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great thanks for your help, off i go to the truck version of autobarn to get a 36mm socket and a bar. ive done around 30k since i got it (91 l series) and those nuts were loose as gooses' when i replaced the shoes. Been to lake eyre and all around with no noises! i guess i'm pretty lucky. The drum o...

just did my rear drum shoes and wheel cylinders, put the drum back on and did up the nut (36 or 37 mm, big nut). I put it just more than finger tight and chucked the split pin back in. Now i've got a thrumming noise in the rear wheel and some old guy telling me you're sposed to do the big nut up rea...

Thanks for all the help, i will trace the pipes and then grab a replacement from the wreckers. Re plugging up all the non essential vacuum hoses: Had an 82 4k corolla once with all the pollution gear removed - went really well for an old corolla - no hesitation right through the rev range. Im lookin...

Yo, Was cleaning n checking my pcv system and i broke a vacuum hose off a funny little plastic bit. My problem is I don't know the name of the component I have broken, so I don't know if it's serious (undrivable) and what to ask for at Bursons or a wreckers... I think it might be a EGR solenoid valv...

I heard from a mate that you can lift the rear of an l series wagon by turning some kinda bolt under the rear seat. Anyone done this? is it a useful feature? i will have my new (old) subie l series tomorrow, complete with cheesy eighties graphics and I can't sleep at all.

damn, now i'm thinkin 15's...thanks for the advice and ill be sure to get underneath again and have a look at the rails, gonna buy a subie anyway just so i have a car with a site like this behind it - why does no one get this passionate about kc lasers

Hey there, man what a cool site! I havent bought the car yet, but its a 1990 l series. ive put down a deposit. I was after some advice: The garage are going to fit two new tyres but if I can fit 14inch rims on it, they will hold off getting the standard 13 inch tyres until I get the larger rims at w...