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alright managed to get my car into wok today (mechanic) and my boss and I had a look at it, we have replaced ignition, ( coil, dizzy parts, plugs, leads) we retuned the carbs.. and still no luck. so we moved on to timing which was well out.. Timing will most probably be the issue unless it has a worn timing chain. Trying to set the timing on my car was impossible as the timing chain was so stretched it would'n't hold the timing and as a result was about 30 degrees retarded. we kept trying to get it to hold until my carb backfired, ramflo caught fire and melted and generally sh#t hit the fan. bad news... tomorrow I have to go into work and replace timing chain and tensioner. good news... my new cam gets to go in early. the round about answer.. check your timing and timing chain.

mine started doing the same thing, and for some reason mainly when its colder. perhaps its not overfuelling, but under fuelling?? I turned my mixture screws a quarter turn richer, see how it goes today and will post tonight, if it is not already fixed.

When removiung the camshaft on a 4k, am I able to pull the lifters out of the engine through the head or do I need to use a magnet to hold them up as I slide the cam out?? I am aware that I will need to take off the rocker gear and pull out the pushrods.

I have seen a guy on trademe ( nz) that makes the adjustable tops I think They are around $400 for a pair.

you my friend are a legend.

Hi All, when I bought my second 4k quite some time ago as well as the complete motor the guy I bought it off gave me a cam with iot that has already been ground. now on the end of the cam the code " T121 " has been manually ground into it, does anyone know what grind this may be. the guy I bought it off was from west Auckland in NZ. I was just hoping maybe someone knew so I don't have to pay $100 to get it camdoctored just to find out what the grind is. I need to know because I need to find out whether I will need to upgrade the bvalve springs or not.

cool, thanks for that :)

Hi All, I know this has prob been covered but I don't have time to search as I am at work. when painting a ke30 I know it will be about 4 litres of paint required but how many litres are colour and how many clear??

sounds sweet dude, I still gotta do my flares I had my 30 lowered and want to pump out the guards, had some fibreglass flares but I don't want them anymore, they looked tacky So I am going to pump out the standard guards and get some SSR meshies, I like your Idea for a satin paint job, I want to do my car satin black, then do all the badges and grill e.t.c. green and keep all the chrome blinginn....

loooks like your cars got some potential there... you got any plans for it in particular or you just gonna clean it up and leave it stock ??

I am using mothers metaklk and alloy polish.... made my alloy wheels go mirror finish, next is rocker cover and thermostart housin, thenb the wiper motor e.t.c again.

when you Polish stuff like thermostat housing, rocker cover and wiper motor.... how do you stop it going dull ( alloy) and more importantly , rusting ( wiper motor and little metal blocker plate things.. any help would be much appreciated.. :bash:

I have a feeling that it may be the chg light itself thats faulty because when that turned on the fuel gauge stopped working, might have a fiddle with my dash later, also I have done like 300 k's with the chg light on and it still staert first turn every time, and the stereo was left on accidentally overnight... so my car could be playing tricks on me... oh well...

Hi all, the charge light in my ke30 is on, could someone please tell me what this means?? I checked all my electrical connections and such and they all seem fine and my car drove fine last night and this morning....any ideas?? also, my gas gaugge moves up very slowly and I'm sure it reads wrong because I canrt have used $60 worth of gas on a 10km trip to work.. please help. thanks in advance..

My 4k did it for a while, here is my solutions. new plugs, run some carby cleaner through it ( I run my car on premium unleaded) and finally, leave it to idle for a little bit (1 min) before switching it off, hope this helps...