Went out to the ranch today and got a bunch of stuff done.
First, we did an oil change. I don't know what this thing on the very front of the Celica is, other than maybe this is how you can tell it's a boy Toyota vs. a girl Toyota.
Please spay or neuter your Celica. Thank you.
One of the main goals for today was to put new hatch struts on it. However, the old hatch struts had super rusty brackets holding them on that were mega gross. Out comes the angle grinder.
And the Tremclad. My focus isn't great in this shot, but just look at that big Alberta sky.
While we're at it, might as well spray paint the wiper arms too. Here comes the zinc chromate primer, which I am terrible at applying in the wind.
And the semi-gloss black.
Eh, good enough. Tremclad apparently takes longer than we gave it to harden.
Where's the rear wiper arm, you ask? Well I forgot to paint that
Back in the garage it's time to yank the plugs:
#1 is not looking too good there boys. 3/4 plug wires dismantled themselves as I removed them, which is probably my worst record yet.
While looking at the distributor, noticed that the bottom of it wasn't actually bolted in all the way, and the engine had been leaking oil through the bottom of the distributor presumably since the last time it was done. That's not good.
Replaced the distributor cap, distributor 'rotor', all four spark plugs and all four spark plug wires. Just look at all that race car red.
Then I had to go. But I am told in my absence the steering wheel was replaced with our junkyard unit.