dannyboy86

Hi I have a AE92 and today I went to get the air con re-gassed, but unfortunantly there was a small hair line crack where the air conditioning lines connect to the condenser just behind the right headlight. The hair line crack is about 10-15mm long and starts from the lip. Tried a thicker o ring but still leaking slightly. Is there anything out there or a product that can repair the crack such as aluminum welding it from the outside? or should I just replace the condenser?

Thanks Ben, Thats the latest update since yesterday with it. Hopefully today get some tints. Hows your car been?

Well my Christmas presents to my self arrived in the mail today and It felt like it was Christmas day all over again unwrapping this thing! It has taken some time to search and find one of these available. The rare AE92 JDM C grille (ruby red) + a AE101 C grille Took some before a after shots and love how different it looks. AE92 AE102

Thanks Tom :y:

Good work sorting out the rush problems. Hit it hard now while its only surface stuff or a little bit of grinding before it gets any worse and starts making decent holes in your metal. :y:

That's exactly what a few friends have said just go straight to coil overs and don't bother with shocks and springs. I thought about a double din and I was looking into getting a pioneer touch screen dvd head unit. But the only problem is that its quite low the area for the double din and especially with the automatic stick sits up quite high, Oh decisions decisions... Yeah I was pretty pissed that something happened so soon and thought it was going to be a really expensive fix which it wasn't. All in all I'm happy with her and she's running like a dream.

Yeah going to get it tinted, because it gets boiling hot inside. Put some decent speakers in it and still tossing up if I should leave the original tape deck in it or not. the only thing is the cassette player doesn't work anymore. Ive always got my eye out for some lowered spring and shocks. If any come around for the right price I would buy some. Thats all I have planned for it for now.

So here is the pictures from when the sump pan was dropped. As you can see all the metal shavings from the bearings. All cleaned up and getting ready to put back together Sump pan cleaned up aswell Car has been running around now for a week on the road and it runs beautifully :)

thanks :y: , it is a awesome little car and feels really good on the road. Ah yeah theres is always something that has to go wrong

Thanks Chris for the comment. Update with the rolla is back on the road and purring like a kitten As I don't have the money for a 20v conversion I had to fix the corolla. The picture above showed the sump catch with a little metal in it, that was nothing compared to what was in the bottom of the sump pan. It had looked like someone had thrown a hand full of confetti in there which was all the metal shavings from the inner lining of the bearing. In the end it was the big end bearing 1 & 2, 2 being the worse. Picture soon once I get them of my mates phone.

Thanks Ben, Yeah I will have to get some more photos of it. Hopefully she will be back on the road by the weekend, just waiting on parts to arrive.

Engine bay after shot looks amazing Ben, great work as usual. After I fix the rolla it will definitely needing a going over with a toothbrush and degreaser. Just wondering in your windscreen water container that's a windscreen washing liquid?

Very clean, love how it looks like it rolled off the showroom floor. Love to see how the engine bay is looking? :y:

More work has been happening on the rolla as there has been a problem with the engine. Started making a tapping / rattle noise on start up and slowly has increased when driving it on hard acceleration. Thought it could of been the tappets, on further investigating the noise in was lower down and was pretty sure it was the big end bearing. Got the car up on stands and dropped the sump pan out of it and found the sump catch full of bits of the bearing And whats left of the big end bearing. Decided to make it into a keyring for a souvenir. Left the car for now, need to check the conrods if there is any damage to them and then source some parts for it.

Got the car registered yesterday and just finished up on a little things of the car. Absolutely love driving this rolla, it like a little toy and I don't want to give it to my girlfriend :( Took it to the local park today and took a few photos to show you guys the finished product! Hope you guys like the finished product. There is still a few things on the list to do, tinting and lower it a little.