Raven's Ke25 Corolla Memorial Rebuild - Now Parting Out

[Raven]

-Update-

 

So I never removed the gearbox from the KE25 as I sourced a K50 from Valandor before he sold his KE70 and just swapped the extension housings over.

 

I had decided that I'm going to fix the head gasket on the current motor, get another carb for it and get it back up and running so i can drive it as the panel van has drive train vibration like you wouldn't believe at the moment and the exhaust is rooted which is costing me a shitload in fuel and not allowing me to save up to get the parts I want off of Liam for the KE36 (not to mention my tax bill).

 

So today I went to see a mate of mine and got a head gasket, inlet/exhaust manifold gasket and rocker cover gasket for the low sum of $20.

 

The I went to my wrecker mate and got myself another carb for $35.

 

So far a total sum of $55, but there will be oil, oil filter and coolant on top of that, so I'm expecting around $80-$90 total.

 

As this motor is pretty well hammered, this is a temp fix until I can get the other K50 I have rebuilt and get a KE55 K50 extension housing for that box, so I can put that in with my 5K when that motor is ready.

 

Will update this again when the head gasket is done, which will probably get done tomorrow and/or Sunday.

 

Raven

Edited July 13, 2007 by Raven

[Raven]

Thought I'd put up a pic of how it stands at the moment since I finally got it started and moved it today after fiddling around swapping over linkages etc to suit the KE25 accelerator cable.

 

[Raven]

So I spent a few hours today removing the head off the car.

 

While undoing the front left head bolt, it decided to snap off at the top of the thread.

 

So I got my neighbour over to ask for his expertise. Vice grips would touch the locating dowel and the thing wouldn't budge, so in the end we came up with a nifty little idea and hammered a spare socket over the protruding head bolt and removed it that way.

 

I had a look at the head gasket and there are no visible signs of a blown gasket at all, so I'm going to take the head to a cylinder head repairer and get them to test it for cracks.

 

So as it stands, the motor is now headless and awaiting a new gasket/head to go back on.

[Raven]

Spent yesterday and today getting the car back to running order.

 

It now drives nicely, I degreased the motor and now I'm going to start saving towards my twin weber/dellorto manifold for my 5K and get the parts I need to get the motor underway and built.

[Doogs]

sweet as dude, that looks really tidy, well done

 

hey raven I'm intrested in a set of them flares if you get some made up, they will fit ke55 right?

 

love the flares, where did you get them ?

[Raven]

sweet as dude, that looks really tidy, well done

love the flares, where did you get them ?

 

Flares never happened in the end. I'll probably source mine from one of the guys off of Toyota3tc.com.

Edited July 21, 2007 by Raven

[Raven]

Also fixed defrost/heater cable issue I was having. Now it selects either one fine.

[Raven]

Today I fitted the original air filter assembly back onto the car.

 

Looks better now :wink:

[cush]

Flares never happened in the end. I'll probably source mine from one of the guys off of Toyota3tc.com.

 

so what happened to the flares you had?

[Raven]

I had one flare. Lost contact with the mate of mine that had them. Easier to get some from the US of A :)

[Raven]

So I've been a little busy.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now I just have to put some funds aside to by the rings, bearings, get the block acid dipped and balance the rods, crank and flywheel together and get the cam reground.

 

More to come shortly, so stay tuned :)

[Raven]

I think a few people on here will be interested in whats in this big box too :)

 

[Jason]

an oil seal?

[HEKTIC]

more like..........

 

edit: decided that the contents of that box are for me to know and you all to wait till you find out

Edited November 5, 2007 by HEKTIC

[Raven]

So the box arrived.....

 

This is what I found inside :evil: