while I'm in there. That's been a bad theme on this project and has added about an extra $2k in parts expenses.

This O-ring is seemingly too thick for the fitting it needs to mate with. My old fitting didn't have an o-ring there and it connected firmly - yet my old one also leaked. Will have to do more research but will eventually force it on.

New hose on the left, old hose on the right, also on the right is a section of hose I wasn't supposed to cut off, that I cut off. Cheap enough mistake, but then add shipping costs plus waiting time and each mistake becomes really annoying.

Test-fitting which fastener and wrench type would work best for doing this job with the engine in-car. Going to change out the original E-torx head bolts for something simpler like an 8mm hex head. Something you can use thinner wrenches on.

Factory 02 sensors are around $150 but you can get the exact same ones for $50 if you reuse your old connectors.

I hate spring clamps with a passion, but this car has a lot and I can't replace them all. So I picked up these. They're based on the standard Knipex Cobra but with swiveling tips on the jaws to grab ahold of the spring tabs. They also have a locking lever to keep the clamp open. They make clamping fun!

Here's another set of my favorite pliers. These are hose-grip pliers and are meant for, well, gripping hoses. That's great and all but what I really bought them for is to release the tabs on electrical connectors.

Especially old ones packed with dirt and grease.

Also picked up these Raptors to help retrieve a slightly stripped oil fill plug.

Proxxon rotator ratchet. This one's got a really neat trick and if you're lucky I'll make a video.

And finally I picked up a digital torque wrench in the hopes that the ease of setting it will promote its use. You'd think stripping an aluminum block would encourage it but no.

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