General Mechanical

Hi, I have a 5K, 97% sure that its high compression as it ping with 91 fuel (lol) it has extractors and a 1n 3/4 inch exhaust and i plan on getting some decent carby or carbies on it.. Now my question is, what specs should I have the cam to if I want it to be 'mild' Mild meaning a bit lumpy and nothing crazy RPM haha .. also keeping the hydro? cheers

hey guys, i was just wondering if anyone has any sort of trade secrects or anything to help me out here. i have my ke70 with a (as far as i know) stock 4k in it. nothin spesh. all i have done is change the oil filter/oil, and the tappet gasket. is there anything i can do to make it run better? even a little faster... as i will only be on my ps and can't just swap it over haha

Hey guys Not too sure if anyone has had this problem before. When I go for a drive only somtimes will I go to start the car, when I only get a clicking noise from the engine bay, so when I turn the ignition on and off pretty quick and I'm hearing click, click, click then the corolla will start. I have changed the starter motor and replaced the points and spark plugs? Any other suggestions? Help would be great I was thinking it could be a solinoid in the distributed ? But yeh

Just wondering if anyone has been this before and has any information on it. Looks all custom. Wondering what it would have gone into. Looks like alot of money spent! Not even sure where those quads came from!

sorry guys i know it's not a corolla but it's still a toyota haha! the car is a 2.4 EFI corona, just wondering about idea's for custom home-made intakes some of you blokes have done or seen. Looking at building one my self as i find doing crafty stuff like that fun. i'm basically asking about what's been used, what size piping, how it was routed, gain or loss of power etc (yeah i know it's an intake and i won't gain 100 hp but it's just a little extra). if i go too big of an intake will i need to retune my motor to put more fuel in to cope with the extra air coming in? sorry about all the questions google just hates me! i've included 2 photo's to show my current sto…

I've done some research on the internet but would just like some clarification. My car has 310,000 km's i've read that the thicker the oil the better it is to make up for "play" in worn parts in the motor. I've read of people 10w30 but i've also rad about full synthetic 5w30 being better, what would you blokes recomend?

Hey all. Going to replace the locks on my Ke10 with solex's. Easy part. Now the bit in unsure of is I have a 1967 drivers door and a 1969 passenger door. The locks and mechanisms are listed as 67 ke10 68 ke10 69 ke10 If I buy a set to suit 1969 ke10 I'm unsure as to if it will work will the 67 door and linkages? Any ideas?

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!

Hi just wondering if anyone has brought any of the guards from ROTARY products and what they are like ??? any info would be greatly appreciated thank you. Cheers:- Stuart.

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?

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…

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.

Hey guys recently done quad carb conversion to twin solex's.. wondering where i can run the Vacuum advance to now. help would be awesome!

hey guys, I've got a stock 4k-c and I'm wanting to put a single side draught webber onto it. Just wanting some suggestions on what size to use with a possible cam/exhaust upgrade down the track, or will I need to do extractors with the webber? thanks

Hey guys i just changed my clutch in my ke70 and now the thing wont start, it cranks and keeps cranking but nothing at all, its getting fuel to the carby i can see that, there is oil in the spark plug well number 3 but i took the first spark plug out and tried to see if it was sparking but didnt seam to be, any ideas what this could be, and why is there oil in the spark plug wells

I was going to add this to the wiki but ERMA-GERD I got a head ache trying to get it down so maybe another L3370 8URR170 could get it down there. I've been misled for some time due to lack info in regards to coils so would like to pass some information on. The majority of stock 3k/4k units are either Bosch or Nippon-Denso oil filled coils designed for use with a ballast resistor. The ballast resistor is in place to limit the ignition voltage flowing through the coil prolonging the life of the breaker points and leads for that standard and original application, effectively culling 12 volts down to 9 volts. Without going into great detail this is how a replaceme…

Hi! For 2 years ago I installed a ta62 brake booster and master cylinder into my ke35. Huge difference! Now I have also installed front calipers from the same ta62 into my ke35. Tried bleeding it about ten times but everytime I started the engine the pedal sank to the floor. I tried yesterday reinstall the old ke35 stock calipers and that made it a alot better! So what's wrong? Are the ta62's calipers harder to evacuate the air from or do they fail remaining pressure somehow?at least I can't see any leaks from them...

Hey guys just recently brought my 1987 Ka67 AUTOMATIC Toyota Carina for a steal. Its running a 5k 3 speed automatic box and was curious to see if a k50 manual would bolt up to it? If so, what pedal box can i use to operate the clutch which was never there? I know its not a corolla, but i thought I'd give it a shot, sick of the crummy auto box already! Cheers!

Hi, I have A 79 ke55 which has has an overheating problem. I have replaced the thermostat which does open, new waterpump and new radiator and hoses all around. The heater core has been bypassed and I have run a flush through te engine. After replacing the coolant I find i still have an over heating problem. Is there anything else I'm missing? Any help would be great. Thanks guys

yeh can king spring handle going sideways in a t18 ??? :hmm:

hey all, I'm currently running a compression ratio of 10:7 and we have been told we can run higher by our Dyno bloke?? How high would we be able to go? Thankss

Hay all, Recently I started getting a high pitch squeeling noise from the waterpump pulley, whenever I spin it manually it has a noise. So I was wondering is there any way to just replace a bearing or do I have to replace the whole pump, if I can just replace a bearing how much work is it, its a smallport 4age. thanks for the help

Hi all, Straight cut or dog gears whatever you want to call them, in a T50, has anyone ever heard of such a kit for the T50, I have had a bit of a look over the net and dragged up f*@$k all so my next step was here, I thought if anyone has done it or found anything like this it would be here. I’m interested in seeing if it has be done and if its worth it or if it’s just as easy to run a W5X of some kind, or has anyone had any kind of gear work done to the T50 to strengthen it? Let me know I’m very interested in finding out what you all have done as I think the T50 is a fantastic little gearbox with allot of potential and allot of people under rate it over the big…

Hey all, I have been doing a bit of research on E85, I’m sure all of you know what E85 is if not here you go , I’m very interested in finding out some feedback if anyone has had it running in their car, more so the 16v and 20v people and the turbo/supercharged peeps, I’m not expecting too many replies as there is allot of work involved to get it running in your car because of its corrosive nature. Now with E85 becoming more readily available on the pump has anyone noticed it at the bowser yet?

So I've got a blown head gasket. I've heard there are some additives which can repair a blown head gasket without taking off the head. Anyone used or can recommend any of these additives? I'de rather try a cheap fix before spending big money on repairing it.

So fitting my stainless lines on my AE86. How do you secure the brake line to the strut retainer plate? It is different to the factory style. I'm sure I am missing something obvious. Shot at 2011-02-06 And don't say cableties...... You can see the standard style retainer plate here Shot at 2011-02-06

hello all, hope this is the right place to post, i ahve a ke70 and i was just wondering at how to go about taking off the chrome strips along the tops of doors and the one at the back which has little like cylinder allen key hole :S? and about taking front and rear windows out any tips and advice and as soon as i get a camera ill be sure to start a thread. !

I like to introduce myself.My name is Warren and the handle name is sprucedup. I was given a 1987 Toyota corolla sedan with AE82 engine. With a larger bore from 1.6 litre and now runs maybe as a 2.6 litre. I have a Weber DGV32/36 a number of issues have arisen. Had professionals tune it but it was waste of money. Now I don't know how to explain this but I will do the best I can. On top where the choke holes are,I don't know the name of them, they replaced these jets from 145 to 170 Primary and the secondary 140 to 180 now the ones in the bowl,whatever you call them to, 127 to 135 Primary and 132 to 135 Secondary.The power and running isn't right especially if you going u…

hey guys well i bought a 5k head tonight, I'm fairly new to cars so i don't know everything, and i saw something i havent seen before and I'm not sure if it is repairable. below is a picture of the head i bought and one of, one cylinder in particular which is the one in question, as said above i want to know what happened to it, how its caused and if its repairable. cheers for any help guys. thanks tom :D

just had abit of a read in the FAQ/wiki section but didnt help me to much so i was just wondering in the old hiaces with the 3y engine, do the gearboxs bolt up to the k or a blocks if so is it worth it as i am guessing they'd be geared different beening a van thanks, corey

Ok, ive done alot of tie-rods and ball joints in my time, and wether its the first one, or the last one i do,i always get a stubborn one, i wanna hear your options or opinions on how you go getting that one annoying taper free i've used tie-rod/ball joint fork separators, the fork setup with the wind in thread, hammer on one end of tierod/ball joint - wind the nut out until i hit the nut instead of the thread, drive a chisel or wedge between the taper and the fixed part its stuck on weight or long bar putting weight or strain on the arm to give it something to help loosen it heat on the area to free it yet I'm still getting times where I'm stuck. Ive broken…

G,day all,can any one tell me if they no of any one lifting a 89-90 SR5 4WD Corolla . I would like to lift it 2 inches or more like they do with the subarus, can this be done ? & what would the wheel stud pattern be 4x100 ? . Cheers Dave

Ok so dad drove the ke70 to work on monday. As soon as he got it home it stalled itself when idleing. After starting it back up again it idled for a few seconds, then the revs dropped and it almost stalled but then they rise to the normal idle again and it keeps suddenly dropping revs untill it finally stalls itself. I thought there must be some dirt or grit in the idle jet. It was fine in the higher revs and there were no problems when you drive it but as soon as you stop at traffic lights your constantly revving it so it wont stall. I took the carb off yesterday, cleaned it inside and out and cleaned the primary and secondary idle jet. I also took the top off …

Hey guys, I just fitted a fixed back seat into my car and now I find the wheel is all up in my face, not just that but I can't reach the indicator stalk with a standard boss kit. Wondering if anyone knows where I can find the shortest possible boss kit to fit a ke70 or if anyone else has had this problem and how they dealt with it? I was thinking if I can't find one short enough, might just cut a section out of my current boss kit and weld it back together... anyone done this before?

Hey guys. So i want to change headlights for the up and coming ke10 and don't want to use sealed beams for obvious reasons. Now i've had a failry decent search for new ones and all i can seem to find are stupid frosted and diamond headlights which are fully crap. Wondering if anyones found anything that looks like the original lights (lines in the lenses etc) either new or out of another car.. Any help will merit you one free internet

guys, I'd love some advice before i buy the wrong HD clutch kit. i have read all the guides i can on here, and they all seem to say that a 5k clutch is 200mm in diameter, and 4k is 180mm. now, i measured up mine and its 180 mm diameter, and its def. a 5k engine. so, i assume previous owner/s has put 3,4k clutch on it, and i get the 200 mm clutch kit regardless? or do i order the 180mm? any help appreciated

Howsit. Wondering if anyone has done a cable clutch conversion on a t50? Or should i do a hydro conversion. Would like to see what the pro's and con's are as i would rather have cable clutch (save time and money).

Just wondering if anyone would be able to tell me what a set of extractors for a 4K are worth? cheers

I've been told i need togo through the Pits at Vicroads to get rego on my corona as i bought it unregistered. Just wondering if anyone who's been through this before could give me some hints at what they may look at just to help my chances of getting through. Passed RWC less than 2 weeks ago and already fixed all the rust (properly not just bog)

ok. So i drove my car for the first time today. and i gotta say, its super slow! Is this normal? 4K engine 3spd box ( i think its coz its a auto 3spd) I floored it and literally went no where! the speed didnt cross 50km/h Will a 5spd improve speed? Seriously thinking of a 4AGE conversion now :/