Building an MR2 in One Week - Day 2

1993 Toyota MR2 Restoration Project - Episode 30 - Building a Toyota MR2 in One Week - Day 2

Day two of our attempt to get Misty back on the road in one week, managed to get a few more things checked off the todo list.

We're also on Instagram, so you can keep up with what we're doing in between videos, and see some behind the scenes stuff:

Thanks for watching!

[Harismauk]

Your entire series is an inspiration to MR2 owners everywhere!

[GRPLiningServices]

Don't rush it to meet the one week deadline Matt.

[andrewowens]

I feel your pain with that oil pump. Keep up the good work!

[gosportjamie]

For painting the sump I would suggest using a high temperature engine paint, not necessarily for its heat-resistant qualities (a sump tends to be warm with the vehicle in use but not hot like the rocker/cam cover or radiator as they do tend to get a lot of air flow over them being so low down) but because that sort of paint is specifically designed to be oil-resistant whereas a lot of conventional paints like Hammerite aren't so they will be attacked by any oil or other engine bay fluids that get on it. Engine bays tend to be fairly oily places, particularly on regularly driven vehicles as the fluids (should) get checked and changed regularly...

[stevejobs]

I've painted an oil pan. But I used high temp (from your local car parts place). It worked really well. Only peeled off where I kept bashing the sump on speed humps... :)

[tudor]

rotary wire brush in a battery drill will make light work of that oil pump gasket

[davidagcole]

Very enjoyable videos and I'm looking forward to seeing if you made the deadline and your 2 is back together. 👍

[kevinbowman]

Should try a citrus based solvent helps get rid of stickers n gaskets stuck to steel.

[Oblithian]

You could try the regular paint, I believe oil pans stay relatively cool (since oil burns if it is hot enough to burn paint, and there is a large surface area with little material). But, worst case, regular paint doesn't work and you have to do it again. (If you have spare paint, I would use it, if not I would buy high temp paint... but nothing too crazy like paint for an exhaust manifold)

[Bladerunner]

Great update Matt totally agree with grpliningservices don't be tempted to rush it too much aim to get the bulk of it done we use gt85 instead of wd40 that smells great to funny how we like the smells of engineering products it's a man thing lol all the best have a great day

[ingopaul]

If you like the smell of WD40, try GT85, addictive.

[GodOfBiscuits]

You can't go wrong if you use high temp paint. Not sure how hot it gets. Wish I was close, I would be over there helping out with all of these fiddly tasks. :-)

[Leviweaver]

Just use a regular metal razor blade to scrape the gasket. Just go slow and it wont hurt anything. I just did the oil pump on my car and the razor blade takes it right off

[Martin]

You would be better off flushing out the sump with petrol or diesel, it dilutes the oil and then you can ensure all the bits have been swilled out.you can paint the sump with anything really as it shouldnt get that hot (if it gets hot enough to burn off paint then you have other issues). use a razor blade to clean off the gasket followed by sandpaper to smooth out the surface.

[Milkmans_Son]

You can get new oil pumps on fleabay right now for $41.95US.

[gofres]

Yes, WD40 smells good... But once you've smelled GT85 you'll never go back 😁

[kieranwhoriskey]

Be careful when painting the inside of an engine. See jafromobile glyptol application video for an in-depth explanation