seabiscuit Posted February 9, 2011 Report Posted February 9, 2011 (edited) Would be a crying shame if you had to pass the car off. I lost my first car, which was a unique KE70, and it broke my heart. Felt like I was breaking up with a first love. Yours looks three times better than what mine was, so I can only imagine what you'd be feeling if you had to let it go. Keep at it, though. If it's such a well-built car, it surely can't be knocked back for much in the respects engineering quality. Meaning you may be required to engineer the car at worst. Chin up. you might even pass with flying colours! :y: Edited February 9, 2011 by seabiscuit Quote
RX-747 Posted February 10, 2011 Author Report Posted February 10, 2011 How'd you go with getting the emission control crap? Havnt got any of it.. also what emission stuff do you mean? if i was to fix it i would have to convert it back to EFI or chuck a 4ac back in Would be a crying shame if you had to pass the car off. I lost my first car, which was a unique KE70, and it broke my heart. Felt like I was breaking up with a first love. Yours looks three times better than what mine was, so I can only imagine what you'd be feeling if you had to let it go. Keep at it, though. If it's such a well-built car, it surely can't be knocked back for much in the respects engineering quality. Meaning you may be required to engineer the car at worst. Chin up. you might even pass with flying colours! :y: yea it does gutter you a bit especially considering that i wasnt doing anything wrong but just driving with my girlfriend and to get done for a fuel pressure regulator is just a joke... thanks alot for the encouragement and thanks to the others that have also encouraged me with this, it really helps and i will try my hardest not to let go of it as i really do love it and couldnt see myself letting it go... I would also like to come on the next cruise in VIC at some stage so maybe expect to see me there guys :) Quote
RX-747 Posted February 14, 2011 Author Report Posted February 14, 2011 when will i get a break? the problems just keep rolling in... did a full service on the weekend.. oil, oil filter, plugs, while i was there i decided to change my fan belt too as it was making a little noise not too bad but you could hear it if you were near the front of the car, while i was there i noticed the altenator bracket was cracked at the top and so i went down to the wreckers picked one up.. came home washed the car then went to change the fan belt and bracket, lucky i did it because the tension of the belt was the only thing holding this together... :blinks: Gave the girl a polish came up pretty good i think shouldve used a cutting polish though as some of the blemishes didnt quite buff out... The big one was today while driving to uni i went to maccas to pick up some brekky as i was running late and wile i was there i noticed white smoke, yes i know it should smoke in coolish weather but this was more then usual but i thought it might go away... but it didnt really...I got into the city everything was all good then just before i hit lygon st temp went up quickly then i started to worry quite a bit.. parked it, went to class thought of what it could be... rings? head gasket? water in the engine from when i washed it? Overfilled oil? I waited for everything to cool then got preppared for the worst went down opened up the radiator and it was low, filled it up but there was no milkyness so i got a little happier then i opened the oil cap and found this bitch underneath it and i once again died inside :( ... :bash: P.S.. Dip stick makes it look like there is way too much oil in there, it is usually where the F starts, its the way I'm holding it which makes it look that full....... It gets more interesting because i drove it home and checked everything again and the dip stick still has good oil on it, it didnt smoke at all on the way home, didnt get hot and the radiator was still full so now I'm here left scratching my head... ill probably do a compression test tomorrow and that will let me know if its the head gasket or ill have to check the cooling system to see if its farked... :bash: appart from that I'm loving life and still waiting for my break from all this shit... :bash: :bash: :bash: Quote
mhmills Posted February 14, 2011 Report Posted February 14, 2011 (edited) I'm thinking, if you didn't have bad luck you probably wouldn't have luck at all... Sorry to hear man... I'd definately get it looked at ASAP! Also what happened to your back end?! Edited February 14, 2011 by mhmills Quote
RX-747 Posted February 14, 2011 Author Report Posted February 14, 2011 Yea I'm doing comp test tomorrow if its bad news ill take it down to my mechanic ASAP and get a new gasket for him to install, i would do it myself but i don't have the time at the moment as I'm back at uni and starting a new job... Back end damage was done when i let my mate drive it and he stalled when he turned a corner and other mate ran into the back of it because he stalled around a blind corner and didnt see it until it was too late lol... rule of thumb don't let people drive your car if they can't drive a car on carbs which has a flat spot :blush: Quote
mhmills Posted February 14, 2011 Report Posted February 14, 2011 Yea I'm doing comp test tomorrow if its bad news ill take it down to my mechanic ASAP and get a new gasket for him to install, i would do it myself but i don't have the time at the moment as I'm back at uni and starting a new job... Back end damage was done when i let my mate drive it and he stalled when he turned a corner and other mate ran into the back of it because he stalled around a blind corner and didnt see it until it was too late lol... rule of thumb don't let people drive your car if they can't drive a car on carbs which has a flat spot :blush: Mines got a bit of a flat spot too, probably the length of the fuel travel :P Also fitted a Boost gauge today, running 5PSI :) gonna see if I can swindle a small pulley for the blower and get more boost. AND yes, rule of thumb, don't let other people drive your car :P I tried to teach my missus how to drive manual... She can't stand it and over thinks shifting. Quote
RX-747 Posted February 14, 2011 Author Report Posted February 14, 2011 my flat spot is due to it just being rich as anything and i hate it, makes it hard to drive but I'm pretty used to it now... I love your corolla and motor and what you have done with it, its pretty cool plus i love the sound of a charger whining... i might have to get this thing fixed then come on a cruise soon, then ill probably end up selling it soon... as much as i love it and love driving it its just getting too time consuming and expensive to maintain, plus being a student doesnt help... but i can agree with you 100% don't let people drive your car but i guess we all learn from our mistakes :P Quote
mhmills Posted February 14, 2011 Report Posted February 14, 2011 Let us know when you're free man, you can take my car for a test spin :) Quote
RX-747 Posted February 14, 2011 Author Report Posted February 14, 2011 haha thanks man if its still for sale after i fix this and then sell it i will be on it :) Quote
mhmills Posted February 14, 2011 Report Posted February 14, 2011 Well I have another bloke inbterested, but he can't buy it yet, something about going to Japan in March then he might buy it when he comes back lol Quote
RX-747 Posted February 15, 2011 Author Report Posted February 15, 2011 (edited) compression test results in.... cyl 1:200 PSI cyl 2:200 PSI cyl 3:195 PSI cyl 4:210 PSI give or take 1-3 psi due to the inaccurate reading of gauge even so there is nothing major enough to worry about but now i have another problem, before the comp test the car started and ran fine but i unplugged the wire going to the distributor and i disconnected the fuel pump so that i could do the compression test. After doing the compression test i plugged everything back on and double checked everything over and now it wont start and when i got it to start it was running rough as anything and it stalled and yes the plugs are all in the right places as they are all marked so its not miss firing its just farked now.. if anyone could throw some ideas at me as to what it could be it would be really helpful.. Edited February 15, 2011 by RX-747 Quote
mhmills Posted February 15, 2011 Report Posted February 15, 2011 Have you got the right firing order? Quote
RX-747 Posted February 20, 2011 Author Report Posted February 20, 2011 :( picture says it all, headgasket let go at the 4th cylinder but after inspecting the headgasket i couldnt actually see a crack or break so i don't know if the gasket warped or the head warped... I'm taking the head to get checked out this week and to get machined, fingers crossed that there is nothing majour.. I'm also looking at gaskets and just wondering what the standard 4age thickness is??? also what is the best possible gasket to get? standard? graphite? metal? copper? any help and experiences would be great and really helpful to me... thanks Last but not least i just want to say a huge thank you to my dad who helped me pull everything off and continued working while i had to go work :) Quote
RX-747 Posted March 7, 2011 Author Report Posted March 7, 2011 new update... head gasket has been changed over and ran well for one start up then died and wouldnt start up again due to an unknown problem which turned out to be the fuel pump shitting itself some how... A new fuel pump has been purchased and just got installed now, i started it up just before and it ran really well except for just a minor tune which is needed.. should be on the road in no time and i can't wait :D ... Also just a quick thanks to bAKER for giving me some quick info about fuel pump Quote
bAKER Posted March 7, 2011 Report Posted March 7, 2011 Good to hear :wink: Coming on the next cruise then I hope? Quote
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