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I've got paint coming off, mainly on the rear quarter panel at the top. Is there something I can/should do about this? I just want the car to last as long as possible for as cheaply as possible. Could I just get a body work guy to sand it back and put some more paint on for a reasonable price? Will it rust if I leave it?' Cheers, Adam

how should I attach them though?

Hey guys, So I sat on my seat a bit hard a while ago and the stuff that supports it at the bottom ripped. I took the seat out yesterday to have a look. The (previously) supporting material is this mesh stuff with rubber.. hard to explain and probably irrelevant. Anyway I thought I'd try and stitch it up with some strong thread, which I painstakingly did, but driving around today I noticed my back hurting and the chair feeling a bit soft so I looked under and its coming apart, so that was fail. I could get something that would hold me up, thick material straps or chickenwire (as I saw mentioned in another thread) or something, but I need somewhere on the seat to attach it. Anyone done something like this or should I just get another seat? If the latter, has any1 in Syd got any seats lying about they wanna sell fairly cheaply or knows a place I can get one? Thanks, Adam.

Hey guys, So my water pump broke and I have to get it replaced, should've done it when I did the timing belt last year but anyway, I'll get all the other belts replaced at the same time too, but is there anything else that should be replaced at the same time? like the alternator or something? I'm not sure where the alternator is, if its easily accessible obviously i wont worry about it. Thanks, Adam.

Ok so what could it be.. I just assumed it would be that rubber weather strip

I live in Carlton. Yeah I guess thats what I mean, the outer weather strip. It's all cracked and dry. I figure I might aswell replace all of them at once tho If they don't cost much.

Hey guys, I've got water coming into my drivers door and coming out the bottom, and soaking whatevers in the middle to leave an unpleasant wet odour every time it rains. Is it easy to buy and install new windows seals? Where do I get them from. If it doesn't cost too much I'll just get the mechanic to do it I guess. Thanks, Adam.

yes lol exactly, i just couldnt find a damn pic.. admitedly i didnt look too hard.. the fuel filters in roughly the same place so thats what mattered lol. .. i found the oil filter too, thanks.

ok thanks.. and because its a carby engine i have no worries in terms of high pressure fuel right.. i can just pull the fuel filter out?

Hey guys, Can you tell me where the oil filter and fuel filter are in this car. (4afC) I looked in the faq but couldnt see it for the A series engines. I think I know where the fuel filter is, as in pic: (this is not my car, and is not exactly the same but is similar) As for the oil filter.. i know its under there somewhere. Thanks, Adam.

Ahoy! I purchased a nice AE92 corolla seca cs with a 4afc carby engine a few months ago. It needed some work so i got it quite cheaply, but it was all fairly easily fixable things, mechically its excellent. I put a new timing belt, brakes, wheel drums on the back wheels, muffler, tyres and replaced some seals/caps and oil filters n its lovely now. It does have a few issues however, which i am trying to attend to, and i think the vast amount of knowledge of the people in this forum would be the best place to start. Ive gotten conflicting information from mechanics, the internet and my own knowledge. Firstly, when i cold start the engine, it revs low and rattles. If i give it a bit of gas it stops as the revs go up, but it still sounds a little bit clunky for a bit. This lasts for probably 20-30 seconds. I only started noticing this after the mechanic changed the oil/oil filter the first time, but this happened to coincide with winter starting (sydney australia, not too cold, would never get down to 0) Ive sinced changed the oil myself, to castrol magnatech 15w40, and it hasnt really made a difference. I figure this could be because oil isnt staying up in the head properly.. or because, being winter, the oil drains down after running hot, then becomes thick and can't get back up when i turn the engine on. I've also read that it could be the filter not holding oil up after the engine is off. Next time i change the oil il try putting 20w50 in n see how that goes. 2nd issue: There is a metallic rattling sound as i accelerate past about 2k rpm. It doesnt always happen, usualy when I'm accelerating reasonably hard, but it is very noticable and quite disconcerting. The mechanic said it was engine knock n to put some higher octane fuel in, which i did, and it hasnt solved it. I'm not sure if it could be engine knock tho, cos if i have it in gear and slow down, not giving it any gas, it still rattles as it goes down. I'm thinking something to do with the valvetrain? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!