GR86 What did you do with your GR86 today

Tidied the boot and found this unplugged thingamajig:
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I believe it's an internal antenna for the keyless system to stop you locking the key in the boot.
 
Bobocop said:
I picked up two Toyota PCV valves from TEQSPORT in the US for $40.49 posted.
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Quick question - have they arrived yet?

If so...how long and did you have to pay any import fees? I'm considering ordering from the same. I only want one which would be $30.59 (about £22, so still cheaper enough than Toyota to make me consider it). Just always wary about extra fees and stuff from the US.

EDIT: Sod it. Ordered 2, like you did. £31.41. Ridiculous that I can buy two of them, delivered from the US, for cheaper than one from my local dealer :/
 
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Conscript said:
Quick question - have they arrived yet?

If so...how long and did you have to pay any import fees? I'm considering ordering from the same. I only want one which would be $30.59 (about £22, so still cheaper enough than Toyota to make me consider it). Just always wary about extra fees and stuff from the US.

EDIT: Sod it. Ordered 2, like you did. £31.41. Ridiculous that I can buy two of them, delivered from the US, for cheaper than one from my local dealer :/
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They arrived in a week. No VAT or customs duty.
 
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midlife_sportscar said:
Tidied the boot and found this unplugged thingamajig:
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I believe it's an internal antenna for the keyless system to stop you locking the key in the boot.
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Yup, it is; "Keyless access interior antenna". With it unplugged the key fob will not be detected in that area, meaning you could lock your key fob in the boot whilst you go catch some waves at the beach. You'd then have to go through some sort of opening routine with the button on the boot lid - I think Kevin Vo did a video about it on YouTube way back? According to an AI search, the unplugged sensor generates a hidden error code (B117113) in the ECU, visible via an OBD scanner.
 
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Yup, it is; "Keyless access interior antenna". With it unplugged the key fob will not be detected in that area, meaning you could lock your key fob in the boot whilst you go catch some waves at the beach. You'd then have to go through some sort of opening routine with the button on the boot lid - I think Kevin Vo did a video about it on YouTube way back? According to an AI search, the unplugged sensor generates a hidden error code (B117113) in the ECU, visible via an OBD scanner.
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Yeah, I'm sure it was Kevin Vo. You can program the rear button with a three digit code for keyless entry i.e. 1-2-3-4 (4), 1-2 (2), 1-2-3-4-5 (5).

I never bothered to do it myself but cool little hidden feature.
 
It’s a five digit code, and the car loudly beeps after each digit. The entire car then unlocks with no way of re-locking it unless you have a key with you. So it’s useful for getting a key stored in the boot, not so useful for grabbing something from the car if you’ve left your key somewhere else.

Unplugging the antenna is unnecessary though, you can just turn the key off by holding lock while pressing unlock twice.
 
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It’s a five digit code, and the car loudly beeps after each digit. The entire car then unlocks with no way of re-locking it unless you have a key with you. So it’s useful for getting a key stored in the boot, not so useful for grabbing something from the car if you’ve left your key somewhere else.

Unplugging the antenna is unnecessary though, you can just turn the key off by holding lock while pressing unlock twice.
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Aha, thank you. It's been a while but I remember there was a caveat that make me think "eh, I won't bother".
 
sim61 said:
Received an amusing email today promoting used electric cars with a nice banner image of a GT86!!
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This is really funny, because in my magazine this month (sad I know but I’m a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry) they’ve done something similar re: electric cars. I’m sure it’s a GR86 judging by the bumper strakes but the orange one is more like a Nissan Z

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Sonic said:
Yup, it is; "Keyless access interior antenna". With it unplugged the key fob will not be detected in that area, meaning you could lock your key fob in the boot whilst you go catch some waves at the beach. You'd then have to go through some sort of opening routine with the button on the boot lid - I think Kevin Vo did a video about it on YouTube way back? According to an AI search, the unplugged sensor generates a hidden error code (B117113) in the ECU, visible via an OBD scanner.
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Unplugging the antenna isn't part of that feature.
Mine's evidently happened by accident as it's rather exposed just stuck on the support beam like that - seems like a bit of an afterthought.
Out of curiosity I did an OBD scan before reconnecting it but but no faults were reported.
That error code appears to be for VAG vehicles (VW, Audi etc).
 
Accepted my GR86 as a 'showcase' exhibitor at the 2026 Scottish Festival Of Motoring (SFOM) in Edinburgh! I originally applied for a position within the (indoor) show hall some time ago, but with a record number of applications to the judging panel this year I never quite made the cut. It transpires that the organisers have subsequently decided to create another showcase arena just outside of the main hall to accommodate some additional show-cars and mine has been selected to be one of them. Nice ... 😎
 
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40k dealer service at Abbey Toyota yesterday. Asked them not to do the brake fluid and they knocked a bit off the price, and a cup of tea whilst I waited. Been mulling over whether to continue dealer service for the warranty, given I track it and will be tracking it more often from next year.

Anyway, here's me at Knockhill a few weeks ago :LOL: first time anti-clockwise, completely different track.
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Nice weather and working much closer to home this week, which gave me the opportunity to give the car a jolly good clean inside and out.

Shamefully, it hadn't been washed since the idiot MOT FUBAR dealers did it in *cough* December.

That was about 7,000 miles ago.

Cleaning off the layers and layers of grime revealed the front end now has more chips than Harry Ramsdens. That is the bad news.

The good news is that I found a fifty pence piece under the driver's seat which was nice.
 
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Conscript said:
Had a free day today so decided to get the car in the air to fit the Endless MX72 brake pads that I bought last year, but then held off fitting thinking that perhaps there was still life left in the original pads. Turns out I could probably have held off even longer...

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...that's 25k miles of road only use. Barely a couple of mm worn compared to the new ones. So if anyone's thinking of changing theirs at about the same mileage, you can probably save your money :D

I'd always planned on upgrading the pads anyway, so I still went ahead and changed them. Hopefully once they're bedded in, they will be noticeably better enough to justify the change. At least they are still ridiculously easy to swap.

I had a couple of other jobs to do too with all the wheels off. Wanted to clean and degrease all the suspension components with a view to also giving them some rust protection, and rotate the tyres. However I finished up an hour ago and the Amazon delivery of the Waxoil aerosol I ordered isn't due for a while. Wanted to get the wheels back on, so sod it, that can wait until another day.

Also, wanted to go give my wheel arch liners a scrub. I'm not generally bothered about that level of automotive detailing; but ages ago I must have driven over some white paint as I had loads of it spattered inside the liners, and I kept seeing it. Ended up using a pan scourer to get it off.

At least I also took the opportunity to give the wheels a good clean and tyre gelling. Now I have sparkly clean wheels on a dirty car.

Edit: Amazon driver turned up about an hour ago with the Waxoil. Decided I didn't want to leave the job half done, so went and jacked the car up again and doused all the suspension arms and dampers.
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That’s good going. I did a set of pads in 2,500 miles in Spain 😆
 
Taking it for its first long drive of the year this weekend and the weather forecast couldnt be better, so I gave it a quick wash on Wednesday evening for the first time since before the SCITP washout. Still lots of beading action from the Turtle Wax Seal N Shine that I use, so managed to bring it back up to "show ready" in about 90 minutes. Not bad considering I seem to have been driving it exclusively in the rain and that includes a non-contact step before the contact wash.

Really looking forward to getting some proper time in the seat - Waze set to "Avoid motorways", stop for lunch somewhere on Woodhead Pass, then on to Wales for some 20mph fun :ROFLMAO:.
 
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