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  1. You have no idea how happy I am that this car ended up with you Sheepers haha. It was a painful day when this sold and got taken away, and then when I saw it on trademe again a few months later.. I almost bought her back. I'm glad she has ended up in worth hands. A lot happened to her after my last post on oldschool. For one, I saw the light and decided not to put the 202 in, I just wanted something with lumpy cams that sounded cool. After a while I realised how important it was to either keep her original engine or upgrade to something else in the same family (2jz for example). So I rebuilt the 202, sold it off and then began on the 4M. I rebuilt the head and replaced all of the gaskets and seals, but the previous owner said the engine itself had been rebuilt not so long ago. I checked the big end bearings and looked at the condition of the cylinder walls and everything looked good enough to leave as is. I ended up buying a few other cars which drew my attention away from this. I have now sold EVERYTHING and am disappearing overseas for a while. If you need any more info, send me a private message as I've turned off all other notifications from this site. Looking forward to checking back in a year or so to see progress! Julwer
  2. That one. Having been talking sway bars all day with a work mate has stuck it in me head. Cheers for the link
  3. Update in yo face. Got the discs back on so I could then fit the calipers and break lines. Also managed to start tearing apart the 202 to get it on the hoist and line 'er up to start sorting mounts. Also did a bit more undersealing and shit on the newly installed items for premium protection. SO.. pic deliverance for all you lads that like the pretty pictures Old and new disc/rotor to stub axle oil seals. Notice how flat the wide bit on the old ones is...new ones show how it's meant to be pointy. old new Dads trusty magical grease holding potion. He reckons once you mix it with grease, you can hit the grease with a hammer and it'll just flex.. not splatter. Probably not news to most of you guys.. I just cracked up at the bottle. Tunnel of grease Nicely cleaned up stub axles with just a smear of grease lightning. Shiny calipers and discs Brake lines VICTORY!! of stage 1 Firewood out! Wheels in! This photo shows that I've got 60mm between wheel and chassis, yet on the other side, it's 80mm because the sway bar is pushing the axle away due to the scientific term: max slamness, found in the area of study know as slamology. Does anyone know a fix for this? Maybe an adjustable sway bar or shorter sway bar? Where can I get one? Or is this not a big issue? The gearbox cross member is currently 92mm (has big tyres on though.. hope to get it right on 100 when all said and done) off the ground but it's sitting on cut bump stops. So the suspension (once in) will take away some of the problem. Thoughts? Have also got two 4m's and one 4m-u if anyone wants them or parts for them. I have all the water pumps, alternators and a couple of exhaust and inlet manifolds. Heaps of other shit too like oil cooling radiators. One of them has been rebuilt and is currently assembled but not sure about the outer stuff. This is one of the blocks (has high compression pistons which the others don't??) Oh and also have a brand new carburetor gasket kit and 4m head gasket. Now to the 202. Swapped the sump for one of an HT so it would fit between the crossmember and steering rack. Got her all lined up and marked out on the chassis. Now time to rebuild it. Decided I may as well do all the rings, seals and bearings while I've got it in this state. Thought you might like a pic of when I first picked the crown up.. it'd been sitting in a shed for years until someone decided to do the body work. Then it sat a bit longer. Then I saved her. Then I realised I've lost that photo too.. fml.. it was special. Wont be able to work on it for the next few weeks so you'll have to cope without an update for a bit. Until then Julwer
  4. Once I pulled the head out and turned it around, I realised it was a 4M-U. The U just means its the anti-emissions version I think.
  5. Yea after reading that I'd say so too. Might hunt out the block and find out more. Do 5m heads fit on 4m blocks?
  6. Mattt, I only replaced the sway bar link bushes.. got them from supercheap for $30. Let me know if there's anything else though. Threeonthetree, that is very helpful info thanks, will give the T5 a go first and see how it goes with ratios and tunnel fit. Can anyone tell me more about this rocker cover of mine? Would maybe consider putting a 4m in with that on if it's something special. Probably isn't though hah. Here's a couple of pics of it. Nice oil cap too.. if it wasn't broken
  7. A few more pics Hoist for the weekend and sump on the right there. Extractors Current stage of chassis Rebuild of calipers Julwer
  8. Yea definitely man. That was another engine I considered but they seemed pretty hard to come by and I don't plan on even laying rubber in the crown. However notice I didn't say never?
  9. Just picked up an engine hoist to borrow from a mates mate for a box of Waikato. Will use it to sort out engine placement on the chassis so I can whip up some new mounts. Also picked up the front disc/rotor seals so can put them back onto the stub axles and fit reconditioned calipers and brake lines. Will probably do all this before lining up the motor so it's sitting on it's wheels rather than firewood. Managed to FINALLY track down a mid sump that came off a 202 in either an HR, HT or HG. So picked that up for $30. AND tomorrow I'm checking out some extractors on my way over* to the Crown which will hopefully meet my needs. *I work usually in Hamilton but am constantly moving around so could end up in Taranki, Taupo, Rotorua etc for work for around 10 weeks at a time. That's why I only get to work on the crown in the weekends at my dads place near Te Puke (TE PUKE THUNDER!!). So progress will be rather slow.. Julwer
  10. Haha high definition motors are definitely superior. There is serious variety in engine suggestions there and all are weighed and considered (except the 3UR, I am not a cultivator of money trees). A diesel would be badass and the ford and jeep v8's would give her a good bit of push. BUT, engine choice was not on my list of things that I need help deciding about. That one has been made. And thanks Testament, will give google+ a go on the ol' iphone 4.
  11. Discuss here: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/39463-julwers-ms65-crown-chitty-chat/
  12. Discuss away. Here's the project thread. //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/39462-julwers-ms65-crown/#entry1130380 Can anyone suggest another method of uploading the photos? My computer doesn't really like the one suggested by OS. Chur
  13. Have been working away on this little gem for just over a year now and decided it was about time she was revealed to oldschool even in her naked state. Most of this decision was based on me reaching a point where I need help making more decisions hah. For example: - Paint - Wheels - Suspension - Body massaging - Engine mods and fitting - Where to find parts etc I think I have read 97% of all the Crown projects and their corresponding discussions on here and that alone has helped make a few decisions. It has also pointed out the Royal family of Crown owners/gurus (Camel, Sheepers, Seedy Al, Spencer etc) so input from you guys will be highly regarded! I very nearly committed to the job of fitting bags with a hefty overseas purchase at my fingertips. However the owner of this fine car building garage (daddy) has announced his plan to sell up! But he did promise another shed. So she needs to roll on her own four feet sooner than planned. This has put suspension on hold and reassembly on the spool (cause it needs speeding up..like what a turbo does.. spool.. lame). Power-plant choice. This very standard model came with a floor shift 4-speed manual snuggled up with the legendary 4m. Including this one (which btw, the guy I bought the car off said he paid $800 for!! Cause it had been rebuilt..), I have three 4m motors. The others are in pieces. I am interested to know more about one of them as it has a rocker cover that I haven't seen on any of the 4m's on OS and I think the block it goes with is blue? After a quick wikipedia search it looks similar to the rocker cover found on the 2m's used in Toyotas 2000GT. But I must be dreaming!! Will look at this later. I would prefer nothing to do with the 4m's so set about finding a suitable successor. The options and reasons not to: - 1 or 2jz: No mid-sumps around, cunt to convert fuel system to efi and wiring ecu is a nightmare...I've heard. - 1uz: Cunt to fit between suspension arms unless you roll cool with no exhaust system...at all. Can be done but I'm not interested. - 3 or 5v: Not a lot of power, even more of a cunt to fit due to starter motor etc (refer to seedy Al's brown wagon) So..I chose a holden 202. It uses a carburetor (easy), it's known to fit in Crowns with new mounts, heaps of parts out there, can bolt onto toyota gearboxes (not sure about that one?), not too hard to get more power out of, cheap, badass, I'm sure there's more but you get where I'm coming from. Sorry for the Novel but love makes you lose track. Here's a couply picks to keep you going and a link to discussion up next. Give me your thoughts! Good, bad or UGLY. Oh and realised just the other day that I've lost like 50 photos of the chassis and how all it's components go together so currently wingin' it. Let me know if I've done something wrong or could do it better. ^Wires nice in safe in the dog biscuit bag Bought white primer by mistake lolz. Got to use a sand blaster for a couple of weeks to went all out right down to the metal before getting to this. Diff leaked like a bitch so re-did all of the gaskets and got new oil seal etc My 'Black' 202. Thinking stage 2 or 3 cam, triple carbs, extractors, super fly paint and chrome works. Oh and came with the T5 (5-speed manual). Anyone know if it'll fit in the tunnel? Cut bump stops. Cause suspension is for pussies. Shiny brake lines. Underseal Have heaps more pics on my phone of other shit.. will get around to it one day. Crizzle.
  14. Haha nice. Just realised its pretty much impossible to photograph and measure the suspensiony stuff seeing as the body is back on now haha sorry. What offset are your wheels? Those 8s look really dished. Oh and another pesky question, what came in the levelling kit for the bags and what'd you pay? (Sneakily got two questions in there)
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