Sambo

Did I see you in Glenfield the other week? I followed you down a cul de sac and said hey, then you drove away. So I did a skid on your street.

Sorry bro, didn't see this comment! Yeah, that would've been me, cheers!

Sooo, just had a wicked weekend. The wagon seized the cambelt tensioner pulley and snapped the belt... on the harbour bridge. Thank golly it was the downhill side. Towed it home and ordered a new belt etc from Toyota. Ripped it apart Friday, cleaned everything and reassembled most of it on Saturday and spent 3 hours Sunday trying to figure out why it wouldn't start A combination of the belt and dizzy each being a tooth out Also: Found the cause of my huge oil leak. A bolt sheared off in the cam carrier part of the head was meant to hold down half a sensor flange, oil pouring out. Replaced the entire cam carrier. Found why I could never tension up the alternator properly. The adjustment stay had no bolt at the bottom. Discovered that the vacuum advance hoses had been looped. Put them where they should go, maybe when I've done the timing and tuned the carb properly again it'll go better. Spent all my spring compressing money

Yeah, that'd be it. I'd still be stoked to get in touch with the guy, but I also just bought a gearbox...

Unfortunately not. I may try and get in touch with him and see if he knows the guy.

This a bit of a long shot, but I was about to get in touch with a guy on Trademe regarding an AE82 with blown 2nd and 5th gears. When I got home from work the listing was withdrawn by TM (i'd imagine this was for selling a whole car in the parts section). I'd really like to get in touch with the chap if anyone knows him?

I didn't have any issues with mine. Fucking tight though.

Pink hair?

I like how half my hand disapears inside the wheel, good work.

Mean.

We're talking A & B Pillar trims, interior AC box and some sunvisors. If it's out of the way that's fine, but it'd be very appreciated

Would you be able to grab some ae85 interior from CXGPWR on your way through Palmy? I need to drop Taistorms spring compressors back to him at some stage, so could be left with him if he's ok with it?

GF went shopping yesterday, and I got told to 'do man stuff'. So i jammed the new front springs in the wag and mowed the lawn I wanted to get it done in time for NY wagoneering, the back will be full of shit so it should look even. Also giving the engine a major birthday to ensure it runs well and swapped to some 15s on the rear for better cruising. The new springs are juuust uncaptive on one side. Also got my first ever 'sell me your car bro' note.

Holy shit

I bought and paid for a set on trademe, they then rang up and said they didn't have any left. I'm getting a refund, but meh, not gonna bother with more. The carina won't be going super low, it already scrapes on my driveway at standard height!

Hey Tai, Is that offer still open? I'd be pretty keen to come and grab them for a couple of days. Could you flick me a txt on 021 0249 3707? Or send back your number. Cheers, Sam Oh lol, thought I'd sent that as a PM I'll get them back to ya' asap man.

Hey Tai, Is that offer still open? I'd be pretty keen to come and grab them for a couple of days. Could you flick me a txt on 021 0249 3707? Or send back your number. Cheers, Sam

No pictures, but engine has been removed from the SX70 that bosogx71 got his parts from. Minimal oil leaks, but very dirty. I'm wanting to get this in asap.

The current issues with the car are: Engine leaks, quite a lot. I've ignored the leaks and kept topping it up, but it has been driven very, very low on oil and now takes about 15 seconds to register any oil pressure on the factory gauge ( ) and makes knocking noises until the pressure comes up. Rust round the front screen is really coming up. I'm a bit pissed about this as when I had the screen replaced I asked the guys not to go ahead if there was any cause I wanted to have it fixed, they obviously ignored that and sprayed over the rust with primer with no prep/wirebrushing or anything. I'm going to be hitting them up for free removal and refit when it gets done. I'm not sure whats going on with the rear suspension. The back sits quite low, like it's got a heavy load. A high tech bounce test bounce test tells me the rear shocks are a bit tired, but not totally gone. It's got monroe shocks (can't find any part numbers?) and standard looking springs, I was thinking perhaps they used shocks from a SA60 coupe, *T141 or other similarly related car that isn't the same? The front shocks seem to be original and are very rooted, but not sagging. I'd like to do it properly one day, but for now it means I only have to lower the front So I've collected a few other bits and bobs: Mirrorless doors to go with the fender mirrors I had, these are also a bonus as the passenger window mech is fucked and the drivers window frame is half cracked off the body so it doesn't seal at the top. It doesn't leak but it whistles at anything over 50km. The car originally had a/c, but it was removed with a past engine replacement, I've got the full A/C setup from a SA60 Celica coupe that I hope goes straight on. Full PS setup from the same car ^^ Needs all new boots etc. Got some superlow springs (dobi?) for the front cause they were cheap Rust/dent free corona front valance Also have a good engine coming from a SX70 that a mate is wrecking, I'm also going to have a look at how far out the E series rear is from fitting the wagon. The car looks like it sits level in the carport, but the concrete isn't flat. Very deceptive.

I actually quite like the 1S engine tbh, I thought I'd be hating it, but it's reasonably torquey and cheap to run. Super long term it'd be great with a Beams 3SGE ala Roman style, but it'll do with a fresher 1S for now.

Sweet, thanks guys. Ill keep that in mind tai. Ill check in at SC.

Not much has changed since I bought this really, been putting time and money into my AE85 and bathroom at home. Now things are set to improve as my confidence in it's reliability diminishes I also got sick of it looking so rough. I spotted it on the side of the road ages and ages ago, stopped and had a proper look a few months later and pined after it until the start of this year while I watched it get rougher and rougher. I finally went and door knocked the guy who said that he didn't want to swap for my freshly wof'd KE70 wag (wof had just gone on this), so I grabbed his number and waited for it to fail it's test. After that he said he'd sell for $800, I paid $600. Basic specs: 1.8L 1S-U Engine T50 Box T series 3.73 with COIL SPRINGS (only came on the Carina Surfs) Close to rust free, it's only got rust around the screens as the rest is all tectyl shit'd When I got it: Interior is fairly tidy bar the boot This was worse than it looks, full of soil, grass clippings and engine oil of some sort So yeah, all I did to start was: Cleaned it Threw some wheels on it which had wof spec tyres Replaced the cracked windscreen Replace the tail lights (couldn't find Carina wag ones, so stuck with corona atm) Obtained wof Goals are to have a practical daily that looks good (not wild) mild lowering nice wheels fender mirrors (have electric ones and some mirrorless doors) Make everything work Discussion: //oldschool.co.nz/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30489&hilit=carina

Yah. North Shore would be the ideal-ist. Can give bjs.

Trackday as a separate event IMO. As soon as you have to start paying money attendance plummets. Theres a pretty lush carpark in Rosedale Park North off Paul Matthews Rd in Albany. It's off the road, has trees etc.

Keen for 1ggeu provided it can be shipped to auckland for next to nothing