General Mechanical

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.

G'day guys. Been doing a bit of looking around lately at front suspension stuff. And usually when someone says about suspension for ke70's everyone says oh there's no shock options etc Well this may be an option. Turns out, AW11 mr2 rear shocks will fit in KE struts. Supposedly around 50-70mm shorter. Apparently 85-87 AW11 rear inserts only work though, As later than that they're too big. The thing is you can also buy these in aftermarket spec, in shorter stroke still and adjustability as well i'm pretty sure? There's no AGX option available but Koni and Tokiko apparently make them. I can't confirm this 100% but i'm looking into having a crack …

hey, i have a ke70 wagon that i put my old track cars running gear in. was all good had it running for ages then picked up a low km 4age chucked it in the other day and now it cranks but no spark and fuel pump is not priming. any help would be great! :)

Hey guys I've just out a 5k in my 26 that has had a little amount of work done to it at some point, put new carbies on there and got it running. Only problem is that cylinder 1 doesnt do anything! So far I've figured out that compression is good, I've got spark (at the plug), valve springs and push rods are fine and I have fuel as its on the plug when I pull it out. As I'm a novice mechanically what else could I be looking at? I'm assuming a valve problem?

Hey everyone, can anyone tell me what gearboxes these are. The first one is a 5 speed and I am pretty sure it is a k50 The second on is a 4 speed but nfi what model it is, and have not been able to find a picture of one similar to it anywhere. I have tried every possible search on google images and in these forums, but no luck. They are both from a 4k engine and have identical bell housing bolt patterns, the extension housing bolt pattern is a lot different however and appears not to be interchangeable.

Hey every one been looking on here for a new front suspension for my ke70xx and most easy one is the xt130 corona struts and so on is there any other toyota they have the same as the xt130 cause been looking for one every where and can't find one any help would be gold

Hello All, I am going to fix a 7k-e (1.8) engine and would like to know if anyone can help me with the angle I should mount it. I see in pictures that it is mounted at an angle and don't know why. So I greatly appreciate if you could help in letting me know the specific angle I should fix it at. cheers.

hey everyone i have just got a new ke70 the other day and it has a corona avante disk rear end diff in it, just wandering where i can get an lsd for this diff?

Hey guys and gals I have recently gotten my ke70 registered, and I have noticed when out on the highway it tends to 'hunt' a bit once the speed levels out. Any clues as to why it could be doing this?

Help!! I need ideas on what to do mechanically and external. So far I've got a bigger exsaust. Muchly appreciated. It's a white manual.

Hey guys i have a 5k for my ke20 and I'm just wondering what u guys think would be the best option for it. my mates running an import ke70 box in his 20 so i believe a k50 is probably my best bet cause its still cable and not hydraulic like a t50 but t50 seems to be a stronger box. i have a 5k flywheel and will run a HD clutch and.the motor will.be producing roughly 100kw so yea? any help.would.be great :)

Guys what do you do when you need to replace them? Can't find them anywhere!!!

Hey guys, I've been looking around through a few threads and can't quite seem to find the answer I'm Looking for. What I want to do is convert my points ignition to an electronic one, however, in preparation for a future engine build I'm looking at doing it with MSD gear. What I'm looking at are these; http://www.msdignition.com/Products/Coils/Stock_Replacement/8203_-_Blaster_2_Coil_w/Ballast___Hardware.aspx http://www.msdignition.com/Products/Ignitions/Daily_Driver/6425_-_Digital_6AL_Ignition_Control.aspx http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/toyota-3k-4k-5k-corolla-electronic-distributor-ke10-ke20-ke30-ke55-ke70-ke38-k-/111272845830 The car has a Bosch Distributor and changing…

Car is a 3k ke25 with toyoglide. Wondering how much power people have put thru them? Not looking for huge numbers, maybe 100 hp at engine. Standard bigport 4age sort of power.. Also is there any way to adapt a 4age to one?

First off id like to say i live in arkansas so no legality issues here. I'm wanting to know how to go about engine mounts? Does anyone have any sort of blueprint i could go off of to build my mounts? I can weld and stuff but on mounts i want a proven idea...no use in reinventing what's already here you know?

http://www.maltapark.com/item.aspx?ItemID=3538296 saw this in a local classified site. anyone recognize it pls? thanks

Hey all, just wondering if there are jack points on a ke10 and where should I put stands on the car if I am raising the rear to change the shocks. Cheers.

I'm very new at this mechanics stuff. Ive been playing around with my 4k and I've successfully serviced the auto transmission and changed the head gasket so far. I'm working my way through the tuning now. I've got the gregory's manual and the yellow toyota 4k manual. (which you can download here http://www.retrojdm.com/ScanView.asp?ScanID=29 ) The toyota yellow book is very clear, the gregory's not so good. I've found that they assume you know the basic stuff. Can anyone recommend a good generic workshop manual to teach me the basic stuff? thanks

I've got a set of Ae86 struts that have been converted into coilovers but I'm not happy with the quality. Essentially I want to replace the cut and welded stock tube with a new not-welded tube with a nice new gland nut thread cut in the top (threads damaged currently). The strut tube doesn't appear to be welded to spindle casting, so I was wondering if anyone had tried removing it with a bit of heat. I'd like to know before I go ripping the suspension out of my car preferably. Thanks

So, the Golden Girl is a dead stock KE70. Sometimes I jump in, it fires up, runs for 30seconds to a minute and dies. About as long as it takes to empty a carb bowl full of fuel. It won't restart. The fuel filter is empty, so is the pump. Solution is to put the filter inlet line into a jar of petrol, pour some down the carb and refil the carb, pump and filter. It makes a shopping trip into an anxious gamble.. It can be fine for a month or two, then do it. After running around town for a while I park it, lift the bonnet and see the fuel filer filling up more. Then bubbles come from the outlet end into the filter. The fuel filter is filling up because it is upsi…

alright so iv got a smallport 4age and it looks like its leaking a small amount of oil from the sump seal. maybe a drip or two every 12 hours if iv been driving. but its been going on long enough that the dipstick is showing very close to L while the cars still hot. My question is, Should i get the sump resealed and do an oil change then, or ignore the sump do and oil change and ignore the small leak?

Hi all, Been planning this upgrade for my 83 KE70 (4k-c) for some time I plan to replace the stock intake system, for twin weber carbies But Since I want a twin setup, I was unsure weather to go with 2x 40 DCOE (weber 151), or 2x 45 DCOE (weber 152G) Currently have Tighe 104 (270 deg) And Full custom exhaust (2 inch from extractors back, 2 inch resonator (14 inch length body) (sounds great) The car is my daily, so I want it to be liveable

Hey guys Just a question of a cosmetic nature. I have finally finished getting my daughters KE55 hardtop complete and on the road for her. Just in the nick of time as she got her license last week. My question is do genuine passenger side mirrors exist, were they an optional extra, and is there securing nuts welded to the inside of the door skin the same as the drivers side. For safety I would like her to have a second mirror but she wants to keep it looking as original as possible. Any info on the subject would be greatly appreciated.

Distributor Block Off Plate for 4KC? I'll be switching to mega squirt MSX3 soon and one of the reasons is to gain full control of the timing. In order to do this I have four 5v logic coil on plugs, a hall effect sensor, and 36-1 crank wheel. Obviously, the distributor is not needed with this setup. I know I need the bottom half because it is driven off the camshaft which turns the distributor that turns the oil pump. Is there a nice pre-fabricated cover to fit over the bare internals of the distributor while still allowing it to drive the oil pump? Regards, John

A big Hello to everyone I'm new on here and just purcahsed a old time favourite (what a privlidge) 1972 Toyota Crorolla Ke25 starting to restore it I'm probably going to go down the te27 bodystyle route, with a turbo engine of some sort any suggestions will be great preferably toyota turbo engine. Body will be fully stripped media blasted, welded cleaned up and rust proofed sealed.

Can any help me? I need to know what fuel pressure should I have on a AE92 4agze? Previous owner put aftermarket pump on the car and the fuel disappears from the tank real quick.

Front suspension almost sorted, just a few things more and a few mods to make and it'll bolt together... Mmm pretty :) Total cost of front suspension + brake setup so far: $2200 (geez it'd better work) Components: RT132 Corona struts shortened 40mm Custom adjustable height coilover setup King Springs 250lb 250mm 65mm ID prosport springs Boge bumpstops (these bloody things are ridiculously expensive - in retrospec should have just gotten some rubber bits to use as bumpstops) KMac adjustable strut tops AE92 Koni Sport adjustable shocks AE86 powersteering steering arms Mitsubishi Scorpion GE (or GH) lower control arms Custom lower control arm bushes…

Gahhhhh When my bundel of joy doesnt get driven for a wile, the breaks go sticky (thats my nick name 4 it) - basically they stick ( :) ), and u try and move the car - it aint go no where unless u rev the hell outa it then drop it into gear, which slowly releases their grip of death. - i have to do this a few times over untill the car will freely move without the need of tooo many rpms. I know this is bad for my car ... -> reving it, then droping it into gear, i REALLY hate doing it, but theres no other way i know of getting the car to move... Any idea how to fix / solve this problem? when the car was getting done for the road worthy - around x-mas time, the…

After a couple of mis-shifts while at skidpan, the change from third to second has become very difficult at any speed over 40 km/h. rev-matching or double clutching doeset help. Have I f@$ked a syncro or somthing or could it be something else?

hey all i got ke20 rolla n i wanna do an engine conversion...apart from replacing the stocka'z 1200 with a 1300....what else is reasonably easy to do n low budget? also how the hell do i get the tie rods off so i can get the struts out....iv belted it to death with a hammer but to no avail..the stupid thing is seized..any help appreciated...cheers lads n lassies

So, while I was over at peteys the other day I was f@$king around with this CT12 he's had sitting in his garage for months and it got me thinking... Now your probably thinking right now, "Oh no hes going to bolt it onto his 4AGE" right? But that would be the rational thing to do now wouldn't it? Have I ever been known to think rationally? I propose...... The 4A-CT. Yes, you heard right. Now i can source the main parts like the turbo, IC for cheap. (read nothing) but things like blow-throuh carby, manifold, water/oil lines, piping etc i'll have to shell out for. Now. What are people thoughts on this idea. I'm not chasing big power or anything. Just a mode…

Righty-o, this is the story: As you all know, I'll be changing my diff soon, and along with that I'll need to be modifying my tailshaft to accommodate the new diff. Am hoping to get it all done by the end of next week, so wheels need to start turning :) Anyway, at the moment I'm running a Celica TA22 T50 gearbox, which has the same output spline as the K40/K50 gearboxes so I'm using the stock tailshaft. When I change the diff, I'm going to be *hopefully - I need to find one first!* also changing gearboxes to the AE86 T50 gearbox which will hopefully solve my never ending gearbox woes... The AE86 T50 has a different output spline, so I will need the matching yok…

And yet again, from the very resourceful Malaysian people, comes... DIY blow off valve for NA cars This is soooo borderline jokes/funnies section...

OK got my rims today, but found out the studs fall short by A LONG WAY. Any who how do i go about replacing them? The wheels holes (for the studs) are also bigger is that going to be a problem? To me it looks like i bash the crap out of them until that pop out... But i don't want to brake anything... ive googles btw and some of the methods they use seem dodgy :thumbsup:

i want a blue neon for a boot light. how the hell do i wire an old tamper switch to the boot lid, and where do i wire it all up to? please tell me i don't have to rip the entire carpet out to trace the door pin wiring....??? do i? any ideas would be great

give me the shits.... Pulled up at the servo this morning on the way to work. Filled up with fuel, got an ice coffee (coffee is crucial to saturday morning work) and paid for the stuff. Get back to the car, turn the immobiliser off and attempt to start the car. She cranks but no hint of firing. I try again, pumping the throttle a few times thinking there might be a fuel problem. Still nothing. So I wiggle some wires and stuff around. can't get it going after 5 or 6 attempts at checking things like coil connections, plug leads, points gap, rotor, dizzy cap etc etc. So I push it out of the road, check fuses etc under the dash. Mind you by this time I was getting pr…

Yeah just quickly does anyone know where I could pick up a lumpier camshaft for my 4K-C? Considering I'm going to go to the effort of putting the 3K head on you know. Oh yeah, I've taken off the black plastic rear view mirror which was like in such shit condition and rattled when u closed the door or turned up the stereo, and put on the one off my unreg ke20. hah looks cool will get digicam soon to show. chrome to the shiznit, bling bling mafaka. lol took like 3 minutes...

I have a strange gearbox.. it doesn't fit any K, T or A engine.. it's a 4 speed gearbox.. with the clutch and starter at the same side.. the speedometrewire is on the *wrong* side.. the bellhousing and gearbox is 1 piece.. like the K40/K50 and a normal gearstick doesn't fit, completely different.. and I'm not sure, maybe it isn't a toyota gearbox?

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