andy

Did he used to take it to the nationals? A mate of mine has many old pics from the 80's (turned up a pic of my old Capella) and seems to remember any significant/different looking rotaries from bitd. I will send him the pic and see if he recognises it.

Extreme pressure usually relates to the the oil being "sqeezed" through the gears as opposed to a pressurised casing. Talk with an oil rep ie. Elf and they will sort you something suitable. If you have know joy, I can help you out. Your gearbox has high tolerance bearings, rotating parts and gears so yeah it needs oil changes. Intervals would depend on how hard you use it and quality of lubricant used. Ironically, most contamination is introduced during oil changes.

tradspeed would be worth a look. FPP Speedshop I Manukau if you want fuel systems, coolers or performance plumbing but pm me first if you are going there so I can sort you some OS pricing.

Hot chicks drive VW's, MILF's drive Peugeot's

I have conducted research

Weve had a couple of 306XSI's and would probably trade again.

and compared to a beetle your AE86 is a new car....

andy = not andyling, two very different people, haha

bahahaha. I'd say thats an understatement Clint! Can't imagine andyling is married with 3 kids. I've told her she would need to drive one before proceeding further. Current concern is the person who has bid on the toyota without placing any questions let alone calling me or veiwing the car. Do people actually buy cars this way? Also has some bad feedback.

It goes alot further than their parts staff. On 2 separate occasions they seriously misdiagnosed basic vehicle faults on their own product.

Cheers for all the input. Valiant has done the business and sorted me out. Supreme GC. Oldschool power!

Went and saw a guy at Toyota in Browns Bay. I might venture out to Albany as that is a bigger franchise.

Would need a little more info about the vehicle to confirm 100%, (Took a guess at 2001ish Estima) but believe part number should be 42603‑28330

Description is given as 'ORNAMENT SUB-ASSY, WHEEL HUB'

Even the laziest Toyota parts person should be able to do something with that info

Thanks, it's a 2000. The fella I spoke too just said its an import so cant help. Maybe was more CBF.

VW shoul be all good man

Just maybe aim for an early 70's onward with a disc brake front instead of Drum, as these will more than likely take some maintance to keep nice and braking true,

However, for the better part The old VW's are no power house, so going fast is not a common problem

may just take some practice, keeping following distances sensable,

But seirsouly, in my old work I had mums turn up all the time with VW and mini dailys and they never seemed to have problems

Good info thanks. Yeah the 70's Beetles would be the choice it's just a shame they don't look like the mid 60's jobs. A 1275 Clubman mini would be nice too.

dunno how youd go space wise going to a beetle or mini, after having a big people mover

plus the safety aspect would put me off.....

have you thought about something bigger/valiant is answer to all your problems

Id like to go for an Escort or Cortina or even a Valiant (are you saying you'll sell me yours???) but there could be theiving scumbag issues. Ive just scored a 7 seater Ford for full family duties so having two, seven seaters seems greedy! The kids are 12, 7 and 4 so still reasonably compact. Rear seat belts are probably going to be another issue. I hate sounding like a grown up!

They are factory are they?

yeah they are factory.

Cheers will do! Spare is a space saver.

So my wifes poeple mover is on trademe. She is reasonably keen on either a VW beetle or an older mini for a daily. Duties would be dropping kids too school/kindy a a couple of trips over the bridge into town. I guess my biggest concern is for the safety aspect with the kids and her getting out braked by late model ABS cars etc. I know all the arguments about back in the day how every body got around this way and I subscribe to them as I was one of those people. The budget should be 6-7K so what are peoples thoughts and opinions? Whos doing this already? Pros and cons?

Thanks.

Toyota?

Tried them. They said they couldnt help.

Hello.

So I've finally succeeded in getting the wife's Toyota on trademe and got her keen (maybe) on an oldschool daily. Problem is we have lost a centre cap for one of the wheels. I've had no luck at the wreckers, can anyone point me somewhere I might find one?

Cheers.

Andy

Nice work! Coming along fast.

Typically the oil companies have covered themselves by not owning any assets. ie. you buy your fuel from "Z" not Shell etc so you have no come back on the oil company itself. That said the oil companies filter the fuel at the refinery but cant control the cleanliness of the fuel once it leaves their site as they dont own the tankers. One of the difficult things with the fuel filtration is that it is a single pass application and therefore you only have one shot at catching the contamination. For this reason you need to be asking your filtration supplier about the Beta ratio of their elements. Look for at least a ratio of 200 +. If you are ever unfortunate enough to have a suspected HPCR diesel engine failure, take a sample of the fuel and have it lab tested (ISO 4406 patch test) as this is going to be your best form of defense. Last I heard Toyota were fitting an optional Racor filter to all new HPCR diesels.

I sold my Mk1 Sport about 12 years back for about $3800. I think to replace it now I would be looking at around $12-15K. I think there value is due to their popularity as rally cars and therefore alot were written off. My first car was a Gold 1969 1300 Super with OLO. Cost $1100 but was perfect. I will own another Mk1 oneday but it will be a Mexico or RS so will most likely be imported. Im thinking I will be spending $30K +.

and by (from memory) 2014 all diesel engine manufacturers must comply with the new emmision laws meaning they will have to manufacture HPCR engines or fit scrubers to the exhaust.

if injector pumps are being damaged by diesel, then it is either bypassing the filters, or the filtration media is too coarse. If your vehicle filter is rated for the engine as an OEM part should be, then you should not have any problems. aftermarket filters such as Ryco or similar may resemble the original part in every way except for filtration level, and may in fact be allowing crap through, causing the problem.

The clearances on the new HPCR injectors are down in the 2 - 3 micron range. You will not remove particles of this size effectivly with a paper celulose filter element. All of the OEM's are well aware of the issues with these new tier 4 engines and are busy writing disclaimers about the fuel going into the tank. Basically the filters often fitted by the OEM will remove particulate but they are limted therefore the fuel going into the vehicle needs to be very "clean" and the onboard filters will handle the last step. For what ever reason, toyotas seem to have been hit the hardest by this. IMO there is nothing wrong with our diesel fuel supply but we typically have poor dispencing systems ie. old storage tanks.

we got it in a brand new tractor and it did some damage to the common rail department dont like water or any thing other than clean diesel. they got some shit to put in with the fuel and it fixed it.

Alot of people/workshops are blamming bug for the failure of new high pressure common rail injectors when its often actually just particulate contamination and the OEM filters are just not up to it but thats a topic all on its own.

Would a flush of methanol through the system kill the bug?

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