Blitz S/C being installed this Saturday!

[Doc Zaius]

LtNoogie... congrats on the purchase, and on tackling the install yourself. That's what I did... it was long and tough, but feels good getting it done yourself.

Anyhow, glad you found out about the fuel pressure release... I posted in echo_hrs' old thread about that. You can find the instruction on how to do it on the first page of the Fuel section of the Yaris Factory Manual we have here on the site.

The spacers... weird... I'll double-check mine. I followed the instructions, and everything lined up properly. I'm thinking you have spacer B on either the wrong side of the alternator bracket, or it's on the wrong bolt (maybe should be on the lower bolt?).

Oh yeah, the a/c lines... mine were REALLY in the way. There is a plastic clamp holding one of them (bottom-center of your last picture on Page 3)... if you take that off, it allows you to pull them forward a fair bit... maybe an inch. I took that off, pulled them forward, and then used a bunch of big zap-straps to keep the line pulled forward and left (away from the engine). One of the bolts on the a/c line is still sticking out pretty close to the belt, and I have yet to dremel it down.

Oh yeah, the belt. If you haven't bought it yet, you need to buy a new 66" belt b/c the one that comes with the kit is too loose. But don't buy the 6-rib belt... get an 8-rib belt, and then you can simply cut it in half, and have two belts, instead of just one 4-rib belt and throwing out two ribs.

Other upcoming advice... make sure you lightly grease the fuel injector o-rings (I used WD-40... not great, but ok) when you're trying to put the fuel rail back on... that's a big one for sure... makes putting them on much easier and seats them properly. If you haven't taken the long stud bolts off the plastic manifold yet, I had to use really big vice grips to do it (with some de-seizing spray)... the little Torx heads just sheared off.

Uh... that's all I can think of for now. Good luck, and keep plugging away! My car was down for almost 3 weeks.

[LtNoogie]

Originally Posted by Doc Zaius

LtNoogie... congrats on the purchase, and on tackling the install yourself. That's what I did... it was long and tough, but feels good getting it done yourself.

Uh... that's all I can think of for now. Good luck, and keep plugging away! My car was down for almost 3 weeks.

Doc, thanks for all the pointers. All this time, I thought you were the guy who did his install in 7 hours! I am hoping to get the little car running by late Wednesday night.

I am feeling the pressure to get a video for PETERPOOP.