Hi,

 

I'm Bill Buttermore from Ames, IA. I've been working on my own cars since 1966. I recently rescued a '91 Corolla with a 4A FE engine and a 5-spd manual transmission from my local junkyard. The engine was in many pieces, but the rest of the car is in pretty nice shape. I have pulled the engine and trans and want to change out the half shaft seals in the transaxle while I have the tranny out and up. But I can not find any information on what transaxle I have.

 

I have the trans up on my hoist and the only ID I have found on it is a riveted metal tag that displays only the VIN.

 

I searched this site, but found only reference to axle ratios referenced to the label in the engine bay. I found this info on the bottom of the label:

1A160 4A-FE federal and canada CATALYST E8

 

The VIN: 1NXAE94A8MZ166676

 

Can anyone help?

 

Thanks,

 

Bill

as long as its only f.w.d. and not 4.w.d.

 

the part no,s are for ae92-94 with the 4a-fe engine & it should have the c52 transaxle code

90311-34016 and 90311-34017

 

hope this helps

Thanks, trd; it is FWD. And, I did find the model no. on the door sticker:

 

AE92L-DEMDKA.

 

When I searched aftermarket parts distributors for the drive shaft seals, using their search engines, they would show the '91 dx 4A-FE with c50, c51, or c52. But there was no way I could tell which I have.

 

I just can't imagine there isn't a stamp or a code somewhere on the transaxle that will tell what it is! :y:

 

While it is out, I want to replace the input shaft seal, as well as the drive axle seals. I've already done most of the seals on the donor engine. I hate to end up with leaks when it is so easy to insure against them with the drive train out of the car.

 

Thanks again for the help.

 

Bill

If you have your id plate in enginebay, you can look it at there.

Last row 3 last digits on that image shows C52 tranny in my AE92.

ya, but he's over here in america.......

.... I would have thought the ID plates would have been similar. I'll check the wifes AE101 tomorrow when its light for interest sake.....

ya, but he's over here in america.......

are you saying that us spec id plates don't have any info or isn't there any id plate? :y:

oh, i don't know

most cars have a sticker on the underside of the hood

i was just trying to save everyone a little stress just in case there are regional differences

OK, with that good pic from toycrash, I think I got it figured out. The engine compartment badge is replaced (apparently) by the driver's door sticker in the U.S. Looking a little more closely at mine, I am guessing that I must have a C50 trans:

 

 

 

So, if TM = transmission, what are C, TR, and A?

 

 

Bill

C=Color /TR=Trim(sxi, xli, dx,etc)/A=axle code /TM=Ttransmission

Wow, a drivers door sticker? You could just swap doors if you wanted to "compliance" another car :y:

Wow, a drivers door sticker? You could just swap doors if you wanted to "compliance" another car :y:

As long as there isnt another serial number stamped into the metalwork of the engine bay or chassis. Then i guess the sticker would have to match that.

there is, stamped to the firewall, stamped to the dash, stamped in the frame somewhere