The "Little Issue" Turned Into A Big Problem // Project MR2 Turbo

In this video, I mess some things up-proof you can't always win.
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[@grndpnder7]

If we learn from our mistakes then the mistakes are just tools to make us better. Congrats on getting better.

[@terrylessmann2274]

"Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better." - Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus

[@Mike.Howard]

In the UK, we use "Headlamp Beam Adaptors/deflectors" if we take a r/h drive car into a l/h drive country.

[@charleswhitehouse167]

oooppps same idea as yours sorry, you must have posted while I was type'in mine our

[@DE3US]

Are these the stickers you apply to the outside of the lens? Where I live you cannot pass annual inspection with this.

[@davidthornley2964]

I used them for my LHD car when I first registered in the UK, but they reduce the amount of light, at the same time as the beam cut off. Have since switched to RHD headlights. They are a solution, but best for a temporary fix

[@jerrycapizzi2081]

Sarah is so stealth about her vast technical expertise. I learned something new about headlight cutoffs from this vid. Thx S-n-T.

[@alexanderwong6052]

Goodness freakin' sakes, after watching my first video of you, "How I built my dream car in 15min".. I've just absolutely fell in love with your style of videos. As I watch this one, I realize more and more how much information you've obtained to learn from.. Thank you very much and keep making videos, you are very talented.

[@JBLewis]

In my '83 GTI, I had a set of Hella E-Code H4 conversions that were amazeballs.

[@bobuncle8704]

Mistakes are a part of life. We learn and move on. YOU share your mistakes and don’t hide them. Much respect.

[@RobWhittlestone]

Sarah: 1) When UK (RHD) cars go to Europe (LHD) people can stick a small black vinyl strip on each headlight to block the area that would otherwise dazzle oncoming vehicles. It's often shaped like the trapezoid shape in the headlight glass. See Mike Howard's answer, below. 2) Only 50 oncoming vehicles?! Where do you live, the Sahara?! 3) Don't be too hard on yourself, you have done an AWESOME job not only on Mr DOS but all vehicles! I am 65 and I wish I had your skills. 4) Yours is the ONLY channel I have watched every episode of, for years! Whatever content you do, we love it. All the best from Switzerland, Rob

[@tristenludewick3030]

Cardone remanufactures these distributors. A bit spendy, but I just had to replace mine, 91 MR2 turbo. Wichita kansas.

[@JChurchua]

How much?

[@Feerlis1]

You can order off Summit correct, or not this version cause I know its usually $155 I believe. Summit works with Cardone.

[@olik136]

I think 123-Ignition has a ignition system for that- some versions can change the timing via bluetooth. they are not cheep but seem to be pretty bulletproof

[@SarahnTuned]

Zfb Tln I don’t. I’m doing stand alone and coil packs.

[@troyfankell6581]

@@SarahnTuned The distributor could be rebuilt and the boss for the rotor removed and capped to use as a crank trigger to go into the ecu. Like the RWD SR20DET uses.

[@mtacoustic1]

On my projects, I routinely spend half my time repairing the damage I caused doing my initial repair!

[@Redsonny19]

Geez Sarah, take it easy. I don't consider either of these issues mistakes. It is very difficult to think about all contingencies when rebuilding and working on these older cars. What you did anyone would do. It is very easy to get excited and the anticipation of a completed job clouds thoughts sometimes. Most folks would not have thought to thread lock those screws. IT sucks with the ignition issue, but someone will help you with some new parts! Be proud of your beautiful accomplishment.

[@tech-by5jy]

2011 sub forester owner here. Found your channel last week been binging and rewatching ever since Your r awesome Most impressive is u doing all the wrk w hair down and no hair tie lol Hope to meet u one day u have inspired me to qrk on my subaru even though I've never wrked on cars Thks u keep up the wrk

[@zalien6]

Half the time I'm struggling to keep up at what you say because I'm not very experienced with cars but I always learn something new and appreciate your knowledge. I'm like the kid in the back of the classroom fascinated but struggling to keep up with the lesson lol.

[@dieseldes6578]

To sort out your headlamp beam alignment you can bend the tabs on the h4 bulb and rotate it slightly from its intended position. It leaves the beam with a flat profile with no "kick up" in any direction. I live in the UK and have had to do this when I can only get European headlights for cars. Works 100% on my Ur quattro with sport front end. Give it a go, worst case you waste a bulb.

[@donkeyrider]

YES YES YES. WOoooo MR2 is back. HECK YEA! Even a little tease drive. That exhaust sound! I should have kept my 93 mr2. But after some spin outs that car scares the crap out of me on track and in wet

[@neilchirico]

As soon as you turned the headlights on the first time with one of each I could see the right-hand drive beam pattern on the new one. I'm glad you figured it out though. Smart woman.

[@edwardott7239]

Sympathetic (hugs) for you, Sarah. I feel your pain in having something as heartbreaking as this happen on a project. You'll get through this! Remember the line from "Heartbreak Ridge": Adapt, Overcome, Survive." You adapt to the situation by overcoming the obstacles and therefore, you survive. :)

[@patrickheraty1262]

Sarah, you put out the most entertaining/ informative videos.

[@letsvr3215]

I just removed my ‘98 Corvette dash to replace blend door motors and damn you, had to clean everything.

[@jody024]

Ha!

[@EZ_Abidin]

serves you right .. haha. keep on wrenching!

[@AlexavierAllen]

I can hear it in your voice, don't beat yourself up so hard sis. You made a mistake but you're also doing this alone. You've basically rebuilt this car by yourself. Some help along the way, but not much. And that's honestly incredible. You're an amazing woman. We all love the work you do and the videos you produce. This is so minor in comparison to the project as a whole. Please, for us, but especially for yourself, let this go. You're better than your mistakes. This doesn't define you.

[@trob7348]

for my 68 camaro i used hella headlights 100watt high beams lots of light all glass looked like the flat face euro lights you are fun to watch have fun with mick beth

[@thepaladin8015]

I own a 2002 Lotus Espirit Twin Turbo I purchased in the UK with left hand drive, my fix for the headlights was easy I just purchased the US lights and switched them out. They were aware of the light issue at customs but didn’t require me to change them.

[@toxicrc7681]

Because you clean inside that socket is the reason you are so awesome and I keep watching

[@srtowner]

Don't beat yourself up over it Sarah. Everyone makes mistakes, as long as you learn from them everything is copacetic.

[@ronlheureux7623]

It's likely that I have a bit of OCD, as well because I definitely would clean those headlamp buckets. You are not alone. I did have a really dump thought that went away quickly, switch the headlamps. Then I realized that the buckets are likely dedicated to one side. I hope you feel smarter now. Also, when you said "boned" I felt many years younger, so thanks for that, Sarah.

[@7sins979]

I left my headlights on my Rx7 and just adjusted them. pattern isn't "right" but works well and doesn't blind people. if you are going stand alone EMS and can get a CAS look into IGN-1A coils, they are high power, non CDI, and can be used with non resistor plugs.

[@trewstory519]

This mr2 is sooooo clean. 🤣 Literally

[@Bender24k]

I've had those Raybrig headlights on my LHD s13 240sx for 10 years. Don't worry about it unless you are getting flashed. If so simply adjust them using the beam alignment screws.

[@jakeee2992]

You really did it with these headlights. That really tied in the look of the car. You by far have THE nicest MR2 I’ve ever seen!

[@luther99flame]

Have a look at your favourite store for camera gear for "Manfrotto 468MGRC2 Hydrostatic Ball Head" . It has a quick release which means you dont wear anything out. And the hydrostatic ball head means when you reposition the camera it doesn't instantly clunk to the side damaging anything, it has resistance. Its what I've been using for 6+ years with my Canon DSLR which weighs a ton.

[@ChrisHsuCars]

Hi Sarah! I just finished binge watching all the Mister Dos videos and I wanted to say that your perseverance and work ethic are both admirable. I loved your dry quirky humour and watching your videos gave ideas for my own VW Cabrio that’s sort of a project car but mostly just a fun summer toy. Keep up the great work! I’m going to go back and binge the Teeter Tot videos now.

[@MrSpartanicus]

Everyone that has ever modified a car has made a “3am mistake” at some point. The good news, you know what you need to fix.

[@jameslongobardo274]

You're doing great We all make mistakes as long as we learn from them. Then they are helping us. I don't see how you live a boring let me you are so cheerful and seem to be alit of fun to be around Be safe Sarah!

[@ArnoldHawk]

sorry to hear about your problem i hope for the best in the future

[@kirkmarrie8060]

I am learning so much from you. You're an AMAZING automotive technician!!! Thank you.

[@vonfragyou]

don't worry about the JDM lights. Just tweak the low beams down a bit to reduce glare of oncoming cars. your MR2 is very beautiful car.

[@Ignaz366]

And you car is lower than new stuff people will not notice.

[@DavidMartin-tk4fs]

Not sure about that. The beams cannot be set independently so dropping the beam will also pull down the high beam which will defeat the object of fitting them as an upgrade. With the dip pattern the wrong way round (to suit correct hand drive) will almost certainly not be DOT compliant. You might wing it through inspection but you could still get a pull by the police. I had the same problem when I imported US after market angel eyes for my ed9 CR-X. Thankfully those were projectors so I was able to flip the obscuration plate inside the unit. In the uk we put temporary stickers on the head light lenses if we take our cars to the continent but that is ugly and not a forever fix.

[@hugsdontwork2283]

Terrible idea. MR2 headlights are like gloworms in jam jars at the best of times. You really want all they put out in the right place. The usual upgrade for people who can't find/afford Raybrigs is crystal lenses from ebay and nightbreaker+ lamps.

[@johnl455]

OBD1 code 12 is no crank signal which is normal as engine not revolving. So everyone just uses 12 to indicate it's in diagnostic mode. It's not a fault. I think the metal bits is just a lucky coincidence. Lucky in that you can fix it in the garage without a tow. Anyway all my OBD 1 experience is GM based but should be same.

[@tehgmann]

The Hella Sealed Beam Conversion from Prime MR2 works awesome with the LED bulbs.

[@charleswhitehouse167]

Hi Sarah, I'm from the UK, as part of my job I drive alot in Europe, so I got the same problem with my lights, (UK drive on the correct side of the road, everybody in Europe drives on the wrong side, thats why there have so many accident's over there) so what we have to do is buy a convertor kit (which is 2 triangular pecies of Black tape and stick them on) it works and if you don't like them easy to take off if there is any glue left on head lights easy wiped of with some warm soapy water

[@Sereno44]

Waaaaaoooo... this beautiful and sensuous lady is the best mechanic !!!! Diagnosed deep problems in her old MR2 and installed very quickly the appropriate lights

[@legros731]

Lol

[@troyfankell6581]

I love the Raybrig conversion! My FC is going to get an upgrade now. You could adjust them down slightly.

[@fuijika]

Your MR2 is sick and also in great shape. It's worth going that extra mile to fix it, don't worry to much about the headlights we all make mistake.

[@mrjetranger123]

about the headlights...just drive it!

[@iainmcglynn833]

Noones laughing , everyone realises easy mistakes honestly documented are nothing in the grand scheme of things . Loved this “ chat” and love you , chin up keep going Bodywork is gorgeous

[@robertnoyes1115]

do not get discuraged you still do great on your car!! Clear your mind the answeres and help will come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jlinders13]

On my S13 Silvia (with projectors) I retrofitted HID's and I had to drop them gown slightly. I've asked many people about my lights blinding them and they said it wasn't bad at all and the light output was still a huge upgrade for me. So my advice is Adjustments. You can find glass housings that except H4 bulds online too. I dropped a set in my hardbody and they were awesome.

[@jeremycorpe3422]

Sarah..... i had a similar problem with my KIA. I put the Asian Spec. headlights on the US Spec. car. I tweaked my adjusters to match the old headlight pattern. Been driving it like that for 6 months now and no complaints.

[@whelk]

That was really clever with the ball head stud. I wish I had thought of that.

[@Whirlynerds]

@6:18 love the orange lights too😍 Used to fit them to our cars back in the 80's. We called them "Cruisers"

[@87toystory]

You can adjust your headlights. There should be one screw on the bottom of the housing below the headlight bracket and one one either left or right don’t remember. The black plastic surround should have an indention to fit a long screwdriver through. I feel your pain on the MR2. Mine was not as clean as yours, but it was just PITA. Different problems every time.

[@MICKBETH]

you win some and you loose some! cant wait to see you this weekend !!!! IM COMING TO CHEER YOU TF UPPPPPPPPP!!!!!

[@TheBigstoned1]

Yay hopefully another awesome vlog of the two of you having some fun :) I'd like to help cheer the car goddess sarah up, how do I write to you? 😘

[@benrondo912]

Sarah, you're amazing! Don't ever change.

[@duosonic391]

Recently fitted Cibié H4 E-codes to my NA Miata. Drastic improvement over North American spec sealed beams. Would recommend if there is not a Raybrig solution for RH traffic.... The Raybrig lamps look great installed in Mister Dos. When you first unboxed them, I thought the up-kick in the reflector for illuminating road signs was on the wrong side for right-handed traffic. Sadly, confirmed, but they look great 👍. Stay positive, you will figure out the distributor fix or distributor-less option fix as well as the headlamps.

[@Inkawgneegrow]

Was looking at an MR2. Bought an S2K. Your videos makes me think maybe I need both now. This is a problem. Also appreciate you posting the problems you’re facing before I jump down that rabbit hole.

[@silviaradesky7740]

Hi Sarah !! Your MR2 looks MINT !! The engine is so very clean!! I LOVE watching your videos; keep them coming to your fans SWEETIE !!

[@darrenliggett7222]

Hey Sarah, if your JDM lights aren't causing bother to on coming traffic then just run with them. I own a JDM Toyota Soarer in the UK but have a set of USA spec angel eyes lights fitted to my car as they came with the car. But every year we need to get our cars MOT'd, you bring it to a centre and they check it for road worthyness, so I just swap in an old set of JDM lights I have lying around. then after Mot is passed I swap them back. Bit of a pain but it's only once a year.

[@vegetoe01]

Running a Link G4+ ECU on my JDM rev 2 Mr2 Turbo. The stock ECU capacitors are at the age where they leak, after going through 2 I went aftermarket with a Wide Band and a tune. Not only does the car run better but it's never had an issue starting since. Probably the best upgrade for one of those, more power, reliability & a USB to plug into a laptop to pull logs.

[@jagvette1]

When I lived in the UK if we took our cars across the water to frog land we could buy strips that adhered to the headlights that prevented dazzling oncoming traffic, hope that helps

[@DRSpalding]

You're still my favorite KZbin car nerd, Sarah!

[@tomdixon1213]

I don’t know if your big door has a hose connection port in it or not. I always think it would be a great idea for your garage door so you can run MS Dos and others, inside and more often. Just like the extreme cold in Quebec City, you are inside a lot due to the extreme heat in southern Arizona. This idea always talks to me when viewing your KZbin videos.

[@woodworker4063]

Nailed it with the headlight upgrade 👍

[@timbowers1]

chin up and move forward you got this this is a place here in michigan that may have it i will check today

[@brianhall23]

They look nice. I still have the OEM head lights on my 1988 200sx. Don't worry about the distributor. You will figure it out.

[@Laguy211]

You'll find a way to overcome this you got it 👍

[@paulvina1974]

I like that the new lamps don’t really look blue. They just look really new and they REALLY make the OEMs look old and dingy. Man I love Mister Dos. So friggin perfect

[@Erock-qx5fn]

Love how you were talking about headlights then the camera focused on the headlights we all love...lol

[@DE3US]

We all make mistakes, fiddling with stuff like this. Some are stupid, some are expensive (why does mine always seem to be both..) Like others I retrofitted a set of HID projectors with correct pattern to my old crappy/illegal JDM lights. I have about the same amount of OCD with this as Sarah, so auto-levelling and washer nozzles was added too. Never been addressed at annual inspection - and they check for correct pattern every time.

[@ShawnHinck]

Thanks for reminding me how much I miss my MR2.... only vehicle I regret getting rid of.

[@supersonic79]

Little issues aside, the MR2 is looking great! I really like it.

[@Beastmode_Mr2]

That mr2 is so awesome. I had an 85 with the levin 20v engine when I was 17 years ago.

[@danderson9881]

its awesome to see a Woman doing tech stuff, and know her stuff, right on Sarah!

[@delukxy]

If it doesn't fail your local inspection it should be fine but you could tweak the adjust to the right a bit and make it a bit better, To be honest it did look fine. The lamps don't have much in the way of direction either with the reflectors or the glass.

[@jinkim5785]

You should be able to pick up Hella H4 replacement housings pretty easily on Amazon or eBay designed for left hand drive. I did a similar retrofit on my own car with the cool pop up headlights. On some cars you need to rewire the stock harness to connect to the H4 bulb but sure seems like the ones on your MR2 are just fine.

[@RobTaylor1983]

Try salvage yard looking for a new distributor. Like what we did in the Air Force. We would take parts from the "Canned" jet to repair an active one. there has to be a wrecked mr2 somewhere to get a distributor.

[@JUKE179r]

Aim High!!!! Cheers from a Yank in England mate! 🇬🇧 Over here they place "blocking" stickers on the headlights of our left hand drive NAS spec American cars. This keeps the headlight beam from being aimed at oncoming traffic if you can't adjust them.

[@markohd1075]

The headlights are fine. My Harley LED headlight has a wide beam pattern. The beam cutoff looks good. Just make sure the lights are aimed correctly.

[@nbrowser]

Sarah...as others have said..you should be able to twist the adjustment screws for the headlights to move the beams to a more LHD pattern...should be enough room on the adjusters for that. Those looks awesome though!

[@IwillBwaiting]

I like the headlights. Nice fresh look and it seems to give more volume to the light spread. Is it also better in distance? Nevermind lol. Be creative and turn them upside down?

[@tymeryder7264]

Truthfully if you sat with your morning beverage and read a tech manual outloud, your fans would watch. Your side comments would bring a smile and a laugh or two. Besides for many of us your life seems exciting. Love you and your content.

[@allan80supra]

Headlights, go for the trucklite LED, for the ECU pick up a used Motec M84 or hundred series ecu, this gives you access to the awesome motec i2 data-logging software and the ecu manager software is powerful but fairly easy to get your head around (download it from the website have a play around before you buy any ecu), has built in wideband so no little extra boxes or junk just the ecu. easy to road tune yourself and only need to do the last little bit on the dyno, beware other ecu brands that are only "good" because some influencer got free t-shirts...

[@izzygreenvw]

Car looks awsome ,don't worry about the lights here in arizona it's seams like everyone has bright head lights anyways

[@briguy91931]

I ended up getting a set of Hella Eurovision H4 housing’s for my 1980 AL10 Toyota and I put LasFit LA led bulbs ;) SUPER bright! And DOT legal.

[@robot_hitcher]

I’m just gonna say you could do videos about any subject on earth and I’d watch them all.

[@racer193wr]

Re aim the headlights. Should be two screws one on either the bottom or top and one on either the left or right of each headligh behind the bezel.

[@Georgehandalmdk]

I just bought the MegaSquirt for my AW11. I really recommend you that one cause like you im a little OCD too... so it keeps the car clean cause you use the stock wiring harness that you already repaired and invested time on it.

[@alanhanniffy8177]

We all make mistakes, your knocking this stuff out of the park, your progress and achievements are huge, don’t be so hard on yourself, as always we love your content , keep it up! Loved the music in this one, very 1984😀🇮🇪

[@_andytang_]

We use "beam benders" in the UK when we drive in Europe. They are low cost stickers around £5/$6.50 on Amazon.

[@hutchison82]

Sarah I moved from the UK to Spain and couldn't find decent pair of left hand drive lights for Spain on my Right Drive 1986 Ford Capri you could do what I did and removed the glass from the right hand drive ones and place the replace them with the Glass Left hand drive ones you'll lose the clear plastic lens but have the right offset and the better bulbs

[@joey792]

@ 5:39 ... it has a Nintendo!!! Thank you, that made my day,LOL.

[@MrTiger0002]

Cibie e code headlights are the best. I had them for years and the light output is amazing. It takes H4.

[@edwardspaccarelli5944]

Sarah, I think your headlights look just fine. And the ones on your car too.

[@loudoghendrix]

Lol just had to use a similar kit on the aw11. My connector almost didn't fit over the diag connector. And the light flashed. I'm going to try cleaning the old dielectric grease out and try it again. Agreed that you should be able to swap the cans... Why not led bulb swap? With the right color temp itll look kind of stock and the light output is great! Edit: I refuse to believe anything other than this was your plan all along. Who doesn't want a standalone? Keep up the videos, you're awesome 👌

[@hdrenginedevelopment7507]

Yes, definitely go with a standalone ECU. It makes so many things easier and more flexible, and will allow you to delete the MAF and just run speed density. It's so much easier to troubleshoot, too...you can see and log every single operating parameter and see exactly what is going on. A Megasquirt MS3X kit isn't really that expensive compared to the bigger brands as long as you're not afraid of building an adapter harness to adapt it to the stock ECU plugs. It's totally worth it.

[@SarahnTuned]

Megasquirt actually supports this chassis and has base map files for it as well I believe. I think I will go with Link ECU though based on ATS racings recommendations.

[@immortalfool7627]

The music reminds me of Kraftwork. Great vlog Sarah! No ones perfect. Practice makes better!

[@stevenadeau62]

You are not boring and you are the best and keep doing a great job and love as a fan and friend beautiful

[@cnorton1us]

When you just got the '12' code, I was thinking that was just the indication it was in the code readout mode; I had an '87 Chevy Sprint (really Suzuki Swift) that worked that way. What was really nice is there was a switch under the dash that put it in that mode, so you didn't need a scan tool or even a paper clip; just a finger and the key. 😁 But those metal shavings in the distributor are definitely a problem. I remember having those glass sealed beam headlights, that as you say never yellowed or got foggy. Of course, they usually only lasted a few years, too, but they were pretty cheap and you could buy them in department stores.

[@tonygiraldes7848]

So sorry to hear about the distributor 😕 I’ve had my 1965 VW Bug for fifty years and over that time I’ve watched the OEM parts dwindle away to the point that I spend a lot of time online trying to find adequate aftermarket replacements 😲

[@johnobrien8532]

you can black out a bit of your headlight glass on the right hand side the glass is marked

[@odin5188]

Be on the look out for 1ZZ being broken on ebay, you can take the coil pack loom from them. Although i don't advise, you might get lucky and get a low mileage one and take the coil packs. I've had the conversion done on my Rev 3 3SGTE with a Link G4. Also saves you money in the long run from having to buy expensive HT leads

[@nirfz]

When you mentioned the new headlights i thought about the "left hand drive right hand drive" difference, but then i reminded myself that you for sure would thought about that beforehand. (The young lady always thinks about details that i would miss)

[@richarnold1224]

paint looks amazing