Chancing headlight motor to celica

So, the headlight motor wasn't working when I bought the Celica. Before I even started to dissemble the headlight unit I had to find myself a replacement motor (just a hunch). Well that was kind of tricky. I didn't find any from Finland, only mechanisms, not the motors them self's. On eBay there were some junkjards in England which said they possessed the whole car and they checked if they have the right parts for me (I asked also other parts), but after few massages I didn't heard from them again. Fortunately in USA they are interested of making business. I was able to bought left and right motor at 80$ + shipping 40$. The international shipping through eBay has a option to pay Finnish taxes for advance, that good improvement because first, parcels won't get stuck in customs and second, you pay taxes only the product it self not the shipping.

Location of the headlight unit's bolts

Anyway, as the used motors arrived. I took the left headlight out. That was kind of disappointing. Headlight is fastened with three M6 bolts, two at the top and one down in inner wheel arch. All of those bolts snapped, they were so rusty. Even good old WD40 + heat + shock treatment didn't work. They were simply so rusted as if they were welded together. Also two bolts that held the motor in headlight mechanisms broke. So loudly fucks were to be heard. I had to buy a nut rivet tool (cool, new toys!).  I drilled old snapped bolts of off and put new rivet M6 nuts in place.

Left: old, right: replacement

Replacing the headlight motor it self was easy. Without the broken bolts it would have been 2 hour job. For me it was 2 days of joy. Old motor was too rusted work. Just assembled headlight unit back in place and it started to work

Carlos Saintz Celica!

Do not know what happened. Just had this feeling that I need a new toy (or new way to spend money). In my childhood celica 4wd cars was the thing that not everybody was afford to (there has been high taxes on cars in Finland as long I could remember). But now there was a genuine Carlos Saintz edition 4wd celica on sell in internet, just under 6k€ and only 243 000 km. Could’t be that bad? Rest of the CS Celicas were 9-12k€. Well... maybe it was but I bought it any way :)

Hmm, at least I could drive it to home 500km. In that trip and next day I did some list of repairs needed to restore this classic to her former glory! And the list was kind of depressing...

• Body and paintwork
• Left fender, paint stripping and surface rust (considering buing a new, it will be tricky becouse this is wide fender model)
• Some surface rust in fender, no big
• Front bumper has taking some damage, some filler and painting
• Bottom seemed to be rust free? That is a plus
• Engine, transmission, differentals
• Yellow engine sing in thasboard
• The intercooler watermotor running all the time
• Jumpy when accelerating from 3000 - 4000 rpm
• Engines coolant tempature dropping when driving
• Some weird ”klunk” noise from the rear when driving low revs
• Some bolts has been broken, some of the stuff laying around free in engine compartment
• Power steering fluid is tripping on the ground, a lot
• But power from 5000- 7000 rpm seems to be fine
• Differentals and transmission seems to be fine
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• Interior and other stuff
• Left front light does not flip (previuos owner has screwed that light up permanently)
• Missing some of the interior parts
• Full leather seats! Some tare and ware, need to be cleaned and colorwaxed
• Gas struts in the hatch need to be replaced
• Also gas struts in every wheel need to be replaced

So, this may keep me busy for a moment. This car was originally from Germany, no knowledge of the history in that time. A Finnish guy bought it and bring it to Finland 2013. It has been in storage 2013-2018. The previous owner was planning to make it a historic rally car. Plans chance and he needed to get it deposed of. 

I have started to buy new parts in it. I will wright about how I’m narrowing the list down...