new to toyotas and their engines...

Hello everyone. Im from cincinnati oh.
Im pretty new to toyotas and the whole 4A engines., lets say that im a honda guy (well ex-honda guy)
A few weeks ago i picked up this 84 corolla hatch with a blown 4 AC .the guy told me that it was just the timing belt blah blah.
i replace all that, but still nothing, ny mec told me that is a bent valve ( weird because i know this are not interference engines). I went and pick up another 4ac with only 116k miles( thats whay i was told anyways)
I havent done the comp test yet. What number should i spect?
I know i cant get more than 140hp, if that with this thing. But i wanna enjoy it and learn as much as i can.

You gotta try hard to bend a valve, but it's not impossible. Whatever all you learned from Hondas will transfer to Toyotas, except Toyota engines spin the proper direction, whereas Hondas are backwards.

Im still looking for the VTEC lol...

Lol get a Weber 32/36 progressive carb, up to 3/4 throttle it's one barrel, then full throttle its second barrel opens. VTec kickin in yo!

i think this thing has one already. I will try to get pics tomorrow.

Since i gonna replace every gasket in the engine nd most likely the clutch too, what kind of tranny fluid should i use?

I've always used plain 80/90 axle grease...

Yep 89W90 dope, you need a little more than a quart. Buy 3 quarts and do the rear end, too.

Consarnit wrote:

I've always used plain 80/90 axle grease...

what??? 80/90? For the transmission? I thought there was some kibd of tranny fluid or syncrotech... so do i use the same for the rear def?

My trans has got GM Syncromesh in it. We were running it in an MR2 that was shifting hard and it seemed to smooth it out a little.

ae*86killer wrote:

Consarnit wrote:

I've always used plain 80/90 axle grease...

what??? 80/90? For the transmission?

It's a plain-Jane synchronized five-speed overdrive gearbox in a ubiquitous mid-eighties economy car with synchronizers that have an alarming tendency to go bad prematurely when one rests his or her hand on the gear selector like a klutz. Yes. From the FSM (Your exact capacity may vary as my FWD gearbox is the car's entire transmission, whereas yours is not):

22. FILL TRANSAXLE WITH GEAR OIL
Oil Grade: API GL-4 or GL-5
Viscosity: SAE 75W-90 or 80W-90
Capacity: 2.6 liters (2.7 USqts, 2.3 Imp qts)

My capacity seems a little high, but that's because my gearbox and differential are one unit, so I have no choice but to change the oil in both at the same time.

I've always used Lucas as it's widely available and cheap. A quart should cost about seven dollars.