Tally

yep sounds correct Yea must be steam... it evaporated real quick so its steam not smoke... nope didnt get any oil in the bores... you mean the overflow bottle? yea it got full!!! yea well mine got full... damn... I was under the impression that its very rare that blocks crack and it would most likely be the headgasket or the head you know what I mean... The head specialist examined the head gasket and said yea it looks as if it had been leaking into the cylinder, and like you said previously: tomorrow I will replace the thermostat, take the plugs out see what they look like, maybe do a compression test when cold and when hot... if its 100% screwed I'm just gonna get a 13BT :y:

ok engine put all back together today... basically ill explain everything... Drained milkshake oil fixed starter motor bolted intake/exhaust manifold back onto head connected all vacum lines, fuel etc Made gasket for thermostat housing and bolted it back on bolted up radiator and connect all hoses... Replaced spark plugs with newies... Filled radiator with coolant Filled engine with oil Checked over everything, tightened all clamps, bolts and screws and then the moment of truth... Started first go, one tappet is really loud, not sure why... got it to idle nicely though... basically I had white smoke coming out the exhaust and a fair bit of black water (black cause the exhaust is full of carbon?) Pretty sure it aint oil... Warmed it up to find that it was getting a bit too warm... checked the radiator... still cold... got to half temp, so shut it off then the thermostat decided to open I think as the radiator suddenly got real hot... top hose was hot but not the bottom hose? a bit of white steam was coming out of a rocker cover hole while it was running... Now.. I'm replacing the thermostat as its most likely faulty from sitting for about 5 months... now ive read in the FAQ that the water pumps don't like sitting for too long, but water out the exhaust aint a water pump problem... as said in my first post, no 3 cylinder had water on top of the piston... couldn't see any cracks in the block for it to be getting in from so thought it was head gasket... anyway head gasket is all replaced now and the head has been reconed and is all good... so not sure where I'm at... will replace thermostat tomoro... maybe it was just condensation? or maybe still had water in the exahust? what explains the white smoke? after reading, looks like I am burning coolant which causes white smoke? so basically I may still have two problems? burning coolant and oil/water mixing..? argh... maybe connect a oil pressure gauge? or water pressure gauge i dunno lol also just so you guys know, I had drained the coolant from the block, so when i filled it up again and started, coolant was only in the radiator and not in the block? and it decided to open when I shut it off? I thought the thermostat was the only way coolant could get into the block? can it get into the block from the bottom hose?

yea got em off ke30 myles... been reading and doing research about them and turns out they are a unique carb style with only 4 moving parts. Should make tuning a bit easier... just waiting on the thermostat housing to head, gasket... no one had one, went to autopro, repco, sprints, motor traders... went to Toyota, slugged me $4 (:P) and have to wait till tomoro to get it from melbourne :wink:

sounds wild man! yea rotors are like that ey... but good it wasnt anything major...

yea man thats what I did today. cleaned it all up vaccumed all the shit out. Cleaned top of the block/pistons and bolted head down to 44 FP / 60 NM soon to be twin SU powerhouse lol just need some fuel hoses and some T peices. might try PIRTEK... Progress pic:

leave it black, matches the flares...

yea man dropped it off at Richardsons Engine Service around noon, rang me up at 5 saying its fully reconed!!! initially he said Wednesday. Now that's what you call speed of service... Pick it up tomorrow morning. Basically he said the head looks like it has been previously tampered with and the water jackets were way to close to the cylinders... So looks like he has fixed that. said he'd weld them to original size... He said to me he would pressure test it for cracks and get back to me if it was no good.. but looks like its ok as I told him initially to recon it if its ok. Pictures of top of piston and bore marks... wondering how to get all that dirt out? high pressure air gun? vacuum lol?

This car just keeps on giving lol! hot hot hot!!! you cruisng or what? be good to see you in town one night id go nutz haha!!!

guys what can you tell me from this pic below. 5K, water in oil... Looks to have dished pistons? Basically had water in oil so suspected it had the usual blown head gasket but pulled it off today found water in no 3 cylinder... couldn't find head gasket failure... although I'm not an expert... So just would like to know if you guys can sorta put me in the right direction of pin pointing the casue of this... oil is milky az... pistons 1 s clean, just carbon deposits, piston 2 looks not bad, piston 3 doesn't look too good with water in it and burrs and scratches on it... piston 4 is really black and filthy... gonna get head skimd tomorrow... should get it pressure/ crack tested aswell??? if ring in number three was gone, wouldn't it have oil in it and be blowing blue smoke? cheers in advance Tally

man they look a million bucks... gonna get you to powder coat mine soon hehehe

there are a few ways you can do it... either take the long way which really in essence gets best results which is to unpick the panels by drilling out the welds... or just get the grinder out and cut it up... taking into account where each panel meets the other... cause basically as you know they make cars from multiple sheet metal moulds and they just weld them together to make a car... makes sense to pull it apart the way it was put together but usually no one can be stuffed so the most practical way is to just get the grinder out and cut cut cut!!!

1UZ 1UZ 1UZ 1UZ!!!

Looks overrated man, whats the plans? Looks like it is already in excellent condition?

Car looks pimp man! I WANT!!! I find it funny taht you have a mercedes as a daily and a 13BT KE20 Corolla bahaha

pretty dodge but you get the idea... someone else can do the maroon...

the rear bumper off a KE70 is taken off by opening the boot and popping the plastic grommets off to get access to the the bolts in the chassis rails? hope your not getting em from underneath? nuts are welded on from factory...

should slam it on some JDM 13"s or 14"s. Would look wild!

lol I see the gepps cross KE70s nearly everyday... always have a peak to see them....

and lol I don't think he even comes on rollaclub anymore hahaha...

and I guess you could use KE25 strips?

yea hah I bought my ones widened, only the back though, front are pizza cutters lol

just a little secret, 15" mazda van rims, mazda/corolla 4X110 stud pattern. That is all :wink:

looks too plain without strip on the side... just some food for thought, you could get a GT strip like this:

yes you can no problems at all did this a month ago...

gonna need a stud pattern change for those rims... or has it already been done?