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gerbil1028 wrote:I find my mrs 1.6 focus is quick.

This is what I mean. Leave the MR2 off the road for some time and you think these other cars are fast, until you are back in your MR2.

We need our MR2's back on the road mate.

I know what you mean. My MR2 is still in bits too.

I am beginning to suffer withdrawal symptoms, I sometimes think my wife's 90bhp mk4 tdi golf is fun to drive.

If anyone is a member of any other European MR2 site, please post a link to this thread.

I would do it myself, but I have no foreign language skills.

Surprised people are so worried about getting replacement screens - how often do you have to do that?! Not often obviously. But 300 for a screen and then worrying a stone is going to hit it and I cannot get a direct replacement for 70 quid on the insurance as you normally would.. Just puts me off I...

mr2tourist wrote:How do you remove the scuttle panel to get to the lower windscreen seal?

I want to check something before commiting to anything...

You will need to remove the two wiper arms.

On the panel there are a number of screw covers that just pry off to get to the screws holding the panel down.

Someone asked if I would be able to get heated tinted windscreens like the tinted type Toyota installed. Well yes I can. The only thing is that they would be counted separate from clear windscreens. E.g I could not order 4 tinted and 6 clear and count the order as 10. It would have to be 10 tinted o...

For those who would like this to go into production please spread the word if you are a member on other MR2 sites.

I have also opened a copied page on the MR2.ie site.

A straight forward electrical diy job. Take a fused supply from the battery to a relay. A fused trigger supply from a ignition switch, so it is only on when the car is running. Relay connections: 87 to heated windscreen. 30 to fused positive battery. 85 to ground . 86 to fused on/off switch ignition.

The screens are fully e-marked .

This is a new replacement heated windscreen.

I am putting a feeler out to see who would want a heated windscreen for their MKII SW20. As far as I am aware, the Toyota MR2 SW20 never had the option of a heated windscreen. Ford had the option for some of their cars. This would help defrost and demist the windscreen far quicker than just waiting ...

Try turning full lock back and forth twenty times to see if it removes any trapped air.

If that does not help, then it probably was not centered correctly when the upgraded pinion was installed.

I made the same mistake first time round.

For those who have not yet installed their upgraded pinion, I wanted to share my recent experiences with my install. My car is a rev2 turbo, it still has no engine installed so I'm not sure if that would affect anything and is up in the air on four axle stands. I installed my upgraded pinion in my M...

I installed the pinion today following that guide. Took about 4 hours to do. 2 observations: 1)The steering is noticably more responsive. Lock to lock before was 3.5 turns, now its 2.66. 2)My power steering is terrible now. It seems to offer assistance about 0.5s after I turn the wheel a significan...

Below is some info if you was wondering can you swap Type A and B pinions. A while back I was asked if a Type A power steering could use a Type B pinion and vice-verse. So I examined a Type A and Type B steering rack and pinion yesterday. The large bearing that the pinion goes through (sits on the p...

A while back I was asked if a Type A power steering could use a Type B pinion and vice-verse. So I examined a Type A and Type B steering rack and pinion yesterday. The large bearing that the pinion goes through (sits on the part of the pinion just above the helical thread) are indeed different sizes...

I have been doing some research on the internet about the lhd MR2 with power steering. It appears that Toyota made the same changes to the lhd MR2 as they did the rhd in that they used different pinions and bearings in the power steering rack. You would need to know which revision you have: 1 and 2 ...

Good news, the remaining pinion parts arrived today.

All parts should be leaving the UK for Ireland on Monday. mk1rally20v your pinion part will be sent directly from the manufacturer to you tomorrow by courier. Filthyfil and SFLee has each been sent emails requesting their pinions to be sent to the manufacturer for upgrading. The rest of the people w...

The rest of the pinions A and B have been manufactured.

Tomorrow I will email those people waiting for them on what to do next.

Good news and bad news. The good news is that the rest of pinions A and B should be ready tomorrow. The bad news is that some of the staff dealing with the pinions are taking a one week holiday. I will phone them on the 3rd of June to make sure they don't forget us. People who have paid for their pi...