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There was a complete AE82 twincam bigport at Centre Rd on Sunday. Also 3 KE30's amongst the usual KE70 AE71 AE82 dross.... Nothing earlier.

I reckon I might have bumped into your dad a few months ago at pickapart Kilsyth whilst I was raping the shit out of a burnt orange KE20. ' He was telling me about his son who had about "100" Corollas in the backyard!

Don't worry, they are not your ones. Story is he has another set. "The one you bidded on has been paid for and sent already but I have another set of the center gauges as well as the tach and speedometer." Be interesting to see what colour the gauges are and the Km limit

I got a centre console out of an old Mitsu Lancer that looks like it may go well, it comes in an auto version too. Haven't tried it yet though, not game to get under the tarp!

The guy just sent me a second chance offer on both items. Have asked for some photos so shall see what they look like. What did he charge you for post on both by the way?

clicky

My white 1973 KE25 is color code 007 - seriously. Couldn't see that on the list you posted.

And if you are not going the LSD route, why not just get Tayell to do it for you? It isn't expensive, and you will know it has been done right.

Not sure how well these will come out, but they are 'period' shots. If you click on the actual photo, they show larger. If you look close, you can see the tacho on the inside shot despite reflection from the window. Big mother of a thing. Note the bullet style side mirror? This is an SL (from other photo's) by the way Handsome young fellow wasn't he........

I suspect you are referring to Tayell Automotive. From the FAQ "Limited Slip (without changing housing) Yes, there is a limited slip center that bolts into a Corolla housing, they were used in American KP Starlets. Sometimes you can find them in 4.1 or 4.3 ratio, more often than not they are the ridiculously low 2.928. Option1Garage on the Gold Coast import these for around $880. There are also people who "make" a sortof limited slip conversion, one such company in America is Phantom Grip. Tayell Automotive in Bentleigh East (Vic) advertise a similar service for around $250."

Because they hardly grow on trees. No need for the others to be unsightly.

I reckon it is worth the a go. And it appeals to my way of doing things. I might keep a look out at pickapart for a cheap cluster.

Yeah that's the one I'd like to get. The one on ebay was wood grain though it did have the extra guage in the centre. My dads KE20 he bought years ago brand new from AMI in Melbourne, had a tacho mounted on the top of the dashpad.

The AE86 one is roughly 100 pages. But it is only a photocopy and the photos have not come up so good. If you are interested, I could look into scanning it. When I scanned up the Toyota factory 4AGE Electrical Diagnosis Manual plus EWD books for Euro/Aus and also the USDM book, (hosted on aeu86.org) some c*$t in the US started selling the exact scan (with my annotations) on US ebay! Not happy. Try to help people out and someone ends up charging people for the info you worked to provide for free. Take a more jaundiced view after that.

And I have a set for an AE86

Yeah, a mate who works there says spare parts a few years ago had a clean up and threw out any information for the older models including TA22, no respect.

They are always good at the blow off there. I'll go back with the part numbers. Curious to see if they have the c pillar exterior vents, front guard garnish's (late) and a 74 grille badge. Would be very surprised, but you never know. Will also go see the guy at Camberwell instead who has been quite helpful previously.

Out of interest, popped into Melb City Toyota today to enquire about a few exterior trim bits for the KE25. Believe it or not, the EPC only goes as far back as KE30 series. The parts guy denies that they even keep the fiche for Ke2x anymore. Maybe he was to lazy to dig out the microfiche reader. Supposedly some dealers still do. I think I got the 'f@$k off it's too hard' response However I may be able to order parts off my USDM fiche if I take them the part numbers..... although probably no longer available. Must say though, my previous experience at Melb City with AE86 parts and amazingly on two separate occasions when buying new cars led me to expect this response, unfortunately they are close to work. I think in future I will just go there to buy plugs and oil filters.....

Put KE20 into ebay and you will have Australian and Thai options aplenty.

Did any Australian delivered KE2x's come with a factory tacho?

Well no, of course the big axles are stronger. But then stronger is all relative and it depends on the amount of abuse you intend giving it. Disc brake rear ends are pretty pricey and you are unlikely to know whether it is a small or large axle unit till you pull the centre out. As mentioned, the large axles are very hard to find and the tercel ones are not a direct replacement. Of course the centre you get needs to match the axles in size. These large axle T series rear ends are only found in late AE86's never delivered in Australia. If you are concerned, you can always spend the money on the hiace conversion at the added cost of extra weight. Otherwise you could bolt in a T18 rear end which will be fine for width (don't forget to factor this into your thinking), and axles are available fairly easily, plus a T series LSD will bolt in.

Interesting. This was the conclusion I had come to for my KE25 which would run exactly the same set up except I will likely run 13 x 6's. What offset are your wheel? I was thinking I would still need to cut the diff down.

For what it's worth, I covered this for Victorian's here As a synopsis, I was sick of the conjecture and wrote to Vicroads and asked specifically just this question. Other states may well vary.

I think you will find this isn't a solution. I presume however a Bank of New Zealand account would be fine. Though I imagine they only exist within Australia in capital cities.

I think they may have changed the rules to say you must have a NZ bank account. No one over there seems to know what paypal is. An international money transfer is very expensive. I have bought a few small things and sent cash in the post. One big thing that required a bank transfer was a painful process.