Ignition System Overhaul and Testing on Project MR2 Mk1

[@unrestrainedfamily9356]

Thank you so much for the content! I'm just starting a mr2 restoration with my son.

[@Resto.Nation]

Your welcome. Good luck!

[@carlosmayorca4642]

Hi! I just bought an Mr2 MK1 yesterday as my first car and I found your channel looking for videos about the car. I'm going to look at all of them repeatedly. I love the way you explain things. Thanks for the great content!!

[@Resto.Nation]

Great stuff. If you get stuck on anything just drop it in the comments, I treat the channel like a forum 👍🏻. Good luck.

[@carlosmayorca4642]

@@Resto.Nation amazing! I'm looking forward to learn new things. Thanks so much!!

[@dusting1851]

you say you didnt do research, but your videos are my research for when I get my hands on my mk1

[@Resto.Nation]

Dustin Grubb glad they’re helpful 👍🏻

[@WarCry389]

You are in the right path man! Only one complaint: don't touch/knock/lean yourself on the c pillar trim. It hurts our feelings xD

[@Resto.Nation]

Haha! One of the cars sacred spots...

[@hickslightfoot]

so happy I discovered this build on facebook... so many videos to catch up on... I have a 88 AW11 SC... Thanks for doing this...

[@JohnOlejar]

Greatly appreciate the little tips throughout your videos. I have a '91 MK2 and love it. I am in the market for an '89 MK1. These videos will helpful. Cheers!

[@steveethelston7047]

The noisy alternator could have been rust within it. I had the same. It sits under the grill in the engine hood, so gets the drips. My MR2 is currently at the body shop stripped down ready for any welding. Critical to our restoration is to keep everything standard, as it left he factory. I have the revs hunting problem, be interested how you overcome that!

[@Resto.Nation]

I have a plan for the idle issue... all will be revealed soon hopefully!

[@Nickbuckel1]

Hey, loving the videos, currently still restoring my own, what did you find was the problem with the starting,, mines doing very similar, it will only start from cold with throttle pressed but as soon it fires idles fine

[@Resto.Nation]

Hi mate. My AAV has been by-passed years ago by someone before me but there is a fix on its way. Give me a week or 2 and I will do an episode on it going thru what it should look like and hopefully how to fix it...

[@onyxnieves687]

Hey brother I saw you mentioned ignition coils did you ever replace those

[@Resto.Nation]

It only has one coil?

[@alvarortega2]

Great video. My mk1 has a gauge that indicates "Economy" where yours shows battery voltage. Mine seems to be stuck on yellow, indicating poor economy. Any ideas what that indates? sometimes on a cold start the green will flash for a second, so it is working, but not sure what to fix so that it runs normal... i´d love to fix it!!

[@Resto.Nation]

Is it an American car? Or non uk?

[@alvarortega2]

@@Resto.Nation non US, non UK, I am in Spain.

[@chetzler7765]

I know this is 2 years old but where did you get muffler? I can't seem to locate one in the states.

[@Resto.Nation]

Pretty sure it was eBay and I think they are hard to get hold of now unfortunately… I’m sure Neil jones can help you out. Drop him a message on instagram

[@xueyam1022]

Thank you so much very helpful I have 87 none supercharger mk1, I got different problems the rpm is very high when cold starts and go low by below 700rpm when got very hot, can you help me out please.

[@Resto.Nation]

Hi, how high when cold? The low idle could be TPS adjusting (see the other videos in the series) or could just be a simple case of adjusting the idle screw...

[@xueyam1022]

@@Resto.Nation Thanks for replying, when cold weather 2300 RPM after 10 minutes drop to 1500 RPM after I drove on highway 30 minutes engine got very hot the rpm will drop to 600 to 700rpm , and I did adjust the TPS every weather changes on cold weather I got to adjust the TPS lower on hot weather I need to adjust TPS higher, If I don't adjust the TPS higher on hot weather the rpm will drop to around 200 to 300 RPM some time will drop to 0 RPM will shut down the engine. Thanks again

[@KubaPSP]

Regarding the idle, you can try adjusting the TPS if you haven't done it yet. It has idle switch on it that can cause troubles, but from my experience that mostly results in bogging on light throttle acceleration during driving. Also there's idle adjust screw on the throttle body hidden under rubber cap. It's all well explained in the official toyota service manual here: manual.teq.org/ It should also contain some info on the cold start injector and diagnosis, mine still works so I haven't looked up how it works.

[@Resto.Nation]

Thanks for the info mate. I’ve got a solution now and have adjusted the idle and the TPS does need work but I will do that as and when the tb is removed...

[@BigBonkers1]

man my 87 mr2 has bad main bearings i suspect. that would be amazing to see.

[@spotty67]

What indications do hear that your main bearings bad?