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Those wheels suit it mickey mouse, this a 30 with cred :yes: Swearing is the ingredient when performaing a conversion.

What this bloke said, couldn't have hit the nail any harder. Nice glossy metallic brown and straight chrome to contrast is the thing :yes: I just polished up all the chrome on my red ae71 and it looks too hot to touch.

Hey E, Theres no slack in the wheel bearings. Though when I'm creeping at a walking pace or more it sounds like one of those spin the wheels as it emits that tick, tick sound. But as soon as theres the slightest amount of brake pressure it disappears. Loose brake pad maybe :hmm: I'll have a dig with dad when its service is due. Someting off topic, we should have a Nandos run next Friday or something.... Maybe Jamie would be interested? Did you see the second video, is only short though.

Alrighty, back in late April I gave the ke a thorough service and this hasn't had one yet so I went down to autobarn to get a few goodies as its approaching its 200,000km milestone. Yes the fuel filter is for an ae82, but it fits better to the bracket and fuel line as opposed to the unit that has both outlets in the top of the filter. I picked up a smaller oil filter and also some sump plug washers as it had developed a small leak after its 197,000km service. The blue Top Gun leads were already on when I bought it, but who knows how old they are. So there are fresh ones to go on including new plugs, the air filter is as new to its a keeper. Dizzy cap, points, rotor button are fresh as a daisy. As I mentioned in an earlier post, this will go to a carby specialist so it can be tamed a little, and no doubt little jobs like this will help overall performance and economy :y: Oh and front brake pads as I haven't touched them since i bought it. Hopefully it will stop the rattle thats coming from the front right hand caliper, all the bolts are super tight but hasnt had any effect. When you apply the brake over a bump (i.e speed hump) it wont rattle??

Over the weekend the rear RH door card got replaced as it was wrinkled where the trim tucks under the rubber seal for the quarter window. (Was like it when I bought it, but didnt bother me so much). While I had the trim off I decided to vacuum out any dirt, dust and what not which may have accumilated... lucky I did :yes: . Over a couple of days the remaining three doors were taken apart, brushed out, vacuumed drainage holes were already clean and then innundated with Moto-Fix? Automotive spray on bitumen to keep the doors rust free. Another youtube video my friend took. Skip to the 2.34 min Quick video my mate took on Sunday afternoon. Put back on the aftermarket muffler as it'd sound better with the manual, don't know if i'll have it on for long though :hmm:

Hi Chris thanks, I did between 50-60km today in it going up to some rural areas where there were rapid inclines and decents, so it gave the car a chance to prove its capabilites under different loads etc,etc. I'll go over the tailshaft bolts (where it meets the diff) and the bolts on the supporting bracket where its halfway up. I'll check the oil level in the box too, despite filling it to the brim last sunday! Its a 25 year old box so I'm more than impressed with how it operates, even if it makes a few odd little sounds when you press the clutch in.. :happy: ***also the manual boot/console*** is much more functional as I can select gears more easily without the stick fouling inside the smaller area on the modified auto console.

Ah good point Trev, I didnt realise series 1 cs-x model featured the garnish to.

Ooops, its a big link but the boot garnish is the black plastic panel thats between the taillights. Series two Ae82's had this. http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/1986-1989_Toyota_Corolla_%28AE82%29_CS_sedan_01.jpg&imgrefurl=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1985-1989_Toyota_Corolla_%28AE82%29_CS_sedan_02.jpg&usg=__sQC0CD9j-jPH0d0V5Hh4GBCLDGo=&h=1492&w=2504&sz=2358&hl=en&start=30&zoom=1&tbnid=x_mPH1ax3PnDrM:&tbnh=92&tbnw=154&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtoyota%2Bcorolla%2Bae82%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D550%26tbs%3Disch:10%2C854&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=276&vpy=270&dur=508&hovh=146&hovw=245&tx=103&ty=101&ei=Ib3CTP6ANoa6vQPIouytCA&oei=F73CTL-NDoXovQPci9GgCA&esq=3&page=3&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:30&biw=1024&bih=550

Here are three photos of the same thing, just looks so much better with the manual surround :blush: Auto is the left one, Right is the manual. Just an extra one given from my cousin, but its binned now.

Nearly one week after the conversion and I love this thing even more. Done between 150+km this week bedding in the clutch and just taking it easy as usual, but its a mad little thing. On a different note I went to Thornbury Carburettors and made some inquiries about lowering the idle down to manual specs. I explained that the car has a had a considerable thirst ever since I bought it, so he said it can definitely be tuned to perform better and have better economy. And lastly he'll look at the auto choke, as mine hasnt been operative since I gave the engine a wash quite a while ago. As the power delivery in the manual is way more direct, if its cold and coughs and splutters the car gets a little too hoppy. A week or so back I bought a head rest so I could use the material as a repair section on the drivers seat squab as its currently torn. Then today Paul and myself went down to Team Thrash Garage to pick up a tidy set of rear doors for his 71', Good blokes to deal with for any e7 86 parts :y: :y: while he took the doors off the parts car I discoverd this one had a grey interior and manual gear boot surround, :) so I bought that, glued the hairline crack up, washed it and the boot, gave it good soak of armourall :yes: and put it in the car as the previous one was an auto surround with the leather boot installed :hmm: ..... it just looked weird :n: I'll put up comparison shots for you guys.

Hey Jordy, I'm only guessing but that looks like a ford rim off a late 60's Capri or Escort. That style of rim was more common in 14" and 5 stud on the falcons. Try finding some centre caps (dome shape) and slip it over those three lugs and you'll be set. It will look tough, and if you can't find the same width get the the wheel anyway and widen it. :y:

Good work Izac, about time more people started seeing the positives in an ae82. Is the blue mod plate for the front bucket seats?

I'll vent a bit of steam off. Hats off to the Corolla, but what a waste to use such an original and clean Kingswood and Falcon :n: :n: Okay use them in an episode and have a bit of fun without banging them up, but then clean them up/detail whatever and sell them off in a public auction with the proceeds going to a charity of each of the hosts choice. Nice cars but I wasnt really impressed. Oh and Mr Pazzatti commenting during his drive "these cars should be in the back of a wrecker somewhere" bloody look after them so they don't have to be there. Very shallow.

Hey Matt, its much much quicker the pick up in third is unbelievable, as it hits a certain rpm (can't tell what it is as I have no tacho) it literally takes off, I love it. I put on that generic muffler with the angle tip so it now has a nice sound while going up and down through the gears! Like I mentioned to you on FB a while back, I'll send it to the Carby specialist so they can reset the idle to manual specs, fix the auto choke as its non operative and lastly tune it as I believe its a little thirsty though. I'm hanging out for a meet up, let me know if you want to something. The kebab meet up seems good, but 10pm :blinks: is a little too late for me. More photos up soon :)

The difference is that you're Corolla was un registered. No plates or anything. So previous history was preety much a fresh when you re - registered the car. And if you said its a manual they'll take you're word for it. Where as the ae71 only needed a "renewal" as it had plates and was just a transfer. Therefore there was a history of the car and its specs, i.e the transmission. I thought better to be safe and just them and the R.A.C.V known what has been done so its all above board. Atleast its all done now, drove it on the ring road from Vicroads adn its very relaxed. Not the ae71 I remember :happy:

Its a bit of a un-heard of Evan, all I did was bring the car round the back and the woman had a look (a real quick one) under the bonnet and at the gearstick. Not even a minute inspection :dance: Then she put an ammendment stating *the car is now a manual* and that was it. Then I went in person to R.A.C.V and told them over the counter the car was "sighted" and that it met the standard requirements. :yes:

Hey guys, few more pictures from Sundays progress. Auto pedal box out, clutch master drilled and fitted, manual pedal box in, flywheel, clutch plate, pressure plate and spigot bearing on. Once it was torqued up and aligned the T-50 was slotted into position followed by the tailshaft. Manual starter installed, gearbox stays, exhaust brackets were reinstalled, clutch master hard line was fitted and joined to the master, fluid replenished and bled including brakes. Speedo cable installed, reverse switch replaced and manual wiring loom connected on. I reassembled the dash while dad and Paul took on other tasks, and before you know it, it was time to turn her over and see what she'd do. It fired into life, but the clutch pedal needed slight adjusting as it wouldnt go into gear with the pedal while it was idling. When the motor was turned off, it would change gears no worries. So with some pursuasion, Paul fine tuned the pedal and it had feel and bite. It was ready to be driven so in this time I checked out the brakes (all good) and then just took it easy and went over to the car wash with Paul as his 71' needed a scrub. One thing Toyota should've done was produce more of these ae71's in manual, they really are a drivers car. So flexible and willing if you need to hurry, or planty of torque for just going with the flow - like me. Pictures. Torquing up the clutch assembly. Pedal box installation. Thanks Paul :y: :y: Under the bonnet clue :P Dad doing up the gearbox stay brackets :y: Next is to go to Vicroads (motor registration) so they can inspect the car and sign it off. After that my insurer will recieve a letter and will ammend the transmission type for the car.

So when is the kebab night happening, Fri or Sat?? and or soonish. Very eager to meet the new members and Rollas :yes: Evan despite my absence the cruise looked awesome, well done. :y: :y:

Awesome pick Josh, well done! :y: :y:

Well it was a good all round for us rollaclubers, most went cruising and Paul,dad and I started on the manual conversion. Thursday afternoon I began pulling out all the dash, exhaust system, air cleaner assy and hoses. etc,etc. Saturday (today) Paul, dad and myself were out with the big guns. So we attacked the auto and after a bit of pursuasion we successfully pulled it off. Having two trolley jacks helped out a lot when it came to manouvering and lower the auto. Pulling off the auto tailshaft was a bugger, despite having all the bolts removed it was stuck on, so a hard hit from the hammer fixed that. The rear diff was dropped suprisingly quick, and the 3.889 ae71 unit was ready to be bolted up. Prior to installation, we replaced the brake shoes, wheel cylinders, flexi line and put fresh diff oil in etc,etc. All bushes were as new, along with the rear shocks :). Then Paul started removing the auto pedal box, what a pain it is to get to the top left bolt, but thats because we didnt muck around with the heater :wink: With an angle grinder Paul enlargened the hole in the floor for the manual gearstick :yes: Then with a sealing plate that he constructed, it was glued down to the floor before being screwed back down the previous auto cover bolts. Then re tapping of the surrounding four holes were done too. Photos of todays progress. Pauls thougts below :laff: Prying off the transmission Enlarged transmission hole Me After working with dad on the diff install. :y: No guts :blinks: ...... for now. The Aisin Borgwarner 3 speed traumatic and the other auto stuff...... lump of useless scrap :dance: That is the progress for today.

Take it easy guys, especially members who are not familiar with the "greenwedge" area. Roads are tight, twisty, hilly etc,etc. While fun, it can be dangerous :fuzz: . No bingled Rollas please. Now go and have fun :yes:

AHH nice one, glad to hear you didnt the old plates in. Keep hem for a rainy day :wink:

The car looks hot indeed, what happened to the old plates??

Winner, winner, winner :y: :y:

A thorough breed such as red is does not have a value to it due to its high significance :lolcry: Kepp you're eyes peeled when on the road Josh, I did over for atleast a good year or two and it paid off :y: