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We’re finally beginning to get back into doing some work on the cars. First priority is getting my ke30 club car going. Today Rob and I managed to tidy up some wiring in the engine bay and remove the majority of some very hard cracked paint and rust from the bootlid. Obviously there’s still a lot more work to be done, including some more much dreaded sanding tomorrow, but we’re making progress. forgot to take a pic of the bootlid before I started, but this pic is after hours of scraping and sanding :/ it looked like dry cracked mud prior!

So this isn’t high on the priority list atm as we’ve got a few dozen other things to sort out on other things first, but I’m just trying to figure this out so I can plan/save for it. I currently have a ke36 that has a very rusty section of chassis under the engine. I’m after any advice/experience any members have with either repairing this themselves or a ballpark figure of how much a panel beater would charge if I was to go that route. As much info as possible would be great. thanks

just a thought - would something have made it run lean enough to burn exhaust valves on that trip? might be worth checking the o2 sensors out? probably just horrible petrol. Robert.

I thought something seemed a little odd when I was looking at it last: we have a ke36 panelvan, with a two reservoir master cylinder, both reservoirs mounted on the master cylinder. the way the brake lines are hooked up, the rear (secondary) circuit is closest to the booster, and the front (primary) circuit is the further of the two away. looking at the other corolla with working brakes, the front (primary) is hooked up closer to the booster, and the rear (secondary) is the further of the two away, although it is a ke55 master cylinder (square reservoir).... reading on the internet, I'm under the impression that the front should always be the closest to the brake booster - which is what I thought in the first place. it all *looks* factory on the ke36, but on a car that old, anything could be possible. just seeking some verification of whether this is normal or not from some other ke30/ke36 owners. Robert.

Haha thanks :) So the machine put a helicoil kit through the oil pick up, it actually has thread and all the same size bolts now :) All of that went back on last night, and we put a coat of heat proof paint on the sump. Trying to get the grey paint off the rocker cover so I can polish it up and make it look a little nicer. Unfortunately we have to wait until Friday to put the clutch and flywheel back on and bung it back in - the rear main seal we got was apparently the wrong one and we have to wait until tomorrow when they get it in. Also took the leaking heatercore out last night. It's not the heatercore that's leaking like a mofo but, it's the pipes going into it :bash:

That frigging coke zero banner ad that shows up on the top of some of rollaclub's pages!!! As soon as you accidentally move your mouse over it to get to the url bar it opens up and won't stop opening up and playing no matter how many times you hit the 'x' How f*cking annoying!!

I'm currently unemployed... being a uni student sucks - I'm competing with thousands of other people for jobs >| - so I have no money. As soon as I have spare money, I'm going straight to a panelbeaters and getting them to fix the entire front right chassis rail and surround, as when we pulled the engine out you can see just how bad the rust is :bash: Thanks for the heads up :)

Haha don't have any spare money/time for that Keith :P Yeah, I've mentioned offhandedly quite a few times "oh, there's a very nice 4K on the ground over there, why don't we just whack that in?" Didn't work lol So, Rob had a "scheduled breakdown" last night, so we didn't get a heap done last night. Basically, measured the crank journals, which were all within spec. (yay!), and then whacked the bearings in and attempted to install the rear main seal, but it appears to be the wrong one. Also, Rob cleaned up the oil pick up at work the other day and discovered it's been pulled apart before, has three different size bolts and the threads are rooted, so I'll be taking that down to the engineering shop today for some helicoils and new bolts.

Got all the engine bits that I need today, apart from the rocker cover washers, so the engine will more than likely be going back together tonight or tomorrow :) It's a bit hard to juggle rebuilding and repairing a myriad of cars with house reno's lol.

This is my new baby. He's a 1975 ke36 got around 380,000ks on the clock and isn't coming along too bad. Has a 4k with a k40 manual and fairly standard driveline. Put a new battery, the firehawks and hotwires on it as well as changing the locked diff to a standard borgy last weekend. It's history past 12 months ago is a bit sketchy, all we've been able to figure past that is the remnants of signwriting from a panelbeater's in Toowoomba on the doors. Plans at the moment is to put new bearings, sump gasket, rocker gasket in it and whack it all back together - it was developing a nice knock and had some oil pressure issues prior so we pulled it apart to have a look. Check out the photos. Also on the to do list for this weekend is to install the head unit for the stereo and route some wires past the seats so I can chuck my speakers in it when I get back to Wollongong, and putting another heatercore in it as this one leaks like crazy. Discovered some not very nice rust in it on and around the chassis rail recently, so that's also pretty high on the priority list. So, meh, that's enough blabbing for tonight. Adios!

After almost 12 months of being rolla-less, I finally have a new one in my hot little hands :D Name: Kylie Car: 1975 ke36 Windowless panelvan Motor & Driveline: 4k with ? k's. 4 Speed box. Came with a locked 3.9 (we think) diff, changed to 4.1 borgy yesterday with matching tailshaft. Suspension & Brakes: It's apparently had alot of bushes replaced, the monroe shockies in the back look relatively new. Stock as a rock rear leafs. Stock brakes apart from swapping to girlock calipers for the front yesterday to fit hotwires to car. Wheels & Tyres: 14" Hotwires. Not sure of offset. Firehawk rubbers - nicked these off the ke55 :) Interior: Bit of this, bit of that. Original brown seats and vinyl covering over gearbox tunnel. Really annoying black carpets in footwells (not held down by anything). Black roof lining, dash and door trims. Back of car has brown house carpet and has been painted black. Body: Has been resprayed white by a previous owner. Metallic blue paint coming through in a couple of spots. A little rusty, as can be expected for an almost 400,000km old car, but surprisingly not too bad. Other:

^^^^ Same as above - I'm aware that this thread is getting kinda old - but I'd love to do something - I'm finally getting another rolla after almost 12 months!! :D Come on guys - we got to rep it for the Illawarra :)

I can't believe it's been over a year since my last post on here. Well after a good year of racing in the dirt events and even a few tarmac events with the bathurst light car club, as well as a ladies championship win, the little blue rollie has been retired. The rust has finally gotten to me, so last November we purchased a late ke30 from a bloke in Newcastle. We've got new carpet and a nice uncracked dash for it, we've replaced the windscreen, windscreen rubber and we're about to swap everything over from the ke55 to the ke30. See my new project page for the new shell :) http://www.rollaclub.com/board/topic/46691-charli-the-ke30/#entry482440