General Mechanical

Anyone done one? how hard? what did u use? rough cost?

From running around trying to find out about all sorts of plastics etc, I discovered 3M Scotchply. This is how it's described: And among the many example uses are: automotive springs, trailer springs, and even helicopter rotor blades!!! I have heard, however, that it's not cheap stuff. But I thought it looked interesting!

Hi everyone my 84 rolla rear bumper is slighlty damaged and i was wondering can you fix it. If you can't how much would a replacement cost in good condition and can you put other toyota bumpers on the car.

now someone probably already knew this, but i had to check it for myself. the box i tried it on was a 22re out of hilux/corona st141-2, bolts stright up, so the bell housing you want for this conversion is from a late townace with a 7KC or E. thanks to mr beerhead for making me get my ass into gear.

Hey guys, my names joel i am reasonbly new to this group, i drive a stock KE70 no mods cept for the stereo and some dodgy electronic bullshit that kept me busy on the weekends(prior to working non stop for schoolies savings). I was recently friggin around with the interior light whilst trying to put my alarm in and managned to short it out. Now i have no clock or interior light. I hav checked the fuse box under the steering wheel and on the battery with no luck and i couldn't be stuffed lookin anywhere else as i don't have any time. does anyone know hwere to look for a fusablelink/fuse that would blow in the event of a short on this circuit. The wiring diagram…

Hey, just thought someone might be interested in RWD bigport 4AGE manifolds. I scored one from SSS automotive today for $100 + COD costs. I don't think they have many left, so be fast if you're interested

now i got a bit of a problem. now any body who has seen a boot to a ke35 will prob no that on each side of the boot it drops down along the side of the body then comes back up to the floor height (does that make any sence???) now when ever it rains i get about 2 inchs on water that manages to find its way into the boot down those sides... I thaught it was the rubber so i replaced it. rained last nite walked out to see how she was doing..... 2 INCHS AGAIN!!! Has any body every had this problem??? What can i do. I wanna carpet it soon but afraid if i do it will get wrecked because of this Please help Miller

hey all new here ive posted a few times here mainly looken for KE30 parts, umm bout a week ago i bought a bright-ish green KE30 corolla 77 model i think. mods so far stand at a modefied airbox..lol thats all. amm searchin for a few parts but thats in a different section of this forum. have a issue with the brakes, mainly front ones, i have to pretty much put foot to floor to stop and even then its slow to slow down. i have bleed the brakes and done it twice to make sure it was done well, after that it slows down a bit better, if i apply it hard the rear wheels lock up (on gravel driveway) but the fronts down!!... now shouldnt the front brakes have majority of…

this is some of the stuff i'm finding as i fiddle around with the (2) 7k's i got recently. the best thing, (i haven't seen anyone post about this yet). they have a fully counter balanced crank. TRD k cranks were romured to be fully counter balanced, but i've never seen one. the conrods are 7afe and with a pressed 20mm pin. the oil pump pick up is steel,(good uprite engines where you have to change the pick up) the combustion chamber has been opened up and the ports have a better shape. the sump is deeper, but not by much. i'll post more as i find it.

Hey all I have a 1980 KE55 5-speed stocker. My speedo is out. When i'm doing 60 it reads 70, when i'm doing 100 it says i'm doing 110. It seems to be perpetually 10kmh over. Why is this? How do i fix this? Will I pass a roadworthy with this?

hey guys I did a search trying to find standard compression rates for a 4k (in PSI) but had no luck ... i did a test on my 4k - 125 was about average, highest 127 lowest 121. Is this low? I noticed someone on here had a 5K with 10.1 compression and managed 225 average ... :P Cheers, Dyzza

ok i got autotecnica seats yesterday i was goin to put them till i realise my rails wont cross over(piece of s**t)and autotechnica don't make the rail that will work for my car.what have other people used, suggestions welcome.

Hey, I am almost finished puting a 5K in my KE70. I was just wondering how much oil the 5K hold as i only have the dipstick off the 4K. Are the dipsticks the same. Any help would be appreciated. I have searched the forum and can't find anything. Thanks, Mitch.

hey i juz wanna know if anyone knows how much it would cost to put Air Conditioning in a 93 Corolla and if it is worth it... cheers.

Ok i have a ke35 with a 3k in her i have just got extractors and I'm about to put a exzorst system on her i was thinking about a 2 inch but i have been told that for a corolla it isnt worth it (i was horified) so what do u think i should put on her. Then i was talking to my cousin and he said when he put his exzorst system on his carby wasnt taking enough air in, if so what sort of carby should i put on her. Thanks heaps Luke :)

hi, my motor suddenly developed a noise. It seems to be coming from the valve gear. it starts to rattle around 3500rpm. Could it be the valves need clearance checked? Any ideas?? last time it happened I topped up the oil and it went away but not this time. cheers, Jon

hey all i got my carby of my 2ltr cortina 2day and jst wondering what i need to put it on my ke55?? thanks

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Well...I'm looking at getting a tachometer to put in my 1991 Nova (rebadged corolla here in australia) and i was just wondering how do u wire them up....most of the time u just attach a wire to the -ive side of the ignition coil....but i can't see one in the engine bay...any help is greatly appreciated....

i am soon to venturing down the turbo 4k route, we have alredy got a turbo, a gt17, these are roller bearing aren't they?? anyway the main question is can i run fuel thru a roller bearing turbo, or will it need to be modified?? any help would be great.

i bought a celica a while ago with lowerd springs, and as much as i like how it looks, its just not great to drive, bump steers alot, and could probably be a bit stiffer. has anyone here made bump steer blocks for a ta22? if so, how hard is it, or even better can you buy them anywhere? i figure if i can't sort it out, ill go back to standard hight

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Hey all, one day powerplay is on tomorrow 23rd. I have entered the green rola, so if anyone is building something similar and would like to come for a spin for a bit of inpiration, or spin yarns, my name is matt. My car is sr20det with gt28rs on 21psi :jamie:

Hi all, I picked up a ram pod filter the other day and have been pondering how I'm going to squeeze it in to the engine bay. It's a fair sized piece of kit and I don't want it sucking in hot air from under the bonnet, was thinking I might have to run it up from the turbo and out the top of the bonnet and run a small scoop over the top for CAI. Only problem is it's a bit of a sleeper so any scoop would have to be a subtle/low profile design, tho most people would probably think I'm just a retard (read: ricer) with a scoop on a shit box rolla :cool: If the foam filter element is just proud of the bonnet basically inside the scoop is water (rain) going to be a problem…

Well, last night I ran out of fuel about 100metres away from a mates place, so I went to see him to see if he had any spare jerry cans of fuel laying around. Anyway, he gave me a little can and said that it was regular unleaded. Under the assumption that it was, I put about 3 litres of it into the tank which was all i needed to get to the servo. Unfortunatley I realised as soon as the car started that it wasnt just regular unleaded, so I said to him "You sure this is Unleaded?" to which he replied, "Oh wait, I think that is the 2stroke premix for the wipper-snipper...." :y: . I managed to get to the servo where I put about 10L of unleaded into the car, hoping that it woul…

Me and a friend recently bought a 4 door KE70. have been reading this forum and its fkn awesome, probably the most informative car forum on the net to date. :) well anyways down to buisness. The Car is in pretty good condition, and today we decided to give it a service. changed battery, most fluids, filters, battery and so on.. white smoke has been emitting from where the sparkplugs go in, like enough to make concern. we suspect that its either: -worn sparkplugs -head gasket about to depart -engine running too lean (checked carby and its set ok) -or that the engine is simply getting old, and a possibility of oil mixing with petrol and burning off whitish smok…

ay... i wanna paint my stockies BLACK on my ke30 is there a type of paint can i need to buy?? do i need to prime the wheel before painting.. i have no clue pls help... cheers cam

Hey guys , i just had a silvertop engine installed in my ae92 and was wondering if you guys could help me out. when the car is warmed up and after driving it hard for a short period it starts to have a constant ticking noise which speeds up and slows down with the revs, should i be worried? and if so what can i do? Any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks

Hey all Was working on my ae86 the other day and put the keys down.. now i can't find them anymore and i only had one key! garghhh Does anyone know if any of the ignition barrels/locks are swappable from other toyotas/cars? i have never seen a ae86 at a wreckers.. so i'm wondering if i can take it out of anythign else?! Thanks!

Just before we start, know that I know ZERO about carbies....Now my new 5K in my wagon came with a weber off an XF, I assume it's off an XF as it has "XF" written on the automatic choke on the back. Anyways, it was running perfectly, and then the car refused to idle...I checked the manifold...bolts were loose, so tightened them, and it helped but didn't fix it completely, so I replaced the manifold gasket, and it still wouldn't idle...so we moved onto the carby... This is what I have tried...swapping 2 and 3 plug leads to make it backfire out the carby, seems to help a small amount but could be my imagination. Tried revving engine up and covering carby to attempt…

Hi there folks, Took possesion of my new set of twin sidedraft Dellortos yestersday and I'm pretty excited about bolting them up to my project motor. I just need to go shopping for some extractors now, and I wanted to clarify some issues (I've been digging but its still a tad vague): 1) Extractors and Twin Sidedraft manifold clashes: Apparently the manifolds clash and will require machining off the 3cyl runner? Is this common to all extractor brands or just certain ones? Does anyone have any pics they could circle bits etc so I can get a better idea? 2) KE1x Extractors different from other cars: From what I can tell, KE1x extractors are different from later …

Hi, Well after not having enough cash to go out on the town tonight and being tired I decided to experiment at home :fuzz: I made this: I decided to get some acid and clean some alloy rolla parts. After this I got more acid and anodized them at home :bash: The one on the left is made darker on purpose the one on the right is 100% all over anodized but I made that one a light pink so it was more of a tint than anything. I just think they look awesome and was just letting everyone know if they want they can be successfully anodized at home on the cheap. You can also do all other parts of the motor that are alloy. Fuel pump, spark plug tubes, cooling compo…

i've just picked myself up 2 gearboxes kinda cheap. one is a t50 from a TA22 (i believe) and the other is from a corolla (apparantly) here's the photo's of them that should help ID them The bottom one here is the t50 The left one here is the T50 i am very unconvinced that the unknown one is from a corolla, as the centre shaft is quite larger than the one on my k40 and the t50, as well as the clutch fork being on the opposite side of the bellhousing. all help is appreciated. dF

Hi guys, I was at just wrecking Toyota's at Wingfield in Adelaide today and just asked the question about 7K motors. They said they are readily available complete with wiring loom etc for $750. Correct me if I'm wrong but that seems quite reasonable? Anyway I'm just putting it out there for everyone - hope this is helpful to someone. Question regarding KE70 tacho dash... I found 2 nice low kilometre ones with digital clocks in auto KE70's at U-Pull-It in Elizabeth (they have a dozen KE70's and AE71's). Will a tacho dash with digital clock from an auto KE70 go straight into my manual KE70 with it's big ugly clock? Are the tacho wires (and power fo…

got a few questions 1. my car is pouring out more smoke than a smoke machine (got dob in to the cops by some random) whats causing this is it burning oil? 2. my car has a random tenecy to not start when it starts if u try to accelerate it will stall u keep having to start the car and accelarte until it doesnt stall checked all the sensors there in good working order 3. a shit load of oil is pissing from my gearbox (the little gap wear the gearbox connects to the motor) what need to be done to fix it Gasket? No flamage just answers thanks in advance oh btw its a 4age bigport

Hi, bought myself a 5k gear reduction starter today and was wondering what goes in this hole or what it is for.

Hi, Well doing up my KE15 cooling system and I want to do it properly so I can make a WIKI article on it. So one part I want to do is cleaning the thermostat. Now these are all tested and work. But are covered in crap :wink: What is the best way to quickly clean them? can I grit blast them safely? Pic below of the mess they are. Cheers Cameron

hi all, does anyone knoe about cutting vents in bonnets, to make custom airscoops, i have an idea of how to do it, but if someone could give me and idea of what tools to use ?? (i have an angle grinder with a cutting dsc) or anything i should be careful of, it would be much appreciated. thanks again Jono

gday i was recently out driving and i was in fourth gear as i slowed down and went back to third everything was fine but when i was coming to stop and i went back to second my car stalled it constantly does this now. does any have any ideas that could help me fix this problem cheers nathan

It appears that there is f@$k all decent 'sporty' shocks available for the KE70 struts. With most companies offering OEM replacements or nothing. So for those that haven't changed over to sprinter/corona/T18 struts. What shocks have you put in the front of your KE70? So far I've only found these companies to supply shocks to suit: Gabriel Monroe ACDelco Pedders Currently thinking either of the first three and f@$k pedders off.