General Mechanical

hey I'm going be doing a Hilux rear end conversion into my corolla, I'm looking at getting an 8" lsd rear end from an early model hilux, but its a 5 stud axle, is it possible to convert this to 4 stud ?, il be shortening the diff housing to fit it into my car, so would i be best just to get some custom axles made up or is there some out there which are strong that i can use which will be able to handle 400hp ? cheers David

Hi ya. We have a hilux surf 1988, turbo. We travel with the air-con on and go up a hill and we loose power and temp gauge goes into the red, only does this when air-con is on. Temp goes back down when you go along the flat. Only started doing this 1yr ago. We have had the following done: radiator, hoses,thermostat,temp sensor,pressure test-hot and cold,added an extra fan on the front. Have had it to 2 diesel blokes without success. Use to get 400 to 450 ks now only get 350 ks. think thats about it. thanks debbie

well as ive said b4 ke25 4k, and the fan belt is starting to become a tad loose although i can't c where it is done.. is the altinator used to tightenthe belts? and how! thanks.. lee the trainee mech at a holdens dealer (dealers don't teach old car stuff)

hey guys, i've come across a 92-93 holden nova sedan for a good price which i am going to pick up later this week. it has a few issues (as it should for the price), which will need to be fixed for RWC. the first thing is the drivers door, which has been rooted after a ute backed into it. i am assuming that the doors should be the same from ae90/92 4door corollas... will they fit? also the 4afe in it is supposedly seized or something. no idea really until i get it home and start fiddling. even if it needs a new engine, i imagine i can pick up a 4afe for not to much $$. the car will never be intended as a ground shaker or anything, just something reliable, comfy an…

Have had this theory for a while now.... Most rev-limiters work by cutting power to the coil temporarly. A convention change over relay can be used to 2 main ways: To power something when triggered, or to cut power to something when triggered. This is as simple as wiring the item to be powered to pin 87a rather than 87. So......by doing this you can easily cut the power from your coil when triggered. Next bit is the trigger!!! Many tacho's are avaiable with shift lights, and these can come on at basically any desired RPM. By patching into the wires for the shift light, you can get a your relay trigger at any RPM! This is easy with any conventional 12v bulb, b…

Don't know if this is going to be relevant here so I will post it and you can all let me know. On the weekend I rejetted my carbs on my motorbike and they needed to be sync'ed afterwards. Thanks to the magic of the internet I was able to find a site that told me how to make a homemade manometer (to my surprise it doesn't measure manliness) that measures the vacuum between each carb. Was a bit fiddly but once you got the hang of it really easy. Also saved buying a carb sync tool. All up cost $5 to rig the thing up. Anyway I thought i would post up the link used in case anyone here running twin carbs on their cars would need to do the same thing. http://faq.ninja25…

Hi guys could you tell me where pipes 1,2 and 3 go as well as what are the three senders for ? it is a 4K engine

hey guys just wondering infomation on " The Hotdog Muffler " Has anyone put one on a worked 4k? I'm just wondering where to position it? ( near extractors or at the end ) how loud would it be with it and straight through 2" exhaust. and any other infomation for weather i should or shouldnt get one all info is apreciated and thankyou.

i've heard that spot welding at certain points in the chassis helps stiffen the car. does anyone have info on the proper procedure for this? i tried searching the net but can't find any. btw, i'm putting together a 74 te27 corolla so the original body is really old. that's why i'm looking for ways to stiffen the chassis. without resorting to the installation of a roll cage. thanks

Hey there, I'm wondering how big of an ordeal would it be to put a 1jz-ge into a 1983, manual Ke70? How much money would I be looking at roughly to do this? And is it worth it in the end? My apologies if this is a dumb question, pretty new to this.

Hi, I'm Clyde, 20, from the Philippines. First of all, I don't have a KE70, but I do have a 9thgen Corolla with a 1ZZ-FE and had a 4A-FE AE92 DX. I'm here to ask on how to build the 7K engine from my Tamaraw FX/Kijang, it has a 7K-C much like the pre-'99 Lite-Ace from Australia and the KE70s you guys install it in. I'm decided to get the engine built-up by the end of November if I get the right parts... My plans are to PnP the head, new valve stems and springs, maybe change compression to 9.5:1, replace the cam to a better one, adjustable sprockets, upgrade the ignition to an MSD Coil, a better mapped and more stable distributor and high-tension wires, 4-2-1 headers, stra…

i need to flare them out, do i just heat it up and pound it ha? or what? ha

Hi people I got a set of deep dish rims of a Gemini and I really want them on my rolls plz if anyone has some advice plz need help

Hi i have a standard 4k carb and my float is not sitting level like it should be. has anyone got a guide to setting it properly or do i just buy a float gage and bend the tab so that it sits rite. cheers

Hey guys just put new turbo on my 180sx but have good old one which is a T25G turbo, a mate said he can make manifold and I was just gonna plumb it all up but someone said I should ue what they call a suckhrough system? can someone explain or is there a "how to" somewhere?

Can anyone help me with how to fit an after market tacho to my AE92 Rolla? I got it on ebay and the instructions where vague as. I asked my old man and he said where's the coil in the old days you just used to connect the electric tacho to either side of the coil and your dash lights for night time. I am a first time noob so go easy. :hug:

I bought some 15" rims for the ke70 but at the strut is pretty much resting on the tyres, what can i do tofix that?

Hi all, I just got an AE82 with a 4AGE nice deal for only $200 but it needs a new clutch, I'm new to FWD cars i have never worked on them before just need to know what the best approach I should take towards this? I have heard that in some FWD cars u need to take the engine out to get to the gear box/clutch I'm hoping in this case that I can just take every thing out that’s in the way and slide the gear box off the engine.

have you ever had to take a front ke70 door handle out and try to put it back in? if so tell me how you did it cause i have no idea how they expect that to all work, ta.

i remember a site somewhere, buggered if i can find it :dance: about all the spots that rust on a ke70, like the fuel cap, the guards, and the boot lip, etc. anyways, i'm about to get myself a new boot lip rubber seal, but i want to fix up the rust patches first, and i dunno how... can i bash the rust out (its held there by paint) and patch the hole with a stratco fibreglass kit? and sand it, paint it, etc? or do i need to do it more professionally, and get some steel in there, and weld it or whatever? the hole will be about the size of a 50 cent piece.. well, both of them... will post pics later tonight so you guys know what i mean. i really wanna fix…

need help i can't get my stock steering wheel of

Hi Can any one post a pic of how their bonnet cable run's in a KE2#? I wish to install one in my TE21 on the right hand side of the car. I don't know were it passes through the fire wall etc as it snakes it's way to the front. Thanks Shane

Hi guys can someone please help me. I have had a bit of a look around the site but can't find what I need. Can someone please tell me how do I take the strut tops off my KE70 front struts. I have tried unbolting it when on the car and off the car. All that happens is it spins. So I figure either their not meant to come off or I'm a little dim. Please help.

Hey guys, Very new here... Love the forum... get to see rolla owners around.... anyway, i've got 2 things i need help on.. i drive a 1981 KE70 and i need to replace the ciggy lighter but can't seem to get it out of the bracket that's holding it in... any idea on how this is done? also... i am trying to remove my entire dash.. don't know where the exact screw locations are... i am actually trying to clean the dash, there were some funny burning smell coming out from the air conditioning vents.. but that's beside the point and anyway i have found the source of that.. but i do need to remove the dash to clean the area in there... also toying with the id…

4k block with a 5k head in my Rolland. I took the head off the block a week ago to port and polish the head etc. When I took this head into the shop,the man said it is a 5k because it has small combustion chambers. Ok so from what I have heard,the compression this would be making may be WAAAAYY to high? QUESTION: WHY DIDN'T MY ENGINE RUN LIKE A DOG? IT DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THAT BARK TO IT LIKE A HIGH COMP ENGINE,AND IT DIDN'T SLOW THE ENGINE FAST WHEN OFF THE ACCELERATOR (like my old 4 with 3k head used to do.. WHY IS THIS ENGINE RUNNING FINE? Is there some way that the cam,or over sized bore and pistons are lowering the compression enough? Ok s…

I was just wonder how you work out an exhaust system, and how you will know what kind of range it has? Or how to make it resonate at certain frequencies (RPM) give me all the technical stuff... the knowledge its fill me :P :)

as the topic states, how hard is it to drift a ke70 with a std 4k and a locker in the dry?? how much work is needed to to this??(not engine work, physical work) cheers

i have bought a bigport 4age from an aw11 mr2 which has 8 flywheel bolts just wondering if any of u pros would please be able to tell me how many flywheel bolts my existing smallport may have here is a pic of my small port help would be greatly appreciated regards joe

Would trust these? http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/COROLLA-KE25-KE20-KE26-BALL-JOINT-RS113-/260983212476?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3cc3cfc9bc

Hey everyone, how much would it cost for a gregorys manual for a ke55? i keep finding them on websites for around 60-80 dollars, theres none on ebay atm, but ive searched and foudn that alot of you on here have them. I'm pretty sure wherever i go they will have to be ordered in, I'm just wanting a heads up so i don't get my pants pulled down over the price. I'm hoping its around 40, same as the manuals they have in stock at supercheap.

How much is my car worth on the market? KE20 3k with total rebuild, bored, decked, pistons, EVERYTHING! thousands spent all recipts. Alpine stereo throughout with ipod plug, sub, amp and so on. 2nd owner with all recipts from original sale in '75'. 14" white mags. All original parts not fitted include wheels, carby, and a couple of interior parts to come with car. Note: has been badged ( bastards!) and needs a carby rebuild.

ok i got a little carried away with some rust removal. i got it all out, but i'll struggle to fit the new metal. chop chop chop... can't turn back... anybody looking for a ke70 roof panel???? .

gday dudes. how much oil is needed for a ke70 5 speed gear box. thanks

Just doing a transmission oil change and need to know how much oil she needs.

Hi Was drivin home in my ke30, from trade school and the box got real noisy anyway got home and checked it turns out i have no oil :S So i went to fill it up but the dolt in the side to fill it is completly striped on the out side i tryed vice grips monkey wrench hammer and a screw driver and baching a smaller ring spanner on now of which helped me :( So i m goin to fill it by removing the selector which leads me to my question how much oil do i put in as the filler whole wont simply over flow?? its a T50 (am pretty sure as it is a five speed) thanks Corey.

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

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?

Hey guys, Just wondering how much boost/psi a stock standard 5k could take? I'm planning on doing a twincharge setup at the moment... Cheers, Jake.

as it says i am wondering how much can be stripped out of a ke70 for my rally car

Hey, Just wondering if anyone had a rough idea on how much engine parts are likely to be. All these parts are going onto a 3k. Cam, double valve springs, lightened fly wheel and then getting a carby rebuilt/tuned.. Any help would be awesome Cheers Tom