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Ah I did not notice that part on mobile when I looked at it. They look like the same nut to me? But for whatever reason the top one is not seated correctly. Could be misalignment or not assembled correctly. I’d be blowing it apart and seeing what the difference is between them and where the noise is coming from

Depends, do you want negative camber? As it’s maxed out right now. If you want less/ no camber you can adjust them to the centre. Some of those studs look a bit crooked from that photo? Should be fine but maybe keep an eye on them that the nuts are tight. Be a good idea to get a wheel alignment regardless so they’ll be able to adjust those camber tops to whatever alignment settings you like.

Yeah to me i don't want to kill the feel of the car. I've had ke1x with rack and pinion and driven 4a powered ones also, and i think you start to lose the car. With a few small mods plus it wont be running a/c p/s etc like the do in the vans it'll be more than enough. And at the end of the day i don't want to do anything non reversible Fiiinally tracked down this little bastard. I was not familiar with the setup when i ordered the master, and it's different to anything else i've ever played with but it works. Now just need to make the new front brake lines and get new hoses made and it can go for an exhaust

This one was factory manual and owned by an old lady who worked at Cadburys down here since new until a while ago then went through a couple of owners. Someone spent a bit on it at some point to attempt rego but unsure why as there is zero way it would ever pass with the level or rust thing had, even in the front rails etc near battery. Was certainly worth buying though just for the parts value alone. Just a shame as it would have been a very nice car at some point... Probably my favorite colour they came in too

Been stripping and parting my parts car the last few weeks and storing a lot of bits to eventually restore the (ke16) wagon i picked up last year. Now have a 55000 mile old full driveline to slot in with a bottom end rebuilt 1k also as well as rebuilt master and drums also. Unfortunately a super poorly repaired, very big rear ender in the past and rust in literally every part of the shell made it useless as a car again. Only thing remaining in it when it went to scrap was the fuel tank. Currently waiting on my brake master fitting to rock up before i can progress any further on the Sprinter.

I’m assuming if it’s spinning and not coming out you’ve stripped the bolt? Try jamming something behind the head of the bolt and lever on it to apply pressure as you try and unwind it, helps at times

It wasn’t much, just hole sawed the support in the centre of bonnet for clearance. If you spaced crossmember down would clear.

The issue isn’t so much length, they’re not that long really no worse than a lot of other 4 cylinders. The issue is they have a long stroke being 2.7 4 cyl which makes them quite tall My mate had a 3rz in his ke70 and the bonnet needed to be modified to clear part of the rocker cover as it hit..

All brake hardlines done. Just need to get softlines made Rear end has had crash damage ever since i bought it. drivers rear sat in about 2-3" from the bootlid and tailight was twisted in. Mrs's old man came round and pulled it all out and all lines up well now! only needs minor finishing off when the time for paint comes

Been hammering on this pretty flat out lately, A lot is done but still a bit to go.. Floor has all been undercoated and currently in the process of making all the hardlines for the dual circuit master. Have remade the section from diff to master now need to do the fronts Car now has an interior just needs a seatbelt putting back in. I'm not a fan of the colours but the plan is to get the car retrimmed when it gets resprayed sometime after rego Hopefully i'll be taking to get an exhaust made in a few weeks time Also had a quick go at cleaning up one of the wheels, looks like they'll come up quite nicely

Although this is quite a different interesting topic, I'm wondering what the go with that ke11 is! Is it on here and i've missed it?

I’d thought about doing similar with mine as everything rolls everywhere when you move the drawer. Where did you find the foam? My local bunnings etc don’t have it that I can see

Been a bit busy lately but been slowly chipping away at things Entire body loom and dash loom had to be removed due to being messed with and missing plugs/ damage.. Rewired most of one from scratch to suit the tacho dash i'll be putting in it. And everything on the dash works. Have modified the standard 1k aircleaner to fit over the 4k carb and ordered a rebuild kit for it as the acc pump seal is knackered. Should have that done this weekend Started assembling the front end stuff now. The gf's dad is a panelbeater and welded up the rust in the front guards and front pockets so I can assemble the panels ready for rego. Just a bit of surface rust around one hinge to clean up before I hang the panels

I'll be getting my cam reground through camtech cams. I'm not expecting anything amazing but i'd like to see what it's like and considering the motor was free don't mind trying I''ll be going with the 529-110a It's never going to be overly rev happy but it was super punchy in the van compared to a 4k that's for sure The wheels are actually in very good condition. It's like an oxide build up on the alloy which rubs straight off with steel wool! So i'll just be sanding through the grades to around 1800 and then polish them. If you're needing to sandblast anything Bunnings now sell an ozito at home sandblasting gun and media for around $35 that attatches to your existing air compressor and looks just like a paint gun basically.. Tried my old mans on a few small parts and worked pretty well so may be worth a try!

The master is GD galant vacless Requires sides and bottom of flange to be shaved down to fit into that section of the firewall, holes slightly drilled out in master to line up with the firewall and the bore hole to be drilled to 36mm with a step drill. Super easy to do and easily revertable back to stock also

Dual Circuit Master. Minimal mods required, still easily revertible to stock. Just need to make up hard lines

You’ll probably need to pull it out for comparison to know what you’re looking at Aren’t the carina based on a corona platform so an st141/ rt142 pedalbox May be the closest? Although they are hydraulic.

And until next time my favorite photo of this car...

I found a deal i couldn't pass up as well.. 1999 Townace that some tourists had put on its side in a ditch and just needed it gone. The car had 90000km on it, and had a reciepts for work done to the motor only 6000km ago at a shop here too! I test drove it and the 7k was superb! Super quiet and couldn't fault it. So for $400 i had a townace at my house! The best part of the deal was it had a good g52 box and 4 tyres with less than 1000km on it. So in the end i had a 7k and $200 extra in my pocket! Motor is about to be put on a stand and a few little things done. I need to rego the car with a 4k before i can put this in.. Sump will come off and be modified for ke1x, Cam and lifters removed and sent for a grind and head shaved as much as i can on pump 98. Will be getting all accessories off the 4k and probably end up with a 38/38 weber hidden underneath the factory 1k air cleaner just to look as stock as it can on the roadside Will be running Taz_rx's old K-T50 setup with cable bellhousing on this also as i don't want to be swapping out gearboxes everything i get a bit excited leaving work on a friday

With that sorted i turned to the rear. The factory diff will be replaced with a shortened T series with LSD but for now i just want to get it driving.. So i've rebuilt it and machined the drums and axles to 4x114.3 Everythings new and hoping to swap it into the wagon once i've finished the T series rather than breaking it. An auto ke10 tailshaft is the correct length and yoke to suit a later ke70 5 speed box so i dug one out of the pile and cleaned up the yoke on a lathe and it's all together now. Car is drivable but needs hardlines and softlines made up to suit the dual circuit master before i can give it a drive. In addition to the diff all new bushes were done in the rear end. Will need to replace the shocks with shorter gas units when the leaves are reset

I started stripping the car of anything i wasn't going to use, or anything that was in the way. A little rust repair has taken place and i've bedlined the front end, removed the transverse leaf and done ke70 front brake setup, dual circuit master cylinder and ke20 springs and top hats To pass rego i've fitted a 4k and k50. Had to source parts from all over the country as it did not come with the original engine.. Now has the early water pump, pulley and 2 blade steel fan. External reg alternator and original triangular oil cap. Has a fuel miser gt40r coil with resistor and a set of wildcat extractors. 2" aluminium 3 core radiator was actually cheaper than a recore too.. With the motor in i needed to mount the ke70 trans. Luckily pretty easily done with some 50x25 rhs. Have drilled the lower holes to 25mm too to allow a socket to be used and keep the bolt heads away from the road

With the car in the shed, my other purchase for it arrived, a set of 13" Techno TRV's i imported from Japan. To me they'll suit it perfectly and i've done a 4x114.3 conversion on the car just to be able to fit them. They refurbishing and centre caps but i'll do this closer to the car being on the road Had to do a mock up of how i want it to sit also!

Thought i'd come back for a visit. Been a busy 12 months! Ended up buying a house, and have a shed for the first time in my life. Which means i've actually been making pretty good progress on this between other projects.. I haven't been able to do any further work to my wagon as its waiting for the bodyworks so i've been hustling on this instead. There's a local hillclimb here in october, the goal is to have it done by then. My issue is though i need to build it twice.. Once to pass rego, and then the way i actually want it haha. There's been a fair bit of progression since these photos but it's an update none the less Car arrived here at the start of December, had to wash off 25 years of spiders and general shit to see what was underneath. Found lots of nos parts within the car, Including not one, but 2 tacho dashes!

Toyotas is a good one for knowledge. The rollaclub Facebook page has a lot more members than here too. I think more people tend to just go on there than here now

I come on from time to time. There’s a couple other members from Tas too There’s a bunch of us on toyotas on Facebook too, moreso than here