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it looks so f@$king nice in your pic. btw I'm actually selling another 1979 ke55 haha. $500 driveable and great condition but not registered. Then again, you havnt had much luck with my cars lol.

Hey guys just a quick one. Not many people here would know but mid last year I started a ke55 project. The ke55 was not running when i bought it and the body was full of rust and dings. well about 2 months into the build it was ready for paint. The car was painted in 2PACK black paint sprayed by the qualified painter at work in a booth. the paint looked great. there was still the issue of the motor. So i done a top end rebuild on the little 4k and a carby rebuild. the thing ran great and was really reliable. well the sad day came when i had to sell it to get something more suitable for work and also wanted something with a little more power. I ended up swapping my little corolla for a 1994 vr commodore series 2 auto, which i then converted to manual. The vr was a good car but i needed something cheaper to run so i swapped the vr for a 1997 mitsubishi lancer. the lancer was plain shit. so i swapped it for a 1999 VT commodore limited edition manual. well anyway back on track. today i had to go to pick and payless wreckers in blacktown to get some parts for my sisters mirage and noticed a little burnt ke55 in the distance. as a joke my mate said "its your ke55". i laughed. walking around the car saying how bad it is i started realising things that were similar to my car. lots of things. The things i noticed are the exhaust, the diff, the rear brake lines were braised shut, the front shocks, the rear lowering blocks, the wheel nuts, the bosch coil which i installed, opened up the boot and seen the new panels which i welded in, found some amp wiring which i left in the boot, the original paint under the bonet, plus lots more. i still couldnt believe it so i got the chassis number, called my dad and checked the number against the papers. yep it was my ke55. so devo. does this look like it was deliberately burnt or could it be accidental? i say deliberate because the paint and everything is gone where as if it was an electrical fire or engine fire it would only be one section. well anyways heres some before after and burnt shots ahha. cheers guys

its only hard to start when its hot. how do i know if the timing is out?

nah mate its a brand new radiator which i just changed a few days ago. Somone told me that there could be corrosion in the water ports in the head/block. But I'm not too sure about pulling apart the engine, mainly because of timing lol

lol i thought the same thing and double checked that lol

this has been going on for some time. it holds water and pressure. and there is no bubbles in the radiator. is there anything else i am missing?

The gauge reads normal but when I stick a thermometer in the radiator it reads over 100 degrease. Also after driving for abit and turning the car off it try to keep running then when I try to start it again it is hard.

Hi, I have A 79 ke55 which has has an overheating problem. I have replaced the thermostat which does open, new waterpump and new radiator and hoses all around. The heater core has been bypassed and I have run a flush through te engine. After replacing the coolant I find i still have an over heating problem. Is there anything else I'm missing? Any help would be great. Thanks guys

Hi just wondering when there will be a cruise in sydney as I'm getting my p's soon and i am keen to go on one :(

nah man i had a look around but then decided to do it myself and paint it in the booth at work, its actually really easy lol

Spotted a red ke55 or ke30 4 dr sedan in a car park at the valley plaza shopping center green valley. Shame I wasn't in mine at the time.

yeah i was thinking about the bumpers aswell ahha. just gotta find a cheap set somewhere

thanks mate i only have one picture of the door trims and I'm trying to keep it as stock as possible

Well this is my completed ke55. I fixed all the rust and done all the body work in about 10 hours. It was pretty bad aswell. The bonnett and front guard were completely fcked so i replaced them with rust free ones. I then painted it with clear over base 2 pack paint, which was sprayed by me in the booth at work. i have replaced the motor with another 4k because my original motor had over 700 000 kms on it and the odometer didnt work lol. My newer motor has 179000 on it so I'm laughing. i picked this car up for $600 with rego and i have probably spent about $1500 on it. it just passed a pink slip yesterday and i am going for rego sometime soon. What does everyone think and what can i do to make it look better?

turn on your headlights with the motor running if the handbrake light dims then it is either your battery or alternator. more than likely battery.

even the local radiator specialist can't work it out lol. he told me to change my gauge and see if that helps. come to think of it i actually did change the whole dash cluster with the new motor because of the speedometer. i will give that a try ahah

Well I changed the motors cause my other one had done 700 000 km's lol. My new one is about 179000. do you know when the next cruise is in nsw? Wouldn't mind going if my cars going

i have already changed the sender lol

Well I just jacked up the front of the car and started it with the cap off and there was abit of air but not much and yeah still the same problem. I can't seem to understand this o doubt it's rust blockage inside cause green coolant came out when I was putting it back in.

i have done that except i havnt had the car on a hill. will give it a shot now and get back to you

Ok no worries thanks for all your help mate

It is the standard plastic fan with shroud but now after changing the waterpump the motor stays hot weather driving or idleing. once i turn the heater on it does drop down abit but not enough for it to be normal. the motor seems to run fine and with the radiator cap off and the motor running i can feel waterflow in the radiator. Is there anything i can buy to cleen out the system completly?

Oh and also the link between the waterpump and thermostat housing holes have been braised closed

Well I ust put a new water pump in and its still the same problem, I don't know if this matters but when I bought the car with the other motor the heater hoses were disconnected and when I changed the motor I checked it for leaks and there was No leaks so it had me thinking why he disconnected it if it worked. Could this in any way be related to the problem?

Ok thanks i will get a new pump tomorrow and try it out, i will let you know how it goes. Is it a major task to remove the water pump cause it looks to be behind the pulleys :)