corolla_nut Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 (edited) This is my new baby. He's a 1975 ke36 got around 380,000ks on the clock and isn't coming along too bad. Has a 4k with a k40 manual and fairly standard driveline. Put a new battery, the firehawks and hotwires on it as well as changing the locked diff to a standard borgy last weekend. It's history past 12 months ago is a bit sketchy, all we've been able to figure past that is the remnants of signwriting from a panelbeater's in Toowoomba on the doors. Plans at the moment is to put new bearings, sump gasket, rocker gasket in it and whack it all back together - it was developing a nice knock and had some oil pressure issues prior so we pulled it apart to have a look. Check out the photos. Also on the to do list for this weekend is to install the head unit for the stereo and route some wires past the seats so I can chuck my speakers in it when I get back to Wollongong, and putting another heatercore in it as this one leaks like crazy. Discovered some not very nice rust in it on and around the chassis rail recently, so that's also pretty high on the priority list. So, meh, that's enough blabbing for tonight. Adios! Edited September 5, 2011 by corolla_nut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerfbat Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 sweet looking ride mate. can't wait to see how you go with it. P'van4LYFE :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corolla_nut Posted September 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Got all the engine bits that I need today, apart from the rocker cover washers, so the engine will more than likely be going back together tonight or tomorrow :) It's a bit hard to juggle rebuilding and repairing a myriad of cars with house reno's lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volvorola Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Come on! Head skim... port and polish... Weber & extractors as it goes back together! 5K pistons!! Isn't there a decent cam lying around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corolla_nut Posted September 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Haha don't have any spare money/time for that Keith :P Yeah, I've mentioned offhandedly quite a few times "oh, there's a very nice 4K on the ground over there, why don't we just whack that in?" Didn't work lol So, Rob had a "scheduled breakdown" last night, so we didn't get a heap done last night. Basically, measured the crank journals, which were all within spec. (yay!), and then whacked the bearings in and attempted to install the rear main seal, but it appears to be the wrong one. Also, Rob cleaned up the oil pick up at work the other day and discovered it's been pulled apart before, has three different size bolts and the threads are rooted, so I'll be taking that down to the engineering shop today for some helicoils and new bolts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLO-030 Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Love it guys! Id get that rust sorted out ASAP! Friend had a KE30 2dr, bought it all painted and very nice. Passenger rail was rusty (swiss cheese) and 1 little clip of a gutter doing a U-turn ended in a severely bent chassis rail. Luckily we were able to replace the whole front chassis, but its not a job you want to do if you can avoid it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corolla_nut Posted September 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 (edited) I'm currently unemployed... being a uni student sucks - I'm competing with thousands of other people for jobs >| - so I have no money. As soon as I have spare money, I'm going straight to a panelbeaters and getting them to fix the entire front right chassis rail and surround, as when we pulled the engine out you can see just how bad the rust is :bash: Thanks for the heads up :) Edited September 7, 2011 by corolla_nut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
36panvan Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 yay for panelvans :dance: (sorry don't really have anything useful to say) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corolla_nut Posted September 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Haha thanks :) So the machine put a helicoil kit through the oil pick up, it actually has thread and all the same size bolts now :) All of that went back on last night, and we put a coat of heat proof paint on the sump. Trying to get the grey paint off the rocker cover so I can polish it up and make it look a little nicer. Unfortunately we have to wait until Friday to put the clutch and flywheel back on and bung it back in - the rear main seal we got was apparently the wrong one and we have to wait until tomorrow when they get it in. Also took the leaking heatercore out last night. It's not the heatercore that's leaking like a mofo but, it's the pipes going into it :bash: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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