General Mechanical

hey guys, well last night while i was out partying in the dark dad decided to go get some maccas, goin there the road under the bridge was flooded, but this usually isnt very deep, so through he goes, and half way across he says it stopped. long story short i asked him how high the water was and he says, ooh lapping up around the bonnet...."did you think of that cold air intake dad?" :) so this mornin he went down took the plugs out and turned her over pissing water all out of it, but she still wont start were assuming its left over water in the cylinders and intake wetting the spark so she wont start.... how do we fix this problem? how do we get her started again? …

ok gust this is the second time it has happend to me with too difrent type of gauges (split fire) sold (auto meter) new 1 ok i hooked them up as the instructions sed to do // but wen u set your shift light posistin lets say 5000rpm the shift light would flash at 4000rpm but not stay on it would just flicker then wen u hit 5000rpm it would flash and stay on as ment to. just wondering if anny of u guys have had this problem or anny one have a taco and dusent have this problem with your gauges ???

Hello everyone I'm new here, I wanted to find out if anyone knows if a 3A engine would fit into a 79 rolla and if any modificatios would be needed.

got oil in the sparkplug holes....alot of it... i dunno if previous owner spilt oil in 2of them, or its forced its way out of the head... also, what cause a engine to backfire....loud!...is it carby runing too rich? thanks

Its almost done. I have just finished mounting the SC12 Supercharger. Next i have to make brackets for the intercooler and plumb it. thought id share what i have is newyears weekend.

hey all new here ive posted a few times here mainly looken for KE30 parts, umm bout a week ago i bought a bright-ish green KE30 corolla 77 model i think. mods so far stand at a modefied airbox..lol thats all. amm searchin for a few parts but thats in a different section of this forum. have a issue with the brakes, mainly front ones, i have to pretty much put foot to floor to stop and even then its slow to slow down. i have bleed the brakes and done it twice to make sure it was done well, after that it slows down a bit better, if i apply it hard the rear wheels lock up (on gravel driveway) but the fronts down!!... now shouldnt the front brakes have majority of…

Sort of flowing on from "The Beast" thread.. How to the Australian clones of Japanese cars compare? eg. The Ford Laser/ Mazda 323. Mechanically? Cosmetic things like panels and interior bits? I'm just keeping an eye for prospective replacements for wagonodeath, and I was wondering if I should consider the local copies as well as the Japanses originals. (mods feel free to move to off topic)

OK so I've had a problem for a while that my battery runs flat really easily. I was listening to my stereo for like 20 minutes when I waxed my car thisarv, so when I go to start her up she's flat as a tack........ no worries, got a jump start, headed off. Ran alright for a while but then the lights started going dim. So I pull into a side street and let it idle for 10 minutes or so.... pull off and the problem is still just as bad, and after a minute I couldn't even rev the engine without the lights off!! Ran without lights on, trying to get home, but then she won't even run with the lights off entirely and I broke down and had to call mum for a jumpstart again. …

i just bought a trueno digital gauge cluster and proud to have it, but a problem has come up, i'm not sure if i can convert/install this gauge cluster. has anyone ever put a trueno gauges into there AE71 (or any corolla)? i really need help with this cause my project STI wont be shit without it (i think so). anyone help please.

i installed a gm 4 pin igniter on the 4k in my ke16 today. hooked up as shown in the wiki red wire to the w pin, white wire to the smaller pin marked g.it started but wouldn't rev up.i switched the wires around and after retarding the timing back to 10 btdc it runs great.can anyone clarify?from everything i can find it's backwards but it works.

Hey guys, I recently checked my 3K for oil and found no oil cap I don't know how long it has not had one, is this a big issue? Not that much oil has came out of it. Also the stupid oil caps are only push down, hence why it probably came off, I was just wondering can you buy the Toyota oil caps anymore? Or do I have to get aftermarket? Brad

Seeing as i just got new Rims what suspension do you guys suggest. I have heard mixeds rumours about monroe and king springs Do pedders make stuff for ke70's and if so how much are we talking. Pricing on this does not matter if you are going to do something you might as well do it properly. So any advice would be grealty appreciated. :hammer:

heres food for thought... Pushrod motors - grind cam = opens valves longer (in VERY basic terms) *OHC motors, where cam runs onto shims = Add meat to cam lobes to open valves longer. So, question is, IF you were able to work out what sizes were appropriate.. of you wanted a budget, and cheap ass way of getting more duration outa your motor, instead of getting new cams, would it be possible to put larger shims in, to increase the time the valve is open? It wouldn't change the time that it comes in, but if you think about it, because the shim has moved up point piss all of a thou, it would result in the valve opening slightly before, and close slightly after = m…

well the other day i just found out that the linkage between the throttle spring and the lever that pumps the fuel in is missing. so i figured at the moment it would be good for fuel economy but down on horses. at the moment it is just relying on vacum to suck the fuel through, which is why is i try and accelerate fast it tries to die on me and makes the big slurp sound. my question is, is there any disadvantages in the long run of leaving it as is for a while until i can find/make a replacement? please correct me on anything i havent got right. cheers tom

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

well the title explains it, I'm tryna track down jeremy aka 1g-gte ke70 or gaijun doru. i was talking to him this morning on msn, trying to get his address so i could go and get his car which I'm buying. and he went silent on me, havnt heard a peep from him in almost 2 hrs on msn and he has changed his status to busy, so i am assuming that for some weird reason he is ignoring me. if anyone knows his phone number please pm it to me as soon as possible thanks guys regards andrew

Hey guys I'm looking at a very cheap liteace van and was just wondering if anyone knew the years that the Liteace had the 5K motor in it? I've tried searching and google but haven't found anything. Any help would be appreciated. Also the car owner won't be able to tell me what engine it is until 3:30 today so it would be good to know if it could possibly have a 5k

hey everyone. ive recently been thinking about this, and to me it seems to defeat the purpose. see the way I'm looking at this is if we take a turbo'd engine. with a compression ratio of 8.5 the bottom end is gonna be rather gutless and only be any good once it comes onto boost. now the way i see it the lower compression ratio means slower acceleration until the turbo spools up and a longer time to spool up because the engine isnt pumping as much air and it will also mean that the turbo has to push more air to create the same pressure in the cylinder as it would with a higher comp. engine. so from this thinking to me it seems that to have a decompressed version of n/a …

I swear I have done this kind of thing before even though it doesn't seem like it. This car is kicking my a$$ everytime I get to the next level with it. The exhaust is done and all seems well with the quality. I go to start the car and I have no spark. It's got to be in the distributor/points/rotor/timing area I think. Here's what I have done: I have checked to see if there is a fuse that could be blown and cannot find one. There is 12v at the coil with the key on and 12v at the ignition lead going into the top of the distributor. I have checked and the timing appears to be right. I cannot find any wires that are cooked/loose. Again, this is a 3k…

Hello again. My 80 TE72 is being set-up for full road-racing. Unfortunately, where I live (Los Angeles), there is not much info about setting these cars up for the track. Are there folks out there who race these cars that can give me some assistance as to spring rates, damper setups, sway bars, camber, etc. for my car? It is only going to make about 130hp at the crank and weigh about 2300lbs. I have to use all of the stock mounting positions for the suspension components as well as the stock brakes (but pad and shoe material are free). Please let me know if you have some advice. Thanks again! Ryan

Hey everyone! This is my first post here. Glad I was able to find this site, as Corolla people can be hard to track down. Anyway, I am building an '80 Corolla SR-5 Coupe (US spec TE72) for road racing. The rules of my class state that I cannot change the rear differential housing, but that the internals of the diff are open and that I can run any gear ratio and LSD unit that will fit... without modifying the housing. In the US, the TE72 came only with the 6.38 8-bolt rear (so my research tells me). I know that TRD used to make an LSD for this rear, but they have been out of production for a long time now. Are there any other LSD's out there to fit my car? I saw so…

greetings rollings... well after being sick of the constant humming noise coming from the rear end of my little yella beast, i got new wheel bearings put in it. its now a quiet little car at 100 clicks. its got a pea shooter exhaust on it, so the only noise is the sucking of the weber and humming of extractors from the engine bay. its tops, you can actually talk to people at normal volume! I'm surprised how little road noise the little car has, i'm cheering... Anywhoo, thought i would share. Cheers, dyzza

Hey guys I own a 1984 corona and I was planing to sorta turn it into a rally car. The first step I was was going to get it higher off the ground. The logical thing in my eyes was to get suspension off a hilux ute or somthing similar but ive been told you can't fit it, since toyotas are rally bred and we all drive em I thought one of you nice people could tell me.

Does anyone have any advice/experiance on modying a corona ive only ever seen one thats worked its called "phobia" heres some picks, if you've never seen please looks its awsome. http://forum.hot4s.com.au/messageview.cfm?...274&STARTPAGE=5 So yeah nick said the engine is a 2S-C wich is in my 1984 corona 2.0L carby, are there any companies that makes parts for them. I'm not very mechanicaly minded so I don't know were to start beside an exaust system.

hey guys I just joined. I got my first car its a 1984 toyota corona CSX auto its white. I was woundering what the engine name is, is it st141??.

Hey People I'm calling on the ke70 guys who have had experince with rims to help me make my mind up. I'm keen on 17x7 Mullins/CSA Pursuit wheels. The PCD is 4x114.3 and offset is +40. The question is will these fit up nice under the gaurds, will i need spacers and are they to big.

I'm sorta tossing up between getting a loan and rebuilding my car il get a better pic up as i have stripped the quarter panels (soon to be engine and gearbox) and the bumper. il apreciate opinions as soon as i can find my digital camera to take pics

Hey guys, I've been trying solve my problem for while now with no luck I have replaced TPS,Coils&Igntion, Spark plugs, leads are good, fuel pump It would only rev to 4000 revs and just bounce there and miss throttle sometimes, when i unplug TPS the problem is gone but doesnt run the smoothest With fuel pump is it ok to have it hooked up to ignition ?

I took my KE15 to the muffler shop today and apparantly they are not able to/don't want to make an intermediate pipe for my car. I have the 3k installed and ready to go except for exhaust. I have emailed the guy that Mikey suggested here in the states in regards to the extractors that he had but have not heard back yet. I may need to swap the exhaust manifold from the k-c to the 3kc for the fact that the 3k currently has a dual port exhaust and the k is a small looking manifold with a single port which will be much easier to make a down pipe for. If I cannot find an extractor, is there going to be any major difference in the performance of the 3k with the k exhaust ma…

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…

I'd like to get my hands on a manual that has a how to all of the interior parts of an AE82 (toyota corolla hatchback), like in dash (aircon, heater core etc), in door parts etc. any help would be greatly appreciated. Downloadable if prefferable plz

hey guys I haven't posted much on here as of yet, uni is over so i'll be on here a fair bit. I've got a ke30 2door sedan, I'm getting pics up soon. I installed a tacho, and at a hundred clicks, the little 4k revs at approximately 3,500RPM. It has a 5 speed gearbox. Is this normal for a 5 speed 4K? I'm thinking its got a different diff in it ... In which case i will be replacing it soon. .. I did a search but couldn't find anything specific enough... Cheers guys, dyzza

just wondering if a ke70 gearbox fit a ke20?plz help

(I'm probably being laughed at now since i posted this again... i can't post the picture on the GENERAL MECHANICAL forum... well, stupid me....) has anyone replaced the gasket on this part of your carb? will silicone work even without opening the back lid of the carb? the mechanic said there's "air" coming out of it...

Hey guys recently done ae86 4age conversion from ae86 halfcut and keep getting revs bounces from 3 grand, it also reving a steady pace and 1 1/2 revs, what hell goin on ??

My KE55 diff whines when you drive it, what does that mean, not enough oil?, wheel bearings f@$ked?, whats the easiest remedy, i heard people used to stick banana peel in there back in the old days to stop them from whining when they were trying to sell a car :jamie: Cheers

I am definately Australian, and have been in and around cars my whole life, and not once ever have I heard anyone use the term "bunky". Shitter, stocker, daily, work hack, run-a-bout, but never bunky...Dit it occur to you guys that maybe it's not an Aussie thing at all, more a West Aussie thing? I wouldn't bother with the SC12, if you are going to all the trouble of supercharging it, use an SC14. It's not overkill on a 4K, I have used one many times on many standard 4K's. They are not going to be considered fast, compared to a fast car, but they will go about twice as hard as the 4K did on it's own, and also be great for burnouts, and hills. I currently have mine on a…

Click Me hmmm, a stock, 4x4 liteace, running a 3Y... id be intrested to know what driveline accessores its running... :jamie:

hi. i've been hearing a bit about sigma arms bolting into ke35-55s. i was wondering if anyone can tell me what year model sigma arms to get? and how much camber they give. i've got rose-jointed corolla arms at the moment that give me between 0 to 4 deg of neg. but can't get it engineered because they are illegal. thanks

Ok its that time again when i can work on my car :lolcry: the first thing on the list is the motor (4age) first thing is, what should i get done to it? Its got small sracthes in the bore (carnt feel them) so i assume ill will need a hone? Ive been told i may need new pistons depending on how big its rebored to? What else should i get? I'm trying to keep it resonlably cheap. What parts should i get ballenced? Is there anything i should really consider getting? Thanks Jason