General Mechanical

Hello, Would anybody know what replacement would be posible for the K&N air filter cleaner? I cannot find my bottle of it and I need to clean my air filter. Thanks in advance.

a friend of mine is selling his 3t-gteu for $1000. i had a look at the motor last nite and i want to buy it the only thing is that it is spread out through about 3 sheds. up side is that it has all seals gasgets new pistons ECU everything including a spare Block and head minus internals. does this sound like a good price to pay.

hey guys, my clutch in my ke70 is slipping again. it is only the cable operated one, so there is no chance of hydraulic oil getting in onto the pressure pate or anything (as my trusty haynes manual explains). i adjusted the circlip in the engine bay and it was a good 4-5 grooves loose, but since then i can really really notice that the car revs are high, but the car is nuggeting along. another sign that its getting worse is that i use to be able to, when wet, give more revs and dump clutch a bit quicker and get light wheelspin. i don't really do many burnouts and crap, but g/b was changed prob a yr ago now, don't u think that the mechanic wuld have sed 'yeh clutch is …

hi, i have a ke55 that came as an auto. all the manual cross members don't fit my floor pan and the mount on the gear box is about eight inches to far forward. just curious if anyone knows why this has been such a pain in the ass.

This i've done taken wheel off taken calipers off tied up calipers removed brake pad put piston in put new pads in and clips but i can't fit the calipers back on, it's like the pads are to thick. (they're what, 1.5 cm. ca?) what should i do? thank you.

guys what is the most ost effective and eaiest way to improve the handling of my boggo standardo ke70? I've been told uprated ae86 struts bolt on for the rear :) ive searched but can't find specific info any ideas or links??

At the risk of sounding like a typical girl.... Okay guys can someone please explain to this girl exactly what and how a strut brace actually does anything??? To me it doesnt look as though it could do much but i am eager to be edumacated....

here lyes the question? i have been told that i need to run the socks plus the trumpets (being a tuned length) on the webers, then i was told to piss them off and put the K & N filters (the ones that arnt cheap) on with the trumpets inside. my thought is to make an alloy air box up to bolt on the webers. thats the easy bit, my next thought is where is the inlet going to be? my first thought was put it straight out the front of the box and near a fresh air opening next to the radiator , but then the distance that the air has to travel is different to each carby. second thought is to put the inlet in the middle on the underside of the box and turn it 90 deg …

Hey guys, working on removing some squeals in this 1981 KE 70 of mine and detected some sounds coming from the boot springs. was just wondering how in the world you get these metal bars out? there doesn't seem to be any parts that can be taken out. can anyone lend some ideas to this? thanks lots! :( jeffrey.

G'day fellas I've got a little problem with my KE55. Big problem actually. I've got a stock 4K-C and it's pissing petrol out of what I believe is the fuel pump. The part is on the line inbetween the fuel filter and the carby so i believe it is the fuel pump. It says "KYOSAN DENKI" on the top. It is little and round. It has a line coming out of it with two brass nuts on it, one large and one small. There is a significant amount of fuel pissing out of the top nut. What is wrong? Is this why I used 30L for 150km? How do i fix it? Do i need a new fuel pump? Cheers guys, you're great.

hey guys, well last night while i was out partying in the dark dad decided to go get some maccas, goin there the road under the bridge was flooded, but this usually isnt very deep, so through he goes, and half way across he says it stopped. long story short i asked him how high the water was and he says, ooh lapping up around the bonnet...."did you think of that cold air intake dad?" :) so this mornin he went down took the plugs out and turned her over pissing water all out of it, but she still wont start were assuming its left over water in the cylinders and intake wetting the spark so she wont start.... how do we fix this problem? how do we get her started again? …

seems like a lot of people are doing entire strut conversions to get an easy brake / spring / damper / camber upgrade. ke30: i know the corona xt130 are popular and are almost a bolt in fit?, as well as doing the pug hilux brake upgrade on them. ke20: celica ra40 struts and control arms? any others?

Hi, Just wanting to know if you run a webber on a 4K motor that is bog stock will I need to also run a set of extractors? Also what will it take to fit the webber? Is it as simple as an adaptor plate? I was looking around at photos here but it seems there are a few types of webbers so what parts are needed for what type of webber? And last of all I am planing to put this 4K inot a KE30 rolla. After I install the webber will the pollution gear fit back on or how should I go about running the carbon canister etc? And if I can use the polution gear is it lefal to run a webber with out it in a KE30? Cameron

Delivering pizzas quite happily the other night. On the way back to the store from the last del of the night, engine starts to run rough, as if it was weak on one cylinder. I think, "Meh, probably just some carby bullshit. It'll fix itself." Get back to the store, less than one km, "Oh shit." What looks like smoke, coming in quite a copious fashion from the exhaust. So I surmise the worst, that the rings are f@$ked and a full rebuild is required. Baby it home, next day take a look. Do compression test, phew. Its all good. Look in radiator, it is sans coolant. Look at dipstick, it is covered in creamy sludge. Aaargh! The mysterious white cloud from exhaust was steam. So am…

Hi all well i have a problem i am 6ft 5 and a corolla isnt the best car for me but i still love them. The problem i have is that the seat doesnt go back enough i was wondering if any of you have the same problem and if your have any ideas. So far i have though of getting more seat rails and then welding them onto the seat but I'm not sure. any imput would help thanks Lukey :)

hey hey, i know some one will ask eventually how to remove the pedal box so I'm going to write up a how to guide. Tools needed a decent socket set with metric sockets and spanners, Philips screw drivers and flat blade screw drivers and alot of patience. First off remove your steering wheel. You will need to remove the screws under and around the gauge cluster, the screws hold in the black plastic surround. Once that has been removed unscrew the 4 screws that hold in the gauge cluster and it will come out and remove all the plugs. Remove all the circled bolts and nuts. the two bolts along the top need to be removed the whole way along the dash pad. …

Hi, Been googling about and can't find it there. But I KNOW you can make a normal dizzy off any car work as a boost retard dizzy. I need this in my mm coming project to stop blowing head gaskets and I want to not lock my dizzy to a set angle so any help appreciated? Or if anyone has the how to can you plese post it? Cheers Cameron

I have an 86 model hatch with a twinky conversion. That went all good, the problems star when I try to fit some of the other bits on: ;) The fuel feed line tank end, no thread to bolt the bracket to. The grille, its too long. I can't just bolt up a sway bar because the floor has no threads The factory strut brace, I needed to buy bolts for the fire wall, no thread. Thats just a few on my list, Does/Can anyone help me before I lose the plot all together and just torch the thing. TOTALLY ANNOYED WITH THE WHOLE THING!!!

is there a AE70 KE70 or TE71 on any games?

Hey guys, My dad and I recently installed a 32/36 DGAV Weber on the 4K as the old Aisan one that was on there had basically lost it's will to live. The carbie is working pretty damn nicely however we just encountered little problem and are unsure what is causing it. The problem is that after the car has been driven around for a while(5minutes or more)then turned off, it doesnt like to start up again straight away. (noticed when trying to start the car after stopping at the petrol station :yes: ) You kinda have to let it sit a bit then try again. Once it finally starts, it gurgles for abit at about 300rpm then slowly rises to a normal idle(1000rpm). It seems as if…

I have a 1984 AE71 4A-C 5spd and i was wondering if a 4A-FC i gather is the carby version bolt straight in? will there be much to modify? I want to use the carby version just for the easy installation. Thanks. Steve.

hey everyone, I have an speco meter electrical oil pressure guage and sender that i want to install on my ae71 with 4age 20v silvertop. I can see the original oil pressure sender and wire just forward of the oil filter, my question is do i remove the old one completely or make a T piece so i use both?. Cheers :D

I use KE20 for club motor sport I would like to know how to get more camber. It has XT132 struts. What bottom arms can I use? Is there any 4 piston Toyota brake calipers I can fit to these struts? What flat top pistons can I fit to a 5K does anyone have any information and numbers on these pistons THANK YOU Mick E

Hey all Just a q, How long would it take to take out the 4kc motor, recondition it and put it back together and back into car? Also, what parts to u need and how much aprox do these cost? Thanks 4 listening - ive had nothing but good responces so far, thanks eveyr 1!! Ted

who needs to buy a k&n when you have an angle grinder :rolla: http://superjamie.fotki.com/cars/mango/200...engine_bay.html http://superjamie.fotki.com/cars/mango/200...budget_air.html http://superjamie.fotki.com/cars/mango/200...gine_bay-2.html http://superjamie.fotki.com/cars/mango/200...gine_bay-3.html i took some more random photos of the car if anyone's interested http://superjamie.fotki.com/cars/mango/page3.html i've changed the tappet cover for one with two pipes for ventilation, put another uniflow pod on, just gave it a quick wipe with mothers and some 2000 grit, i'll polish it on the wheel some other time. have added 10mm ignition leads. cb…

hey i new, need help on a simple but efective front and rear brake upgrade for my ke30, something that will fit in with not much hassel.

Hey all Ok, so ive got another weird idea, lets see how QLD transport likes this one :doublebird: Ok, my idea is this. To what i know, the coldest air (when a vehicle is moving) - flows up over the bonnet, and spirals/curls around the bottom of the front windscreen. (top pic) Is it legal if you cut a hole large enough to fit a medium sized pod filter through the top of the fire wall - so that its in the area where the air is sucked in from the outside and into the cabin / where the mechanism is for the window washers (bottom pic) This way you can have a really short intake pipe, and it would be away from the hot exhaust :P

Hello fellow corolla fans, I own a 1974 KE25 Coupe, Which had a Low k Japanese motor put in it a few years before i bought it, i know that it is a 4K but don't know how to tell if it is a 4KC or not? Would any one b able to tell me how 2 tell which is which and if there are any differences! Thanks for the help as i'm fairly new to toyotas, As I was a Die hard Holden fan until I finished fixing up my KE25 Coupe! and now i love corollas!!

I have a standard KE20 at the moment, and am thinking of building up a 4K for it. I have read about 3K heads raising compression, but most people are talking about big port heads, is it worth using my standard head and tidying up the ports?

My i dear every since i have decide to run a SC14 (if i can find one :dance: ) is to run a reversed FWD manifold. I have a TVIS big-port i got with the sprinter spare parts. How much restriction would the 'flutes' be. Its just the manifold, no butterfly's. Would the spacer cause any turbulence. Would it restrict air flow that much. Would there be any point in changing over them from the crappy RWD manifold? Because it seems that the Big port FWD non-TVIS are very rare :D ie only one bigport GZEs

we have 3 TRD parts books,92,96,2003. Toyota EPC 6 disc set, 2 euro,2 jap, 2 update discs. i'm not going to up these up on the website, to much work scanning them off, but if you're looking for something i'm all to happy to help. AE86 twin cam manual on cd. FOR ROLLA MEMBERS $30 2003 corolla manual on cd (US) KE70 hard cover manual(haynes UK) which covers most ke70,te70,71,72,us and euro models. TRD gear ratios sheets for K50 and T50 gearboxes and diff ratios. i'll scan these off when i get the chance. Homolagation papers for KE70 group A (rare) these are really hard to find, forgot i had them. ALSO we can get FACTORY solid 5K lifters( NOT CHEV …

hey i was just viewing some of the old threads..one was about having your cam reground, i don't understand that concept fully..wont they work in reverse, taking metal away from your cam ? also do u need any other modifications if u have your cam reground ??

Hi.. i finally found what 15 inch pursuits that have the same stud pattern as the KE70.. 4 nuts by 114.3, the hyundai elantra..i knew it was hiding somewhere btw anyone know what the actually colour is called that cover the holden pursuits?? :(( thanks for all your help on the topic before

whats the opinion on the lsd options for ke25? not keen on disk conversion, power to be around 160kw, width needs to be same as ke25 or shorter due to mags being 15x6 114.3x4pcd +20 offset so i have found so far.......................... t series : width same? weld mounts? , centre expensive, stud pattern same, drums, centre fairly strong. r31 : weld mounts, needs shortening, centre cheap, stud pattern same, disk or drum?, centres common and pretty good. hilux : weld mounts, length same - older model diff, stud pattern not same, cheap strong centre hiace : weld mounts, length same, centre?, stud pattern same? drum? , centre? mark II : weld…

Righty-o, I've had starter motor issues in the Camry for a little bit, am on my 2nd starter motor now and this one has decided it doesn't want to play either. Anyway, decided to take one of them apart and have a look: The first problem is when I turn the key, I hear the solonoid go "click", and the lights dim etc, which tells me that the starter motor is getting power. Except, it doesn't turn. Nothing happens, it just sits there. I can fix this by repeatedly clicking the key on and off, and eventually it'll catch on and start. Second problem is once the car is actually started. It won't disengage the starter motor! It's almost as if it gets stuck …

Hey Guys, Were doing an auto to manual conversion on the KE55, and I'm told the clutch needs to be torqued on to the engine to a certian pressure... can someone please tell me the torque setting?? Thanks, Matt

I have just about finished the 3k swap into my ke15 and am looking at the nect project. I purchased some late model celica gt wheels that are the 4x114.3 pattern and am trying to figure out what the easiest thing to do would be. Is there a different axle that I can swap in for the rear or should I just get rid of the celica wheels and go with the 4x110 pattern. The front seems to be an easy solution. What have you guys done on the rear?? Thanks in advance.

ok, thought i thhrow this one out there from across the ditch, does anyone know of a company that makes custom scissor-door kits? ive been trying to find some here and there are plenty of kits for wrx's and evos's etc but no-one does a custom kit to suit my sr. any ideas?

Hey everyone! Just letting you know about a great place to get 20V adapter and also Short shifters for the T50 box. Short shifter Thinking maybe we should try to get a group buy happening, save on some freight.

hey guys well my diff plug on my borg-warner (from ke55) must be cross-threaded coz it freespins when you try and undo it to top up the diff oil ... i guess my only option is the change the backing plate over to one where the diff plug isn't cross threaded ... is there any nacks with a corolla diff in changing this plate over? I just don't wanna start it and drain what oil is left in the diff, and find something out afterwards and not have the car on the road ... its dropped a bit of oil out of the diff, and i wanna top it up ASAP but can't ... grr Thanks for you help, dyzza