Yes. By eliminating the high voltage part of the distributor (rotor, cap and wires), you can put a low profile cover on the base of the distributor and turn it into a CAS... http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R88zEVfqD6I/UsMx2E_H7KI/AAAAAAAABXQ/XMbOCHEU5SU/s320/Technick+20v+COP+Cap+vs+Stock.png http://3.bp.b...

Long story short it's terrible for a street car: too stiff, too bouncy, and too low. I have to clutch in neutral and creep over residential speed bumps and drainage dips. I can feel the chassis flex when slowly pulling up a curb at the end of a driveway, and when driving over steep angled parking l...

Once upon a time there was the mechanical distributor. Dead simple device with centrifugal advance, and later with vacuum advance added. This gave good and faithful service for many decades, but did need a small amount of maintenance... no problem in the days when cars were simple and most folks cou...

More or less anything is possible with a bit of ingenuity and
some effort...



But you have to ask yourself, is the effort justified by the end
result that you want to achieve ?

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What happens if instead of selecting the next gear, you just knock it
into neutral and coast with no accelerator, brake or clutch ? Will it hold
a 4500rpm idle, or does it slowly drop to some lower value ?

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ECU water emperature sensor hooked up ?

Unplug the cold start injector just in case it is running constantly.

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I've not looked inside a 4AC pump, but every mechanical pump I have played with worked the same. Two small spring-loaded disc valves and flexible rubberised fabric diaphragm. This diagram shows how a typical fuel pump works.... http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uq-nxENqERs/Ti--l9m1BFI/AAAAAAAAAHI/j_Ir3GbPWw...

- Check the dissy wires and plug are good... no broken wires or bent pins. - Down below the dissy is one skinny black wire that has to be connected. - Under the fuse box there is one wire gets 12V when the key is ON and this has to be connected to the very end of the engine harness (after the oil pr...

So my LSD WORN out because both tires move in opposite directions. NO !! When the back of the car is off the ground and you turn the wheel, there is not enough load to clamp the plates. So the diff will act just like an open diff. But if you give the wheel a decent heave (in the forward direction)t...

Double check the plug wires for 1 > 3 > 4 > 2 firing order, put all the accessory
belts back on, and take the car for a run. You could have one or more cylinders
flooded, and you need to burn the excess gas out... driving on it will do that

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Missing the body trim mouldings perhaps ??



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Usual one to miss are the 3 or 4 brown ECU ground wires that connect to a single brass ring that is located under one of the bolts that hold the black plastic wiring duct to the intake side of the head. Its the back bolt, and the brown wires pop out of the harness at the firewall end of the duct and...

I have discovered over the years that even experts make mistakes. None of us are perfect, and the difference between a reputable shop and a dodgy one is that the reputable shop will recognise that it could have made a mistake, and make every effort to fix the problem. Not that I am in a position to ...

Bit of reading here... http://www.cuscousainc.com/downloads/dl/file/id/190/cusco_lsd_guide.pdf http://www.cusco.co.jp/products/Windows-Live-Writer/RA2CUSCOL.S.D.TypeRS_B06C/LSD_effect_image.jpg Right click > view image to see the whole pic What you buy kind of depends on what you plan to do with the...

What did the shop say ? They are the experts

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garebare8520 wrote: Now I need to figure out why my exhaust gets so hot within seconds

Usual cause is retarded ignition timing. Use a timing light to check.

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I can't think of any convincing reason why carbs would require a different plug to EFI. And NGK are as good, if not better, than most of the other "latest and greatest" plugs hyped up by advertisers. Personally, I use the basic plug series and change them regularly, rather than the higher ...

Stock 4E-FTE on top compared with stock AE111 20V 4A-GE below... http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae328/jondee1/4eftedyno_zps0d9e0d06.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/TTJ/ae111bzvdyno.jpg Not really an apples with apples comparison, as the two engines have totally opposite characteristic...

You can work out which pins should have power from this....



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In that case, it looks as so you have power to the dash, so the
only possibility I can think of is that the multipin plugs that connect
the under dash harness to the cluster have fallen off.

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If you have 12V at the GAUGE fuse, then you should have 12V at the... - Oil Pressure Gauge - Fuel Level Gauge - Low Fuel Light - Water Temp Gauge - Tacho - Brake Warning Light If none of these work when the key is ON, then maybe you don't have 12V at the fuse ? Power to the GAUGE fuse comes from the...

Here are copies of the diagnostic codes scanned from my own repair manual for the 4A-F and 4A-GE engines, dated May 1987. This version appears to be for all markets other than the USDM. Codes 1 thru 11 for a car without AFM appear to be the same as the page posted above, which I assume to be from th...

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I would also like to know what is the function of the COR ? The Circuit Opening Relay turns the fuel pump on. There are two coils inside. either of which will close the same set of contacts when energised. Those contacts supply 12V to the pump. One coil is energised when the engine is cranking, and...

daveskatesallday wrote:... just to be sure, does that fuse power everything to the gauge cluster ?

Yes... the GAUGE fuse powers the function all the gauges, but the
illumination of the gauges is powered from a different fuse.

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Check the diagnostic codes.

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While I'm sure that anyone working on a GTS will already have downloaded a copy of the Workshop Manual, there may be a few people without internet access (who aren't reading this) that may not have seen these codes... http://home.onthenet.com.au/~paulp/corolla/4ag-fault.jpg Very handy when trying to...

Time to get busy.....

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Hey... you got it sorted, and that's the main thing

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http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae328/jondee1/AE86UnderHoodFusebox_zpscaa145df.jpg Not really a good idea to start bridging stuff at random... but since your car did not burn to the ground or blow a bunch of fuses, I guess no harm was done. And if the problem is still there when the relay is not...