General Mechanical

Hey. Is there anyway you can stop petrol splashing out of the feul tank. The KE70s don't have a valve to prevent splashback around the feul tank thing. I just did a bit of work removing the rust and getting it looking nice and was wondering if there was a way to stop it from happening again. Eg installing the valve. Thanks.

Probably the wrong site for this, but anyway..... its in a rolla. Recently my car developed a miss in the top end, about 6500-7000rpm. The motor is a sr20de (non turbo)with a gt28rs mounted on it, and 11 pound of boost. These motors run 9.5:1 compression. Any way, the problem persisted, and slowly started to do it further down in the revvs. Meanwhile I'm still revving it to 7000rpm, and attempting to ignore the problem. :y: :y: Anyways,i went and saw my tuner yesterday, and apparently the motor was getting as lean as 16s on the gas anyliser (excessively lean!), so lean that it was missing in the top end, which to me combined with 9.5 comp, 7000rpm, and less than t…

Hey guys havent been on here in a while, have been busy working on my rota :) But have got the bug back to work on the KE10 and was wondering what break booster i could use on my Ke10 it runs a 4k but the breaks are shit evan though i have had them serviced. Any ideas guys Thanks in advanced BJ.

Hi there, Looking at getting into some cheap motors to learn off. Firstly, Ive tried searching, but I can't find out much about the differences between the 4AC and 4AF blocks. From what Ive read, it is possible to bolt on the 4AGE head onto a 4AC block, but what about a 4AF. The reason for asking is that my workshop manual (Toyota 4AF 4AGE Repair Manual) only covers the 4AF model. Are the blocks the same? I would hate to torque up the bolts to the wrong specifications etc etc. Secondly, are the mounts similar/the same as the 4AGE mounts? Mates have a broken Corolla with a dead 4AGE, can I drop the 4AC/4AF and test it out? (Ignoring road rules for the moment) …

as the topic says, i got told you can jsut 'shorten the diff tube' but I'm not sure whats meant by that. or do i have to go about cutting down axles and things as i assumed you would. can anyone break it down for me please? thank you.

any bright ideas? The front oil seal is spewing oil at an alarming rate and needs to be replaced. Standing between me and DIY progress is the crankshaft timing pulley - which I can not pursuade to seperate from the crank. hellllp!! Slapper

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where do you get it? how much does it cost? is it a good finish? does it crack? thinking my new paint isnt going to match the black interior i have in my 20 and i wanna do other things before i start forking out for interiors? any other helpful products to use instead maybe?

THiught you might like a look at my sons mazda, burnout in 4th @ 9000rpm @ 200kpm 1.6 60ft 109 mph half track 133mph 400m, not bad on street tyres daily driver

Hi, I have a 3K bigport head sitting on my desk at home that I want to give a rebuild so new guides,acid clean,skim, polish, port etc. But I was curious what is the best way to remove valve guids from a head? What temp should I heat it up to if I need to heat it up and do corolla ones get pushed down out of the head or up out of the head towards where the rockers would be? Cheers Cameron

Hi, Now in my HUGE collection of starter motors I have this one below on the right: Now these are both BOSCH early model starter motors. But notice the front section on the right one is longer more casting ribs and different solenoid housing casting. Is the one on the right a reduction drive starter motor? Does anyone have a picture of a reduction gear starter motor? Also the one on the right is a fair amount heavier. Cheers Cameron

I was reading a for sale ad on AE86DC, what caught my eye was that somebody said the RWD 4AC pump and rear housing were the same as the RWD 4AGE variety. Since I happen to have both I compared the 2 and yes they are almost exactly the same, the main difference I can see is that the bit which the cam cover seal is supposed to sit on is different between the 2. Obviously this means you can basically get a RWD water pump setup for your 4AGE of your old 4AC. The biggest snag I can see is the FWD top water outlet wont match up to the RWD water pump housing :no2: . Now I'm not sure if anybody has tried this before but I had an idea to fix the problem. I've taken a few pics on …

How much for a good 12A to go in a 1200 coupe...

hey guys, recently i have been having this rather nut case idea of stuffing the M42 engine out of my BMW that i am wrecking into my ke11.. now i think it is a wierd combination and didnt think it would fit but took to it with a measuring tape the other week and all seemed like it would fit in.. now the engine itself is a 1.8ltr Dohc 16V bmw engine which would give the old 11 a bit of poke to it and from intial enquiries it would be a legal conversion.. now i generally am not one to go for different engine outside the toyota family but this engine has some decent power and is just sitting there at my place and it powered my 1300 odd Kg Bmw quite well and I'm su…

Hi Guys, just wanted to get your input on a problem that i have. I have a 91 GTi corrolla, with 17" vault rims and recently i had to change the 2 front tyres. Ever since the new tyres were fitted, i noticed that everytime i go over a speed hump or pot hot, even small ones, the tyres actually scrap against the inside of the guards which is annoying. It happened even before i got the new tyres but more frequent with these new tyres. I bought the car last year second hand and I'm pretty certain that it has been lowered, don't know if it was properly lowered or the springs were cut. Therefore i just wanted to get your opinion on the possible causes and solutions. …

Have a look at these pictures - I was just reading THIS THREAD and there was some dispute over whether or not to replace flywheel bolts. Personally, I've always been a fan of replacing, and the one time I didn't, the damn flywheel fell off. Today I had to get some longer flywheel bolts, so I whacked a thread gauge on the old one to check the pitch. While not paying much attention to what I was doing, I couldn't seem to get a thread to match. On closer inspection I found..... Here's another picture, it actually sticks out like dogs balls! In the second photo, you can see the necking of the bolt, where elongation has made the bolt thinner. The reason …

People, I'm reassembling my KE70 5 Speed and I'm at the stage of putting the Reverse and Fifth back in. can someone direct me to detailed diagram on how to do this as the workshop manual sux!

alright here's my problem i have an aftermarked steering wheel on my car now but as of last night its been makin an unusual clicking noise when i turn it slightly to the right it sounds like its comin from the indicators any ideas? its quite frustrating

hay guys and gurls how hard is it to put an A series bellhousing on a K series 5 speed box?? and were can i get it done in qld

Hi all, I have bought a secondhand 5k motor today out of a Liteace van, and I noticed that on one side of the sump there is a solenoid with a wire coming off it, also along the manifold side of the head are some small pipes that screw into the cyl head. :S So if anyone has an answer about what these two things are used for, then that would be awesome. :y: :bash: as my other 5k in my ke20 doesn't have this stuff. Is this 5k I picked up today a later or an import motor????? :yes: Cheers, Mark. 8| :y:

hey guys, how much paint in litres do u rekon i will need to paint: 1 door, 2 rear guards(jst the flared bit), and a few areas on the rear that i have bog and undercoated?? prob all up total ammount would b 2 doors if that I'm guessing about 1/2 a litre but I'm jst askin, and it a ke70 slant cheers jaryd

Ok well I'm going to need a new clutch for my jdm 16v 4age. It has a Toda racing 3.9kg flywheel. Gonna be used for beginners track days/Drift/Gymkhana also will be my daily. Just wondering: A.) Do i just get an australian spec ae86 Exedy clutch? or do i need to special order one, or do i need it off an ae92 etc. In the FAQ it states that there are 2 types of clutches so I'm guessing I can just get the ae86/ae71 4ac version yea? B.) What are peoples opinions on these clutches? There are a few types I can get which would suit my needs the most? Heavy Duty Kit Heavy Duty Button Kit Heavy Duty Cushion Button Kit There are 2 versions of this…

hey all looking at buying a ke70 or ae71 and daily driving it stock for a while but then looking at 3SGE conversion. or is it better to just go with 4AGE? what is involved in the conversion from 4K to 3SGE? mounts/crossmembers etc thanks

i put my 4k bp head on my 70 the other day put a new head gasket on and stuff read th wrong tourke specs done it up too tight snapd a head bolt went to start it and its got no compression. so i took the head off again? any help?>

i want a bullbar for my corolla does any type of toyota bullbar fit on my car or do i have to get one made up?

Hi I'm looking at a Weber Downdraft 38/38 for a 4K Corolla Engine... How will it run on that? Thanks for the info and help guys. this forum and the people on it have been excellent...

ok once again i have a problem its probably simple but ive tryed to get it to work it wont acouple of days back i fitted twin delorto dhla 40s the car has started and ran a handful of times but now it doesnt want to start right it wants to go wer wer wer but not enough to turn it over =S its also hard to start because it takes abit with the carbies on it sometimes it come close but when i go to try it again it has no poke =S so if someone can help that would be great thanks mitch

hey i was wondering if there were any good places to buy second hand rims tyres etc in adelaide I'm looking for globes or ssr mesh rims or even jelly beans help me out cheers :( :hmm:

Small End Pin Size - Big End Tunnel Size - Centre to Centre - does anyone know the sizes of these for the 4k engine?

ok so ive got a ke70 I'm wanting to build with an sr20 .. my question is will an s13/180sx rear end fit into my rolla to replace standard diff .. if not how hard would it be to get it in .. i would look myself but i only have pic of diff and my rolla is currently un-movable

hey guys where abouts does your temp guage sit at when you drive? is it abnormal for it to sit about half way on the temp gauge? cheers matt

hey just wondering ive seen two different style taillights for the XX70's in pictures and on ebay just wondering if one or the other would fit examples of the two selling on ebay 1. which is the one you see on the everyday ae/ke's http://cgi.ebay.com.au/TOYOTA-COROLLA-KE70...018#ht_500wt_95 and then theres this one 2. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/TOYOTA-COROLLA-KE70...b#ht_1034wt_939 Cos i want to change taillights over from example 1 to example 2. If anyone has any info on this it will be much appreciated Cheers

hey all i have a ke70 and all of a sudden there is a loud thumping/tapping noise coming from what seems to be the back left hand side but i can't find anything wrong with anything? any ideas as to what this could be? thanks sam.

After seeing many unknown camshaft profiles for sale lately I have been pondering on how to actually measure the camshaft. So I decided to try to make up a contraption and see how I go. After finding bits and pieces around the workshop I slaped them together to make this: So I gave it a quick measure and came up with these interesting specs: Exhaust Spec Camshaft duration at .005" lift =220 degrees Total Lobe lift = .224" That duration just did not look right what so ever so I checked and double checked. Went on the net to see if I could find anything out and I came accross an article that stated that alot of companies over exagerate thier…

I was looking at info on pedders and found this thought it maybe of interests It was posted in 03 on toymods so things may have changed, I'm looking at getting shocks soon and found it interesting. Now I don't know what to believe. The big top secret Pedders does not want anybody to know is that their shock absorbers are made by Monroe. As we all know Monroe Shocks are way cheaper than Pedders brand shocks and are the same thing with red paint on them instead of Monroe blue!! Their front end parts are all made in Taiwan, in the cheapest factory Ron could find, re-boxed and re-badged with the Pedders logo on it and sold for top dollar their polyurethane bushes ar…

Hello, I have just fitted a 2nd hand Weber 32/36 dgav to my 4ac. I have a few troubles i'd like to pick peoples brains on!! The carb: "meant" to be freshly removed from a 4ac, so should be jetted correctly.... The problem is it idles at about 2000 rpm, idle screw turned off (not touching the throttle lever) idle mixture screw set at 2 turns out, ive tryed a 1 and 1/2 and less doesnt seem to make any differnce. I have checked for vacuum leaks with carb cleaner - no difference, saturated the carb and inlet manifold etc.. It also wont go to what - it just bogs down and then stalls.. I have adjusted the fast idle so it doesnt interact with carb, ( it was idling ev…

My heap of junk suzuki appears to be losing spark to ground inside the distributor cap intermittantly. I think it has been doing this for some time, you drive it, and every so often it misses a beat, or has a "hiccup". It deteriorated badly on the weekend, and the problem was traced to an open circuit high tension lead. The high tension leads are less than 2 years and 20,000km old! Anyway, the rest of the leads appear ok with a resistance of 1.5k ohms to 3.0k ohms, and I have now replaced the lead with a bright red new one.... when the lead died, the spark for that cylinder was jumping to ground on the distributor body. I have replaced the distributor cap (twice now) …

I have a bit of a dilema. I'm currently running a weber'd up 4AC KE70 on my P's. It's a good little car, around 90hp, plenty to play with. Despite of this, I will be upgrading to a 4AG when i'm off my P's and onto open in a bid for a bit more power. The question lies in whether I should go for Carbs or Injectors? The two options I am tossing up is a directly transplanting a small port into the car (the usual 4AGE conversion), or to go with the 16v head (and block) with twin 40mm solex's/weber's/dellorto's. I know the biggest concern with the carbs will be the fuel consumption, but that is something that does not conern me greatly. Plus, I have a bit of a soft spot for …

Hey guys just wanted to test some brains out on here, ive been doing up a 4k motor and what ive done too it is as follows, Head shaved ported and polished, race cam thige 401, heavy duty springs, block decked and alligned and crank ballanced, flywheel lightened too 6 kg twin 42mm webers high flow extractors etc etc, now here is the question after spending so much time putting it back together, ran for bout 2 mins and stopped with a really bad graunching and died right then and there, will be pulling it apart tomorrow to find out what the cause is just wanted to see if someone out there could guess and see if someone gets it right ill let yas know tomorrow night so good lu…

Hey just a ponder I have a Nissan E15ET engine with 20 thow oversize forged pistons stage 3 cam japanese inlet manifold cooler and microtech MT4 ecu from a FWD Nissan pulsar ET turbo Wondering if any one has put it into a KE70 corolla? and if so how hard is it and where can i find a transfer plate for the gearbox is probly my biggest worry