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Keegan wins this round, lol. Tercle, it sounds like you will need to remove the plug you filled the trans from and shine a light in and use a screwdriver to get the fork in there back into the right spot before putting the plug back in. That should fix it. I always fill from the plug directly behin...

which fill bolt did you remove?

I am not a good welder, my skills are rusty since I rarely do it, and I find a skilled friend to do it for me if it is important. but I have seen the inexpensive wire feed portable welder from Harbor Freight being used, and for light welding seemed to work very well. Easy to use, and cheap. A frien...

The easiest way to tell is that the early 3a's have both the rod and i think main bearing tangs on the opposite side vs the later 3a's. here in the states the early 3a's are 80-82. I just checked my main bearings. I have a bare block waiting for con rods + pistons from machine shop. Unfortunately m...

I have already all parts for both engines so I will have hopefully two rebuilt engines before May 2025, we will see. I want to do 4A-FE to 4AC conversion because 3A and 4A engines are getting quite hard to find. But we have still some decent mileage 4A-FE engines left. Unfortunately all European ca...

reuse the 3ac rods, keep the 4afe crank or use the 3ac crank, somehow find a set of 4ac pistons and send it. i dont think anyone here has the budget to balance one of these engines unless youre going to push high power and high rpms. the info is neat and useful to have, but for anyone wanting to con...

i mean, if you want to, sure! but theres nothing to convert aside from swapping pistons. if you have a 4a block with the oil pan indent, all you have to do is drill and tap like 3 holes so our pan fits.

Man all this great help! I did try both alternators and neither seemed to change anything. The reason I ask about ecm and emissions control is that my understanding is that one or the other has the ability to slightly advance or retard timing based on inputs from vacuum switches and oxygen sensor. ...

ive seen this happen before with other jdm vehicles -- somewhere down the line is a bad connecion; on its own it may show 12v, but as soon as you put a load on the signal line it cant carry enough current to engage the solenoid. the usual fix is adding a relay on the signal line to engage the starte...

Anyone have insight on a failure like this? Input shaft gear & idler gear. This is an old transmission that came with an 85 4wd I recently bought. I think the same thing is happening with the replacement transmission as well was there a bearing on the end of the input shaft when you removed it?

classic low oil failure. transmission is officially junk, and can only be used for parts.

Hi Chris, Thanks for responding. I’m encouraged to hear that input shaft troubles are not necessarily a major cause for concern. Also, good insight on efficiency when pulling trans and diff together. Less work in the long term—I reckon—to do a little more more work now. to contradict chris, while p...

what machinery are you using for the fix? i have spare parts. i put another shaft in, replaced 2nd gear, cleaned all the metal out and its working fine again. I have a theory that the failure wasnt caused by the motor, but was an "internal" failure, if that makes sense. I dont have pictur...

if you want help you need to make a more clear, concise, and constructed post. one long run on sentence is hard to decipher.

check the dome light fuse for the clock, and the radio #1 and #2 fuse. also quit splicing wires when you dont know what youre doing. that only makes the issues 100x worse.

for a dlx with a worn out engine, this is a 2k tops car. glws.