Hey all,

Just stumbled across this forum, the cup holder mod was linked on another forum .

There are a lot of AE95's kicking about Australia, we don't know them as alltrac wagons so this site will probably be hard to find for most Aussies.  I will do my best to spread the word, i guess the more times we mention AE95 corolla on the forums the easier it will come up.  It might be an idea to add the word AE95 to the description of the site on the main page too!  I have been involved with a few of these wagons over the last few years but recently picked up my own:



Its done lots of kms (370,000) and needs the head gasket done.  Synchros are also very tired, particularly in 2nd and 3rd need to look at either rebuilding the gearbox (partly for fun) or sourcing another gearbox (perhaps along with a whole vehicle) in the future.

Also into Turbo Subaru wagons and have a 1992 legacy rs wagon, but it is off the road at the moment with some bent valves hence my recent purchase.

Alex.

All-Tracs are not very common in the U.S.  -- perhaps only a few thousand made.  My local dealer calls these cars "the untouchables."   Because nobody knows anything about them; most people who fix cars get these cars confused with the Toyota Tercel 4WD wagons.

But for some reason they seem inordinately popular with young people (usually young males) in Australia, and perhaps New Zealand.  Any idea why?

They just go and go.  Very popular with the outdoor community as they will get up anything (clearance is the only limiting factor) with the centre diff lock.  I do a lot of white water paddling and they are a pretty popular paddling car.  I got into them after a trip to tassie, a friend had one with 400,000km, original engine and gearbox and still drove pretty well.  I don't think they are that popular with young people in particular, perhaps they are just the ones on forums talking about cars.

Hey akpv yours n mine are identical models white w/black bumpers - i've seen other white ones with white bumpers & extra brake lights in the rear bumper (bad idea if you ask me)
....yeah everyone who I know either online or in person who has one swears by them. they just keep going & going.
& of course Australia is a very outdoorsy country & these cars are getting pretty old now so you can pick them up cheap from a yard & if you know what you're doing fix them up & hey presto! You've got a good, reasonably versatile runabout.

Mine's got 370,000km's on the clock but compression seams fine. The guy who owned it before me had it for 10 years & all the owners always took it to toyota for servicing so i guess that's why the engines so good for it's miles & age

Quoted from JedzWagn

but compression seams fine. e

This reminds me that I need to check the compression, but
my old compression gauge won't fit the spark plug holes; I'll have to buy an adapter hose or extension bar.
In the shop manual it says that good compression is anything above 142 psi per cylinder; I don't know what those readings are in SI units.