General Mechanical

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.

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

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

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.. 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

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 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

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 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…

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…

Looking to give a standard AE82 h'back a bit of "attitude" on the road. As part of that, I'm looking at Kingsprings superlows (30-35mm lower) but these might be a little too low for my liking. Anyone know of a sort/brand of springs that wont drop the car as much as superlows ? Not planning a body kit at present though. There is a set of 4 new Kingspring superlows on eBay now for $220 - is that a reasonable buy ? thanks.

hey guys don't no if this has been covered before but i was wondering wats involved in putting a 5kc into a ke70? do they bold straight in or what plzz help me out cheers

hey guys ive ran a search but couldnt find anything. if you can find anything please direct me that way :) ive been giving a early model xx ke70 which has been in a front end crash. engine still runs, 5spd which has just been rebuilt. and all new breaks. so now heres my question, seeing my breaks are shit, can i put a ke70 axle in a ke35. without TOO much trouble what will i have to change? will it be too wide? Is this a good idea? is it worth the trouble? cheers jamie :P

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?

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 guys, was just reading thread "new rims on my ke70" and noticed that his left hand rear wheel was rubbing an the guard, my ke70 has been lowered and it does the same, the wheels all have the same off set, is it from the five link rear end, is there a way to fix it cause it is slowy cutting into the tyre, besides rolling the guard. :y:

Hi all, matt from Townsville, QLD, Australia here. I have a 1983 KE70 CS wagon and the lock on the tail gate has jammed. I've pulled it apart and found that the door release mechanism is fine, it's the lock barrel itself that's jammed. The key won't slide in, it stops about half way. I've tried squirting some lubricant into the lock but no difference. As many of you will know, the lock and door release are in a single unit, so it's pretty annoying. The only way I can open the tail gate is to climb into the car from the rear passenger doors, remove the trim panel from the inside of the tail gate and release the latch by hand. I'm 100% sure that it hasn't been tampered…

Hi Guys, If this is in the wrong section I'm sorry. Hoping someone can help - car is import, based loosely on gt starlet/toyota paseo. Automatic, 1.5L engine. Car is silent when not moving. Some days, I experience a grinding metal noise coming from the front drivers side wheel. Some days there is clunking that makes the car jerk like backfiring, but its clunking, not backfiring. Some days, the car is completely silent. I am a bit concerned as I DID have a hit at the drivers front wheel back in september of last year, but this has come on within the last week or so. At first I thought wheel bearings or maybe brakes and was gearing up to go get the br…

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

as title says, can get one for cheap, next to nothen, can it be rejetted to suit a 4k?, it came off a 1.6L gemini motor, which had only extractors, and it ran really well, and if anything was runing a bit lean... i might just grab it just in case, Thanks

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

hey people i own a ke70 and wanna put 17" chromies on it but am not sure on what i have to do as most hit the strut. do i need newer model struts? spacers? or just the right wheels with the right offset?

before u say use search, i have, and ive read thorugh the write up on it. i got my nikki the other day for nothen, and i got hold of a second gasket today thanks to KE30king at the cruise. i got it all conected up fine, but, i need help on tuning it better how do i know if its running lean or rich?, and also the thottle don't return properly, do i just add a stiffer spring to return it better? any help on this will be great, cause i really need the car to be working properly. thanks

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

is there a difference with the engine performance from using a contactpoint type of distributor to a cdi? i was planning to put a cdi, but i wasnt sure if how much gain will i have, and if itts worth it to do so

Ive found (with my gearbox at least) that if I stop from ~100kmph in 4th or 5th (usually 5th) and just clutch in and stop (if the phones ringing I don't bother down shifting, its faster just to stop), the selector forks jam in gear and I can't change gears until I'm doing ~40kmph. Now as you can imagine taking off in 5th is a real bastard and hard on the clutch. I'm not sure if this is just my gearbox being crap, or its a design flaw in the early T50s. It happened again today, and Id say my box is pretty well rooted this time. 2nd gear syncro works for up shifts but not down shifts now. 5th gear syncro has a metalic grinding noise (def syncro) but still works fine…

this is worth a post of its own I reckon. I've stuffed this into my offline favourites as it looks like it probably shouldn't be online ... so maybe it'll disappear. Looks like a complete late (from our perspective anyway) model 'rolla manual. http://aarc.epnet.com/application/8586/8586.htm enjoy, Slapper

just realised that topics posted in sub-forums don't show up in the "recent posts" home page view. so ... I'm posting a link to my sub-forum topic here so it'll show up in the summary view ... in a nutshell ... I'll be replacing the head-gasket on the 4A-C (AE71) on the weekend and am looking for supporting info - Damm it, but Gregorys don't do a manual for the AE71 and I'm baulking at the idea of buying a later model corolla manual just to get the 4A-C info :P http://www.rollaclub.com/board/index.php?showtopic=5982 cheers, Slapper

ok, got the extractors and 2" all the way with 1 muffler put on yesty. prob is, the car runs like crap, I'm pretty sure its the carby, the idle is rough and drops about 200-300 rpm, and then gains it back plus more, etc etc etc. also there is a big flat spot on acceleration, so I'm guessing the carby is really munted. mate has a weber that i will try when i get the adaptor plate. also, got new rotors put on the front, and the pads are still brand new, was wondering does it take time for the brake pads to adjust to the new rotors?. cause my brakeing power is still really low, thanks

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…

its been hard to get the right tune for a twin carb, I'm wondering what and how much is a synchro... where do i buy that stuff? pls help... still holding on my 2t as of now..still tryng to sqeeze more juice out of it.. do u guys have any turbo manifold for 2t? somethiong must be done... :harhar:

hi everyone! I'm alvin from philippines..19yrs old..i had my ke70 since high school...back then it still had its stock 4k motor...modified it and still didnt squeeze enough.. i changed d ngne to 2tg and for only a week, i destroyed the ngne. so i had to use the soch version, 2t. i need ur help guys with how to modify the t50, is it possible to change or upgrade it? what differential can i use for my ke70? its hard to find lsd here in my plce, i don't know what would be bolt on on this car.. help me awt, gotta kip up with hondas, sumhow... the engine itself has been modified even if its a soch only... pnp works, hi-rise headrs..and the very difficult to tune, solex side dr…

this might sound stupid but i just bought a booster out of a ke36 van to do a pajero master cylinder conversion. are they the same as ke35?

Hi guys, I have a question. Basically, i used to know a panel beater that used to "modify" the exhausts of his cars. As a result, the cars always sounded a bit louder and tough! All with the car's standard exhaust What i want to know is, "is it possible to somehow make the standard exhaust on my ae82 corolla sound a little tougher and "rorty" by doing a few simple modifications? Basically, insurance wont allow me to modiy my car with an aftermarket exhaust, and i can't stand driving a car that has such a wimpy exhaust note. Please help!

i've searched but can't come up with anything. i've just put on series 6 rx7 brakes and i'm after a master cylinder/ booster upgrade for my ke55. has anyone done this? ifso what have they used and what sort of mods are needed? it's just been painted so i don't realy want to go cuting up anything.

ok, thought i thhrow this one out there from across the ditch, does anyone know of a company that makes custom scissor-door kits? ive been trying to find some here and there are plenty of kits for wrx's and evos's etc but no-one does a custom kit to suit my sr. any ideas?