General Mechanical

I thought it might be an interesting topic to see what peoples variations on running in engines are. The method I'm using at the moment is as follows: Penrite Running in oil (because I KNOW its a full mineral oil, suitable for turbos. Other oils tend not to advertise the fact because "synthetic is better" or some crap) Oil filter change at 100km Oil and Filter change at 500km (mineral oil again) Oil and filter change at 1000km (I'm going to use Penrite Semi-syn 10W50 I think) I drive it firm, not flogging it and keeping the RPM down (below 5000rpm and not long periods at high RPM). I try to avoid long periods of idling and cruising at a constant RPM and loa…

Hi Just bought an Ae71 and i was trying to install my old neons via the cigarette lighter light, the little one that comes on with the parkers and headlights while doing this i heard a sizzle and tryed the parker lights and they stopped working along with the dash lights? I called out the RAA and the told me there was no power getting to the dimmer switch which could mean an open circuit any way has this happend to anyone or know how to fix it my mate also has a ke30 with the same problem but we can't figure it out Cheers for any help Stuart

G'day guys i was wondering if someone has some pics of KE70 interiour dash, insturment panel, door trim everything? Cheers for a upcomming KE70 + AE86 project (KE70 body with AE86 running gear, Bigport Tvis 4AGE, T50 etc)

hi guys, i was looking thourgh the site the other day and found a topic on fliping leafs to lower the car, sadly can't find the tread again (verging on computer illerate) any way just wanted more info on the topic, and mainly on wich springs to flip

Hey Guys, On my KE55 my front lights are retarded i'll explain. When i turn the right indicator on the front indicator works and when i turn the left one on it flashes fast but the parker flashes? Any idea's? Cheers

Hey everyone! Just letting you know about a great place to get 20V adapter and also Short shifters for the T50 box. Short shifter Thinking maybe we should try to get a group buy happening, save on some freight.

I'm just wondering what are some good extractors to get for a 4k. And how much?

hey, I am planning an engine conversion in my ke55 and i need to do a brake upgrade to get an engineering cert. I have been considering two options: putting volvo calipers on a hilux disk(i think its hilux) or putting hilux calipers on peugeot disks. does any 1 have any advice on the easiest/cheapest/practical upgrade? thanks.

banjo diff (live axle assembly) - ke20, ke25, ke30 front loading, easy changing, width of housing varies between models 1320mm ke20/25 , 1370mm ke30 diff centre 5.7, 6 inch interchangable centres borg warner diff (live axle assembly) - ke35, ke55, ke70 rear loading, harder to change, length varies between models ??? mm ke35, ???mm ke55, ???mm ke70, mount types vary (coil, leaf) diff centre 6, 6.38inch now the question! can the borg warner centre out a ke70 - 6.38inch fit into a ke35 / ke55 housing?

Hey guys, I was searching for stuff on my car one night when i came across this site that restores cracked dashboards and cracked arm rests. As I've looked everywhere for a good dash and havn't found one I was quite excited. I looked at what else they do on the site and found they also do custom consoles, wood grain dashes, wood grain knobs and steering wheels. If anyone wants a look its: .DASHBOARD RESTORATIONS I'm getting my dashboard done right now so i'll let you know how it turnd out if anyones interested. Jon.

Hey all, I was driving my ke55 rolla last night and when i put it in first it was fine intill you started to drive. Before you even went to take it out off first to put it in second it slipped outta gear. Does this mean my gearbox is going? Or is there something totally going wrong with my gearbox? Cheers Sarah :hmm:

hey guys I'm wondering if anyone here has used the sigma gh lcas with ra40 steering arms? do i just get them pressed into the arm? although this is for a ke30

hey guys. i have almost got the 1ggte ke70 running but i need to get the solenoid on the lpg tank opening and closing properly, and its not opening at all with the current hodge podge of relays that are there. i ahve been told that i need a tachometric relay (it makes sense to me :P ) and i have everything i need to power this relay except a tacho signal wire. so that brings me to my question...where the hell do i get a tacho signal from?!?!?!!? cheers :|

My head gasket is blown on my 5k and i thought i could put a 3k big port head head on that i have laying around. Is there any difference in length of push rods and head height ? Thanks Greg

hey guys ... well the dream run on the stock carby is over ... the float is getting stuck at the top (i think) so the carby is flooding ... Any possible reason for this ? i have pulled the needle and seat out and cleaned them up, they look in immaculate condition... Where the fuel line plugs onto the carby, just inside the 'tube' where it bends down at a 45 degree angle, there is a sort of 'filter' i guess you'd call it ... well this one was stuffed and wouldn't let any fuel into the motor when i first put the carby on, so i took it out ... My question - what is that thing ? Could that be the source of my problems? i thought it might have just been a …

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.

Hi just wonding if there are any threads on this. I've searched but haven't found anything. Having no air con in Townsville is killing me. I'm wondering how difficult/expensive it would be to add. Was air con an option on this or equivalent models? any info greatly appreciated. matt

Here are some Ae71 Sprit Adverts ive dug up..... :P

Hey All My girlfriend has a 91 Suzuki Swift sedan. It is carby-fed and has flat spots in the carby. It likes to hesitate on takeoff. I have spoken to a mechanic and he suggests that it needs a carby kit. I have no knowledge or want to rebuild it, and i was wondering if any of you guys had any suggestions on what i should do? Perhaps a place to go who will sort out the carby? On the northside? Obviously price is the bottom line, i'd like to keep it as cheap as possible. Cheers for your help fellas.

This just shows you how similar the 20V valve head is in terms of valve layout to a Ferrari V12 item. Haven't ever seen an image of one b4, thought someone might be interested. 60V V12 is nice but won't fit in my rolla! Why hasn't toyota made a 40V 3.2L V8 damn it, imagine that, anyone got a thick checkbook :wink: Ferrari

my old struts are rooted and i need to replace them for the road worthy first of all what are some persific things about theme [what sort are they, where can i get replacement ones, and cost] what would make it handle the best big dave :)

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 guys well i have sorted out a major air leak, so that problem should be all gone now ... The new problem - the car free revs - even with the idle screw set at the lowest, it revs at over 3,000RPM. This is with the mixture screw set about 1 1/2 turns out. This is with the throttle gear returning to the closed position (e.g. the throttle cable isn't tight and holding the throttle open. ..) The jets in it are 130 primary, and 132 secondary. It is an automatic choke model, but the choke valve is all the way open so should have no affect ... The motor is a 4k .... ARG! ANY help would be great guys, cars been off the road for almost a week…

This list below shows dyno results from the Chasers dyno day: I have highlighted the fifth car from the top. A KE25 with a 4AG 20V black top. Does anyone know any information about this car?

The 4runner died yesterday so in a mad scramble to find some wheels to get to work a mate of mine came up with this little gem that he said he would sell to me as he didn't drive it anymore. It's quite fun to be driving something like this again.

Spoke to my engineer last night, and I think I'm going to start "accumulating" parts to do the hydrolic handbrake. What bore master cylinder do people usually use? Will be using this with the Bluebird TRX disc brake rear end...

hey guys well i have just replaced my horribly inefficient 32/36 dfv (due to it being in need of rebuild/overhaul ... ) with a nice 32/36 dgav (water choke). ... I put it on the car after a few hours of cussing and what not, and realised i have forgotten to put on a gasket between the carby and the adapter plate! :wink: So the car revs, it seems to idle pretty well, but when you drive it it won't go past about 2700RPM without cutting out (or even if you put your foot down it wants to cut out). It will pick up again once the revs drop down. Is this likely air getting in between the carby and the adapter plate screwing up my air/fuel ratio ? Any other po…

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)

Alrighty, ive been trying to get my head around what ratio ive got in my diff. The Vehicle id tag was blank so i got this off mt diff: T948-42-001 Can anyone make sense of it or is it just some dumb numbers. Ive read numerous diff codes explained articles and none match the sequence on mine. However it looks to be a standard borg warner one. I may be wrong tho.

Hey All. I'm slowly releasing my collection to the public :P - Part 1 of the series, is 2 x sets of service books for ke70's & surrounding vintage + a few extra's. Service 1 Service 2 Enjoy - feel free to print them out / make into genuine books and what not... Ted

Was looking through my "new" corolla earlier and stumbled apon all the orgional books. Turns out it was a dealers car. Not only that but with the manuals was an "emission control and maintenance guide" in which part if it lists what cars should run what ron fuel. tercel with 3a-c engine 97+ ron corolla with 4k = 89+ corolla with 4a-c = 97+ sprinter with 4a-c = 97+ celica with 2s-c = 97+ corona with 2s-c = 97+ camry wiht 2s-e =97+ supra with 5m-e = 94+ cressida with 5m-e = 94+ crown with 5me = 94+ This got me thinking, what was the ron of leaded fuel back then? If anyone wants a cop of the stuff i'll find a way to scan/upload i guess.

Hey All. Well, ive descided to go full out with the gauges, in my Blue ke70. (for the piece of mine for nick and justin, i wont be doing it up there :harhar:) Basically, (see pic first up) - I'm extending the gauge cluster to the left, and adding "Oil temp, Oil Press, Water Temp" Catch is, i plan to do it, in a way, which makes it look STOCK ! So, that means striping down the new gauges, and changing the backrounds, and making all the gauge markings the same, as per stock ke70 / Ae71. Now that we have moved over that, what ive been doing is scanning in the gauge facures, editing them, making them a black and white BMP (black backround, white = cl…

I wonder wats the price of petrol on other country...??

hey guys, when i start me car and run it for a while (4kc ke70) after a while it makes a rattle sound does anyone kno what it is?? ive been told it could be the timing chain tensioner? if it is how hard would it be to fix? cheers

hey everyone, my unbreakable 4k...kinda broke was just coming home from selling and delivering my spare 4k, k50 and ke70 diff and coming out of the tolls with the empty trailer on i thrash it (its almost law that you thrash it coming out of the tolls :y:) and she sees around the redline in first, up to about 4500 in second then just normal driving but we notice as we carry on up the road shes one very sick little girl, feels like shes only running on 3 so bring her home, and sure enough, cylinder 3 is doing nothing different when u pull the lead off itl. so this morning did a quick test on the plug and lead, no worries. pull the rocker cover off and have a loo…

hey peoples, a quick run down again.. i have ke25 with a 4k and a 4 speed... ive fixed 3 oil leaks so far... oil pressure switch, sparkplug tube o rings, and now the new one. i don't know what the part it is called (fair sad concidering I'm an part time apprentice mechanic) anyways it is he huge cover (crankshaft cover, or timing??) that starts on the left of the waterpump ang goes right along the front of the motor to the bottom (under the waterpump) anyway i can see that it is quite a job to replace this gasgate (leake up near the water pump) and i was wondering what i have to do to fix it? looks like it is kinda simple, just take the belt off, and the pulle…

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…

hey guys i was wondering if anybody on here knew if you can get chrome bumpers for a ke70 corolla cause I'm painting mine soon and reckon chrome pumpers would look mad cheers by the way hope this is the rite place to ask this question

What is the best way to lower transverse leaf get it reset or do i get lower coils any help apperciated thanks Greg And hello to everyone I'm a new guy will post pics of ke soon

Outer CV boot on my SV21 camry has shat itself, Haynes manual recons it's a "non-serviceable" part but searching around the net and asking around it seems that it's apparently a fairly straightforward replacement... Anyone have any tips? I've never taken apart the front end of the Camry before (apart from replacing the steering rack), so have no idea what to expect. It appears that I need to take the hub off, and I'm guessing there's a circlip or something that holds it all together?