General Mechanical

hey every one. i bought these two wastes of money off ebay. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/RWD-Starlet-4age-engine-mounts-kp60-kp61-kp62-Toyota-16v-20v-/281069396828?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item41710aa35c&_uhb=1#ht_500wt_1156 when i asked him he told me they would fit my new ae71 crossmember. but then on the motor drop date! they did not reach either side of the crossmember's mounts. (very upset) so i have sent the seller a message but havnt got a reply. so it is looking like i have the mounts. AWESOME! but my question is today where the hell do i find the right ones? i have a sneaking suspicion that they will fit a ke70 crossm…

G'day all, sorry for the crappy editing, the return key aint working in this post :( Anyway, I need some advice from any experts in structural adhesives. I am sick of replacing broken spokes in the front wheels of my racing trike and after shooting the breeze with a couple of guys over a few beers, it was suggested that I get a couple of aluminium cones made up and weld them to the hub and rim. Thinking of welding onto a alloy bike rim scares me - buckling/holes/etc - so I was thinking of bonding the cones to the rims. So I guess my question is, what would be a suitable adhesive for bonding alloy…

Hi , looking to get a good quality radiator around Liverpool, Campbelltown area, or Sydney if I have to travel I know a lot of the online ones are dubious quality, Prefer to deal with a person than a website with no phone number, any one know agood place need to either replace or recore the one in my Ke70. is there such a thing as heavy duty Cheers

Hey Guys, Does anyone have any experience in making your own brake lines? I'm in the process of putting on braided lines on my Corolla and the fittings are basically seized onto the pipes/tubes so in the process of attempting to undo the connections I ruined the fittings. In my research I found a whole bunch of videos of people doing all their own brake lines, mainly on hot-rods and muscle cars. It appears everything that's required can be purchased for approx $30.00 to $50.00 - which is a brake line flaring kit and a brake line bender. Has anyone had any success doing their own brake lines? Cheers, Tom.

hey I'm new to the site and new to toyotas below is a picture of my 83 wagon i will be sanding it down and it will be black primer for a while and first question is what are the easy things i should do to the motor for hp any help would be great or where can i find parts for it

Hust winding if a rt142 corona sedan solid rear end diff would bolt into a rt142 wagon as sedans have the disk breaks istead of drum like my wagon does? Cheers

Hey guys I'm Mat and I just recently joined the rolla family with my 84' ke70. :) I just pulled out my dash and and am going to do the same with my centre console shortly as I was going to replace the cracked parts with healthy ones and replace the old near 30 year old carpet with a new black one (moulded and on it's way!) So the point of this thread is to ask for tips and steps on how to go about painting the new parts I'll be getting (Top of the dash above glove box and instrument cluster and centre console) to match my carpet. I was personally thinking about going with a lighter grey paint, but what sort of steps should I take to make sure I do as good as job as I …

Hey guys just wandering if anyone would like to share their knowlege on engine bay tubbing, and converting a car from four to two door.. Basically my aim is to tub the engine bay of my ke70 to give it a clean crisp look, whilst allowing me to reach full lock without scraping the inside of my arches.. And to convert my car to a two door as I have just purchased a bolt in half cage, leaving the back doors unnessecary.. Besides we all know coupe's are dope.. So if anyone could link me to info or builds where people have done this to a ke70 or something very similar, id aprecaite it heaps! Thanks...

picked up myself a ae82 with a 4agze conversion a month back, was going sweet until half way to work one day and it started the sound like a lawn mower. still runs but sounds like running on only 2-3 cylinders and fuel is leaking straight out of the flange between the headers and exhaust. couple of mates think its injector problem of maybe an ecu problem. just wanna know if anyone has any ideas as to what the problem could be? cheers Andrew.

Hey, I'm kinda new to this corolla stuff. Just got an 81 corolla 1.8 and the rear end is making a bearing noise. So I'm looking to rebuild it but I can't seem to find a place where I can get parts. Hoping someone would direct me in the right direction. Also since I'm gonna rebuild it was thinking about installing an LSD and some gears any suggestions? I'd appreciate the help

Looking for a place to reset + add leaf to my Panno. Anyone know or recommend somewhere on the Gold Coast?

Hey guys. 4age build is going well. My parts pile is growing and the. Again so is the bill! Haha My latest snag is the alternator. Now i got a band spanka today from repco. The usless @unts sent the wrong one. Must be for a later modle as it didny fit into or over my altenator braket! Anyway my question is. Where would be the best place to go? Or what others would fit my motor? (Import) 4age Bigport, 16v. (From ae82)

hey all! been a long time since iv posted in here.. iv recently gone out and gotten another ke70, as my old one is in the process of getting an sr20det upgrade.. iv done some work to my new 4k, head decked to 9.8:1 tighe 424 camshaft ( 30/70 .450 lift 276 dur ) heavy duty valve springs new gaskets through-out new clutch i HAVE gotten a weber 28/36 carby for it, but it hasnt arrived yet.. so heres the story.. i put it all together, put the factory carby back on, just to try start it and have a listen.. i tried starting it.. to start with it dosnt start, then 5-10sec later it will start, but will only run with my foot flat to the floor and it re…

Hi, I own a 1980 Toyota Corona xt130 wagon (xt131?). It has 108000 kms on the clock and is running of a crappy 1.9L Holden Starfire engine. It was my first car and I didn't know what a nightmare the engine would be. Anyway, recently I have been having some issues with it. While driving the car will sometimes randomly start jolting pretty violently and to stop it I apply the clutch. In extreme cases it will continue as i slow and change down gears until it eventually stalls. After letting it sit for a while it usually works fine. The first times this happened it was going up hill at medium speeds (60 & 80 km/h) but now it has happened on straights after a while of…

boo! anyone know who makes a front sway bar and adjustable panhard rod for a ke70/ae71? are ae86 the same?

Hey guys and gals I have recently gotten my ke70 registered, and I have noticed when out on the highway it tends to 'hunt' a bit once the speed levels out. Any clues as to why it could be doing this?

hey everyone. ive recently bought a KE30 running a 4K head, 5K block and a SC14 supercharger. ive only just noticed that my charger is lacking in oil :oops: . i was wondering if anybody would be able to tell me (apart from genuine toyota oil) which oil i can run in my supercharger and approx how much it will cost for it? this is my first charger and id like it to last as long as i can make it. havent exactly had it off to a good start so far. Last owner was running the carby at a crap idle, left mounting bolts out of the charger, lines left unplugged etc etc. Any help is appreciated. cheers

Has anyone done this? Can this engine be converted to rwd?

Was looking at selling these rims ,have 2 black with bigger dish on back ,1 black on front smaller dish thn 2 of gold smaller dish ,rims are 14s but unsure of rest of sizings offset etc ,love to know what they worth

Alright guys easy little silly question. There is an oil line under where the left hand engine mount bolts to. Just wondering which way you guys have turned it as mine is coming out the top of the mount? Hopefully it clears everything as I'm putting it back together but most of you guys will have had the experience already so after any advice on this? Thanks in advance :-)

Hi all not sure if this is in the right spot but was just wondering who is going as it is a great day out and is a good time to catch up with each other and show of your ride. Looks like we are going to make it this year so hope to see you there. Cheers:- Stuart.

Does anyone have any information on converting a 4k dizzy to fit a 4age? A step by step write up would be excellent, but diagrams, pictures and measurements would be equally as helpful. Also, what are peoples succes rates with the 4k dizzy fittedto a carb'd 4age? Can they be made to run smoothly/well?

hey guys. so i have put my 5 speed extension housing back on my gearbox, and bolted up my tailshaft, and i can't seem to find neutral.. is there any knack to getting the extension housing back on, I'm guessing this is where i went wrong. i got it on but not sure if the linkages lined up right.. might have to take the tailshaft off and roll it to the mechanics

Hey guys I'm having a somewhat strange issue in my RA23. So I just put an 18RG in her that I had lying around, no problems there, pretty standard with the normal solex's. Its been driving good for a few weeks. Last weekend I done a oil and coolant change, let it idle for 10min to open up the thermostat then shut it down. After that I took it for a drive and it was running like total crap, it was bogging down real bad and it didnt really feel like all 4 were firing together. Started it again today, drove like crap for 5min then like magic it cleared up and run good again, 30 minutes later it all of a sudden died again (at least 50% drop in power) and was bog…

Does any body know of any of these laying around in somebody's shed? Or anywhere else to get these new? Or if anyone has any videos or pics of one set up that would be sweet. http://www.extrudabody.com/servlet/the-323/M-dsh-023-Toyota-4AGE-Down/Detail

Hello, I tried so hard to find some useful information to turbocharge a 7K-E but with less success. Hope anyone will help me to know what I am up against with. I have a 7K-E motor which I need to turbocharged. Some say that it is impossible as the stock compression is already high (9:1is it?) and that the intake and the exhaust being on the same side prevents location of the turbo unit. Hope someone can shed some light on this for me. I read that the stock compression can be reduced by using a thicker gasket and the turbo can be mounted using "J" pipes or some other method. Has anyone turbocharged a 7K-E? I really need some ( a lot of) advise here please. …

I'm in need of a front brake upgrade and a diff upgrade. either to buy or advice on what i can do. currently have a 1.8 turbo engine and need brakes and diff that will also keep engineer happy.

I put a 32/36 dft 9a on my stock 2tc. this carb is brand new, so nothing has been tuned or adjusted. The car runs but doesnt idle. Where do I start. Here are the jets and adjustments: There are the 4 inside the housing here, and the high idle on the right side: There is a screw in a tube here (blocking the hole?) and under the choke there is another adjustment for the throttle. I have no idea how to achieve idle, but it would be nice to have so I can drive it to the guy that tunes cars. any help appriciated.

hey guys just s few questions about the dellorto carbs I'm wondering if you can run a supercharger with 2x twin 40mm dellorto carbs and if the carbys them selfs can run facing upright?? any info would be good thanks

hey guys, i know this has probably been discussed many times, but i would like someone to fill me in on the differences between the different corolla gearboxes. i am currently up to the stage of a 4k 5 speed conversion in my ke30 and have changed my extention housing from the ke70 one as it wouldnt fit. i have a aquired a ke55? extention housing and a ke30 shifter but the bolts wont line up. just wondering if anyone can help me with sorting this out, maybe direct me to some pictures? thanks in advance! charles

Hey guys, Does anyone know of any wreckers in Brisbane/Ipswich areas that do a swap style deal, I blew my head gasket and I was thinking of replacing it with a wrecker engine, and I was thinking do any wreckers do they swap for you? Cheers, Tom.

Hi I have recently fitted a completely rebuilt jap spec bigport 4age to my ke20 and I am having trouble with it missing or surging, It happens once the revs get to about 3,200 but only under heavy acceleration, slow acceleration is fine, timing is set properly, it has a good strong spark to all cylinders, the engine check light isn't throwing and codes other than the speed sensor code when I'm cruising at 3,500rpm in 5th (I don't have a speed sensor), the TPS is set correctly, map sensor seams to be working fine, at idle if you give it a quick rev it blows a tiny bit of black smoke, could be running rich? Or maybe just cause its such a sudden rev the ECU doesn't respond q…

hey guys, this might be a longshot, but i was wondering if anyone on here knows what these rims are? i have seen them before and they seem pretty common but can't find the name.. your help will be appreciated!! thanks!

Hey all would like to see how your wiring is run. And also what plug goes where as the guy i got my motor off did not mark anything Alright new topic i need help with some wiring plugs and whether or not i need them still i will post pics here. Any help appreciated

hey everyone i have just got a new ke70 the other day and it has a corona avante disk rear end diff in it, just wandering where i can get an lsd for this diff?

hey guys iv got a 4age 20v silvertop, she has been running sweet for the past few years last night it just didnt start its cranking but not turning over. so far iv checked - coilpacks are working - sparks are working - fuel is been fed through (checked the in line) plus all new pumps (2months old) - battery is fine even tried jumping it - checked all fuses all seem fine (running a razorback ecu) this is the first time that this has happend :( totes randy. i have a feeling the injectors are blocked :/ but iv sprayed the cleaner through the ITB's (trumpets) ....

Hey RC, I'm about to make an exhaust for my KE70, but I'm getting conflicting information about which way the resonator faces. The inside of my resonator has little louvres facing in one direction like so: And the other direction looks like this: I've read through a fair few threads where people say the louvres need to faces the engine so that they can trap exhaust flow and remove some of the sound, and others say that this will cause the packing inside the resonator to "burn out" and will restrict a significant amount of flow, and that the louvres need to face away from the engine. So which way is the resonator meant to be installed? Or is it up…

Hi, i'm just after some general advice on a 4k engine and where to go for some mechanical work to be done on the motor - the reason i'm asking is; The engine blows quite abit of blue smoke which indicates to my novice mind that the rings are possibly gone/going/cracked, also there is quite a substantial amount of blowby in the carby. The motor has done 300000 odd k's and I am quite suprised it's still running. So what I am after is the best place to either get these checked, and depending on the outcome, fixed. At the same time Id like to obtain a weber3236, a 25/65 cam, heavy duty springs and to also run 0.400" valve lift. I would like this to be all in the brisbane …

Hey there guys. Another bloody kiwi in your country! Haha well i accuired a 3k motor and i am rebuilding it. Not looking for mega mods just a project. I have come to a hault. I need new pistons. Ive looked on the acl site and cannot find anything. Can anybody point me in the right direction?

I'm having issues with my idle, it's jumping around between 600 and 1000 rpm all new plugs, dizzy,leads, coil, points, rotor, reconditioned carby about 8000 kms ago. What would be causing it?? Would it be vacuum related? By the way it's a 1978 ke55 4kc with a 5 speed And after market air filter and I changed the oil/filter about an hour ago no difference