My $500 Celica Was Supposed to Be an Easy Fix

A $500 Toyota Celica, a few “simple” repairs, and absolutely no reason for any of this to take so long. In Episode 2, I explain how my mate’s Celica ended up abandoned at my grandparents’ place—and how it became my problem for $500. Which I still haven’t paid. The plan was to get it running properly and tick off a few small jobs. Instead, we’re chasing intermittent running issues, repairing leaking ECU capacitors, tackling the fuel pump and filter, and discovering just how much of my life a wheel bearing can consume. Then there’s the battery mount, the rear wiper, some questionable driveway painting, and the rust hiding underneath it all. It’s never one thing. Occasionally, one of the things is me. What “quick job” on your project car turned into an entire weekend? Tell me in the comments, and subscribe for the next round of Celica-related poor decisions. CHAPTERS 00:00 Four hours, two trips 00:16 The $500 Celica (still unpaid) 00:49 Why it kept cutting out 01:32 Fuel pump surgery 04:44 The fuel filter payoff 05:10 The wheel bearing saga 11:52 A “simple” battery mount 13:04 Washer pump and rear-wiper mysteries 14:28 Bracket, take two 15:01 The driveway paint booth 15:53 Rust and body stripping 17:34 Progress, and what’s next MUSIC “Funkorama”, “Funky Chunk” and “Getting it Done” — Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Funkorama: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty... Funky Chunk: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty... Getting it Done: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty... “Machina” — Scott Buckley — www.scottbuckley.com.au https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/libra... The four tracks above are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music excerpts have been cut, faded and mixed to fit the video.