daniel_g

Sorry but both the things you said there are incorrect.

The only way to do the rear crank seal is to remove the box, these engines are pretty bad for leaky crank seals so it'll most likely be that. Can be severe in the way of causing premature wear on a brand new expensive clutch. If you can select all gears at speed id say the box is fine, the syncros normally go first, could try changing the oil and see if it sorts the noise out but i suspect the release bearing is making the noise, any non Toyota OEM bearing is shite.

Oil inside the clutch housing is when the rear crank seal has failed, this pisses oil all over the clutch and causes it to slip. The metallic noise sounds like a release bearing noise. How new is the gearbox oil and do you have a LSD ?

77 quid for the exhaust mani is pretty decent, but the inlets can be picked up for less than 40.

Inlet or exhaust ?

That bit where the wee lass is eating like fuck and then the mad thing inside her is shouting AM STILL HUNGRY haha belter.

Yeah Coley am 99% sure it will. That is odd Colin what year was it ? My Gen1 JDM engine is a 1995 in an EP85.

I think its only the late spec JDM engine that had the knock sensor, along with the DIS, green injectors, crank sensor etc. The 99 spec Carat i had used all this. The Gen1 JDM engine i have has a threaded hole for a knock sensor, but it didnt actually use one.

Can see it used to be red.

Haha get the chalk out !! Welcome in buddy

Starlets are a great little car, we all know that, but as a family car they are far from ideal / safe. In the ideal world have the Starlet as a toy / project / weekend car etc. and get something more sensible for the family. Owning 2 cars isnt really as expensive as most people make out.

They dont all have coilpacks noel. Only the late spec ones.

If you buy a UK 4EFE engine and drop that in then yeah it will work fine, just use the manifolds etc from the JDM engine and bolt them to the UK engine.

Thats a braided oil feed youve bought which you already have !! You'll be able to sell it on though no worries Its an oil return you're looking for, a silicone one is best. And yeah just under the timing belt its got a bit oily leak there

Theres a plug which goes into the AC pipe near the passenger headlight area. Plug that back in or bridge the two pins on the plug. Does the fan run constantly ?

Also looks like the front crank seal is leaking, very common on these engines.

The oil return is what looks like is leaking, you already have a braided oil feed so thats all good There should be a rubber grommet on the radiator drain plug, check its not perished and obviously check its tight aswell.

Fuck it, paypal dispute and leave them negative feedback on here. You paid for a working item, you were sent a faulty one, why should you lose out postage money sending them back their fucked item ?? Am going through the same thing atm with some arsehole business trader on ebay.

What Corolla was that from Richard ? An E101 or E110.

Ahh ok its just because i have a Corolla E110 as a daily and wondered if this was the type of Corolla that folk got parts from. Im not stripping it or anything lol but i could check if the exhaust mani is different to a starlet so yous know where to get one.

What shape of Corolla do you get the mani from Jamie ?

Depends who you get them from and if you need to use a courier to get them. Would say 50-60 is a good price for a pair. Check the for sale section am sure theres some in there. Also forgot to say putting brakes from a turbo starlet is also a good cheap upgrade.

Id concentrate on handling mods tbh buddy. Strut braces can be picked up quite cheap. I'd also say get some GT seats, they are really comfy and quite supportive, cheap to buy and pretty easy to put in a EP91.

Think am gonna get Ryans one, he stays in the same town so no need for couriers or long drives. Thanks very much for the offers and help everyone

Mega longshot considering the MK1/2 never came in silver