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check the vac line that attaches under the air filter housing
it comes from the base of the carb and plugs in under the housing on drivers side
if it fell off car will idle bad and/or die

replaced fuel filter on first one
brown stuff came out of it
drove 90 miles so far without incident

Two of the Tercels I sold to friends are doing the same thing.
They act like they are running out of gas.
One pulls over and after a short wait, takes off and everything's fine for about 20-30 miles.
The other car acts the same but sometimes will go 80-100 miles before doing it.

whats "R&P " "Rack and Pinion" ??? not sure how thats attached to axle?
need better description of the part

i bought the rotors at o'reillys yes they are cheap (20.00) and made in China but i have used them before with no problem i bought a second set of rotors then guessing it was the front left that was causing the shuddering i replaced it that cut out 80 percent of the problem the dashboard is not vibr...

the clunk when you hit a bump
are your stabilizer bar end cushions bad?

i set the rears to a light drag
also rotated the tires
tires are 1.5 years old and look good
i drove to town and back and forgot to do the "E" brake test, damn

bizarre

You should use FSM
i have taken several apart
there are pins to remove thru small openings
it would be to difficult to explain here
use the manual

I wiped them off with gasoline to remove the light film. I wire brushed the hubs I will be trying the E brake thing The backing plates for the pads looked good to me (no worse than others that worked fine on other Tercels) I doubt the rotors or drums are the problem since the old ones did the same t...

While going down hills and doing some hard braking my car has been doing a shuddering/groaning thing. Yesterday I installed new rotors and pads on front along with new drums and shoes on rear. The old rotors were pretty bad and the drums were worn just past the limits. Shoes and pads were about 3/4 ...

I have a 1983 F150
the rubber/felt whatever track the door window slides in has deteriorated and the noise from air is getting annoying
so should i be able to replace that?

is that something a detailer does?
seems like i heard once there are people who will detail a car for a hundred bucks or so?

I just towed a small utility trailer 90 miles today total wt of trailer and stuff in it was abt 600 lbs slow going up even slight hills on 60 mph road braking was not good should have electric brakes for anything more than that. gas mileage dropped quite a bit too i filled the tank and checked milea...

open rear hatch
lift carpet
remove 4 rubber plugs (two each side)
remove bolts in holes

davidlucasbarnes wrote:man, you are a hero to tercs everywhere. did it run nice after replacing the timing belt? how much are you selling it for? pics?

it ran great
idled so low it was amazing
the guy that helped me got it for cost
he is a longtime friend and needed it (mileage)