jay_howie

Awesome thanks, will be keen to hear how you go!

Haha I own that Ke20 now

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Hey guys, I know not many of you are from Perth, but I'm hoping someone knows a place to get my head ported, cam ground, stuff balanced all thay good stuff. This is all new to me but I'm assuming I'm chasing a machining shop? Anyways I will do some ringing around soon, but I would rather a recommended place than testing the waters. Also not really sure what I'm up for money wise.

they other thing I've started doing is wire brushing (using a bit on the end of a drill) and rust converting parts of the car that will be hidden. These are going to be mat black to save on money, they body and any exterior parts will have a lot more time and devotion put into them. So today I tried out the rust converter on a fairly large section underneath the LH fender. If it works out ok I this will be my approach for the hidden parts and engine bay I also encountered a problem while trying to remove the exhaust manifold -> exhaust bolts. Basically rusted solid (as are most exhaust bolts), so I purchased some rust breaker for bolts, will update you on how it works out, but so far I've already sheered one head off. This isn't a huge problem as I often drill out bolts at work when they become stripped trying to remove, although in this case I think i will need to tap a thread size bigger and purchase new bolts to suit (due to the damage that will most likely happen to the thread as I drill the bolts out). Just in case anyone was wondering: http://www.probolt-australia.com/ Haven't used this place myself yet, but they have a great range.

Sorry I forgot to take some photo's when they came out of the bath, basically they came out with most paint stripped, bare steel with black deposits where the rust was, which brushed off quite easily. 2 pics of the 2 items I bathed, now they arnt perfect and I didn't remove all the paint, but its just basically a protective coat, this item will most likely be replace quite quickly after it has gone over the pits, keeping it all standard looking until then. With all parts that won't be staying, looking not rusty, but also not a great deal of time put into them.

Two things I'm not sure on at the moment, is the time frame (probably varies with the strength of the sodium carbonate mix), and how well it go with alot of the old paint still on the item. Will soon see!! Oh this is my air filter top half, will do bottom half tomorrow, any ideas for a colour? otherwise its going mat black

Waiting for funds to buy the rebuild kit and a few tools I need to start rebuilding the 4k. In the meantime I have been experimenting with some rust removal techniques. Obviously alot of this is new to me so don't judge! I've started an electrolysis machine that's going to run overnight, will update u more tomorrow (if anyone is interested in how I did it just ask, there is alot of info on it out there but alot of it is misleading or wrong and even dangerous). Ok so basically all my bolts, brackets, covers and anything else thats even got a bit of rust, will go through the bath, everything else will be wire brushed, grinded or rust convertered, depending on what it is. Minus the head of course, being aluminum it can't be bathed. Basically I'm picking up a grinder soon, but for now I've just attacked it with a wire brush attachment on my drill. I've gone over alot more than just that area, but It seems to have had a good effect, not quite stripping all of the rust and pitting back but that's what the grinder is for!! In case anyone is wondering I can only upload 2 photos per post atm as my slr photos are 5-8mb each, will have to make a photoshop batch program to fix this at some point.

Engine bay stripping, I'm thinking that I will just strip the bay, paint included, fix up what needs to be fixed, possibly some rust converter and go over in matt black. Same for boot, underside and wheel wells. purely for the fact that I want the mechanics of the car fine tuned before any body work and paint goes. I don't particularly want to disassemble the car to have it painted. Also one tyre is flat and the tyres are so old and covered in concrete, if anyone is selling 4x110 rims!!

not the best option but would an aftermarket speedo gauge be a possible solution?

oh serious? haha so it might all be standard in that case, not sure where I read 4x100 was a ke20 standard! Thanks mate

Hey guys, recently bought some new wheels for my ke20 only to realise that the hub is actually 4x114 not the standard 4x100 I think the brakes have also been changed but ive uploaded some pics to see if anyone knows if they are standard or not. Thanks might be a bit hard to read but the caliper says: 1 7/8 A 5B AKEBONO 1701 some radioactive looking symbol

ah shit mate! Really sorry something has happened with the huge amount of work put in so far. Hope you can get some compensation for it!!

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Celica's too, I know we all secretly wish we had our more expensive older brother

Couple of Rolla's from Stirling

Frasian's white ke20 =)

Bit late I know, but just in case anyone missed it.

Cheers mate. Some more photos, had trouble fitting the RH fender, this is just for looks and weather protection for now, it will all have to come off once I start on the body. got in the car today to attach the rear quarter windows and my hand pushed through a rusted part of the floor pan :/ not great but it just appeared to be the round plug section in the center of the floor pan. Anyways here's a bit more Quick question, I was reading through the 'tough K motor' wiki and it describes a unribbed 4k block that is weak and should be 'scrapped'. one of my photos shows the manifold side with the welsh plugs, where the ribs should be easy to see, can someone more familiar with these engines tell me if I have an unribbed/ribbed block? Thanks! Last photo shows a Ke20 tailgating the F$%K out of us on the way home!

Hey guys, This is my first ke Rolla. (daily is a ae93 hatch) I just picked up a Ke20 Today and rolled it onto the front lawn, Its been sitting for I think approximately 10 years, it has been started a few times in that time Specs: 1972 Ke20 2 door, Mustard Yellow 3k 2spd Auto Its complete minus a couple of bits of trim, all the doors, boot and seats etc have been stripped out, and put in boxes, a few holes of rust the worst of which are behind the wheel arch I have picked up a 4K-C from a ke70 and a 5 speed gearbox to match, I'm rebuilding that at the moment, It will have new brakes, disks up front, probably a ke3x/55 upgrade for now untill I get rego on it. recondition everything else, cut the rust out and bog and prime any uneveness or pitting in the body. 14" steelies, probably 2nd hand if i can. Eventually I want a ke55 4.3 auto Diff and some sort of 14" rims that suit the car. I'm an aircraft technician (essentially an aircraft mechanic) by trade so I will transfer my practical skills to the car This is definately a budget build, all the work will be done by me, except for a few small things I will need done by someone who has the correct machinery/tools. Time span? who knows, I would like it to be on the road and all fixed up in 2 years, probably pending a respray, which I will save for once finished. Definitely not working on a car that has had new paint put on it. Won't be doing anything untill after I finish up at work, this week is my last so will hack into it over the christmas break. One thing to note is I have never done a car restoration before, never rebuilt or pulled an engine out etc etc. This will be a big learning curve, and something I can be proud of when I'm done!

Name: Jay Rides: EL falcon futura (SOLD), EL XR8 Series II manual (SOLD), ae93 CSI Limited hatch, manual grandmas car(selling soon) Occupation: Aircraft Mechanic Currently looking for a ke30-55, buying a VZ wagon for daily driver and practicality Current daily below, been all Wagga to Melbourne about 20 times, Melbourne to Sydney and Melbourne to Perth twice. Goes up the Great Northern daily. Has been given new wheels and had black exterior trim stripped and repainted since. Completely stock minus hard wired radar detector, dvd player and sound system. Cheers