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RobKE's 1979 COROLLA (KE35)


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Use my KE26 Discussion if you want to talk about this project (Click here)

 

 

Yep so my mental illness / obsession with old corollas continues with the purchase of my latest rolla:

 

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The engine is not running right and it is running very rich and carb is very difficult to tune. I noticed the vacuum advance thingy isnt holding any vacuum which probably contributes to the problem. I'll try fix the engine problems next week.

 

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Paint wise it looks to have had a single coat over the original paint (in the bonnet and doors at the minimum). And i can see numerous dents and hollows.

 

The plan is to repaint the car in April or May. This stuff doesn't really bother me the price was fair for what the car is.

 

Interior wise the situation is pretty good. Rips under the seat covers nothing major.

 

So the situation with my KEs right now is the ke35 will get a tidy up to daily/cruise spec. Having this will allow me to focus more time and effort into making the KE26 as good as i can make it. The KE26 also requires a respray and hopefully between painting the 35, my mates S13 and hilux, and maybe my brothers E30 i should be able to lay down a bloody good effort on the KE26. Plus i've got loads of good advice from experinced people at weekend resto course.

 

There has been no update on the KE26 as of late mainly because customs is fucking me around with some parts i need which should be released from their evil clutches in the next week. And also because I bought this 35 and am now broke. I also bought a 3 phase air compressor which arrives in a week or two. I'll be doing all bushing in the 26 in the long weekend that's coming up.

 

I hope to have some more updates in the next couple weeks for both these cars. Somehow I end up helping on my flatmates drift car (200sx) than I do spending time on my rolla these days. But he compensates me in bad jokes, sober driving and scrumpy so it's not so bad.

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  • 3 weeks later...

Please discuss how I am a fuckwit for destroying a k series engine. Threw a rod #4 straight through like butter. Was towed from rakia to chch. That hole is directly under the starter if you cant see clearly.

 

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  • 2 weeks later...

Pulled the blown 4k. Have a new one ready to go in. Next update when the car is running:


 


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Spot the difference:


 


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Close up of inside the hole, camera tilted sideways:


 


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So much oil in the bellhousing,,,


 


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A couple late nights in the garage and a lot of help from my cousin and we have mission success. Replaced the clutch while the engine was out cause why not. Had to custom make an annoying little clip to attach the throw bearing to the bearing carrier. Had no spark initially cause I must have bumped the dizzy. We chucked a screwdriver in the spark plug hole to find TDC and reset the rotor to the correct position. Also the new carb has one of those annoying anti dieselling solenoid i've currently hardwired it to the battery, which is not good ill switch it to ignition power later in the week.

 

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See some of ya at mad max. Cheers.

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