Banjo

Jason ! Does that mean when you now sleep at night, you have the feeling your 4A-C engine has never left you ? :)

Jamie, your mate SAM must be a big boy !

Love it, Rob, Wish you'd taken a picture of it. Conjurors up a beautiful mental picture ! Busy road. Motel Sign. Car in pieces beneath. Irate Motel Manager. As long as you didn't wash parts down in the bath tub ! :dance:

GOOD ONE ! :dance: Love it Dysolve ! That's beuatiful & very ingenious ! Come on guys; there's got to be a lot more of those sort of stories out there waiting to be told !

I've just started a thread, where I'd love to see posts of weird mechanical solutions to everyday problems. We all seem to have stories of how we got out of some "on the road" or mechanical problem, by using a non conventional solution. Remember that ABC show a few years back called "Bush Mechanics". I luv'd that. It brought back so many memories of getting stuck in the bush, and getting out of it. You've probably all heard the suggestion of cracking an egg into your radiator, when you spring a leak miles from no where. Remember a thread not that long ago here, about bedding in a new engine using Bon Ami cleaning powder. I knew an old bush mechanic who reconds he got extra life out of slipper bearing shells, by filing the ends of them slightly, and packing them out from behind with a number of Tally Ho tobacco papers. My grandfather used to tell me that when he went rabbit shooting and got a puncture he couldn't fix, they'd cut grass and stuff the tyre full, and drive home. Well that's the sort of tales I'd love to here. How you got an engine out, when you didn't have a chain bloc, etc. etc. etc.. One of the best reads and videos I've watched recently is the Birdsville mailman's 1954 epic b/w "The Back of Beyond". To my way of thinking, Tom Kruse was the greatest bush mechanic of all time. What that bloke couldn't do in the bush with a broken down vehicle. It was just amazing ! Anyway, it's over to you. I'm sure you'd all love to post your moment of ingenuity ! I've got a couple of stories I'll post in the coming days. ;)09

Ophs ! Must have pushed the wrong button there ! * as he puts down glass of red wine * Let's start again. 4. Where is the best place in Brissy to get a complete set of poly bushes for my KE55 at the right price ? Thanks in advance ! :dance:

Did the rear end of my KE55 coupe a few weeks back, with waggon springs, gas shocks & poly bushes all around. I think the poly bushes I used were Super Pro brand. I'm now ready to do the front suspension bushing completely, and have decided to go poly again. Question: 1. How many different brands of poly bushes are there for the KE series ? 2. Are any brands beter than others, or are they much the same ? 3. What should I pay for a complete front set for my KE55 ? 4.

Rob, You are spot on ! Thanks ! :thumbsup:

Could well be one of the many rubber tubes around the carby that eventually crack and leak, causing the sort of symptoms you describe. If you find they are cracked, replace the lot. It's quick simple. Go to your local auto spares & get a 1 metre of rubber hose to suit. Take old piece as sample. Remove one piece at a time from carby, cut new one to length & fit. This way you won't forget which one goes where. :thumbsup:

Rob, Thanks for that, and all the camera work down in the garage. We are all a little wiser now. I figured it was something like that. All the manuals I have read indicate that when fitting new rubber bushes to the inner end of the lower control arm, that they should NOT be fully tightened until the car is lowered to the ground. This is presumably to provide some torsional effect from the rubber to the suspension, both up & down from the neutral position. I thought that maybe the rubber bushes provide more of this torsional effect than the poly ones, which are usually covered with the special dry lubricant provided with each set of bushes. With your rose joint mod, this torsional effect is presumably lost, so have you had to compensate for this elsewhere in the suspension setup, or doesn't it matter in your rallying application ? Thanks again ! Banjo :)

Just the picture you want to see before you fly out on an overseas holiday ! :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:

OK, I've just done the rear suspension and about to start on the front. The rear of my KE55 2 door coupe got a pair of waggon springs, (thanks Fook), a pair of gas shocks and new poly bushes all around. Made a big difference. :P In researching the front suspension I came across the above comment from Fook re not necessarily going all poly bushes on the front suspension. Now I know what castor, camber & toe-in are, but I need someone to explain in a little more detail, how the rubber bush use on the inner control arms allow one to "wind more castor in". As someone very famous out Ipswich way once said. "Please explain". :)

Highly unlikely that it is the fuel guage itself. The guage is powered by a small 8V regulator, attached to the rear of the instrument cluster assembly. These are notorious for breaking down, but sometimes you can be lucky, and it is just a connection problem, as the older Corolla's used a flexible printed circuit board that can create problems. The regulators can be purchased at an electronics store. I would first check that you have +8 volts to one side of the guage. Other than wiring between the dash and the boot, the other likely culprit is the fuel level sender unit in the tank itself. This requires removal of the tank to remove the sender. The wire wound resistor eventually wears away & shorts turns making it inaccurate. The fuel sender units are hard to find in good condition. I had to go through about three before I got a good one. Good luck ! Let us know how you go. :dance:

No. it doesn't look that bad; but it will if Jonsey & his mates ever attack it with hammers, axes and other electric tools, it will not look pretty. Reminds me of pictures somewhere on this site of Nick & helpers demolishing his old KE-70 body with a sledge hammer. Not a pretty sight ! Maybe Nick can dig them out and post them here again ! :dance:

Jamie, hope you win. With 16 bids so far & 5 days to go, you may have to rebid. Enterprising guy ! Bit of Teddy lateral thinking here. All the guys are constantly cleaning out sheds & garages of all kinds of unused Corolla stuff. Maybe rather than landfill, we could all get together once a year, and with a welder or two turn it into a woork of art that we could sell on eBay for a fortune and pay for all of Rollaclubs running costs for a year. :dance:

Stuffed up URL link there somewhere ! Good Read ! :dance:

Came across this sob story on eBay, which is worth a good read. It's got a Toyota content, so should be of interest on this site. The moral of the story, is "Don't drink & eBay !" And you all thought Nick was pretty skilled with the pen & verse ! sob STORY / DESCRIPTION :dance:

Yes Church ! Didn't you note Jamie's comment in another thread, that he "religously" takes it out to 8000 rpm, everytime he drives it. :)

Question about the K series timing chain. I stripped my newly acquired 5K down at the weekend. Got a Toyota 2K to 5K genuine engine manual yesterday off eBay which I will use to check all original measurements. Note that some in these threads are suggesting that the timing chain be changed to 2 row on 5Ks. I agree ! From my experience with chains in any application. They streeeetch over time. Question. Where do you get a double row timing chain & sprokets for the 5K ? Are they an aftermarket part ? I note, and old 3K I have here in the garage has a double row timing chain on it as standard. Do the 3K double chains & cam & crankshaft sprockets fit straight onto a 5K ? :D

Teddy, what a find ! And I thought Justatoy got a good deal. It sounds like you have a friend or someone who doesn't really know the worth of these 5Ks. It shows there are still some out there to be sourced, but heavens, there are hard to find. I've been searching for 5 months. Previous ones I've found were all in places like S.A. or Tasmania. I go mine on the Sunshine Coast, a mere hour odd drive away. I'm like a kid the night before Christmas at the moment; Can't wait to get into it this weekend. Mine has 160 - 165 PSI on all four cylinders, and very smooth running, so I'm rapped ! I'll let you know how I go, & what I find. :P

Got my 5 speed gearbox out of the car at the moment to replace a front oil seal. The 5 speed mates up to a 4K-C as a daily drive. Just aquired a 5K-C last night and brought it home. Quickly mated the 5 speed box off the 4K-C upto it, and it mates perfectly. Hope that helps. That sure was a great 5K buy you got for $ 500.00. We're all envious. :P

Good Luck Claire ! Looks great with the "Holdan" blue ! :S

What an informative 24 hours you guys have provided with this thread, that I only posted as a simple question last night about ProZone fuel modifiers. Jamies, links to Tony's Fuel Saving Tips was a very interesting read, and resulted in extended morning & afternoon tea breaks today. (got to be careful there. My boss is such a nastie ! Very punctual ) I have to agree with Tony's comments, that it is highly unlikely that any gismo could improve the economy or performance of a modern computer controlled motor car, with sensors & feedback loops galore, and so much spent on development. However, the cars that you & I, love & drive, are now between 20 to 30 years old, don't all have computers, and minimal self adjusting, or feedback systems. We, the drivers are the feedback. We feel, we hear, we react. (seen a manual choke in a new car recently) Older cars can go out of tune easily, and are very sensitive to changes. I remember a product put out by Kliening Bros in Sydney, called a water injector that supposedly gave you the same smoother running performance you experience inexplicably on a drive on a cool dewy night when the air is heavy with moisture, and the air is denser. The water injection also had the result that the engine was sparkingly clean inside after an eventual head removal. My weekend drive is the family V6 Camry with the Lexus engine, which has to be one of the smoothest engine that has every powered a car I have driven. In 150,000 klms, is has performed incedibly, without a glitch or hiccup. It's absolutely beautiful to drive, but the feeling of driving a KE55 through the seat of your pants, (Corolla seats are lengendary for your bum sitting on the floor) and hearing and feeling every little timing chain slap is a joy many now never experience. Live on olde Corollas ! :S

Why Jamie ? Because they are toooo expensive, (about $ 165.00 ea. I believe) or because they don't work. Or both of the above ? Have you tried one ? :S

Has anyone used a Prozone inline fuel modifier. If so, what results have you got from them. I've read the ProZone websites in the UK & OZ, and some of the testimonials are pretty impressive. I was talking to a guy the other day, who showed me one fitted to his early Falcon coupe. He has had it on for some time & was glowing it his praise of it. But then he worked for Repco, the Australian agent. The Prozones sold here in this part of the world are sold right here in Queensland. Would love to here others comments on this product. Here is the link for those that don't know of the product. ProZone Link ProZone Australia :S