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Thanks folks. Now that I knew where to look, I pulled off the headlight trim and got into the space below with a flashlight, and finally found the little bugger. They really bury it in there, don't they? You'd think with all the space under the hood Toyota could have mounted it somewhere more access...

Bought a $500 beater FWD 1986 Tercel awhile back to use as a cheap commuter. It's a little rough, but the mechanicals are in good shape and I've grown to really love this old lunchbox, with how easy it is to work on and keep running, and how practical the body & interior are. One thing that's ne...

Hey folks, been awhile. My beater run-around Tercel is eating a front tire, so I plan to take it in for an alignment. While looking into that, I also inquired about replacing the shocks, and was quoted quite a sum, with both local shops I checked saying it would be a lot of labor to do shocks on all...

I mean, it's not like it isn't getting wet as it is: IMG_0016.jpeg Mostly I just want to keep it from turning into an ice block that would take hours to free if I needed to move or drive it, or on the warmer days, having a ton of wet snow sitting on it and melting into the engine compartment or thro...

So, winter's in full force here in the Inland Northwest, and I'm doing most of my driving in my 4WD van with studded snow tires rather than my FWD Tercel with the onion-skin tires that were on it when I bought it. My place only has a 1-car garage, but I'd like to do something to keep my Tercel from ...

For aircraft, I think part of the benefit of that dead space is that it allows water & debris to collect below the fuel pick-up. Aircraft fuel tanks have drains at the bottom where operators can check for and drain any of that bad stuff. I've heard this referred to as a sump before. For the Terc...

Stopped by the same gas station this afternoon, and topped-up using the same pump. 3.391 gallons to the click, and 89.4 miles on the clock, for 26.4 MPG average. Not bad, considering those miles included some aggressive test drives, extended idling in the driveway, and shake-down hill climbs while I...

Yeah, I knew the AAP diaphragm was bad when I bought it, it was making the #1 cylinder misfire. The vacuum line's since been removed, and replaced with plugs on each side. My fuel gauge wasn't doing the Funky Chicken this morning, it's sitting around half a tank. I think I found the repair thread yo...

So I'm driving my new-to-me '86 wagon to work this morning, having filled the tank Sunday evening. I glance down at the gauge, and it's already down a quarter-tank or so. Seemed odd for a 60-odd HP engine, but maybe the tank's shape makes it drop quicker at first, I don't really know. Then I'm on th...

Brought it home yesterday. I printed out a spreadsheet showing her what my expenses would be, and we settled on $500. I was aiming for $450, so it came out a little higher than I hoped, but still within my budget. Spending another week checking out a different car & starting from scratch with th...

Yeah, I have plenty of experience working on cars, all the way up to an engine/tranny swap on a buddy's truck in college, and I'm not intimidated by the thought of working on this one. Fiddling with a carburetor will be somewhat new for me, but there's good documentation available for this carb, so ...

Blinker relay or the flasher unit? Whichever one is the reason the turn signals & hazard switch don't do anything (besides the ones that are physically broken off). Problem with #1 cyl. is most likely the AAP diaph. AAP is Auxiliary Acceleration Pump, right? Doesn't that just provide extra fuel...

Hello all; new member here considering his first Tercel. My reliable, 300k+ workhorse of a van is laid up at the dealership with a bad ABS system, and it's going nowhere fast. I'm getting a little too much flack for borrowing a family member's run-around Civic for so long, and so I'm in the market f...