General Mechanical

Guys, I need help. The engine mounts on my KE55 are absolutely rooted. I checked with the bloke that built the car and he claimed the engine mounts were standard KE55 items, however, when I bought a set and compared them with what was left of what's in there, they were COMPLETELY different. What have you guys used in your 4AGE/4AGZE conversions. I presume that whatever is used in KE30's with this conversion will work for KE55's as well?

This is pretty cool. I wonder how well it would work in practice. zeroshift

hey everyone, just bought myself a ke30 rolla... only paid $100 for it.. but its good the 3k motor was taken out a year ago and replaced with a 4k and a 5spd transmission, new exhaust (tiny)... anyways is it possible to replace the leaf springs in the back with coil springs and shocks?... also wondering what i can do to make it go faster... going to get my hands on some extractors but i'll need a good carb but i also need something with good fuel economy... any ideas on what the best is? basically the whole car is stock and i want to make it better :) thanks people!, dave

Tried searching but to no avail. Does anyone know if a KE30 pitman arm will fit KE11?

See picture... Thanks for all your help in advance !

thinking of putting AE86 springs in bubba (TE72) did a search, found a good topic, but it stalled before the question was answered the springs are huge!!, close to 5" around do you guys think they will fit?

I don't know a whole lot about the 1K head and I've been offered a fairly worked one by a workmate. Yet to actually see it so I can't say about whats been done to it. I'm pretty sure they fit onto 5K blocks? If so would there be a gain from this or just a waste of time... or actually kill power? Either way I'll be making some form of meaty K-motor over my holidays coming up, just tossing around some ideas until then. Cheers.

Hey My Ae92 Seca has a rear brake prob, The pads and that are pretty new but the rear brakes barley work. The handbrake is a bit soft as well. Is the anything in the drums that you can adjust cos when you plant the brakes it nose dives :P

OK so my car idles below 1grand (usually idles at 1grand) and putts along for like 10 seconds then a burst of normal idleing happens for a split second, then it idles bad again. Idles even worse after accelerating, stopped dead a few times and I ended up having to run with the choke out slightly. Putting along at walking speed when I parked it was doing small bursts of power too. Any suggestions? :n:

well finnaly found somewhere i can get spark plug tube orings, repco, and autopro were unable to get them!! so i tried a toyota genuine parts dealer, coming in from melbourne, not $11.95 as i found on ebay, but $8.95 for the whole set! ;)

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I have just started to build my self a ke30, so far have lowered it,17 1nch mags, new panel and paint and prelude seats. That went all good but I'm not to clude up when it comes to the engine side of things. I only no what I have read, with no real knowledge of engines. I have got myself a 5k engine that has has the head shaved,ported and polished, 2t vales with hardened valve springs, a street ground cam (half race cam), lightly balanced crank.pistons and rod, and a set of 2t twin carbs to start things rollin. I keep reading about people changing the lifters to solid ones, so my question is with what I have done do I have to change the lifters or will I get away with wha…

hi guys I'm new here i own a 78 ke30 corolla it has a set of extractors into a 1 1/2 inch exhaust system under it with an air pod which is fed by nice cold air ok heres my problem i have a high compression head off a 4k and I'm putting it on my 3k cause the 4 k done an oil ring and i just did up the 3k I'm not using the scolloped pistons I'm using the 3k flat tops i know the compression ratio will be high but will i damage the engine at all i havent started the engine yet has any one ever done this before :thumbsup:

hey guys. my ke70 is making a funny noise. it happeneds wen i go over bumpy road or like if the back bounces around a bit. its a squeeking noise, and i can tell it has to do with the suspension. its coming from the rear behind me wen i drive, so back right? i thought maybe a worn shock absorber? anyone else had the same problem before? and is there anyway to determine that this is the cause? cheers

my thanks to my g/f, kristy for making this.....

I'm about to get a bearing kit for my 4agze (bigport), but i first need to know if the bearing are differant/stronger for gzes. Just covering all bases before i spends money. Google hasnt turned up anything.

hey guys, I'm looking at buying a 3k bigport head for my 4k i read in the wiki that is says: " They also have crappy valve retainers and stem seals, which you need to change to later 4K gear when you make power". now can i use my 20 yr old parts from my 4k on the 3k hed? and is it hard to change them over? also is it (swapping heads) a basic swap.. or do i need to buy little "this and that" parts? cheers

Hi boys n girls, just bought a 87 Corolla Seca for $850 today as my ute died a horrible gasket driven 270,000kms death and needed a car urgently and a friend got hold of this for me, drove it home goes pretty well although I think clutch is on way out but still drives really well. Ive been trying to find info on google until I find a manual but all I get is ruddy classified ads. I havent had a good look over the car yet but wondering where do i find details about this car? Always wanted one when I was in high school and these came out, only 18yrs later and Ive got one! AND its got aircon, something my ute didnt! Anyway hello all and this site really looks great.. S…

Hey guys, sorry to bother you guys about things like this.. must make me sound really dumb or something.. but i've been searching for a manual of some sort for this car... can't find it here... and its kinda expensive to post it from Aussieland too.. anyway.. anyone know of the existence of a drainage system in a KE70? everytime it rains, i keep hearing this constant slushing sound from under the driver's door... i thought at first it came from the door itself (rubber seals from the driver's window not in good condition) and water might have collected inside the door... but nothing of that sort (i took apart the door panels, no water inside)... sounds comes from …

For every one who has tried these things are a biatch to get in. I found a rather easy way to replace them. So here it is. What you will need: Hammer Vice 1 1/2" metal tubing Something to brace middle of control Arm (will explain down the track) You're new Bushes Your old control arms The fist thing you will need to do is get the old ones out. This is done simply by leaving them out in the sun for about an hour so there hot to the touch. Then bash the crap out of the small end. You will notice that one is smaller. Now to get your new ones in. These are the items I used for mine. The metal tubing was my old exhaust I still had lying around; it is perfe…

Hello i'm new to this form so i'm sorry if i'm not posting in the correct place. I'm looking for a pic of where the starter is on my 1999 Corolla. Know where i can get one?? I know where it is, i would just like to have a pic of it on the car so i can see how to take it off.. Thank You J

ok just wondering if you can have a sway bar with leaf suspension and if you can how does it work? pics would be helpful cheers, lloyd

the 4AC has spat a head (water dribbling into number 3 exhaust port). After removing the head, I can't see the hole so I assume a water gallery has corroded through and broken into the exhaust port - I further assume that there's no way of repairing this as it's internal. So ... Anybody know anywhere in Adelaide that I can get a secondhand or recond head for a 4AC without too much hassle? bugger, Slapper

Hi, I have a some questions about a 4a supercharger I have been offered one for $200 and i want to fit it to a 1978 dual carby celica, I have never fitted a supercharger before but I have done a turbo or two. Q1. Do oil or water lines have to be run to the 4a supercharger? ( I Have seen some easton chargers before and all you have to do is attached the charger to aircon bracket and run a pipe from the underside of the charger to the carby and another to a filter, is this the same with the 4a type) Q2 I want to keep the dual carby setup, has this been done before? (sound different so why not do it.) Q3 what RPM do the 4a c…

Hey there, my name is james and I'm driving an sr coupe, 5k with cam & 32/36 weber, 5spd, fxgt dash, elec windows, central locking, integra seats, cynos back seats, lowered in progressive springs, re-set leaves and gas shocks, just about to take off the road for paint, air brush and motor polish. well thats me and now for the question. i was hoping to tap into some panelbeater/fabricator expertise. ive just had fi-glass flares made, have plastic side skirts and fi-glass end caps. Can i use bog or nu-tec to blend fi-glass parts in with the body before the new paint job or with heat and time will fi-glass and metal expand at different rates and crack the brand new pain…

I think that I have read all of the FAQ's and googled more than I normally do at the bar on Friday night and I'm just checking for clarification on a few things. I swapped in a 3k-c into my ke15. I want to port and polish the intake and try to do something with the cam. Can I swap the cam and head from the k-c to the 3k-c? Just trying to see if I can work on the k-c head myself and get it finished/checked by a machine shop while still having a running motor in the car. Also, I have tried to find a cam through all of the parts sources here in the US and cannot find a cam available like the Tighe 112 (i think that was the right #) and I keep seeing something about …

Hey all.. My car misses and is exactly the same as described here.. Quote: For the past few months I have had a problem with my 2001 Toyota Corolla (manual) sputtering and jerking when I start out and in low gears. I can press the gas pedal all the way to the floor and it doesn't seem to make it go. Also, the rpms drop and the car nearly shuts off. However, once I get going, everything is fine its usually just when I am first accelerating or when I am in low gears and/or stop and go. I have my fuel injection system cleaned and my spark plugs changed but this did not solve the problem. Does anyone have any suggestions? ( Link for this : http://www.obdii.com…

Well now that my ficken oil guages have arrived (took a whole month from that ebay sell just jap :lmao:) i need to mount the t peice for the temp sensor and pressure sender. Now my question is where might i find a hole for the t peice? Apparerntly the instruction tell me to braze it into the sump of all things! but how the heck will that meter my pressure? I'm thinking i have to tread the sandwhich plate that all aw11 mr2's have. correct? If so will i need to mount a drain pipe out of it or what? And yair this i my first attemt at sorting out the plroblem that is wires. Seems like electrical guages really arnt elecky after all :) did that make sense?

hey guys well the following is goin on with the 4k at the moment ... Its got a stock carby on it, its pretty clean, looked like it had a rebuild recently ... It doesn't normally idle on flat ground, just idles smooth at about 1000rpm then drops down to 700ish then conks out. When I'm parked in my driveway as i open the gate, the car will rev fine but at like 1200 rpm ... Sometimes when i take a corner at the lights or whatever a bit quick the car drops out a bit then picks up, as though it was starved of fuel temporarily ... Am i right to assume the float level is too low? I don't suppose that this could be why I'm getting 440ks off 50L :) Thanks for…

hey, i'mm lookin at doin some mods to my AE82, i've currently got the stock drums on the back and i'm wonderin how hard is it to convert them to discs and where is a good place to get the parts from. i live in W.A so if any one could help me out that would be great

I saw this corolla gauge cluster on ebay. It had a speedo that went up to 200 km/hr, and it had a tachometer: corolla gauge I've never seen this type of gauge in a corolla before. What would of it came out of? Maybe it only came out in Japanese models It went for a pretty high price. Would be nice to have though. Bruce

Hi, i have a completely stock KE20 and am looking at changing the diff ratios and putting a 5 speed gearbox in. At the moment the car is revving its guts out doing 100kms and i want to do some long distance driving in it and travel in 100km zones every day. What would be the best diff to put in and what car will i find it in? What car can i find a 5 speed gearbox in that will bolt straight into my car? Thank you Daniel

hey, just a quick question. The tension know on you handbrake, (In my case KE30), Is it needed?? I just got home, yanked up the handbrake and the knob flew off at me. Is it needed?? Can i still use the car?? Will the handbrake fail next time i use it??

Hello Guys, Firstly Ive had my trusty 4k-e EFI starlet for a while now and it has had an intermitent tap in the top end for a while. I pulled the hydraulic tappets to bits this week and discovered that the diaphram's inside and rooted. So they are back in the car. Now I love my baby soo much that I need to keep her in a1 condition. What parts will I need to convert a hydraulic tappet 4k, to cam followers and pushrods. Will a 3k Solid lifter and cam follower work in a 4k hydraulic motor? Or do I need the 4k solid as a donor? Are the rod lengths different in 2/3/4k's?

A few months back i installed a cd player into my ke70, worked find for the first 2 days, until i went to skip the song, it just shorted out. Its been like this for a few months now, ive checked all the fuses they are all fine so I'm not sure what it could be. Other things that also don't work is the digital clock, door light, constant power wire to the cd player, so I'm assuming its the acceseries. cheers

I am buying a redline manifold to suit weber/dellorto 45m carbs, the linkage kit they are telling me to use is for a weber's when i have dellortos. Does anyone know if they are the same, the salesperson "thinks" they are the same but isnt 100% sure, don't want to spend the $260 to find out it isnt so any help is much appreciated.

any help would be great... i have a 4age 20v with a sprinter rear wheel gearbox but no plate from the rear of the engine that bolts the gearbox and starter motor up... i was wondering if the front wheel drive plate and the rear wheel plate are the same? because i can find an original front wheel plate easily but nearly imopossible to find the sprinter rear wheel plate... any advice would be much appreciated thank you....

Hi, I just sold my 97 Toyota Supra TT and have decided I want to get a Ninth Gen Toyota Corolla (2001-2004). I loved the seats when I sat in them, but really hated the 4 Spoke steering wheels which look like a fat pig on its stomach. What I did notice however is that the Levin model has really nice 3 spoke steering wheels that look identical to my old Supra. Is it possible/difficult to grab a 3 spoke steering wheel from a wreck and replace the 4 spoke steering wheel with it? I'm talking in regards to clockspring fit and what not. I know its a weird mod, but its important to me that my next car looks decent on the inside. I don't want to fork out so…

have a ke55 replaced the battery and altenator and starter motor but when the terminals are connected and u leave it there it drains the car of its power to start how can i do a backyarder and fix this sort of thing .

hi all i'm doing a 3t conversion in my ke55 and i was thinking about what i'm going to do in the future and what i will do. i was think of going a 4age and i was wondering what i would have to do. i have made my cross member up to fit a 3t i moved it for woods 30mm and i have done my clutch and i have a t50 box. so what will i have to do to make a 4age to fit