Updates!
Nori has driven me to work every day this week so far. He’s doing fine, although he still has two codes (16 and 41) and shudders a bit under acceleration, especially at certain gear + rpm combos like 2nd gear around 2500-3000 rpm. Working that one out.
He also runs warmer than I’d like (a bit to the right of center on the gauge; Megumi ran a bit to the left), and started creeping toward the red—though eventually stabilized short of it—when idling for a few minutes with the A/C on in mid-80° temps. Temp came back down once on the highway. So the cooling system will need some attention.
In the meantime, since I have a baseline, I’ve been trying to take things a bit slower after spending hours and hours over the past 3 weekends. Just trying to do one small/medium thing a day.
Monday, I pulled the seats and vacuumed the carpet. Megumi’s passenger seat was in slightly better shape, so I swapped that over, along with the rear seat cushion. Nori’s driver’s seat bolsters are intact, so it stays, though I might see if I can swap over Megumi’s seat bottom. Rear seatbacks have to come over also.
Gave the dash its first wipe down w/303. More to come.
and I swapped over Megumi’s sun visors that were in better condition:
Yesterday, I addressed the trunk area. Before:
and after:
Trunk liner in better shape, intact weatherstripping, all the correct fasteners, etc. I still need to de-rust the hinges, but it’s looking a lot better back there.
I think some critter took up residence in the trunk for a while prior to my ownership:
Everything got vacuumed out and wiped down.
Next up: Intake manifold swap. Code 41 is VRIS1, and I decided rather than just swap over Megumi’s known-good solenoids, I’d just pull the whole intake and swap it over with its cleaner throttle body, silicone hoses, etc. Getting pretty good at pulling it these days.