new owner 89 gts liftback

Thanks for the part number. Were you referring to rockauto or partsgeek? it seems that rockauto has better reviews than partsgeek but th elatter has better pricing. I was thinking if i get scammed i can always call my credit company to have it reversed.

 

actually, i remember i bought some stuff from them before when I used to have my 91 MR2... bought a few filters and they were spot on... I'd probably just go with them... they are still a lot cheaper and have a variety of barnd parts to choose from compared to the local autozone or advancedauto....

btw, the corner light on my rear passenger tail light is broken... other than that, the brake lights are all intact... i've been lurking around ebay and found that there are actually people selling the corner light such as this one...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/261113255622?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

my question is, will this one screw on to the rest of the tail light or is this for a different car? I have an 89 gts liftback... thanks..

 

got some of the parts i ordered... i think i got a wrong part... does a GT uses the same half shaft as the GTS? at least for the right side....

 

yeah... unfortunately i bought the wrong one for the right side... i just realized this when i got the part and saw it... i was dumbfounded that the other end did not have a spline in it... then i checked my receipt to find out that the one i ordered for the right side was for a GT and the left specifically said GTS... will it matter if the brand I buy for one side is different from the other? I will be returning the part but I cannot wait for the new axle to shipped... I will probably just buy one from advanceauto at least for the right side...

i did change my tranny too to the 5sfe from a camry... but i bought the axle for the GTS... will this be an issue?

 

i ended up returning the right side axle and just bought a reman from a local advanceauto... hopefully having two different brands of axles won't give me any significant issues during the day of install...

 

So i got all my parts from rockauto. How come the left cv axle does not have a spline at the other end? Im pretty sure i ordered the one for a gts. Its like the other end is flat with some groove inside. This is a pic of what I got:

http://www.cardone.com/Products/Product-Detail?productId=665003&p=rock

I'm assuming this is a wrong part as I was able to buy another kind from advanceauto that had splines on each end just like what was taken out from the car.

 

I called to return the item and told them the case and they will pay for return shippinh. Im guessing the axles was suppose to be for an all trac?

 

Yeah. I called and they said they will refund it. Theyre pretty good with customers and their prices are fairly good too. But sometimes when i get coupons from advance auto the prices are comparable.

How about autozone? I talked to a guy who works at autozone and told me about their warranty. It seems too good ro be treu but apparently most of their products carry a lifetime warranty including brakes???

 

Got the 5sfe tranny in. New clutch... Working on rack and pinion. Next is timing belt. Cant wait to het the car on the road. Hopefully the tranny works fine and not a trash.

 

Clarification needed for the on going tranny swap to 5sfe. I need to use the s53 clutch fork right? And since i want to replace the cluth ad weel, the kit i need to buy is still for a celica and NOT for a camry even if im using a camry transmission right?

 

Ok... so far the camry 5sfe tranny, fork, flywheel and starter are now bolted... I am using a celica st162 clutch kit... the size of the release bearing of the camry s54 is slightly different from the size of the new bearing from the new clutch kit but i am hoping this will not cause any problems come testing day... on a side note, i am finding that the mount I bought from rockauto seems to be not 100% exact fit... bolt holes do not line up and the middle hole of the mount is somewhat smaller... these are what i boughtDEA Part # A7220 DEA Part # A7252

 

Yup. We did use the Camry 5sfe fork mated it witht the St162 clutch kit.