General Mechanical

hey guys, a few of RC people might know my TA22 build "voodoo ta22" as majority know aftermarket suspension parts etc for old school toyotas are a bit of a pain to find. i have stumbled across www.technotoytuning.com and they have a massive range for TA22 but my only question is has anybody used this company before or know of anyone who has etc before i go spending cash on stuff in the US. any advice/opinions good or bad highly appreciated. they also sell KE70, KE30, KE70 and various other early model Toyota, Datsun parts.

We pulled a strut out whle we were doing other things under there and popped the shock retaining nut off. It is a wet shock, not an insert, factory I assume, so it can be modified to any sort of bump or rebound we would like. However it will never be gas pressurised! The next retaining ring down in the strut has a flat top and 3mm two pin holes, so I assume there is a steel tube tool with two pins sticking out of it that unscrews that ring and allows the whole shaft and foot valve to be removed. Then we can redrill bleed valves or seal them up and change the oil.... Anyone got one for a KE70 or knows what they look like??

since ive bought my wagon its had really hard brakes and ive bled them well and there still the same so i changed the booster and yet still the same again i read in another forum that it could possibly be something to do with the master aswell, so i was wondering maybe replace them with a ke70 or ae71 booster and master cylinder i tried to find some information before asking this but couldnt come up with much so am hoping someone on here could help. cheers, Paul

ok so I'm after some advice jst got my KE70 82model on the road fully stock wih 3 speed gearbox 1.3 ltr, as yous already know its slow and ive got a AE71 84 model manual thats not road worthy able. but i was thinking of puttin ae71 engine(1.6ltr) and the manual gearbox into my ke70, would this be easy enough with many mods or would parts and stuff woulda i have to change around????

Gday lads, i've been searching high and low on forums for straight information, and as per usual the internet stirs the pot with whats works for one or another, I'm doing a turbo 3tc with a t04e and have a dgav 32/36 weber with k&n blower hat. As far as i have gotten so far is to pinch some jets out of a weber 34adm from a xe falcon, and combined with my jets i picked up in my weber. I have researched what is adequate to run a 3t standard for the primary barrel. I have research ozgemini for a good guidance forum with pictures, and 3tcgarage has given me tips on jetting to start to work by and what to get the car going(N/A). My problem is that i havent had …

Just wanna know what everyones comp tests where the last time you did one? Mine come back as 159.5 psi on three but no.1 was down 12 psi to 147? Bigport 4age question mainly, but throw results up anyway :)

G'day guys. Been doing a bit of looking around lately at front suspension stuff. And usually when someone says about suspension for ke70's everyone says oh there's no shock options etc Well this may be an option. Turns out, AW11 mr2 rear shocks will fit in KE struts. Supposedly around 50-70mm shorter. Apparently 85-87 AW11 rear inserts only work though, As later than that they're too big. The thing is you can also buy these in aftermarket spec, in shorter stroke still and adjustability as well i'm pretty sure? There's no AGX option available but Koni and Tokiko apparently make them. I can't confirm this 100% but i'm looking into having a crack …

Hey every one been looking on here for a new front suspension for my ke70xx and most easy one is the xt130 corona struts and so on is there any other toyota they have the same as the xt130 cause been looking for one every where and can't find one any help would be gold

So I have the ae92 heater outlet which i need to change. My question is about the two temperature sensors? in the heater outlet.. What are they for? ie one controls the radiator fan one does the ecu.. i dunno. why are there 2? can i remove one? pinched a link to photo below.. one green plug one brown. I would be eternally grateful if some guru could tell me: brown= x green= y engine will run fine without x... thanks in advance! http://i260.photobuc...ear_oultets.jpg running standard ecu and stripped harness.

Can anyone help me with a k50 speedo gear drive. I'm a little lost as to which gear I need to suit my gear box. Can anyone tell me if the worm gear on the output shaft has a identifying number or colour on it? I have rang everywhere but to no avail . lp me with a k50 speedo gear drive. I'm a little lost as to which gear I need to suit my gear box. Can anyone tell me if the worm gear on the output shaft has a identifying number or colour on it? I have rang everywhere but to no avail

All I have a standard manual silver top 20v and it has a standard fly wheel. The problem is I don't have the 8 x fly wheel bolts and the pressure plate retainer bolts. Does anybody have the thread type size and head heights of each so i can get some from the local bolt shop? Mick G

I was wondering on peoples opinions on putting a SC12 on a 16v 4AGE smallport (N/A) So it will be high comp. I'm not planning on running massive boost. What would I be needing to change/upgrade to get it to work. Rough figures on price would be ripper! As its possibly to buy 4AGZE so I obviously I wouldn't want to spend more than one of those cost So what I assume currently is: Bigger injectors- 7mgte or 4agze, is there any other options? New ecu- could a 4agze be used? or aftermarket? Intercooler and plumping setup. Some what modified loom or possibly 4agze one? Not sure what would be necessary here New intake manifold or 4agze or will it fit the standard…

Have seen this on other forums, and have notice a couple of times fuel ecomony has popped up just curious, Try and keep it Corolla based if we can, don't mind the odd car here and there All sorts of applications, cruisers, dailys, track warriors, rally, khana, drag cars even Ill start, mine with the daily driven mildy SR20 on board, est 8.7L/100km Its great, even with a few squirts, I guess not lugging around as much weight is a plus

Hi there all' just in the process of rebuilding the rear springs on Thomas ke11 and was wondering what you guys have used as wear pad material between each leaf as i was thinking of using 45mm strips of laminex with a light coat of grease on them what are your thoughts???. Any other sujestions would be greatly appreciated thank you. Cheers:-Stuart.

Okay guys i've had a few people ask me how i went about ke20 disks on my ke10. So Yesterday and today when i converted my ke10 to ke70 brakes i took some photo's. I know there's already a write up in Faq but this is more a noob based guide. Okay, So before you go ahead and do the conversion, you have options. Which brakes do you want to use? Ke20: Smaller brakes, Older, 4x110 Stud pattern - Will fit your original 12" wheels Ke30: A little larger, 4x114.3 (Ke70 stud pattern) unsure of if 12's will fit, Doubtful Ke70: The same as ke55, Thicker than ke30 with Girlock brake calipers. 4x114.3 Here's a point though, The hubs are interchangable…

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hey people, i am currently trying to get my efi sorted on my 4age bigport, but i am having some problems.. and now my plans for the motor have changed and id like to go carbi. whats the deal with a dizzy, do i have to replace it with a carbi one or can i change the internals or can i leave it as it is? also I'm going twin webbers, is there any special requirements/mechanical work needed that i should know about other than removing the throttle body/intake? and is there anything else i need to change other than those 2 things?

G'day guys. I've got some widened steelies about to go on my ke10, they're datsun 1200 ute rims according to my mate. The centre-bore of the rim is bigger than a conventional ke70 etc centre cap, so i can't use them.. The bore is 67mm.. So my main question is does anyone have any idea of what Toyota centre caps would fit? As i want them looking kinda stock-ish And before it's mentioned i know i can get aftermarket mag wheel caps and just slap toyota logo's on them but that's really not what i'm after.. Any ideas? Cheers!

hi all, doing the final touches for getting my 4ac going but I am lost as to where some of the vac lines go. hopfully this isnt too confusing, any help from someone with a 4ac willing to take pictures would really help. thanks

hey all I'm going down the 4ag/twin carb route and was hoping to talk to someone else who had done the same thing. just after some general advice at the moment cheers azza.

hahaha I'm kidding ;) but I am having a little bit of trouble with one component. I have just recently bought a 4age manual out of a (jap spec).. ae82 (1982) red top. big port and was fwd. but when I bought it, I didn't get an ecu or a dizzy. as it was from a wreckers. I went out not knowing this and bought an ecu for an ae92... and a dizzy to suit that same model. dam... :down: did not fit. so my question is. what ecu can I get for this piece of, lovely goodness engine I have taking up space at work. hahaha I have thought after market but even then I'm not sure cause there is so many to choose from. any help would much greatly appreciated!!…

hey guys, I'm in the process of building a 3tgte, I've got the 3tgte head, intake and exhaust components, now I'm just wondering is my 3tc block compatible with the head I have? or should I obtain a 3tgte block aswell? the build is going to be extensive eg, valves, pistons, rods etc. any help is greatly appreciated cheers

Hello guys. I have a quick question, due to my location we don't have a hell of a lot of parts cars to chose from, but the stuff we do have is usually free, Now I have access to many st and rt142 coronas, some with a disk rear end and some without. I'm wanting to run the disks to kind of match my 4 pot hilux calipers, Autho simply bolting disks onto the standard borgy is hardly worth it, That's where I want to use the corona gear, every thing is slightly bigger and a track increase that I'm happy with, plus I have access to a heap of cars for spare axles and centers, That comes to the question, how far off are the mounts? I know that you can g…

Kind of an odd one but does anyone here know much about the availability of second hand brake assist devices for heavy vehicles?? I'm only interested with the eddy current brake or the water/hydro brake for a home job that I have been concocting. Main thing would be the average price for one of these units and something capable to withstand something like 300 lb/ft. I haven't called any truck wreckers as I'm not exactly sure what to ask for or if many trucks came with these types of brake assists. I think buses mainly use them because they are much quieter than exhaust brakes. Any info would be great! Cheers!

Hi Everyone, I'm currently working on my AE94 Sedan its pretty much an AE92..i don't know why it's called the AE94.. anyway, i have searched tirelessly..but can never find a definitive answer, so I'm hoping this thread will cover it.. 1. What gearbox from factory came into the AE92 SX GTi? 2. For the AE92, thicker swaybars in the back = better handling?? (i want to go whiteline 24mm in the back and 22mm in the front) 3. Who on the forums have done an AE92 4AGE 20V Swap? i have queries regarding the loom in terms of connecting Speedo, fuel pump, everything really.. (my frontcut donor is an AE101 4AGE 20V Silvertop) thanking you all!!

G'day guys. I've got a pair of Excel G Rear shocks here, 344223. Which suggests Mitsubishi. They look practically new, i bought them off a mate of mine who had them in his 3tgte T18. No i know Excel G's are stiff, but i'm beginning to think these are fubar.. Pushing down on them neither me, or any of my mates can get them past about 10mm compression, and it's a bloody stiff 10mm.. Been pulling all kinds of Hulk moves on these bad boys and can't figure it out. They've been in his car and he reckoned they haven't been laying down.. So is it likely these are Fubar'd? Or need to be used to soften up?

Hey guys, I have a K50 5 speed that is missing the shifter assembly. Unfortunately I am having a dog of a time trying to find one anywhere. I have found a wreckers in SA that has a shifter assembly to suit a T50 (from a KE70) and wanted to see if anyone knew if these were able to be used on a K50 box. I have searched all over the web for answers and can not get a definitive yes or no. Found a tonne of forums where people have wanted to fit a KE70 short shifter to a k50 or similar and have speculated that it looks like it might work and they were going to try "this weekend" but they never came back to say if it did or not. If anyone has a T50 and K50 box they can loo…

hey all, I'm currently doing a 4agte conversion into my ke70 and I'm sorta umming and ahhhing about what suspension i should run, weather i go ae86 coils with differnt calipers? or s13 in my experience anytime someone mentions ae86 the price goes up, i mean s13 gear is easy to get because there is alot more of it around? anyway have you done the s13 swap into your ke? do you know someone who has done it? what did it handle like? its only going to be a weekender maybe hit the track in it cheers all :)

Hey everyone, can anyone tell me what gearboxes these are. The first one is a 5 speed and I am pretty sure it is a k50 The second on is a 4 speed but nfi what model it is, and have not been able to find a picture of one similar to it anywhere. I have tried every possible search on google images and in these forums, but no luck. They are both from a 4k engine and have identical bell housing bolt patterns, the extension housing bolt pattern is a lot different however and appears not to be interchangeable.

Hello everyone name is rod got a 82 ke70 just wanted to know what upgrades I can do with the least amount of work cause bit of a noob when it comes to cars lol so any help would be gold

Hey guys just got the 4age running in my ke70 and went for its first short drive yesterday, so it idles fine after we played with the dizzy for a bit but sounds like a wrx under load anyone know what the go is? Also hasinimal power almost like running on 3 cyl. :( van anyone give me some advice on what to check?

got a rough quote today to get some will 4spot wood callipers $780 to mount them $450 2rotors $440 stud pattern redrill $180 brake pads $180 braided brake lines $260 wheel bearing $55 all put in the ke20 has anyone got a similar setup on the ke corolla ke20 ke55 watever .... most of it is custom made anyway..... if so can u let me know how much it costs.... cheers

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recently rebuilt 7mge with around 20 thou removed from the block and head. (compression should be around 10.5:1), ran it in by mildly thrashing it. But now have the problem with TERRIBLE fuel eco. my mate who was following me while i was giving it a boot said it was blowing black smoke all thru the rev range. 60L of 98 octance just got 300km. timing was set at the factory 8 degrees. but i could feel like it didnt want to pull nicely. therefore bumped it up to 15, went a little beter then laster bumped it up to 22! now it ʞ©$ɟing PULLS! heres a pic of the plug any ideas on what to check? o2 sensor. afm? tps? vac leaks?

Anyone know what the offset is for these? I'm looking into getting widened steelies made up, but can only go 25mm either way of the original offset and get 7inch wide MAX (unless someone knows where I could find bigger bands?) so I'm trying to do the maths. Cheers!

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Hey, I'm looking for some old school style tyres for my rolla, but don't want to pay $300 a tyre and wait 3 months from "Antique Tyres"... I'm not interested in getting whitewalls painted on my current tyres, because I want the old school shape and tread pattern of the classic tyres. I'm also not interested in those white wall flapper things, the look terrible. So does anybody know anywhere else I can get some geniune whitewall tyres from? 155/R12 to be more specific. Thanks. Joe. Call me on 0411 573 235 if anybody has anything personally for sale.

i have removed all bolts but don't want to budge.. is there any tips and tricks out there to remove and replace pedal box??? I'm guessing steering colomn must be dropped? any help much appreciated.

G'day guys. Just thought i'd chuck up something i did today. I pulled my Ke10 dash cluster apart and removed the MPH speedo dial with the intention of scanning it in and making a kmh one, When i had an idea.. I found a ke20 dash cluster i had laying around my house, and pulled that apart as well, and sure enough.. it'll fit!Z It all lines up, 60mph is where 100mkh is etc etc it's all sweet! And, Fits straight in! No mods needed, Went straight back together and looks factory Sweet!! Now i know what you'll say, it wont be accurate, but, from 40kmh up it is. It's just because of the ke20's '0' is in a different spot to ke10's so the low…

Hey guys just wondering if you can buy dished pistons relatively cheap to suit a 4kc?