76 lx sl hatch or 2000 toyota hilux dual cab

Yeah fair enough. Its good your old man wants to get involved.

Just give it a good clean up and try and get it running etc. You will learn a lot that way.

Oo now's a good time to ask this then, are the old torana engines okay to just pressure wash down? or will that mess with the electricals?

i'll most likely wash the rest of the outside of the car with truck wash, in the shade of course

BTW: grats on 1000posts haha

cover the carb and dissy (the round thing with thick wires coming out of it)
with a plastic bag or you could spray with wd-40 or ccr 50/start ya bastard
or even some solvent based degreaser if your desperate
to stop water getting in where it shouldn't be
but yeah so long as it's not disassembled yet you will be fine
if it don't start just take the cap off and dry/spray some wd-40 in and replace the cap and it should go again

Yeah fair enough. Its good your old man wants to get involved.

Just give it a good clean up and try and get it running etc. You will learn a lot that way.

Oo now's a good time to ask this then, are the old torana engines okay to just pressure wash down? or will that mess with the electricals?

i'll most likely wash the rest of the outside of the car with truck wash, in the shade of course

BTW: grats on 1000posts haha

just cover up the dzzy ,alternater and the carby(might be easier with air cleaner off) hit it with ya truck wash and away ya go..

good old engines, they run on air, fuel & spark like it was said above, just get a plastic shopping bag chuck it over the dizzy cap grab a couple of tins of the cheap degreaser from super crap ( it works wonders ) and blas the sucker. you'll be chuckin skids on ya oldmans front lawn before you know it

that's the engine there. Is the the circle thing with wires coming out at the top left that I need to cover before i wash it?

Middle left, the bit whith the seven big red wires.

What is this "mixing the fuel" thing your dad can teach you???

Cheers.

Middle left, the bit whith the seven big red wires.

What is this "mixing the fuel" thing your dad can teach you???

Cheers.

thanks, is that both the carby and the dizzy i need to cover or is it just one of them.

Umm evidently he uses unleaded + an addative mixed together becuases it originally ran on leaded fuel but that fuel has been phased out?

Edited by olli576, 13 June 2011 - 09:48 PM.

that's the engine there. Is the the circle thing with wires coming out at the top left that I need to cover before i wash it?

and the carby oppisite it
i would cover the gromet hole (the black hole in the middle of the red thingo)
on the very top of the motor with a plug of some type too
oh morleys lead replacement crap?
for $60 you can get a kit that plugs straight into the fuel line nad after that all you have to do is replace the bottle

Edited by Quagmire, 13 June 2011 - 09:50 PM.

and the carby oppisite it
i would cover the gromet hole (the black hole in the middle of the red thingo)
on the very top of the motor with a plug of some type too
oh morleys lead replacement crap?
for $60 you can get a kit that plugs straight into the fuel line nad after that all you have to do is replace the bottle

okay thanks for the help so after i put on the kit, the car can just drink straight unleaded?

it can anyway.......you don't really need it that much
but yeah set and forget once you fit it

it can anyway.......you don't really need it that much
but yeah set and forget once you fit it

okay thanks, it looks like alot of it is rusty, that won't go away will it?

looks more "red dust" to me
you may have to hit it with the pressure washer a couple of times,get nice and personal with it and get a brush on it to loosen it up
wear your "wet" gear as you will get wet m8t

looks more "red dust" to me
you may have to hit it with the pressure washer a couple of times,get nice and personal with it and get a brush on it to loosen it up
wear your "wet" gear as you will get wet m8t

If my truck wash does as nice of a job as it did on my motorbike i'm sure it'll be fine then,

Btw, where did you buy this 'leaded fuel kit' ? is there a specific name for it or brand that sells them?

Edited by olli576, 13 June 2011 - 10:25 PM.

morleys
supa crap (cheap) used to sell them
but any good auto store will know once you explain what you want
wait up i'll google one
click on a couple of these
http://www.apajourna...sp?ArticleID=97
http://www.amacengin...lConversion.htm
http://holdenpaedia....el_For_Old_Cars
i used to use valvesaver and morleys for a while on my old xd v8....til it became to much of a hassle at the pump
that first link might be the go
looks more "put in the tank and forget"

Edited by Quagmire, 13 June 2011 - 10:55 PM.

morleys
supa crap (cheap) used to sell them
but any good auto store will know once you explain what you want
wait up i'll google one
click on a couple of these
http://www.apajourna...sp?ArticleID=97
http://www.amacengin...lConversion.htm
http://holdenpaedia....el_For_Old_Cars
i used to use valvesaver and morleys for a while on my old xd v8....til it became to much of a hassle at the pump
that first link might be the go
looks more "put in the tank and forget"

The fuelstar seems like a nice and easy fix. Thanks for saving me a lot of time and trouble mate, cheers

no probs

http://www.immortali...z/fuelstar.html
Sorry man but it seems if the fuelstar works, it endangers the people using the car. It was too good to be true :(

lol you can't win them all
morleys and vavlesaver work fine just a hassle at the pump
unless you find the kit
next time i'm in malz i'll get the right name etc

Alright cheers for all the help man, appreciate it

here ya go mate,

here ya go mate,

wow that makes it alot easier to understand now, thanks!

lol good job Lee.

Have a read on Howstuffworks.com or search youtube for some basic car mechanic tutorials.

thanks Ryan, if it had the air cleaner on it and it was mine i dont bother about covering up anything, just blast it and it if dont start its usally only a bit of water in the dizzy cap so out with the compressor take the cap of and blow it dry and wal'a shes a go'a just take it a bit easy around the carbi, coil, oil filler cap and dip stick. oh and dont hammer the radiator to hard with the hose or gurni as theres a good chance you might trash the fins. but all in all take Ryan's advice a do heaps of research, theres not really that much to keeping the good old docks alive and well.

heres a parts car i bought that sat in this chicks yard undriven or started for just over 2 year there about, i drove it home with a shagged battery, stail fuel i just topped it up with 10ltrs of ulp and a half a cup down the carbi and it still stood up to the challenge and it was and auto 173 lol







ya just cant kill em

Nice, yeah i'll still cover them up with a bag of some sort just incase

Dad's goin in to cash tyres tomorrow for the battery, hopefully we can head up to the old shed tomorrow and start her up then i can give it a full clean and take some photos/videos of it.

lol good job Lee.

Have a read on Howstuffworks.com or search youtube for some basic car mechanic tutorials.

yeah i'll be gettin right into it haha thanks

check out the old mutt..hes wonderin what the hells goin on here..hahaha..you might have converted him/her to a petrolhead..

a lot of people including myself start from nowhere and im still learning.