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Yes definitely agree with the oil in the plug hole. I left that out

I would take the plugs out and turn it over in bursts of about 5 seconds about 7 or 8 times. Then put the plugs back in. Should have oil pressure by then and fuel to the carb. Double check no fuel leaks then fire it up

You have to question why Toyota ever went with that design in the first place. I can’t recall ever having seen another 2 piece manifold gasket.

Shouldn’t be too hard. Lots of later corolla’s had cable release. I would visit a wreckers and take something complete from the earliest toyota I could find with it. For example, ae86 coupes have them, and I’m sure our AE82 seca had one. Your hardest task may be getting the cable length right.

That’s an amazing story, and congrats on getting it this far without being shot in the process. The install certainly looks looks pretty neat

That's awesome. You shouldn't have told people about the pineapple tins. You could have started a business and retired on the proceeds! Great to hear it is running so well. As a boy, dad and I used to do an annual Melbourne - Labrador - Melbourne trip and his KE20 just ate up the kilometres along the old back route through Dubbo, Goondawindi etc. Good times

Shack...... that is the awesomest shack I have ever seen. We are currently in the process of arranging a second renovation after I got a bit shitty and insisted I needed a new (bigger) shed, and showed the piece of rotten bearer I cut out and replaced so i could open the back doors of the existing 100yr old timber shed. Plus my sons cricket bat repair business has gone ballistic, so everything in there is permanently covered in sawdust. Bits of bat, grips, and assorted wood working tools are strewn everywhere. So he gets his own attached workshop. But no, a draftsperson isn't good enough. So now we are going through the consultative process with a "green' architect, and it has grown to potentially adding a story to the house etc etc etc. Grand designs has a lot to answer for....... Check back in a couple of years and with luck it will be out to tender.

The bearing shops have amazing lists cross referenced to a blinding array of genuine and aftermarket part numbers. And often much cheaper than you would expect.

I can't imagine why you would want to do that? Is it because you are looking for a cheap way to get the car going after cracking a twin cam head? if so, depending on what car you are putting it in, you will need to work around different sensors, engine computers, fuelling etc I think you need to give a bit more info

It’s tempting. A rare weekend without any kids sport

I’ve gone through the library but can’t find any references to dates of manufacture in the various parts books etc. I believe mine is a Feb 1969 car. I can’t remember why, as it’s been a while. But my body number is KE15176xxx (number obscured obviously) so I would assume yours was built after mine making it a 1969 model. Is there any particular reason you ask?

I wondered if Jeremy had used up all the bandwidth

A 4A type RWD T50 is 1.7 litres as Rob said. A 2T type RWD T50 is 1.5 litres. Where are you filling it from, the fill plug in the side of the box, or through the gearstick hole in the extension housing. If the latter, you generally have to be pretty patient and let oil drain away before adding more.

Last time I went to the effort to do that, someone started selling the files on eBay.

I recently copied it for one of the other guys, but not keen on doing that again. It’s 100 pages and a very large file, too big to email. The various manuals available on eBay cover it pretty well if you are really keen. Gearboxes aren’t for the faint hearted

I’ve never understood the attraction of massive horsepower in a totally unsuited chassis with such a short wheelbase. Why wouldn’t you choose a more suitable chassis to start with, rather than engineer the thing within an inch of its life. don't get me wrong, I admire the execution and thought that goes into it. I really must get to Leyburn one day.

Your engines in back to front! I’ve heard of uprighting but that’s ridiculous.

That car knew something I didn't, and is laughing at me now......

Later on we had broken up. Then someone crashed into it as she went through an intersection. Her girlfriend calls me to console her and we got back together. Meanwhile the car gets towed away to a crash repair place where the insurance wrote it off. Last we heard, the repairer bought it off her to become the works loan car. Maybe he knew something and has a warehouse full of cars destined to explode in value. I hated the bloody thing

Did you get that off the NZ guy? The one in Australia was broken where it bolts to the hot box?

Years back I was driving my girlfriend’s ( now Mrs Parrot) mk1 Escort back from Torquay late at night when the oil light came on outside Werribee, a sleepy country town in those days. No rattles, plenty of oil on the dipstick. Drove into Werribee and found a servo. Servos carried spare parts in those days, including Escort oil pressure sensors. And a man would put the petrol in your car for you! Swapped it out, and all was well. 7/11’s were just coming in then, and not surprisingly shut at 11! Those were the days.

Yep they are really good to deal with. The owner is a member of the forums and has a well deserved reputation as a quality business You can contact him via his Facebook page or website.

Senders are matched to the gauges they supply, so very possible your gauge wasn’t suited to the 5k sender. Check an aftermarket temp sender catalogue. Same story with oil pressure gauges

I'll sneak into the photocopy room now and see what I can do! Let me know an address or email (or both!)