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5 hours ago, campbeam said:

My immediate thought is that there is an issue with the brake booster. This would explain the brakes being hard to operate.

I would expect that your vehicle being manufactured from 1996 on has the OBD-II computer system. Therefore a good starting point would be a scan for the error code to assist in the diagnosis.

'96 is the OBD2 changeover year for the US market, not Australia.  OBD2 didn't become a thing in Corollas here until the mid-late 00s (the 7th and 8th gens still used OBD1 and ye-olde-paperclip scan tool,, the 9th gen ZZE is kinda-sorta OBD2 depending on year/model and Toyota did have some proprietary code despite using the standard OBD2 interface)

What labels does the fuse/relay box lid have?  Fuel pump relays are often called something else such as COR (Circuit Opening Relay) or IG1/EFI etc

2 hours ago, Squalled said:

All identical mate.

Well, mostly identical.  There are a couple of variations that the US market had compared to JDM/Aus (such as air-injection, DBW throttle body, ECU etc) but internals should be the same.

7 hours ago, Squalled said:

For the last few weeks, I noticed that when I turned on my aircon that the air wasn't cold and if anything, quite warm. I had a feeling that my aircon needed a re-gas as it was either low on gas or had none at all.

Admit it, it's because you forgot to swap the heater hoses around from WINTER to SUMMER...

Not sure about the 2GR, but with the 2ZR canister-to-spinon conversion you can do it with no risk as Toyota built the engine in both configurations depending on the year.

Will be interesting to see if there are fitment issues around the firewall like some of the 2ZZ turbo kits from the US (due to LHD vs RHD)

The 1GR has the same bore as the 2GR but longer stroke.  Boring out a 3.5L V6 to a 4.0 is a mammoth amount of material to remove (roughly 7mm on diameter for every cylinder) and totally impractical if not impossible

HERE is an example of a 4.0L 2GR, but it was both bored AND stroked (and the over-bore was only ~2mm), using an offset-ground 1GR crank to compensate.  They then went back to a standard 2GR crank/stroke, and only ended up with 3.6L (so a 0.1L capacity increase)

And whilst from a pure bore/stroke factor, yes the 2GR is a de-stroked 1GR, but there are significant differences in design between the two that prevents just straight mixing and matching parts.

On 11/4/2022 at 11:43 PM, Matthias said:

Thanks a lot for your answer, helped me a lot. Any chance you also know which cables from which manufacturing year would fit my car?

I would assume that the cables are different between drum- and disc-rear ends, but not sure as to whether sedan/hatch/liftback ones are different from each other (considering they should be the same wheelbase I doubt it).

You should have an AE9x model which covers from early '89 thru until early '94

It's a 102 but essentially the same chassis

Note that depending on whether you source the 2ZZ/6-speed from the Celica (C60) or Sportivo (C64) you'll have to do some mucking around with the shifter cables and shifter base - personally using the Celica gear is preferable all around due to the better 6th gear ratio for cruising, better engine cover and the shifter bolts straight in, which is worth the extra hassle of swapping the cables over and notching the battery tray.

16 hours ago, Matthias said:

Hey guys, 

I just bought a Corolla from 1993, and it has a broken handbrake cable. My mechanic told me they are not produced anymore.

Does anyone know where I could get such a cable and how many I need. I read somewhere that you need two, one for the left and one for the right side. 
I don’t have a clue about cars so thank you very much for your answers. 
 

There will actually be three cables - one short one from the handbrake lever itself to the balance bar, then two cables from there to each rear wheel.  You should only need to replace the broken one however, but they're not just a standard off-the-shelf cable you buy or cut to length.  If you can't get one from a dealership you'll basically have to find someone wrecking the same (or similar) model.

Possibly a recall sticker, check your VIN here

https://www.toyota.com.au/toyota-recalls

I'd be removing the back seats and seeing if the leak is coming from the fuel pump (without knowing the details of the recall I'd say this is what the "fuel suction plate" is).  It is located on the centreline of the car through an inspection hatch underneath the rear seat but depending on how it gets parked I could see any small leaks (either from the pump flange or from a pressure line fitting) tricking their way down to in front of the right rear tyre.

You could try selling parts if you're competent enough to strip it and then spend months etc hanging on to random piles of crap and haggling with numpties on Facebook marketplace, or just sell the thing whole to a scrapyard.  The low-ks will only have any kind of value to the drivetrain and maybe the interior (if it is in as good condition as the ks would indicate), unfortunately it's still a mid/late 90s Camry which were sold by the bucketload so they aren't worth much - complete running cars with no damage are a couple of grand, and they're in no way collectable or desirable except for manual V6s.

Workmates are notoriously pov-spec (except for a couple of odd inclusions), previous editions were full hose-out vinyl interior and you'd be lucky to get a tacho sometimes.  Doesn't surprise me in the slightest that the seat isn't height adjustable, and the reverse camera not having dynamic lines isn't surprising either.

So which bothered you more, the super-long MAP sensor hose or the accelerator cable?

April 2015 was the "facelift" release date.  "Model Years" aren't really used in Australia (unlike the US for instance), there don't tend to be major changes year-to-year.  Dealers etc may have end-of-year runout sales etc but apart from the build date there probably isn't anything really different between a Dec 2015 and a Feb 2016 car.

Falcons always seemed to be more common than Commodores I believe due to the factory LPG option (rather than aftermarket conversions)

Not to diminish the achievement, but many taxis regardless of brand will rack up hundreds of thousands more ks than the same cars in the general populace, often with few if any major issues.  The way they are operated (very few cold start cycles in comparison to the distance travelled) contributes significantly to this, combined with what is often only one- or two-person ownership over their life as well as instrumental to a livelihood means that maintenance is much more likely to be kept up compared to a relatively apathetic short-term private owner.

Almost certainly door lock-related rather than window-lock based off the symbol (maybe a disable for the central locking remote based off the text). 

Can you pop the switch out and see if there are any wires connected, or if there's a part number on the back?

6 hours ago, Tony Prodigy said:

If you see a listing for Aurion fuel filter, and it states that it fits 40 and 50 series, beware... It's most likely one for the 40 series and many sellers "assume" they are all the same. There are many, many differences between the two series. You need to check, then check again.

I think more likely what happens is that the seller doesn't "know" or "assume" anything, they just all have access to the same database which is flawed/wrong/based off overseas markets etc etc.

As an unrelated but similar example, I recently had to get tyres for the wagon.  Standard tyre size is 195/60/R15, but I'm running Sportivo 16" alloys so the appropriate size is 195/55/R16.  However, if you go to Redbook and look up the size for the Sportivo, they list 195/55/R16 for 2003 and 2004 models (correct) but then weirdly switch to 195/65/R16 for 2004 and 2005 (blatantly wrong).  If you go to Jax and look up the ZZE122 wagon it lists the correct 15" stock size, but then lists a 16" option as 205/55/R16 (which is obviously wrong).  So I rang up Bob Jane (since I won't touch Jax with a ten foot pole any more), told them I wanted a set of 195/55/R16 Dunlops (they were on special), and they said that was the wrong size - to which I responded "I know, but I have 16s not 15s so this is the right matching size".  They seemed confused but I told them I knew what  I was doing so they ordered the tyres.  Come fitment time, and they tell me that their system gives them a completely different size for the Sportivo, and thought that my car must have been a private import "because that size is really rare and wasn't what was on the cars they sold here" despite me knowing several people with Sportivos and have seen what their tyre placard says, and my wagon being (albeit made-in-Japan) Australian-delivered (which wouldn't matter anyway).  Yes, 195/55/R16 is a rare size, but FWD Corollas have always ran crappy equivalent sizes in 16" and 17" until the late 2000s, despite them being the best selling car in the world.

Basically, there are a lot of people out there who will blindly trust whatever the computer spits out rather than doing actual background checking

Need to be careful when looking at thermostat temperatures too, depending on the engine sometimes they are on the "cold" side of the radiator (ie letting coolant back in to the block from the radiator) so naturally will open/close at a lower temperature

2 hours ago, Tony Prodigy said:

I've never heard of such a model to be honest. Were these a grey import or something ?

They were brought in as grey imports to be used as wheelchair-accessible cars for people with disabilities.  Al Palmer's in Sydney was one of the main importers, although I'm not sure what happened with that business after Al died a couple of years ago

2 hours ago, Tony Prodigy said:

Camry and Aurion parts are different both in design and shape. The base car Aurion was designed around the Camry architecture but differs at the front and rear cosmetically, including the interior. Drivetrains were specific only to the Aurion as they were only V6 as you know.

 

The Aurion was only badged as the Aurion here (and the Middle East I believe, which were exports from here anyway), in most of SE Asia it was the Camry (and the normal Camry wasn't sold there) so parts from Thailand etc are quite likely to suit the Aurion even if the ad says "Camry".