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I'm a fan of the JZX110, and the Aristo. Big cruiser cars, and with the factory cars, super comfortable and feel like you're driving an armchair! And the JZ motors are a pretty nice engine too, especially with some basic mods. The import process, and the need to be able to trust people, and the fact there's so many scammers around is what ever puts me off wanting to go through that ordeal!

With ordering the belt, you're doing water pump and the idler and tensioner at the same time too yes?

And then vids of skids all the way up the in-laws driveway!

Even more fun, leave all the ADAS stuff plugged in, but in different locations, hopefully avoid any codes! And honestly, all these new cars with their weird electronics. Pull all the electronics out Duncan, and just shove an aftermarket ECU and if needed a trans controller in, along with a PDM. Make it run basic but race car styled!

For race cars, this is one part where I find having the roll cage bar having gone through a hole in the floor better than the build it up on a ledge inside... The Merc I help on, the main hoop ends are marked on the car, and the jack is marked... Jack goes under a few inches and lifts one whole side of the car up... Removes that fight for long slim jacks for race car duties! My biggest issue for the daily drivers I work on, is my jacks don't go high enough. The jacks start out on a few blocks, jack it up, then start a second jack under it on more blocks, and then I can get an axle stand under it. My axle stands are presently in use, and are nearly fully extended. The car is sitting with barely more than a cm of clearance to get the wheel off the studs! Sarah's Kluger is the same, as it has an ungodly amount of droop available in the suspension and a distinct lack of good jacking points!

Happy? Yep, my to do list is getting shorter and shorter. Either this light approaching is the end of the tunnel, or I'm about to be hit by a train... Ha ha ha Also, Duncan isn't that far out of town that you need to make a multi day drive out of it. 😛

I hear that would involve some nice country road drives into the hills for Mark...

I thought I'd come back and add something I JUST learned. A Toyota LandCruiser with a 1HZ, mates perfectly with a bottle of Nulon brake fluid. As in, it perfectly screws in. Great make shift funnel when you cut the bottom of it off. This may work for your Corolla. Unfortunately, tipping a 10L drum is much harder than a 4 to 6L bottle, and they no longer include the easy pour tap which was just perfection to use previously.

Here's an idea, answer the questions I asked you as they are trying to work out WHY the LSD will be binding up in a straight line.

You haven't driven many modern cars then have you? Most of them have sfa steering feel with their stupid electric bullshit steering systems.

I'm with you here. It's either loom has an issue, OR, injectors are not functioning properly. It could even be they're just constantly dribbling, hence the wet, but not firing.

Check the injectors flow evenly, and are actually flowing what you and the ECU think they should be flowing. If it's starting up on starter fluid, you have a fuel issue. Is it possible under cranking your fuel pump is turning off? The harness you replaced, is that the whole engine harness? Do yourself a test, and drop the old harness on and plug it into the Z32 ECU. It's possible they've wired things different. From memory S1 to S2 is different in RB25 and you may have a wrong loom

It's TWO steering wheels actually. 😛 one for each hand They are wheels, and they steer!

Did you only check spark on cylinder 1? Give all cylinders a check for spark. So this swap you've done, the car had an RB25 in it before with this Z32, and you've just dropped another RB25 into it?

Since you came here to ask for help, have you thought about answering our questions, that might help us lead you to why it was skipping, or have you given up on getting advice?

If there's oil in with the clutch, I hope it finds its way out even if that hole has a cover/grommet 😛 I don't want oil near my cars clutch! 😛 Interested to hear the answer about covering it, I'm assuming a bung for a gearbox from another car that has a grommet to suit.

Where can I order my new steering wheel like that?

Have you tried to start it with AFM unplugged? From memory with TPS closed and AFM unplugged an RB25 will start and idle (won't rev). This will tell you it's either AFM, AFM wiring, or tune. You also said Z32 ECU with Nistune? Have you made all the necessary changes like the change of the ABS input on the pin the Z32 uses for TPS closed? Was the Z32 specifically setup for RB25 S1 or S2 from R33? There are differences between that need mods done on Z32 ECU. What's the part number on your Z32 ECU?

If you've got spark, and you've got fuel, it needs once last thing to go vroom... Have you compression checked the motor?

Also, have you confirmed the harmonic balancers timing mark is correct? Put it to TDC and then check the cylinder is actually at TDC. The balancer looks old as, and may have started to let go. How old are the plugs in it? What spark plugs are in it, and what gap are they at?

Make up a wire you can energize the starter solenoid from when in the engine bay. Then energize it with the key in the "On" position, and use your timing light.

If the fork is preloaded, that's your cause. Now find out what adjustment you need to make to allow the fork to release.

That's some really horrible design with the way it's cut/shaped! Is there much damage to the box that failed in? IE, new fork and you can go again, or is it a total rebuild again? Id be trying to build that piece from scratch, and getting some reliefs added in the corner to hopefully stop breakage, and then swapping boxes ASAP, and then doing the same to the currently good working box. I'm assuming hard shifts have not been friendly to it!

Even welded diff, in a dead straight line is quiet. It's what's in my R33, and you only notice it is welded when attempting to turn. This to me sounds like there is play somewhere. But I'm not sure where I'd look to be honest. OP: are your tyres the same size left to right? Can you check what the markings on the rear left and rear right tyre are, and then how much tread is on each tyre?

Buy a Subaru, you'll be topping up the oil so frequently you learn how to do it without missing the hole...