Ae71 No.2 - Updated 11/5/08

[Golberg]

As you might have guessed from the title I have another AE71 now.

 

For those who don't know, deemed my other AE71 too rusty to be worthwhile registering, you can find it here:

http://www.rollaclub.com/board/index.php?showtopic=17235

 

I bought my new one about a week ago now. Its very similar to my other one (another AE71 duh) but its got a few differences. 1. Its auto :hmm: 2. Its slightly a different color silver-green as opposed to silver on the other. 3. Its only done 158,000k's. 4. Its currently registered until June. 5. Windows are tinted. Most importantly though, its got A LOT less rust.

 

Now for some photos, these were taken on the day I went to see it:

 

 

 

 

Together on the drive (You can probably guess which one is which):

 

In the garage together:

I've been putting the other one back together and just removing the rust then undercoating it(not filling). This is because its going to a friend's garage where it will hibernate until I'm ready to steal the T50 out of it :cool:.

 

The rust doesn't seem all too bad, there is some rust beneath the right hand taillight inside the boot. There are a few bubbles under the fuel filler hatch and a few more bubbles in the rear arches. There is a small amount of rust on the underside of the boot hatch sill. Its had a few places repaired, looks to have been done very well though, no rust is coming through. Other than that, there is some surface on the guards and bonnet and on that metal piece at the back of the dash top.

 

The interior is in excellent condition as one would expect from a grandma driven car. The paint is a tragedy as you can see from the pics, its dead.

 

There were a few little problems which I've been tending to:

1. That horrible weathershield on the drivers side. Its been removed now, anybody want it?(i don't know why you would) Its yours free.

 

2. Aircon leaves a nice puddle of water on the passenger side when you use it. I'm guessing its the condensation drain pipe which is blocked so the water isn't escaping. So I'm not using the aircon for the moment, I'll sort it out when I fix up that rusty piece of metal at the back of the dash top.

 

3. Door switches on the passenger side don't work, i.e when you open the door the interior light doesn't come on, nor does the open door light on the dash. I had a good look at the switches on that side today, they are working fine and also getting power. So I'm going to try sort that one out when the dash is out too.

 

4. The combination switches i.e, wiper, indicator levers would move from side to side. I found out that the bolts holding it in were very loose.

 

5. 3 of the windows didn't wind down properly got stuck or pulled the seal down with them. I've lubricated the mechanisms and reorientated the seals so the windows work nicely now. (A plus when the aircon doesn't work)

 

No other problems found as of yet, apart from the fact that it is slow as a dog with the 3 speed auto.

 

The plan for it is basically the same as what the other one was to be. I've got a small port 4AGE to go into it and the T50 is going to come out of my other AE71.

 

EDIT - Fixed photo links

Edited May 11, 2008 by Golberg

[Golberg]

Well a fair amount has happened since the first post, good and bad.

 

I'll start off with the bad, well you know that block in the aircon drain pipe I thought I had? Well it turned out to be a little more sinister that what I had thought:

 

 

:hmm:

 

Oh well, the rust appears to be very localised around the hole and doesn't spread into the chamber far. Here I was thinking my rust woes were largely over, no so! Water has been pouring in through that hole and onto the blower motor. To my surprise the blower motor still worked, until today, dead.

 

As promised, there is good news too. I now have an extractors back exhaust system for my 4AGE, an entire wiring loom from an AE93 Corolla SX From nose to tail (Yes I stripped it out myself, fun times), and a power steering pump. AE71 with power steering, anybody know of anybody who's done this before?

 

With my SX wiring loom I also got all the door latches with their central locking so I'm going to have a go at putting that in too.

 

I've found another dude who's going to trade me most of the parts I need to have everything for the engine conversion. Hopefully that goes ahead :y:

 

Got mags too, I really like them, a little bit of dish 14 x 6 +6 offset I think it says. They JUST fit in the rear guards without modding them. Here's a photo for you:

2 brand new tyres on a couple, 2 bald ones on the other.

 

I just sat them on my rusty manual corolla which is up in the air right now:

 

I've got another question for everybody also. I've been thinking about paint, well its been staring me in the face. I am not taking to the peeling gloss look, but I really cannot afford to go all out for a nice respray. I've been leaning toward getting a spray shop to do a full matt black respray. Now I know its really unoriginal, but I can see some big benefits of it. This corolla, although not massively rusty, it will get bits of rust coming through again in a couple of years, now I don't really want to spend up big and get a nice spray job only to lose it to rust.

Here is my list of benefits:

- Can be easily patched up with a spray can if it rusts out in a place

- Cheap

- Looks reasonable (better than blotchy gloss peeling silver-green)

 

Downsides:

- Car will get very hot in the sun quickly

 

Can anybody suggest something else which will work just as well as matt black for what I want?

I wouldn't consider it, apart from the fact that the car will have aircon before it gets any color change.

The car will probably also be garaged for most of the time I own it.

[Golberg]

Well just in case anybody is interested, after the last 3 days the car now looks like this :dance:

 

That was achieved with a bit of this:

 

And then a little more:

 

Tagged every screw, nut, bolt and whatever so I know exactly where everything goes.

 

I've pulled everything out of the engine bay: A. Because I'm about to repaint the bay B. I've got some small amounts of rust to fix up C. Because a 4AGE is about to make its entrance.

 

I've also done a lot of stripping the interior:

 

Some more of the rust needs to be fixed up from the inside, hence the interior strip.

 

List of work for tomorrow:

Clean engine bay

Finish interior stripping

Cut hole for clutch master

Remove windscreen

Remove engine cross member and struts

Cut shifter hole to suit T50

 

I've also done a time-lapse video of each day, if I get some interest, I'll find a way to host it.

[Kid-Ae]

Host the vid! Jeez thats coming along quite nice :dance:

[Golberg]

Well a few things have happened since my last post, all of the dash, steering column, carpet etc is now. The windscreen is also out, so I can now start fixing the rust up :hmm:

 

I just pulled the water pump off my 4AGE and I'm a little worried, what water/fluid which was left in the pump smelt very oily. I really don't want to have to deal with a blown head gasket, should I be worried?

[Golberg]

Well... Alot has happened since the last update. I'll let the pictures do most of the talking.

 

Found that the bottom of both the A pillars there is quite a bit of rust:

 

 

 

 

Mmm Genuine Parts...

 

 

Ended up having to pull the camshafts out in order to replace the seals, oh the joys.

 

 

My Indian cluch slave rebuilder :D

 

 

The RWD water system which people have been so keen to see:

 

 

Droppin in

 

 

New home found :P:

 

 

Oh and incase you didn't notice, the engine bay is now black :)