Matt's "Drives as fast as it's Towed" 85 Levin Coupe
11-07-2014, 03:00 AM
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Matt's "Drives as fast as it's Towed" 85 Levin Coupe
(11-06-2014 10:46 PM)banpei Wrote:  Found it! Hurray!
MyBB does some magic called wordwrapping that breaks up words that are longer than 80 characters. Of course they don't exclude urls in that and Facebook has very long urls for their photos. Banging head
So I disabled wordwrapping as a whole and that should probably fix it. Hypocryte

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Thanks Ban Smile

So, enjoy the pics now guys hahah
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11-07-2014, 06:13 PM
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Matt's "Drives as fast as it's Towed" 85 Levin Coupe
Oh my, she's a looker!

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11-07-2014, 07:43 PM (This post was last modified: 04-07-2016 12:31 PM by mad.matt.)
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Matt's "Drives as fast as it's Towed" 85 Levin Coupe
(11-07-2014 06:13 PM)Ivan141 Wrote:  Oh my, she's a looker!

In a good way I hope Ivan Wink

Got some pics of the damage caused Sad
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11-07-2014, 09:44 PM
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Matt's "Drives as fast as it's Towed" 85 Levin Coupe
(11-07-2014 03:00 AM)mad.matt Wrote:  *Halleluiah* Respect!Thumbs up!
Thanks Ban Smile

So, enjoy the pics now guys hahah
You're welcome! And nice pics! Dodgy

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11-08-2014, 02:50 PM (This post was last modified: 04-07-2016 12:36 PM by mad.matt.)
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Matt's "Drives as fast as it's Towed" 85 Levin Coupe
Cleaned up and wrapped the manifold while it was out the car. Turns out it had been hacked up a bit to make it fit...

Horrible itchy stuff!!!
A combination of Tomei Wrap and DEI Titanium.

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Also a pic of some of the parts I've got in/waiting
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Love the colour and weight of this - Epman Racing Ti
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To replace my current one as it's cracked to bits
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Engine has been bought and shipping is arranged for Monday, should have it by Thursday and running by Friday Smile
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11-14-2014, 03:26 PM
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Been a minor delay in the engine (boooooooo!) so will have it on Monday :/

Can't wait to get back in it again! Smile
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11-24-2014, 11:41 AM
Post: #17
Matt's "Drives as fast as it's Towed" 85 Levin Coupe
In todays episode of "Matt threatens the Corolla with a jerrycan of petrol".....

New engine was in on Tuesday evening and runs strong as hell. Had some issues with bleeding it all through and KEPT getting issues.
Coolant lines kept pressurising and boiling over, ended up having a bleed valve put in to try and purge it easier, still having issues.

- Thermostat removed: no difference
- Heater matrix removed: no difference
- Compression test: 200/200/195/200 (Anything above 193 is considered "Good")
- Tried big f*ck off RB25 Alloy 50mm core rad: just took longer to pressurise and boil over.

Starting to suspect hairline crack in head or gasket having a minute leak.
New TRD gasket ordered and will be doing new thermostat and timing belt while we're there!

Really hope I fall back in love with this car when it's back on the road Sad
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11-25-2014, 11:55 PM
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Matt's "Drives as fast as it's Towed" 85 Levin Coupe
(11-24-2014 11:41 AM)mad.matt Wrote:  In todays episode of "Matt threatens the Corolla with a jerrycan of petrol".....
LOL! Big Grin
Now why would you want to do such a thing? Tongue Angel

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11-26-2014, 10:02 AM
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Dont just slap a new gasket in, have the head pressure tested first.
If that shows no signs of cracks, and the gasket also looks intact, then slap
in a regular (not a very expensive one) new gasket and hope for the best.
Start worrying about cracks in the block if the problems return.

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11-26-2014, 11:36 AM
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(11-26-2014 10:02 AM)Ivan141 Wrote:  Dont just slap a new gasket in, have the head pressure tested first.
If that shows no signs of cracks, and the gasket also looks intact, then slap
in a regular (not a very expensive one) new gasket and hope for the best.
Start worrying about cracks in the block if the problems return.

We aren't Ivan, we're going to have the head checked over properly and deciding on route of action from there.
Also have a spare head.

Already bought a TRD gasket and it should have arrived (long conversation with Interstink Express there).
I'm really hoping to not find cracks in the block, but if that comes to it, I at least have a spare block too that I can swap the lower assembly in after new rings and bearings.

I hope it's something simple however, not been given a chance to fall in love with her yet!
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