w57 have mechanical speedo drive.

 

You need to find an electric one from a cressida grande. either mx73 or 83 can't remember

I think this is my old car

I think this is my old car

 

Hey ke25 Punk,

 

when do you think you owned it? The only owners I know about are Paul Pyvvara who sold it in 1999 and a guy named Aaron from the Gold Coast who was the guy my mate bought it off.

 

I got the car dynoed by Boostin Oz in Salisbury, put out 150Hp atw with 7psi. Not bad, but still more to get out of it i think.

 

I got the Tacho sorted through Gauge Works on Port Rd, The gauge works but i wasn't happy with the work they did. The wire running to the dash cluster is just hanging down, not zip tied or anything. They also forgot to secure the dash which i found out about on my way home as i turned the wipers on the whole dash came out so that was fun. I couldn't get the speedo done as I'm missing an adapter for the cable speedo.

 

I haven't switched the rego over yet as I need to get rid of the bonnet pins first and need to get hold of a bonnet latch. Had one guy say he had one and was going to send me one but he never did it turns out. Haven't been doing much on it as i'm behind in my TAFE project which i need to get done in order to finish my Adv Diploma.

 

So much little stuff to do, just need time.

Any progress with this demon?

progress hrmmmm it depends on your definition. Headaches....yes

 

have had no choice but to drive the car since i got it down here. Too busy to get my escort back on the road so that i can take the ke off the road and fix a bunch of little things. Got it tuned by BoostinOz who happened to be the only dyno place within 30 mins drive of me who would look at it because of the Adaptronic ECU thats in it. It's only putting out about 150hp atw running about 7psi.

 

The most recent and annoying headache happened two weeks ago when i noticed the car blowing oil smoke. I figured it was turbo or motor and i'm not about to take the head off so i checked out the turbo dump to see if it had carbon build up and it seems fine. So i figured it was valve stem seals, took it to rhemac motors in gawler to see if they could figure it out and they couldn't. All they said was that it was either the valve stem seals or the guides......or the turbo. Apparently i found the problem too early for there to be any obvious signs of the culprit. SOOOOO i am aware that you can replace valve stem seals without pulling the head off, but after talking to the main dude at rhemac he basically said "yep you can BUT chances are if the valve stem seals are gone that there's probably an issue with the guides and so the best way is to take the head off and do it properly". He also told me that just to take the head off and inspect and put back together is gonna be about 1k min. So 1k to find the problem and then whatever cost on top of that to fix whatever issue they find. This basically puts back my idea of getting my diff done which i had planned to get done in the next few months.

 

Other than that the car is going ok, my rear rubber windscreen rubber from Phil's rotary's doesnt fit properly, neither do the driver and passenger door window seals. So not much going right atm, no time to fix anything as i've got work, and a tafe engineering project to do but no choice.

 

So my plan is this week to get the escort back on the road (headaches lots of headaches) so that i can get the ke fixed as the guys at rhemac will need it for atleast 4 days. The only option i have other than getting all that done is to borrow a garret t25 from someone and put it on my car to see if that rules the turbo out for the oil issue. At the moment i'd much prefer it to be turbo as spending over 1k for a couple of seals sucks compared to a nice shiny turbo.

 

so yeah stuck between a nice rock and a hard place, its awesome.

 

Any progress with this demon?

Would be your drain is getting restricted / not flowing well enough and its blowing oil through the seals?

 

Hows your drain setup look?

sounds to me like either the oil drain/feed to the turbo or your oil breather system.

 

Do you have an oil catch can? what size is the hole/breather on it?

 

I was running a 12mm oil breather on my car that was causing smoke on decel, got it enlarged to 1/2 inch and it fixed the problem. Id be trying that first as its a quick, cheap and easy fix. If that doesnt fix the problem then id be looking at the turbo (seals)

I was told by "Rhemac" that the turbo oil drain/feeds were checked and looked ok. They said i should "borrow" someone else's known not smokey t25 if i could and check to see if that fixes the smoke issue but alas i know no-one in Adelaide with a t25 just lying around.

 

I'll take pics and get some measurements of the drain/feed tonight (if i've got time) or if anyone works/lives north of adelaide wants to have a gander and tell me what they reckon let me know.

 

Atm i don't have any immediate plans to get it sorted (next two weeks that is) as i don't have my other car running so i can't afford to have the ke25 gone for 4-5 days.

 

sounds to me like either the oil drain/feed to the turbo or your oil breather system.

 

Do you have an oil catch can? what size is the hole/breather on it?

 

I was running a 12mm oil breather on my car that was causing smoke on decel, got it enlarged to 1/2 inch and it fixed the problem. Id be trying that first as its a quick, cheap and easy fix. If that doesnt fix the problem then id be looking at the turbo (seals)

progress hrmmmm it depends on your definition. Headaches....yes

 

have had no choice but to drive the car since i got it down here. Too busy to get my escort back on the road so that i can take the ke off the road and fix a bunch of little things. Got it tuned by BoostinOz who happened to be the only dyno place within 30 mins drive of me who would look at it because of the Adaptronic ECU thats in it. It's only putting out about 150hp atw running about 7psi.

 

The most recent and annoying headache happened two weeks ago when i noticed the car blowing oil smoke. I figured it was turbo or motor and i'm not about to take the head off so i checked out the turbo dump to see if it had carbon build up and it seems fine. So i figured it was valve stem seals, took it to rhemac motors in gawler to see if they could figure it out and they couldn't. All they said was that it was either the valve stem seals or the guides......or the turbo. Apparently i found the problem too early for there to be any obvious signs of the culprit. SOOOOO i am aware that you can replace valve stem seals without pulling the head off, but after talking to the main dude at rhemac he basically said "yep you can BUT chances are if the valve stem seals are gone that there's probably an issue with the guides and so the best way is to take the head off and do it properly". He also told me that just to take the head off and inspect and put back together is gonna be about 1k min. So 1k to find the problem and then whatever cost on top of that to fix whatever issue they find. This basically puts back my idea of getting my diff done which i had planned to get done in the next few months.

 

Other than that the car is going ok, my rear rubber windscreen rubber from Phil's rotary's doesnt fit properly, neither do the driver and passenger door window seals. So not much going right atm, no time to fix anything as i've got work, and a tafe engineering project to do but no choice.

 

So my plan is this week to get the escort back on the road (headaches lots of headaches) so that i can get the ke fixed as the guys at rhemac will need it for atleast 4 days. The only option i have other than getting all that done is to borrow a garret t25 from someone and put it on my car to see if that rules the turbo out for the oil issue. At the moment i'd much prefer it to be turbo as spending over 1k for a couple of seals sucks compared to a nice shiny turbo.

 

so yeah stuck between a nice rock and a hard place, its awesome.

 

Stephen from Bells auto can do Autronic, so can MRE. But please don't bother stephen till he's finished with my car! :y:

 

the guy who bought my car said my NSW engineering certificate was valid as the engineer (TIC) does reports in both states. getting it passed regency is still the main issue though as these motors never came from the factory with a turbo.

 

Correct, Vehicle Standards gave me a letter of exemption to take in when I get it inspected. Trouble is that car is cursed and refused to start the day before it was booked in. Seems I got water where it wasn't supposed to be, killed ECU & Ignition module. Been with Bells again for the last month and despite ECU getting sent back for repair, then replaced with a new one, there is an electrical gremlin hanging round and it still ain't running.

 

The deep pockets I had when I bought this car would have been better spent on my house...

 

Cheers,

 

Adrian

Edited May 15, 200917 yr by madaz4

pm sent adrian.

yep it was my old car. my name is Aaron and I live on the Gold Coast... so I fit the citeria. I sold it cause I couldnt get the carbies working.. found out down the track that I had them mounted on the wrong angle. (stupid motorbike carbies) oh well sniff sniff

yep it was my old car. my name is Aaron and I live on the Gold Coast... so I fit the citeria. I sold it cause I couldnt get the carbies working.. found out down the track that I had them mounted on the wrong angle. (stupid motorbike carbies) oh well sniff sniff

 

ahhh, john and anthony bought it off you, and i bought it off john.

 

I've also bought a car from you as well. I bought a white ke55 coupe off you around the time i bought the ke25.

yep I remember.. thats crazy. I have a yellow ke55s with round head lights..

 

it was sad day seeing both those cars go. the white one was too rusty for me.

 

ahhh, john and anthony bought it off you, and i bought it off john.

 

I've also bought a car from you as well. I bought a white ke55 coupe off you around the time i bought the ke25.

the white one is looking quite good at the moment. I "sold" it to a mate of mine in exchange for a paint job on my ke25. He's since put in another 4k after he killed the one that was in it, stripped it back to bare metal and resprayed it white. He's also done extractors etc and it goes quite well.

 

yep I remember.. thats crazy. I have a yellow ke55s with round head lights..

 

it was sad day seeing both those cars go. the white one was too rusty for me.

Update: Car was blowing smoke, wasn't sure whether it was valve stem seals, valve guides or turbo that was the culprit so i took it to my local mechanic and he basically came to the same conclusion and recommended i take it to rhemac in gawler. Took it there and after them having the car for a day they told me.....................looks to be turbo, valve stem seals or valve guides and to figure it out would require the head coming off and the turbo being sent away. Seeing as i live 40 mins drive from their shop i decided to take it somewhere local. Booked it in at "fours n more" and by the time it made it to them a exhaust leak had reared its ugly head. "fours n more" after having it for a day diagnosed that the major cause of the smoke was the turbo, which i was fine with as i had only paid 200 bucks for the turbo. So instead of getting the turbo rebuilt i decided to get a brand spanking new turbo. Decided on the garrett GT2560R, and the exhaust leak was from the turbo manifold. So hopefully soon the car will be back on the road.

Edited June 19, 200917 yr by mlaser