MicMac

Hey, I was looking at doing the 2T as well, there was a guy selling a 2T that he'd started building for a rally car then decided on a rotary instead. He was selling it on allclassifieds if your interested. It was actually reasonably cheap, might have needed to source your own carbs, from memory the one he was offering with it was pretty rubbish. The guy wanted just north of a grand for it, and included the forged pistons and other gear he had bought for it. Pretty sure it had a new crankshaft, the pistons, had been honed, etc etc etc. Check out allclassifieds, may still be up there

Sweet, well thanks at least for the heads up, I'm after a 55. Was gonna check out Campbellfield yesterday, ran out of time. I'll probably be going out in a week or two, i'll let you all know how it goes.

Hey guys, What's the standard of wreckers out west of melbourne. Hear you guys talking about Harvey and Centre Rd, which I'll go to if that's the only choice, but would love somewhere closer.

I've got a 32/32 in mine, love it. Runs a little unreliably when it's cold, when i get in i have to sit with my foot lightly on the accelerator for a few minutes just to keep it alive. But then when it's warm it runs like a dream. My gearbox and clutch are both rooted, so unfortunately I can't give you a real run on performance, but it revs cleanly, idles great and is fine on petrol. My only problem is that i have one of the exhausts that feeds back into the carb, and it now doesn't, so i have some exhaust in my engine bay, which means my cabin ends up smelling like death. Getting that fixed with either a new exhaust manifold or just the old ones off a pre-exhaust reclaim system.

Apparently it's pretty standard, I asked a friend or two of mine first, and they have the same conditions on their lease agreements. Someone on here offered me the loan of their driveway/garage, recon I'll just take that up in a week or two. Cheers to Woz for the offer, and everyone for the suggestions.

Don't have the lease in front of me, but it's something like "I will not undertake mechanical works on a car, motorbike, boat or other, lest my landlord eat my soul and throw me out on the street" something along those lines. But they've just ripped out all the concrete in the driveway of the unit, wish they'd told me, I could have just done what i needed last weekend and if i'd spilled any out, well, it's all gone now.

Hi guys, My landlord was fairly explicit that I'm not allowed to play around with my baby in my driveway, and was wondering if someone in the western suburbs could lend me their driveway for a weekend day sometime soonish. I need to run some cleaner through my oil system and change the oil. Have my own tools etc, and will be taking all my crap away with me again, just need somewhere to do the job. Willing to pay whichever kind person takes me up with a six pack of the beer of your choice. send me an email on [email protected] or a text on 0418236112 Thanks.

Haha cheers, one of the first things I did when I decided it was gonna have several hundred dollars of sound gear was make sure it was all watertight and securely locked. Unfortunately it lived for several years as a paddock basher for my neighbour's friend, and they drank and smoked up a whole bunch in it, so there were various beer stains and bong fires in the original carpeting and mysteriously in the boot... as though they had been smoking up in the boot. So one of the first things we did was completely strip it and get all new carpeting etc, but they wanted insane prices for fairly crappy boot stuff, and I wasn't in a mood to get ripped off fixing up a free car.

Haha, yeah, that's what I meant by a 'flip job' in my original post. Heard it was a pretty sweet way of freeing up space. My neighbour also did something sweet with his KE70. Made it look like a 4wd by bolting the spare to his roof racks, then cut out the old spare wheel space and used the hole in his boot to create a recessed storage unit. Had a tool kit and his oil etc in there, so it didn't have to sit in his boot and make it look cluttered. Absolutely awesome, if I still lived next door to him i'd ask to take photos for you all. I have zero welding skills and nowhere near enough time haha, hence asking if there were any shops that people knew of.

Haha, cheers, Yeah, i'm an arts student, so spelling wanky words is practically an entire subject. Thanks for all the advice gang, not quite sure if just tossing in carpeting will allow me to bolt a sub box in properly, have other people found this works? I'll PM Tiger, he's here in Melbourne, so that should make life easier.

Hey all, My name's Michael, owned my Rolla for a while now, but only recently had it registered (and even then, on the dodge). Recently moved from the ACT, and proud to say my baby made it all the way down at 110 (or 130) without a hiccup. She's a 1981 KE55 four door. Currently painted undercoat yellow, with a pair of black racing stripes on the boot and bonnet (missed the roof haha). Mostly stock, apart from weber 32/32 carby. Runs slightly rough, but loads of fun, and a real P plater car. Living in Essendon. Interested in coming for a run some night, what's the deal with meet-ups? Cheers.

Hi all, Looking to neaten up my car boot, as basically the old interior had oil and other crap spilled all over it (and possibly a small fire) and was thrown out. As a result, my boot is all bare metal, and I don't even have the small bit of wood that usually covers the spare (not a clue where this went). I am looking to put a reasonable sound system in my car, and so was wondering what other people have done to their interiors? Looked through galleries etc. but couldn't really find pictures of peoples boots that weren't crazy custom jobs or with the original gear in them. I need something that will cover my boot floor, can have a sub box and a pair of amps bolted to it, but still allows me access to my spare when I need it. Was considering doing a flip job on my spare but ended up looking like way too much work and $$. Should mention, I'm a student, and so the cheaper options are preferable, but can save up and grab more expensive ones if needed. I'm driving an '81 KE55, so really any options from the early 80's/late 70's are best. I'm living in Melbourne, if anyone knows a good shop down here that has done similar work for them. Didn't know if this was the right section, as while a question, it's aesthetic rather than mechanical. So feel free to delete/move admin. Thanks all, M

I'v recently put a new carbie in my KE55 and was looking for someone who could help me out with a minor thing. My old Carbie created pressure for an air hose that went in to the head of my engine. This pressure kept oil from coming up through this hole. When I got the new Carb it didn't have a pancake on the top, so there was nowhere to put the hose. I just got one of those cheap little filter things from SCA or wherever. Turns out these don't create any pressure downward and so the useless little thing is now full of oil. Oil is also being sprayed through the engine bay. A friend thought a little one way valve would do the trick, if I could find one nice and easily. Anyone run into the same problem? And if so, how did you fix it?