peterd

Well I finally got the heater box out and found a big split in the inlet pipe. The core seems fine. Gregory's Workshop manual says that to remove the heater box, you just disconnect it, remove 4 bolts and remove it. The missing part was that you need to remove the dash first. To remove the dash, you also need to drop the steering wheel to get to the bolt that's directly above the steering column. Hopefully I can get the whole thing back together again.

Thanks Banjo I had a think about it and figured it didn't matter which way I connected it. As it turned out, the heater wasn't connected for the obvious reason. I ended up with a car full of coolant. Bugger! I'm trying not get the bastard heater box out of the car now but its jammed. I'm going to sleep on this one.

Hi. I'm a new guy. I've found myself a great 90% restored ke35 and I'm just getting it ready to be registered. I need to connect the heater hoses and don't know which way round to connect the hoses. I don't know whether the top tube on the firewall is an outlet or inlet. Hopefully the heater box is ok and I don't end up with a car full of radiator water. I'd appreciate any help.

I was looking for some replacement switches for the door lights on my ke35 and came across these, which were perfect. They're a grounded 12v switch which plugged in and screwed in to the existing cable and hole. The car shops had nothing suitable and I found them at an electronics shop. They came from Altronics in Perth. item number S 5145 $2.45each

Is there anything more exotic that a 1977 2 door Toyota coupe? I had wondered about looking for a car next time I'm in Japan. Near the in laws house, I remember seeing a car yard full of old school cars. Mainly rotary's from memory. The father in law is semi retired and calibrates robots at the Toyota factory these days. If you want to treat yourself one day, go to the Toyota showroom in Toyota City and also do the factory tour. When I went there five years ago, they were producing 1000 cars a day on the one production line. (Different makes and models) Japans a great place to travel to by the way and half the price of Australia.

I'm a middle age guy suffering from my second middle life crisis. For my first one, I bought a yacht, which sat on its mooring for 7 years and formed a new reef. I've now sold the yacht and with the small amount of cash I managed to keep, I thought Id spend it on a classic Toyota. I've got two newish Toyotas which I can't fault and my father in law is a Toyota engineer in Japan. If I bought something else, I think he'd be pissed. Also, my son thinks the 1970's cars look crap so I know he'll never steal mine if I get one. I'm wondering if anyone here has "imported" a modified car from another state and registered it in WA. I spoke with someone from road safety in Perth and was given the impression that a NSW engineers certificate would be recognized in WA. He said it should be mentioned on the vehicle license papers. I'd love to hear from anyone whether it's an easy process or a frustrating, expensive waste of time. Also, if you've got a nice 1970's 2 door coupe you want to sell me, let me know. thanks Peter