Luxy's First Rolla - Ke35 Hardtop

[1JZ~lux]

Got some quotes today for getting the rust removed and a full respray. Prices ranged from $6,000 to $10,000 or wouldn't do it at all. The guy that said 6G was talking completely stripping the car and sanding back to bare metal too.

 

I have an idea for a boot release. I have a KE70 boot release (complete) and a Vision rear door central locking solenoid. I was thinking of cutting the cable and attaching the solenoid to the end of it so it's a push button release. The only problem with it is reseting the solenoid. The simplest way is 2 buttons so you activate it then reverse the current to reset it, but I was thinking, maybe use a Jaycar timer or something to automatically reset the solenoid. Anyone got any ideas?

[1JZ~lux]

I picked up a second hand front right brake rotor from the wrecker today 'cause mine was warped. I fitted it up only to find that I've lost a fair amount of peddle feel. This "new" rotor was a bit thinner then the old one. I checked the fluid and it's a really murky brown so it looks like its time for a complete brake overhaul or more my style a brake upgrade. I'll look at this after I've cleaned up all the other jobs I've started and not finished.

[1JZ~lux]

Peddle feel has returned.

Also solved the problem I had with reseting the boot release solenoid. It doesn't need any fancy circuitry. The spring in the release should be able to pull the solenoid back out. I'll be looking at installing this really soon, weather permitting.