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by TooManyToyota's
Sun Apr 22, 2018 11:15 am
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: hard spots in steering?
Replies: 4
Views: 2203

Re: hard spots in steering?

thanks, ill lube that up too, I found that one of the boots on the steering rack was loose, probably allowed some dirt to get in there, I steered it all the way left and put some chassis grease on the splines of the rack. after I ran that back and forth its a little smoother now, glad it wasn't some...
by TooManyToyota's
Sun Apr 22, 2018 10:07 am
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: hard spots in steering?
Replies: 4
Views: 2203

hard spots in steering?

over the last few days ive been noticing that there is a spot when turning left and a spot when turning right (approx. 45 degrees wheel rotation each way) where the steering gets harder and then breaks loose again. my car is a 1984 sr5 equipped with power steering, I flushed the power steering syste...
by TooManyToyota's
Sun Apr 22, 2018 9:55 am
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Cylinder compression
Replies: 9
Views: 3948

Re: Cylinder compression

my car is a 1984 Sr5 with 109,000 miles and I got 140-150 psi in all cylinders on a recent compression test
by TooManyToyota's
Sun Feb 04, 2018 7:03 pm
Forum: General
Topic: T4wd kills it in the snow, the hype was real
Replies: 12
Views: 3123

T4wd kills it in the snow, the hype was real

I just made a 35 mile round trip drive from Dorr Michigan to Hudsonville Michigan in my beloved 84 tercel 4wd, ive never been more impressed with a car, we've had 8 inches or so of snow this weekend and since its a weekend and the drive mostly went through the boonies, almost all of it was packed on...
by TooManyToyota's
Mon Jan 15, 2018 7:27 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: 4a-fe swapped 87 4wd, no spark
Replies: 4
Views: 1351

Re: 4a-fe swapped 87 4wd, no spark

the distributor was made to fit by cutting a 2 inch deep recess all the way down the firewall and filling it in with jb weld or some other sort of rubber by the looks of it, from what the guy told me the heater plenum also had to be modified anyway about those contacts, I removed the distributor the...
by TooManyToyota's
Sun Jan 14, 2018 2:25 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: 4a-fe swapped 87 4wd, no spark
Replies: 4
Views: 1351

4a-fe swapped 87 4wd, no spark

i have a 1987 tercel 4wd that i recieved for free a month ago, it has a 4a-fe engine swap but its still front-rear mounted to the original tranmission, it was free because it had a blown head gasket, that's not my problem, i fixed it in my driveway after driving it off the trailer while it was runni...
by TooManyToyota's
Sun Nov 26, 2017 8:53 pm
Forum: Cars for sale
Topic: 1987 Tercel Wagon SR5 -6 speed (Free) in Michigan
Replies: 14
Views: 3681

Re: 1987 Tercel Wagon SR5 -6 speed (Free) in Michigan

I picked this up today, already started taking engine apart to fix problems https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/hykqBtZp4x-5zKq1Lk1vJC296m-ELfGlJ8L0UKFA4LJwO1GVn4acgsT0cRhsAVR98PZ2sqUPpmgugB9Gk70Yg_urmlAWlZy2K3KMAq-7X8XQUsqlYbUTJUgboj1jw1L32SRBOfLJpXWpzxG0ha_hIbe0BkAgSAyWa51DGEKadwH_rVmX7ogNwL6sa3ORDD...
by TooManyToyota's
Tue Nov 14, 2017 8:40 am
Forum: Cars for sale
Topic: 1987 Tercel Wagon SR5 -6 speed (Free) in Michigan
Replies: 14
Views: 3681

Re: 1987 Tercel Wagon SR5 -6 speed (Free) in Michigan

hello, I'm also from Michigan and id love to take this car off your hands but I don't know if I have the space, expect a call from me, I'm Alex
616-209-2889
by TooManyToyota's
Sun Nov 05, 2017 10:01 am
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Cold/Hot slider issues
Replies: 5
Views: 1534

Re: Cold/Hot slider issues

thanks guys, I just traced the cable and found the control valve, I think for now ill just manually open it like arch until I come up with a more permanent soloution, I'm driving around my uninsured sv21 camry wagon because half my dash is taken apart, looks like somebody already tried to fix the ca...
by TooManyToyota's
Sat Nov 04, 2017 10:35 am
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Cold/Hot slider issues
Replies: 5
Views: 1534

Cold/Hot slider issues

hello, I'm the owner a 1984 Sr5 tercel, and I currently have cold to lukewarm heat, the slider only moves about 3/4 of the way to hot and the mode select switch pulls it back over to cold when its pulled to the left, I currently have it apart and it seems that the metal wire that comes from the driv...
by TooManyToyota's
Tue Sep 26, 2017 9:47 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: 2 free lada niva 4x4's in the kootenays
Replies: 5
Views: 2906

Re: 2 free lada niva 4x4's in the kootenays

finding parts wouldn't be that hard, they still manufacture these cars to this day in Russia and other former soviet states parts are literally everywhere over there, you just have to pay a lot to ship them
by TooManyToyota's
Sat Sep 02, 2017 12:24 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Hello from Michigan, just bought a 1984 Sr5
Replies: 3
Views: 1489

Re: Hello from Michigan, just bought a 1984 Sr5

ive never had a car in my life that had functional air, so im used to 4-60 ac :D I probably will get around to painting the window surrounds, but I haven't yet anyway, how much whine is normal with these cars. I heard one guy in a youtube video say "the signature tercel high pitch whine" s...
by TooManyToyota's
Fri Sep 01, 2017 3:16 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Hello from Michigan, just bought a 1984 Sr5
Replies: 3
Views: 1489

Hello from Michigan, just bought a 1984 Sr5

I've been scouring craigslist compulsively for the past three years just waiting for one of these cars to come up for sale within 500 miles of my house in western Michigan. I've also lurked on this and other Toyota websites learning all I could about these little cars, and last month I finally caugh...