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And the belt might not have physically snapped but stripped teeth off so it might look OK at first glance. Try turning it over with the covers removed if it's still in one piece. If it doesn't move when cranking the teeth are stripped, usually on the bottom drive pulley behind the crank pulley ...

hey guys, have done a search but couldnt find anything helpful.

my car (1992 fxgt, 4age silvertop) died last night and im pretty sure the cambelt has snapped. was just coasting along at about 40-50 kph, under no load.

A couple of questions;

1) from peoples experiance, what would be an ...

yeah ok. so could be either/or then. have to try one first then.

haha cool thats a good one. i was wondering if there was a way to just block it. i'll give that a try

Old Toyota brake hoses (about the age of AE101) have been known to collapse internally causing a blockage which will effect the balance.
It is far easier, and less costly, to check this before the proportioning valve.

apparently i have a "cracked" rear brake hose, i havent checked it out yet ...

yeah, i have bled brakes before-with my old man, so have a bit of an idea, but havent bled a master cylinder though.

i'm a student, so trying to do it as cheap as possible

so, bleed the master separately from brakes?

ok, i'll ask him . cheers

rollaholic wrote:
if you let the fluid drain completely out of the master you'll need to bleed it separately first

sorry, just to check, does this mean the master cylinder in conjunction to the brakes? sorry bit of a newbie with brakes

just gotta question, in regards to changing the prop valve and at the same time replacing the brake fluid, should i put the new valve in and then just bleed out all the old fluid until new stuff starts coming through?
or do new fluid then the valve?

thanks for the help

hi, my car (ae101 fxgt) has a large imbalance between rear brakes, mechanic has suggested that it is probably the brake proportioning valve as these fail fairly regularly on toyotas, or maybe it was corollas in particular.

From what i gathered the disks, calipers and pads were ok as he didn't ...

ok i get it. yeah probably best not to worry about it if isn't affecting the engine negatively

cheers!

awesome cheers guys!

is changing the pulley a major job? can it be done with basic tools by someone with basic handyman skills?

also how is the best way to get 12v on to the solenoid ?

Engine has a slight tick, kind of like a diesel ute? car has done 160km.

Is this a common problem with silver top 4ages? Is it tappets or something like that?

Any ideas on what to look at would be awesome,
cheers

ps. have searched but couldn't see anything that seemed relevant

SORTED.

Replaced thermo fan switch and in conjunction with the two green wires connected, problem is solved.

cheers

ok, sweet thanks for that, i'll try one out and let you know if it works. cheers

yes, when i grounded the switch, the fan did turn off. does this confirm that the switch is faulty?

hey i have an fxgt ae101. The air con has been removed and the radiator fan is staying on full time.
i have done searches on this and have identified there are two green wires on an air con pressure switch which need to be bridged.

- providing that the air con switch in the ae101 is a plug with ...

on a 20v loom its two light green wires on the a/c pressure switch that sits below the coil join them up and its sorted.

can anyone tell me is the a/c pressure switch got a plug with 4 wires into it which attaches to one of those aluminum pipes(a/c pipe maybe?), and is below the ignition coil ...