General Mechanical

Okay so i finally got my 18rgu today and throughout the whole day my dad has been complaining about how much i got it for. i bought it off a friend of dads, he was originaly asking for $1000 but dad hassled him down to $800. i was originaly thinking i was payin $1000 just for the engine plus the twin dellortos on it plus the extractors but when i went to pick it up the guy was like "what you see is what you get" and sitting with the engine was a radiator to suit the engine, an electronic fuel pump, and altinator, this fuel preasure regulator thing, and a msd motorcycle idnition thing. now my question is, was all of this worth $800 or not? and also, what does this msd ign…

Since i have problem with my 4th gear synchro today i decide to make a round to my local scrap ward! So i find 2 gearboxes! Both of them has hydraulic clutch , 5 gears , same 22 spline output shaft and is identically same...and ofcource has the toyota emblem! I decide to open one of them to check it from inside.....(first time) :jason: thats the result!! The big problem its that i don't know what code is and if it suitable form my engine(4age). From inside i can see that it is in a good condition...i think! Can anyone recognize it?

Hey guys, I'm looking to upgrade the shockers in the front of my ke55 and have been told that the size of the strut tube must be 51mm to fit the ones that i'm after. I've been told that these struts are found in ke70's but when i measured one it only measured up to 46mm. Can anyone tell me if there is a certain year or type that these struts came out in the ke70's, or if it was another type of strut out of another car altogether? Cheers.

Ask all your questions here that you are unsure of rather than starting a new thread everytime.... Everyone started here once so help the new kids out And FFS use correct spellings and grammers while you're typing the question.... It is quite annoying trying to desifer text talk or just plain lazyness, take your time and explain to the best of your knowledge what you are talking about and I'm sure people will be glad to help

hey i know this is going to be a really noob question but i can't seem to find the answer any where. when i go to take off in my ke55 rolla the rear end makes a weird knock sound like the whole rear end is moving forward. its only when I'm taking off from when I'm stopped any help would be great. I'm sure its just a stock rear end on the ke55 cheers blake

Ok so the 4AGE I bought had no exhaust manifold and no bolts or nuts for it. So here is the dilemma I bought some high tensile M10 x 1.25 35mm (or 45mm can't remember of the top of my head I can check though). Will those do the job? The nuts thread on fine. But the bolts are quite firm. ei can barely be twisted by hand. I am shit scared of snapping them in the block! Is their something I can do to make it a bit easier/safer? Many thanks!

Can anyone confirm if a t50 came out standard with cable clutch? I thought they were all hydro. I think I have one because it doesn't look like a k box.. just curious if its standard or a custom jobbie.

hey i have a ke55 with a 4age 16v engine in it and it just has had its timing belt done and now it seems to have a flat spot at low rmps when reving up in gears. i was wondering if any one could give me some advice on what it could be. all the timing marks line up fine and i just put in new plugs. could it be the leads???? any help would be great i have tryed looking all over the net and can't really find a answer. cheers blake

For something so mechanically simple, the SU carb has a complex system of operation. It seems very straightforward when you look at a cross-section of the carb and have a read over the internet, but I've found that it does not behave in such a simple way. Looking at the diagram, it is made from a body that contains the throttle plate, with a 'top hat' screwed on top of it. That encloses a cup-shaped hollow, floating piston that holds a needle in the fuel jet screwed into the bottom of the body. The little ramp in the body where the jet sits forms a low pressure area behind it and air flow over the venturi ramp sucks the floating piston upwards by forming a vacuum …

Hey rollaclubbers. I have acquired an auto ke20, but I want to convert to manual at some stage. I have a ke70 manual gearbox and xmember if I can use them? Or is it a lot easier just sourcing ke20 manual parts, and the same for pedal box? Cheers in advance

Thought I'd write a quick *cough* article on headlight upgrades for most older cars, seeing since the stock lights are pretty poor and are definately worthy of an upgrade by now. There are some things to understand and take note of. Will add pics at some point as I find them... Most older cars will have what is known as a sealed beam headlight which is basically a huge one piece bulb with a dual filament inside for high and low beam and its a throw away item. Most of them are cheap as such and have poor performance and deteriorate over time. All you do is replace the whole unit when it gets old or stops working. There are limited performance versions of sealed…

looking at buying a set of 3 peice wheels, inspected them and they have been welded together. is it possible to seperate them without wrecking them? as I'm wanting to put larger barrels. cheers guys.

hey guys trying to get a part number for weber adaptor plate from redline, i think i have found that one bolt has a S shape to sit the carby on to, can anybody confirm this and a part number>?? i don't have the bolt, only got the plate so i may have to bend some booker rod. i have a 10-220 is this the same at what others are running?>>> cheers

Hey guys, 5k started to make a clack clack clack sound about 5 mins before I got home. The sound is similar to a tappet being out of adjustment but much louder. During driving there was no power loss or decreased driveablility. Initially I thought maybe a bent pushrod had bent but after taking the rocker cover off I see that the pushrods are all straight and are not fouling against anything. What do you guys think this could be? One of the hydro lifers are shot or something worse???? I have a 4k sitting in the shed so I do have a spare motor in case this is a terminal problem. cheers

hey guys as some of you may know i bought a mx83 cressida for my partner to get around in. i hadnt really taken much notice but it seems to be using a bit more water than usual, and the reservoir fills up to the top.......and doesnt go back into the radiator when it cools. I'm pretty sure it isnt a blown head gasket, which was my first thought, since the car still runs and drives as well as the day i bought it. are there any other reasons why this could be happening? its a 7m-ge too. any help would be great. cheers brendan

for a toyota ke70 what is the widest wheels size you can have in NSW?. I was curious because i was looking into buying a ke70 but alot of the ones i was looking at where defected because the track width was to wide, but it gave the car a real cool stance. would like to have something like this.

hey guys, so i bought a t series diff out of a rt132, i plan on cutting all the mounts of and setting it up for my panel van. i pulled two out and got all the got bits and spare axles. both have 10 bolts same axles but one of them has a lone stud in the diff housing and one doesn't what does this mean? i should of researched more but both cars had t312 diff codes what are the differences between the two? thanks guys

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hey guys, just putting my ae82 corolla back together after having the drivetrain out of it for over a year. i have pretty much all of it sorted out, except for a few little things, i was hoping someone might be able to help me out? firstly, theres a sensor/switch at the front left corner of the auto. has a small loom with blue plug and 2 pins. anyone know what it does, where it goes, or what signal is supposed to be sent to/from it? the car was originally manual and i think it may not have ever been connected, as the auto has never shifted properly. secondly, theres a breather off the auto dipstick tube. anyone know where the end of this is supposed to go? …

Hi guys, Recently I have Fitted a supercharger to my EFI 5k. The supercharger is an AMR500 with a 70mm charger pulley and a 100mm crank pulley. My first question is about the calculator used in the FAQ/WIKI section relating to the calculation of boost. Has anyone used the calculation and had a correct answer from it? From my initial calculations the answer came out to be a negative boost number because my pulley ratio is too low according to the calculator. From memory my calculation was -0.9psi. So for shits and giggles I decided to whack it on anyway to get the ball rolling on the project and then find a bigger pulley later. To my surprise the supercharger a…

just wondering if i can use a bigport dizzy in my smallport head? if so what do i need to change? (if anything)

Hi guys, As anyone with an original 4k EFI manifold would know, the throttle body is tiny. So tiny in fact that you can not buy any adaptors for CAI tubing. Because of my twin charging ambitions I can not reliably seal the throttle body thus boost would escape. So what I am looking at doing is upgrading to a 2" throttle body as this is a standard size for piping and intercoolers. The question is what throttle body should I look for? I want to find something that I could easily modify to fit the standard KE55 throttle cable and has a resistive type TPS. I know it's not something that everyone does but if anyone has done something similar I would like to know. …

Has anybody modified a timing cover so that the camshaft timing can be adjusted (advance/retard) without taking the whole timing cover off? Here are some photos that I found on the net: K engine: T engine: The face of the timing cover is slightly curved, so bolting a plate of aluminium might have issues with oil leaks. From the photos there is a raised edge between the timing cover and the plate. Not sure if it is welded or bolted from the inside of the cover. The raised bit can have a groove so that an o-ring can fit in. Probably the raised edge is so the plate bolts don't stick though to the inside of the timing cover, and hittin…

I rebuilt my carb. After getting it all together I noticed that the bowl wasn't filling with gasoline. If I manually fill the bowl the car runs fine, but it wont fill itself. I am almost certain that the twists that were needed to take the fuel solenoid off were just enough to kill the ancient wiring soldered on the back. Any other thoughts?

Hey, i've taken the inlet manifold off my smallport 4age to do a bit of work to it, anyway, i noticed that the ports on the manifold are quite noticeably smaller then the ones on the head...... whats the go here then? Surely they didn't come standard like this? I'm thinking of porting out the manifold to match the head, but il ask here first just in case. Am i maybe missing something? Is there a plate thats ment to be bolted between the manifold and the head? Piccy attached so you know what I'm going on about, the dark oval visible on the flange is where the inlet port has been bolted to, and you can see the smaller inlet from the manifold sitting 2mm or so inside it…

I'm in need of putting a fuel gauge in my ke70 has to be after market one so was wondering if anyone has put one in and if it worked with the ke70 sender

I found out that I could put a Volvo front lip onto my Cressy so I went out and bought one, That problem I have came across is that the Volvo lip is an inch out either side, has anyone put a Volvo front lip on a Cressy or know anyone who has and knows how to go about the problem, Any input will be thanked Cheers, Michael.

hey guys been looking can't find anything...I'm trying to get my 4kc out of my ke70 but the clutch cable wont come.out it goes through the plate that sits between the motor and gbox but the cable also goes through a gbox hole and.the end wont fit through any help would be awesone

ive got a recaro bucket seat to install into my ke70, wondering if anyone else has done a similar install into a ke70? how did you go about a seat rail? from what ive found AE86 seat rails are slightly to wide, by about 20mm. if someone has done a bucket seat into a ke70 please provide some info for me, as i want to know the easiest way to go about it. going with a universal rail will be a bit gay but will do it if required. just wondering if anyone has modded the AE86 seat rail? info on this would be really great. Cheers

This may be a stupid question but as I have no clue don't hate on me. I want to fit extractors to my ke70 and was wondering if I will need a different exhaust than stock? Because I'm on my p's I don't want it to attract attention with a different exhaust

hey was wondering if anyone could help me i need a pulley with a v belt and a ribbed belt that fits a 4k crank does anyone no one that will fit or has one?? please

My daughter's AE82 5speed has a noisy speedo and it fluctuates a lot. It has only occurred since it got cold. I assume the 1986 speedo cable needs greasing. The problem is I found it damn hard to undo the knurled nut behind the speedo as the space is tight. #@!!*** Can I undo speedo at gearbox and remove the inner from that end? -AND successfully feed it back into the speedo head.? I want some advice from someone who has done it - before spending ages upside down and perhaps breaking something? Ta, Brett

Can anyone help me with locating the regulator on my ae92 ("4wd" wagon) sorry if this is a stupid post but I'm unsure where the regulator is and want to find it to see if the brushes are making contact properly as my batter light is on constantly and idles low and lights dim. Have replaced the battery with a new Toyota approved one and still the same problem and I'd prefer to check the regulator first before replacing the alternator. Sorry again if I've posted this in the place

Hi, this is my first post...ever. I wanted to see if anybody can help, and I really appreciate it if you can. This is going to be a long story, but I'll try to cut it down. I have a 1976 Corolla 2TC SR5 liftback. My dad was the original owner and it only has 75k on it, so it really means a lot to me to get this car running again. About a year ago, I came up to a stop and the car died. It wouldn't hold an idle. Anything below about 2500 rpms and it felt like it was out of time. Anything above and it ran perfect. I checked my idle screw and it was fine. then I checked and replaced all of the vacuum lines. It still didn't fix it. I couldn't really tryto check …

Could someone please clear up that these calipers are the right ones to use on the XT130 strut brake upgrade???? have a friend with some for sale

As this is my first car I really don't know a whole lot about some stuff so: How do I get my steering wheel off? How do I fit a boss kit? What do I do about my horn? Also what's a good steering wheel to get? Nice look and feel but isnt going to cost a heap! Thanks guys

Hey guys, i know this is the wrong section, but i have had no luck in the wanted to buy section and been looking everywhere but no luck!! thought it might get a bit more exposure here. looking for mostly the rear bumper for a KE30, good straight condition, does not need to include lights. and Front one could also be nice in good straight condition. I'm from Eastern suburbs of melbourne am prepared to travel a bit Thanks guys

hey iv recently done a 4age 20v silvertop conversion into a ke70 just wondering where i plug the brake booster into, iv googled it etc some say front some say back some say both :/ so fkn confused... also where can i get caps for the oil catchcan nipples ?

Hey does anyone know what I can do to my ke55 3k auto to get some good power out of it without replacing everything? It's in great nik and I'm thinking of keeping it old school but I want power!! Also it has to be leagel for me to drive on my p's

My toyota is a 1976 with an auto transmission. It seems to only have 3 usable gears. I am not sure if there is a 4th or not. I am having carb / possibly vaccume issues that I am still sorting out, but I was wondering if that would relate to the transmission at all. Here are some pics that might have some info: specs of car: Can you spot any issues? You can see the gear selector has L, 2, and 3. Is this what the 4 speed autos have? or is this a "toyotaglide" 2 speed?