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No one who likes Fosters is allowed in Australia. :) Only tourists buy Fosters, it's terrible compared to local beer...

I think I'm the only SA member here, and already a member at toyotacarclub.net, sasupra.com and supraforums.com.au :)

please answer him ^^^ :D

Heh, cool... well after thinking about it last night, when I got up this morning and started my car I was more aware of the fan's behaviour... it started full speed when the car was still rock cold. Surely that's not right.

My fan is the same - its SO loud. Can anyone tell me how the fan clutch knows to engage? does it just have a liquid inside of it that locks up when it reaches a certain temperature? Is it common that they will lock up more often than they should when they get old, and is there a way I can test...

At least yours is working... I don't even know what's wrong with mine! I'd rather feel like an idiot and have my car drive nice than feel superior and have to wobble around the road...

Don't have a blow torch / oxy welder / anything like that... I'll take it to a suspension shop. Glad you got yours fixed. :)

What on earth am I going to burn the old rubber out with? I doubt a box of matches is going to help much... :)

Apparently the lower bushes need a decent workshop of tools... I'm thinking about taking the lower control arm out and getting them to put the new bushes in whilst i'm watching :) The upper bushes and lower balljoints I'll do myself...

... ordered two lower ball joints today from Toyota...

Will it be easier for me to take the arms out and take them + the new bushes into a suspension shop and say "replace these for me" ?

What he said... ?

Hmm... I jacked the car up so the wheels were off the ground, then jacked the RHS lower control arm up a bit further (it wouldn't go all the way up to 'ride height'). I couldn't get the wheel to 'wobble' in any direction. I climbed under and had a closer look at the ball joints and...

Can't say much Ian, we can only offer our utmost respect for the man; and boy, did everyone respect him.

Was it true he used to stick crystals to his engine as a good luck charm, IJ?

Holy crap! Peter Brock has died after colliding with a tree in TargaWest WA today (Sept 8 2006) :( http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20375492-1702,00.html

Ahhh OK, so I need to jack up the car and then jack up the suspension on one wheel so its at normal ride height?

Yes I tried side-to-side, up-and-down, etc... maybe a mm of movement either way. I tried to jack the lower control arm, but all it did was raise the car, didn't shift any of the suspension components around seperately!

I jacked my car up and tried to 'wobble' the wheels myself. I couldn't get much play either front/back or up/down. Is there a better way I can test that the balljoints / bushings do indeed need replacing? (short of pulling them out and looking at them, I suppose)