silverra23

Spotted... sort of. This is more a lead on a great car for sale that has come through the Toyota Car Club. One owner 1974 KE20 Corolla. Manual. Lime Green. 140,000km or something. The good - pretty damned straight for its age, clean, dash is not split, has all hub caps and dress rings, most of the chrome is in good nick, back seat has no splits. Still registered until October. Well maintained and started first kick. Still has its owners manual, original key and the little fold up key pouch that the keys came in. The bad - rust in bottom of both front guards (rust repair panel size), a bit in the c-pillar paint is faded all over the car and crazed on the front guards. Front carpet buggered, and front seats spit but have seat covers. Passenger door has a number of dents from another car door being opened on it. Drivers door has a crease. Rear bumper has big ding in the middle. The older gent who owns it wants it to go to a good home where it will get loved. Consequently asking around $1200 but I suggest you will get it for $1k easy enough. If you are serious about it - I don't want the old guy harassed by lots of tyre kickers, PM me and I will pass on his details. I am sorely tempted to buy this tidy it up and sell it at a profit on ebay, but I need to resist the temptation!!

If you are keen to be involved, I would suggest signing up at toymods and looking at the thread in the vic section there.... particularly if you want to be included in the karting.

More like 10 or 15.

Update: This would be welcome to ALL Toyota owners. Start point - Westerfolds Park -bottom car park near boat shed -9:30 meet for a 10am start The plan is to have a BBQ (BYO meat), buy fish and chips or something simliar. Also looking at possibly an option of go-karting in the afternoon, I am waiting on a reply from the track for a cost. The gokarting is optional so if you want to come along for the cruise and BBQ but don't want to Gokart it is up to you. Cruise Route: please note inclusion of eastlink, possible to get day passes ect at: http://www.eastlink.com.au/page.aspx?code=TOLLS - cost is $5:15 for one trip pass in a single direction http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=d&s.....234589&z=10 The Plan for the day: 10am - Depart Westerfold Park 12:30pm - Arrive at Cowes BBQ lunch (BYO) 2:00pm Head to gokarts 2:30-3:30pm Gokarts 3:30pm Depart for home. Please register whether you can come in the thread. Details for gokarts i have recieved so prices for the gokarts Quote: The prices as of July 1st 2008 are: 10 minutes $28.00 20 minutes $50.00 30 minutes $65.00 40 minutes $75.00 There is a discount available for groups. For every 11 people who book in, one of those people will ride for free. All participants must be wearing closed toe shoes. In warmer weather shorts and t-shirts are fine but wearing singlet tops is not permitted. To drive a go kart you must be 10 years of age or older as well as being 148cm or taller. Children aged 5-10 years old may participate in a tandem kart with an adult (18+) driving. A maximum of 18 karts are permitted on track at one time so if you have 20 participants, you will need to go in 2 groups. All participants MUST have a Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) of 0.00! Please register whether you will be gokarting and also if you will be bringing any passengers that will be participating so i can give the karting place a number. Please note: All actions by individuals reflect on the group, so any indivduals who act in a way that reflect poorly on the rest of the group from unlawfull activities will be asked to not drive with the rest of the group. Should be a good fun day.

ONe of the guys in TCCA is organising a cruise for Saturday 1st May. Details at this stage are: This would be welcome to ALL Toyota owners. Start point - Westerfolds Park -bottom car park near boat shed -9:30 meet for a 10am start The plan is to have a BBQ (BYO meat), buy fish and chips or something simliar. Also looking at possibly an option of go-karting in the afternoon, I am waiting on a reply from the track for a cost. The gokarting is optional so if you want to come along for the cruise and BBQ but don't want to Gokart it is up to you. Will add more details such as cruise route when destination is set. Please register whether you can come in the thread. Please note: All actions by individuals reflect on the group, so any indivduals who act in a way that reflect poorly on the rest of the group from unlawfull activities will be asked to not drive with the rest of the group. I can't go as I am in Sydney.. but will try and keep this thread updated. Would be good to get a collection of rollaclub guys coming along... toymods guys will also be in attendance.

I vote slant.

I am envious of your minty freshness :bash:

Its that time of the month again! (hmmm that sounds kind of wrong now that I write it....) TCCA meeting is on tomorrow night. Same bat time Same bat location..

No dramas on the plug info. I reckon if you have another look Taz you will see the coolant is going into ye olde Coke bottle overflow, not the oil overflow :)

Spotted on North Rd this morning, maroon late model Corolla Levin, young lady at the wheel, black Rollaclub sticker on the rear quarter window.

Toyota catalogue for one supplier is here https://vault2.secured-url.com/ShopSecure/a...;CarMake=TOYOTA And I have bought from the guy on ebay before http://stores.shop.ebay.com.au/getashade__W0QQ_armrsZ1

what are the points that the brace is supporting there? just the inner boot panel or is there a suspension mount in there some where?

I ran BP6ES in mine, with a 1.0mm gap, after it was dyno tuned. That was their recommendation based on the dyno info.

Suede "drift style" steering wheel with boss kit for $140 was actually cheap. Could have left the old standard one on it and made another $140, but it was not worth . As was the pair of brand new tail lights.. when everyone wanted $50 each for decent second hand ones that weren't decent, and didn't have decent bulb holders!

Just a black velour, I didn't organise it, left that to the trimmer.

So that brings us up to date. Tried to put a different carby on that a guy in the club lent me, but it was different and wouldn't fit. My pistons have arrived from Atomic Speedware, so the engine block is off being honed for them and then it can all go back together. I have kind of resigned myself to waiting until the new 18rg is in before I drive it, unless I lash out and pay someone to rebuild my carby. Which I don't want to do since its money down the drain really. Anyways hope you enjoyed the read, and I will try and keep this update along with the toymods thread.

9th March Carby rebuild is just about done by the Solex guru I came across through toymods.

6th March update Didn't make Hanging Rock, had to take my AE71 instead. An unexpected two week sojourn to the Middle East with work slowed up the final steps too! Anyways when I got back my newly chromed badges were sitting on my desk waiting for me. They have come out really good. I now need to repaint the black backgrounds on them, which almost seems a crime given how shiny they look. the backs lof them look pretty different now too Still haven't got it running. Might just bite the bullet and pull the carby off and get it rebuilt.

13th February 2010 Sonofabitch. Changed plugs, fuel filter, ballast resistor.. no real change :) Windows went in. What a pain in the arse that is. I think the moulding retaining clips I got from Scotts that were a generic Japanese one were not quite right and a bit short, as we have ended up with some indentations in the mouldings where we have pressed so hard to get them to clip in. One day might have to put different ones in but I will leave it be for the moment. Fitted my vitaloni mirrors and they look good :P Wipers are on now, did that after the photos. Fitted my new locks from toyheadauto. They are so much tighter! Front door trims went back on, along with the final window belt rubbers which are attached to the door trims. So aside from some badging that is still away in Sydney being rechromed, stage 1 is complete. If you ignore the fact that it won't drive! 18RG and 5 speed to come in Stage 2, along with rt132 struts and more suspension lowering, just as soon as my pistons arrive from Arias in the USA.

And more 11th Feb So dick head here didn't think about the massive vacuum leak that having the brake booster disconnected would be causing.... wound the idle screw right in and it runs now, albeit at 1500 rpm. Still not happy when i wind it back, but since I fiddled with the dizzy, I will borrow a timing light from work tomorrow and have a go at getting it better. The good news is the brake booster and master are all in and connected now! Can do a brake bleed tomorrow too... its starting to look promising again!

11th February update I think I must have been having a bad night last night! Foot doesn't hurt too much so I got lucky there! Other strut came apart and went back together easy as, and then went straight in. here is the progress on the list... fit battery tray - done fit battery (got to go collect that shortly) - done partly rebuild carby (carby rebuild kit also to be collected shortly) - done fit front springs - done fit rear springs and shocks - done fit brake booster and master replace brake hoses - partly done bleed brakes purchase/fit mirrors (vitaloni's) fit wheels and tyres (should be ready today I hope!) - done get screens fitted (booked for saturday which is rather too close to sunday for my liking but such is life) fit coolant overflow bottle - done fit rear number plate holder fit number plates replace missing exhaust rubbers fit door locks fit door trims detail and fit badges when they return from being rechromed degrease engine bay so I am getting there but the engine won't idle. it starts, misses a lot, and stops as soon as you take foot off the throttle. could timing chain have jumped through lack of oil pressure when it first started? any one got a timing light I can borrow, or is a tuning guru that wants to come visit would be much appreciated at this point :P

10th February update Hmm the Celica didn't want to play tonight... thought I would bang the springs in and then have a go at the carby... what do they say about grand plans? Rear springs and a pair of KYB's I bought from twentyeight a while ago went in no dramas (was meant to be Koni's but I discovered the thread on one of them was butchered :P ) Front springs.. I was in two minds.. do I put my XT130 struts in or just bang the springs on the Celica struts for now.. had a quick look at the XT130's and realised I would need gland nuts for them, so just springs it was! Left hand wasn't too bad aside from dropping the whole strut/brake on my foot. Fark that hurts!! Broken bone or three there me thinks given how its swollen up. Anyways I persevered and got it all together Right hand side was a bitch and I couldn't undo the top nut on the strut. With weight on the car, weight off it, rattle gun, breaker bar, in a vice, freeze spray, nothing worked. So much swearing and cursing was had and its now in the back of the ute now to take to work tomorrow so I can hit it hard with a big rattle gun at work. So my grand plans didn't quite make it. Maybe Thursday will be a better evening. My mirrors arrived so I guess the day wasn't all bad!

Another 8th February update My lock set arrived from toyheadauto too which is awesome, saves me pulling the car apart later to put them in. Also got my wheels and tyres today. Oh boy they look good. Oh boy the car needs some lowerage.. and some negative camber! Realised I have plans this evening, and the club meeting tomorrow night, so I am two nights down already to maake Hanging Rock :P . I will contemplate having Friday off... but that will depend on work... the guys are packing for their races in the middle east and friday is their last day... its bound to be nutso.

8th February update Not that far from being finished... but far enough that hanging rock is still 50/50 :P I did a quick list and it looks like this fit battery tray fit battery (got to go collect that shortly) partly rebuild carby (carby rebuild kit also to be collected shortly) fit front springs and shocks fit rear springs and shocks fit brake booster and master replace brake hoses bleed brakes purchase/fit mirrors (vitaloni's) fit wheels and tyres (should be ready today I hope!) get screens fitted (booked for saturday which is rather too close to sunday for my liking but such is life) fit coolant overflow bottle fit rear number plate holder fit number plates replace missing exhaust rubbers fit door locks fit door trims detail and fit badges when they return from being rechromed degrease engine bay and probably a few other things i have forgotten!

8th February update So I gave her a kick in the guts last night. Had fuel but accelerator pump did not appear to be pumping any fuel into the carby. With the help of my house mate I pulled the top off the carby and had a peer inside. Float bowl was full of gunk so we cleaned that out. Gave everything a little bit of a spray and clean. I think the seal around the accelerator pump plunger is the major cause, but I put it back together to see if we made a difference. Definitely did, as it would run, but won't idle, quite possibly cause i stuffed the top gasket when taking the top of the carby off. So I will get a rebuild kit and do a dodgy rebuild and see if I can get it to run properly. Poor thing hasn't run in three or four years, so no wonder its not happy :P