Tally

Hey guys Ok well spent most of the morning swapping the manifold and carbs over. Chucked the 4k carb/manifold off and replaced it with the old 3K carb/manifold. Now the exhaust bolts up and no emission crap anywhere so I'm loving it. Should of really done most of this stuff before we put the engine in but it didn’t occur to me (first time). I went down to u-pull-it and got the hoses that I need and hooked them all up and now no water leaks!!!! Chucked on a ramflo air filter and small air filter breather pod and it looks shmick. Well the only thing I need engine wise is a throttle and chock bracket that fits onto the top of the rocker cover. I had one but I lost it when I took the old engine out!! So will have to get that off a KE70 at u-pull-it (forgot to get it today) Have sourced some callipers so hopefully be able to get it onto the road ASAP!!! Pics tomorrow guys :hmm: Cheers Tally

hmmm, gonna go down to upullit during the week and get the engine bits I need. Going to have to hunt down some ke20/25 discs and calipers as that would be the easiest way. Or I could try and rebuild my current set. They are seized. ah well ill let you guys know how I go. Cheers Tally

yo charl dude I sold ya the front apron for ya KE20. Just wanted to say that your KE20 is looking bloody wild and can't wait to see it all done!!! keep up the good work!!! Cheers Tally

Hey guys Thanks for that because I had a bit of trouble yesterday when we got it running LOL. Well what happened right was that because of the KE70 manifold and its emission shit it was the biggest bitch to put the starter motor on and fit all the wiring as well. Also I had to use my old starter motor from the 3K as the bolts where not long/big enough for the ke70 one for some reason :( Well after I got everything connected and ready to go, and after a headache with the fuel pump I finally got it started. Started first go, was a bit loud because of no exhaust but it worked and I was happy. But ran into a few problems. We did a temporary job on the throttle cable so it wouldn’t idle and would conk out lol. And those hoses that I mentioned before.... they flow water through them so when we filled her up all the water came gushing out. So I compared it with my KE70 and found out that they are supposed to lead to each other around the head. So am going to go down to u-pull-it and find a ke70 and pick off all the parts I need. And about the 3k carbie and manifold. That’s exactly what I was going to do. The 4k carbie and manifold has all this emission shit and the manifold wont bolt up to the exhaust system as it’s a different shape. Do I have to re-jet the 3k carbie? So, yea I'm going to put the old manifold on and fix it up. Hopefully it should be smooth sailing after that. Also I HAVE NO BRAKES!!!!!!!! I need to fix them ASAP before All Japan Day! They are seized and are totally screwed lol What’s the easiest upgrade I can do? KE30 brakes and callipers??? Cheers Tally

dude man where where ya on the cruise? didnt see ya there? did you go to west lakes after the north meet?

and the engines in!!!! was a bitch to get in, but we eventually got in lined up with the gearbox and it slid in well. didnt have a engine crane so just used the bobcat, bit overkill but its all good. also as its a KE70 engine there is all these hoses around the carby and this big hose that runs around the head which I took off already. What can and can I not take off as I think half of it is really un-necessary? Hopefully get it running soon, just need to figure out how I'm going to connect the accelorator cable to the carby, buy a thermo fan and do something about an exahust.... arghhh... when you think your just about finished you still have stuff to do... Cheers Tally

Seen it a couple off weeks ago to on Pt. Wakefield Road aswell. Looks nice az...

BLOODY SWEET DUDE!!! Looks wild!!! Should get some pinstripping on it!! would look killer cheers man Tally

Front panel is painted :) Finished getting all the rust off. Cleaned front panel and steering componets from all grease and dirt, primed it and painted it matt black. Didnt paint the entire engine bay as I just wanna get it on the road asap :) Started putting the panels back on aswell. Looks mean az!!! Looks pretty good now. Engine should be in sometime this week hopefully :) can't wait, gonna be fun az.

I bailed right after the meet, wasnt able to go up through the hills. Love these little meet ups, good chances to meet and talk. Next time we should meet up somewhere to grab something to eat. :) Cheers Tally

ohh man why couldnt this crusie be in a couple of weeks. Would have had my KE25 on the road too. Always next time... Well ill try and make this one. wanna suss out your KE25 Ryan. Cheers Tally

lol I was gonna paint my rocker cover with winkle paint :dance: KE25 owners must think alike...

Looking good man, now you just need to paint the metal parts top/bottem and it will look tops :dance:

ill try and make it guys, ill see what happens saturday :dance:

Cheers man appreciate it ;) Yea man I initally wanted to do sumthing like that!!! But I thought it would be too expensive. But $40 bucks!!! Sounds wild!!! Let me know What I thought I would do was just do a quick job for now so I can get it on the road asap, just for the all japan day. Then towards the end of the year I was gonna fix it up properly. Cheers Tally

Fender Mirrors = tick!, Rims = tick! Got em already, just need to wait till the engine bay is all done and then ill put all my good stuff on when its back together ;) Well got down and dirty today. Got engine out, high pressure cleaned the engine bay, waited for it to dry and spent the rest of the day using a wire brush and an electric wire drill to scrape off all the surface rust that had accumulated on all the steering components. Still need another full days work to get most off. Had to use the KE70 to pull the car back to pressure clean it. We pushed it onto the car ramps with ease but the brakes seized up again lol so we had to pull it off with the KE70 again... Looks like I might have to look at the brakes next.. :dance: :hmm: God I hate rust....

I'm in!!! no. 144

I wanna see some pics of this Ke25. I'm in adelaide. My uncles a panel beater he could do it for ya...

Thanks guys I’m going to see what ill do with the gearbox situation. Might just leave it for the KE70. The KE25 just going to be a Sunday driver you know what I mean. Well anyway, I bought some rust converter, wd40, wax and grease remover and some acrylic primer. What I want to do is clean up the front end a bit. As you can see in the photo below it has a fair bit of surface rust on all the components. What I haven’t got my head around is if I have the right primer. The guy at SuperCheap said I should use acrylic primer as I will be painting over acrylic. But if I rust convert most of the area, wont it just be bare-metal underneath. Would I then need to etch primer it as etch primer is for bare-metal surfaces? Also can I de-grease the steering box or is it meant to be greasy? Also where can I get new bolts for the guards and front apron? I have some spares but a couple of the old ones broke so I have to get the studs out. Cheers Tally

haha yea if only you had yours ready Mick. I'm rushing to get mine done in time for the show. Anyone know a good exhaust place? Might get Jester automotive to do mine as they did my KE70.

Hey man Nah The one I saw was a pale green colour and I spotted it in the morning at about 8:30am. Show us some pics of yours!!! Mine gets on the road soon.. Cheers Tally

Got me a new RUNNING engine guys!!! heheh its just a stock 4K-C. But I'm gonna fix it up a bit. Make it look a million bucks :hmm: Next weekend get the old engine out, prep up the engine bay, rust convert it and primer it and then paint it black. Once thats done ill fix up the engine a bit and chuck it in. I also got a 5speed gearbox from a KE70. Would I have to modify the trans tunnel to make the shifter fit or is it the same as the stock KE25 four speed? If yes I'm just gonna leave the four speed in. Any suggestions on what I should do before the engine goes in?

Nah dude I totally understand. Hope you have fun. I'm sure we will figure sumtin out

been popping up on ebay alot lately... and some more rare parts such as these would be worth getting your hands on: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/TOYOTA-COROLLA-TE27...1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com.au/TOYOTA-COROLLA-LEVI...1QQcmdZViewItem I would buy these but focusing on getting mine on the road first. Just keep an eye on ebay, stuff pops up all the time, and its mostly from malaysia who get it from Japan. Cheers Tally

Yea guys I'm in, me and chumps are organising a proper cruise in a couple of weeks. will let you guys know. But ill be in defiantly for this one. Wish I could chuck my rims on my KEsev but they need tires so I guess ill have to deal with the stockies for now.. :cool: