General Mechanical

:dance: Hey Guys Has anyone ever had to grind down a brake caliper to fit a wheel on before? I just got some new wheels and i put them on but when the front ones went on they wouldn't spin I then realised that the caliper was protruding too far out and the wheel wasn't quite sitting properly :lolcry: I took to the caliper with a grinder and took off perhaps 4-5mm of what looked like unneeded steel Is this safe? i haven't really got to the meat of the calliper or anything but i didn't knw if this was a common issue And also, how much clearance should be between the wheel and calliper? At the moment there is maybe 2mm Should i grind more off? A…

Hello all, I am currently rebuilding a pair of DHLA40 carburetors for my new engine and I came across a problem which I thought I'd throw up on here to see if anyone knows the answer. One of the carbs has at some stage in it's previous life had the butterflies removed and when I bought them (ebay) the brass screws that hold them in place were missing. Now, I've been searching in town for replacement ones however I can only find people who can order in Weber items, not Dellorto. My question is, are the screws that hold the butterflies to the shaft in a DCOE weber the same/interchangeable with DHLA carbs? I don't have access to a DCOE carb, so I can't compare myself. …

hey all just picked up a ke70 for $200 had a stuffed motor so i put my good motor into it had a stuffed choke cabel but can't figure out how to remove it to replace it with my good one any help appreciated thanks :D

I went to get my Ke55 stuts converted into coilovers today, and the guy at the suspension place sugested that use AE86 struts instead, he said that he can use better shocks into it and you get the added bonus of bigger brakes. Now that all sounds sweet to me, but i did not know that this was possible. he insures me that it all bolts up. Has any used this combo into a Ke55? And what if any problems did you have? Thanks

hello guys I'm new to the site and was wondering if someone could help me out i got a pair of 45mm webers and trying to presserise i got an 82 wagon I'm charging the last time i did this i boult the webbers already done so I'm trying to save my money and put it somewhere esle thanks for any info

Hi All!!! I got a T-18 I am doing up, and something i have come across lately, and something that opitimises the style I am looking at, is the concept of "Modifications that look Stock" I want to know what people consider as performance modifications that look stock... Anything you think will improve the handling, comfort or overall appeal of the car while giving the impression that "hey, it could/should have come from the factory like that..." Anything from rims, exhaust, engine conversions, suspension, seats and interior mods... anything goes... I want to hear thoughts on every aspect. Looking forward to all your ideas.

hey everyone. i'm not sure if this is the right section so mods move as required ( but i think i got it right) my mum just blew up her mx5 :dance: , i know its not a rolla but you guys are all pretty car learned so i was hoping you all could help, underneath a wollies car park. she managed to get it home but its was running quite bad. we think it may be a blown head gasket though can't be sure, what is a way to check?? basically it is blowing copious amounts of white smoke out the rear and a small bit either out of the head or exhaust. she wont idle and is hard to start. the injectors where cleaned the other week, could this have caused some sort of other problem?…

hey guys at the moment i have cut, king low springs and monroe shocks in the front of my ke30 but i need to stiffen and lower the front end up becuase its to sloppy on the track. I have orderer whiteline sway bars for the front and rear. What other ways are there to get the front rock hard for drifting ?

Hi all could someone please tell me if Getting twin carbs (not sidedraft) for my 4k is worth it, ive had mixed opinions on this, it is for a twin weber setup, my mechanic uncle says itll just waste gas. Also could someone please tell me how to rejet carbs suitable for a 4k preferably with pics. Thanks all

Hi guys, I am in that mental debate situation for my 5K I'm building. Trying to work out if I want Dizzy Regraph, Jaycar Prog Ignition or perhaps the Megajolt ignition V4 Read up about the Megajolt, but I can't seem to find many people in Aus using it, and I reckon that may be due to the lack of access to the Ford EDIS gear you need to run it. Anyone out there used it? Tom.

I'm looking at supercharging the rolla but the Q is AMR 300, AMR 500, Sc12 or Sc14 5K Ke20, does anyone have any experience with any of these and what do you think is the best one to use, keeping in mind I need to be able to drive it every day on pulp, any input is appreciated :dance: :lmao: :hmm: :hmm: :hmm: :hmm:

Hello guys, sorry for the noob question. Ain't a car expert here. i Juz got a AE93 7AFE corolla which has a shaky rear view mirror. i believe its screwed on to the top. Anyone knows of any parts similar to the original at maybe supercheap auto ? if possible i want to seek for the exact replacement not those paste on the windscreen types. Also can this take the "powered" side mirror mods?

hey guys, i just pulled down two 4k's that i got given, one from a ke70 van, one from a sedan, the one in the van had flat top pistons and a head with deeper valve areas than that of the sedan motor. are the flat tops standard or are they forgies and some one has put a different head on it. check my pics, first 3 pics are the flat tops head, last three are the other. also the ends of the head are different, one has a cap with 4 bolts. is it possibly a 3k bigport head? thanks

My K-50 had been making a whining bearing noise in 1st,2nd,3rd and 5th gear so my mechanic said come in and i will teach you to pull it apart. We thought it was just a dead bearing but when we pulled the countershaft, which is the shaft that runs parallel to the output shaft in the gearbox and where the bearing operates for the gears on the shaft and it has deteriorated creating the whining noise. Has anyone else come across this? Is it common problem? Here are some images of the shaft out of the gearbox and an image from my Toyota chassis manual, only in the manual it doesn’t have the section of bearing steel in which the bearing runs on in my gearbox. Any advice or anyo…

Hi all. I have heard rumors that the Red Coolant used by Toyota has been causing corrosion in engines after about 10 years, and Toyota servicing are removing it after the Warranty period to put a better Green product in. Has anyone heard this, is it just a rumor? I heard it through a friend who knows a Toyota specific service agent. Any one else had similar problems? Grant

Hey, I have searched everywhere for adjustable (camber and caster) tops to suit a KE55. Haven't found them anywhere. Nolathane, Noltec, Wholesale Suspension, Pedders, King Springs etc. All of them have said that they don't make them anymore. Can anyone help with this problem. Pleeeeaaaase.

is the standard KE 4 speed gearbox input shaft the same as the 5 speed input shaft? The boxes look the same but not sure

people long time no writing but here I'm i the question as stated on the titile, one guy in this side of the planet sells a gearbox but i don't know which one is it it looks like a K50 but he sais that it came out a 1C (1.8 diesel) so here i am asking to the people to know

this is a general guide for corollas, i don't have much experience with earlier pre ke70's so information may or may not be compatible with your model. you can always have a look at your steering system to see if its the same as mentioned in this artical. **disclaimer i and rollaclub do not take any responsibility for defects, failures etc. some modifications maybe illegal for street use and care should always be taken when working on steering systems.** ae86 -ae86 powersteering arms/knuckles -lock spacer ke70/ae71 -ae86 powersteering arms/knuckles (use with t-18/ae86 strut upgrade) -lock spacer -sprinter rack t-18 -ae86 powersteering arms (provides …

in the process of getting me diff out of my KE30 Ive taken off the U bolts, and removed the lowering blocks it had. Ive then put some blocks under the diff centre, and lowered the body so the diff has come off the leafs. Now getting the leafs out, do i remove from the chassis at the read end, or do i remove from the spring? or it don't matter? Also I'm unsure of where or how to remove the brake lines? just wanna make sure I'm doing it right Cheers

just wonder if you guy can help me get the right size mounts. i am doing a 4age ke20 conversion and have the mounts but in the need of the rubber mounts. In saying this i wouldn't know what size or from what car to get them from. would a 3.5cm between the cross mem and the motor work, any help would be great.

hey my carby isnt the best lately ive been having to on a cold startup pump the pump arm of my stock 4k carby to get fuel to the engine for it to start could there be something wrong with my fuel pump or is it the carby? thanks

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…

Got a ke-38 with a 4afe conversion with a custom vj20 turbo setup. Decided to service it a few weeks ago (oil change, plugs, fuel and oil filter, leads, dis cap etc) and I'm not sure if its related but its been running like crap ever since. I blew an oil seal in my turbo at the same time so i swapped the turbo for a newer but the same model turbo. changed all that and thought it was my plugs all along. Tried iridium plugs at .8 gap with a heat range of 5, it runs good until the turbo spools. Tried standard ngk with a .8 gap and a 7 heat range, same thing. then i got tried ngk racing iritop 7 and it runs rough but will boost to 20+ pounds but only with a tiny bit of …

Hey guys, I noticed a post a few days back where someone advised against Ramflo air filters. I figured that the element itself is the problem? Anyway after measuring up my engine bay, I reckon Ramflos with the offset will be the easiest fit for my twin DHLAs, but I wanted to see what people think? If the elements in them are crap, I figured I will just by the Unifilter replacement items to go in there? Cheers tom.

Hi all, i'm converting my ae71 to manual and have to put the spigot bearing in. I've never done this before so is the bearing meant to be a tight fit in the back of the crank?. On the box for the bearing it says 38x14. I got it from a bearing joint so it should be the right one and i've cleaned the hole it has to go in, but i can't get it in short of belting it in with a hammer. Any ideas? Cheers, Eddie.

hey I'm looking for some ideas for susspension for my ke70 running a 4age, at the moment I'm just running choppies, any ideas???

Stupid question i know but it needs a answer. Does anybody know the size of the following? The bolts that hold gearbox CM to the chassis The bolts and nuts that hold the box to the block. the bolts that hold the bottom of the front guard to the chassis the bolts the hold the tailshaft to the diff, 4 of them I'm sure. Thats all i can think of for now, Just need to know sizes so i can buy some as i don't have them, Regards Dan

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…

ok this is not my own work, but i think that it will be a good help to explain whats goin on in those pipes. There is too much misinformation regarding exhaust theory. What kind of misinformation? For starters, there are a lot of people in the "Bigger is Better" camp. We're talking about exhaust pipe diameters. Even the big magazine editors are boldly smattering statements like, "For a turbo car, you can't get an exhaust pipe that's too big." Also, terms like "back pressure" and the statement, "An engine needs back pressure to run properly!" really can be mis-leading. Let's start from the beginning. What is an exhaust system? Silly question? Not hardly. Exhaust s…

g'day guys, i am just about to start porting my 3tc head just finished striping it and now its sitting in degreaser, it will be off for 2tg size valves once ported but i realy need to know how far i can port it without going into the water jackets, also at school I'm starting to make a efi manifold for my 3tc, i will be using 3s*e manifold/plenum bits, things i need to remember are, holes for the brake booster holes for injectors what else will i have to work out?, I'm having abit of a late night memory lapse any and all help woll be greatly appreciated

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Hey all, Found this whilst searching for info on mine; Toyota Colour Codes Not sure if it is of use to anyone, but thought i should put it up anyway.

after blowing the seals out of turbo(rear oil seals) I'm worried its a water cooling problem or oil problem....... it might have been a bad turbo from day 1 but want some advice so i can not worry so much about doing it again ok so my setup is 1.t piece bottom radiator hose/and the water line goes to turbo 2.top water neck off the head that goes to top radiator hose has a outlet on back of it that usualy goes to the rear of head/this now goes to turbo is this correct??????????????????? I'm aware people usualy use heater hoses and outlet on back of head etc but the way i said will it circulate through turbo properly?????????????? would the bottom …

Hi Guys Does anyone know what if any other engines share the same intake manifold pattern as the 4AC. Wether it be datsun engines, other Toyota ones etc..... Thanks Mike

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hey guys, i have hooked up my 2" straight threw with one muffler, but I'm looking to upgrade to 2.5" i want it to sound nice and deep and not really raspy like little engine with big exhausts, should i go for a resonator and cannon style thing or a box muffler or something different, i want to achieve a deep note like what you might hear on some skylines and ditch the poo sounding t motor noise buy the way tis is on a turbo 2t motor

i read somewhere that the original carby on the 4k it has two butterflies and one opens when u push down the accelerator and the other opens at high speed if thats true is there a way to make that both open at the same time? would this mean that i would have more power at lower rpm thanks

Hey guys, I'm new to the whole SC14 game. I have seen this supercharger on any other cars before and i wanted to give my car a shot. I'm currently trying to put this on a Ford TX5 V6. but i have a few questions (Sorry if these questions have been asked before, but I looked for three days.. even on other sites but didnt find out much) First Question. Does it matter what way the pully spins? -because, it spins both ways, so does it matter what way it spins? I'm sure it goes clockwise? what side is the right side up? (what side is top) Second Question, In the red there are those VAC lines, there are now Three So what do they plumb into? I k…

Hey guys, Okay before you just shut this down and giggle to yourself, My girlfriend has a Vt acclaim and I'm really keen on fitting the electric seat's to the rolla. I know how bizarre it seem's but I was wondering if anyone know's the rule's and regulation's for these. I have heard that as long as the original rail's fit with no adjustment's then an engineer's certificate isn't needed. Could anyone confirm this please? With this in mind, I would also at the same time like to re-upholster the material on these seat's to suit the interior of my car. I need a very talented upholsterer for this and any help would be muchly apprecia…