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by Petros
Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:18 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Parts: New and Used
Topic: need small side glass
Replies: 7
Views: 1596

Re: need small side glass

The T4wd is Gold with the "peanut butter" color interior, picnic blanket seats (pretty beat though), and the '86 2wd wagon is a light blue/gray if I recall.
by Petros
Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:16 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Oil drain plug gasket.
Replies: 8
Views: 1681

Re: Oil drain plug gasket.

It seems to me a copper gasket like the one on the brake lines (where they meet the caliper) would work better, but I would still install the non-hardening gasket maker with it. The copper ones you can use over and over, another car I once owned used a copper gasket on the oil drain plug, and I neve...
by Petros
Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:49 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Stereo Upgrade
Replies: 32
Views: 7781

Re: Stereo Upgrade

you can pick up old double knob radios at the wrecking yard, 2nd hand stores and even pawn shops, cheap. Use it to make your decoy. It is fairly common around Seattle to mount the nice stereo under the seat, and leave the factory radio (or a blank plate) in the dash. In the glove box is common too, ...
by Petros
Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:43 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: In Finnland they have cars that run on wood!
Replies: 9
Views: 1922

Re: In Finnland they have cars that run on wood!

Drive it to Burning man, you would be a big hit. Except you'd be STUCK...no trees there? As long as it was all brass/copper and kept polished...she'd be OK though. I can hear the Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang music already. :lol: There is a burning man there. Ha! a burning man powered car! We can burn al...
by Petros
Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:38 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Shoulda been here, 4 the guys and their girls
Replies: 6
Views: 1557

Re: Shoulda been here, 4 the guys and their girls

wow, looks like all that engine grime cleaned off nicely!
by Petros
Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:37 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Parts: New and Used
Topic: need small side glass
Replies: 7
Views: 1596

Re: need small side glass

it is not that hard to remove without cutting the gasket, remove the panel on the inside and you loosen the rear window track. It allows enough room to wiggle out the small window. There is an '83 or 84 Tercel4wd, and an '86 2wd wagon in the Arlington Pull-a-part (now "pick-n-pull"), exit ...
by Petros
Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:18 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Stereo Upgrade
Replies: 32
Views: 7781

Re: Stereo Upgrade

My brother had this problem all the time, he always liked nice sounds in his car. I told him just put a cheap one in, and stop the thefts. He had hard riveted the stereo to the under dash, so they never got it, but they always broke open the windows, doors, locks, etc. Even took a pry bar to the das...
by Petros
Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:40 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: In Finnland they have cars that run on wood!
Replies: 9
Views: 1922

Re: In Finnland they have cars that run on wood!

in the late 70's I read an artical about Volvo making a wood burning car out of one of their current models. They drove it across Sweden in a demo drive, pulling a trailer full of wood. There was a cooker in the trunk that heated the wood and they would pipe the vapors forward to run in the engine, ...
by Petros
Tue Apr 19, 2011 3:34 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: In Finnland they have cars that run on wood!
Replies: 9
Views: 1922

In Finnland they have cars that run on wood!

http://gas2.org/2011/04/15/video-the-finnish-built-wood-burning-el-camino/ Truth is stranger than fiction, or so the saying goes. And I could not make this story up if I tried. A Finnish politician has converted his American-built El Camino to run on woodgas. How’s that for awesome? Juhas Sipilä’s 1...
by Petros
Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:35 am
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Oil Pan gasket and engine mounts
Replies: 10
Views: 2242

Re: Oil Pan gasket and engine mounts

The oil sender is at the left side of the engine towards the front just behind the oil pump, ahead of the oil filter. It is hiding behind the alternator, and A/C if you have it. And yes, they can leak too. The front seal can leak down onto the oil pan gasket and run all the way around the pan. It ca...
by Petros
Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:26 am
Forum: Repair Guides
Topic: Dealing with extra horsepower and torque
Replies: 29
Views: 10114

Re: Dealing with extra horsepower and torque

Hey PrescottAZ, What did you have a 5afc in? Not a Tercel4wd was it? It sounds like your current carb, or several vacuum lines, are leaking. Tyipically when you get symptoms like that you have multiple vacuum leaks, or the hose are connected wrong. Trace through all the lines with the vac diagram fr...
by Petros
Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:19 am
Forum: Tercel Gallery and Projects
Topic: New guy from Victoria
Replies: 25
Views: 7286

Re: New guy from Victoria

I have lived on rural property since 1992, after growing up in the Los Angeles area. I think a lot of people from the cities have very mistaken, romantic, notions about people living in the country or remote areas. Though I do have some great neighbors, many of the others live there because they do ...
by Petros
Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:50 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Parts: New and Used
Topic: WTB: engine shock absorber
Replies: 28
Views: 6145

Re: WTB: engine shock absorber

Instersting: is there a place to order mountain bike shock absorbers? post pictures please.
by Petros
Mon Apr 18, 2011 1:20 pm
Forum: Cars for sale
Topic: '85 TErcel hatch back JDM $6969 (scam?) in Tacoma
Replies: 4
Views: 1140

'85 TErcel hatch back JDM $6969 (scam?) in Tacoma

I see nothing in ad that indicates it is worth anything more than $400. The description below defies clear understanding, nothing in it makes sense, it is riddles with grammar problems and nothing indicates why he thinks it is so fast and worth so much. Scam? Or a delusional seller who does not spea...
by Petros
Mon Apr 18, 2011 1:03 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Left front wheel humming
Replies: 3
Views: 1254

Re: Left front wheel humming

What is it humming? could your record it perhaps and post it here so perhaps we might recognize the tune? :-) Could be wheel bearing, jack the wheel up and see if there is any play in the bearing when you push and pull sideways on the wheel. Also if you remove the wheel and caliper you can rotate th...