'92 MX83 Cressida Grande

[BOOST666]

Had a win with the oil leak, changed both cam cover gaskets, the old ones were so hard and brittle they broke in half when removing them, you could also see how badly they were over tightened in the past. I also cleaned out all PCV lines which were pretty clogged, and removed/cleaned the TB which was putrid too, seems this old girl hadn't been given much love in the last few years.

 

[SS-REX]

Great you got to love cheap fixes it was probably run on the cheap like most of these now but I'm sure that will change.

 

[BOOST666]

Proof that having a history on a car doesn't mean ****, going by the documents, I know I'm the 3rd owner and the 2 previous owners were older gents, the service history was spot on up to 70,000kms (1st owner), after that it's a bit inconsistent (2nd owner), it's got 164xxx on it now. No evidence of a head gasket being done or timing belt for that matter, so, I'll be taking it easy on this engine until the conversion happens.

 

[SS-REX]

Hows the coolant look in it no signs of the timing belt done at all?.

 

[BOOST666]

Hows the coolant look in it no signs of the timing belt done at all?.

Coolant is good, there's no paper trail leading to a timing belt having been done, no sticker in the engine bay or anything, I haven't taken the timing cover off to inspect it yet, and I probably won't as I don't plan on keeping this engine for long.

My Mrs hates it haha, she says it's an ugly old grandpa's car, I keep telling her that's the whole point, once it has the 1J with a big single strapped on, it will be the definition of sleeper.
This is what I said to her, "Babe, you have to look past the bland styling to see the engineering masterpiece that lies beneath", she nearly fell over laughing! but I was serious, compare this car to others from the same era and in the same class, VP Commodores, EB Falcons etc

 

[Pub247]

head looks nice and clean

 

[SS-REX]

Any updates on the beast??????

 

[P plater]

How is the cressie going?