picked this AE82 Rolla up for 1200 bucks with 336k's, unfortunately its got the 4ac 5speed in it. when i first drove it, it had no power and was clearly something ignition wise was not right. On saturday i spent the day just going over it to see if it needed anything for a roadworthy and all i could find was a number plate and tail light bulbs, gapped the plugs and cleaned the dizzy and rotor button and took it for a squirt but it was still down on power. Came back and checked the dizzy once more and noticed that it was spark timing was fully retarded and so with a few little movements and test drives its now sweet as and goes like a stabbed rat and for 336k's i think its still got most of its advertised hp. although a daily it will be a car for my step daughter to learn to drive in although she can drive my turboed v6 ute this will just be a bit lighter as the clutch in the ute you have to have a left leg like arnie to push it in but as soon as she gets her own car i can see a 4agze or even a 4agte going in and some serious suspension work and speaking of underneath it i was suprised how much it looked like the wife's camry underneath: struts, exhaust location, fuel tank location etc. i like toyota's thinking sometimes.

 

Edited April 26, 201016 yr by LowVp

Was your wife's Camry just here a minute ago?

yeah it was, forgot to copy the rolla address