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I managed to find all of the bushing parts in the cowl space. The socket part of the bushing is OK; what has failed is the bushing securement to the hole in the link arm. The circular ring has a break in the circumference and if there were tabs that originally held it all together, they are worn awa...

If the plastic bushing is intact where the arm hooks up, it is possible to attach the linkage with a screwdriver through the panel. Apply pressure from behind with the screwdriver and push the wiper motor onto it. Once it snaps on you're good to go. The plastic bushing has somehow disappeared from ...

Reconsidering what Marlinh mentioned, I looked at the end of the link arm through the hole for the wiper motor shaft, and discovered it has a hook that can hold the arm to the side of the hole, and then (I suspect) the ball joint can be shoved into the socket which is supposed to be in the hole, the...

Thank you all for the input. I got to work on this today. I removed the hood, then the cowl louvers. I don't think the cowl louvers can be removed without removing the hood, at least not easily. Not difficult to remove the hood, with help. Then the only access to the back of the wiper motor is throu...

Turned on my wipers, then clunk, they quit moving. The motor still runs so apparently the linkage in the cowl came off. Outside the car, I can move the wipers by hand which shows me that the two wipers are still connected together, but the linkage to the wiper motor apparently has come off. It looks...

Has anyone figured on using larger 14" wheels and cruising in 4th gear instead of 5th to keep the engine revs near the same? Wondered if that would give similar fuel economy with the larger tires. I've debated trying larger tires for more ground clearance. How large can the tires be without scr...

I have a 1983 Tercel with 3AC engine and my oil leak issues are mostly from the valve cover gasket, which I replace occasionally. I've never had to deal with the oil pan gasket. I've replaced the timing belt once. For me, perhaps the hardest part of changing the timing belt was breaking loose the bo...

Suggest you double check the plug wires and change the distributor cap and rotor also.

Thanks for that pdf, maybe I can improve the idle on my '83 Tercel.

For about 3+ years my 1983 Tercel often had a strong fuel smell and I was never able to find the source. There was no visible leakage until one day when I parked the car out in the hot sun for a while, after which there was a steady drip of gasoline from the fuel pump body, not the hoses. I also dis...

I notice that the seat under my drain plug is uneven/pitted so I either carefully reposition the gasket into the same orientation, or replace it. I've used mostly white Nylon gaskets that seem to conform well to the irregularities so they don't drip.

Many Thanks for all the input. Takza's comment about oil moving up the cable is something I have wondered about, because the cable is a spiral wire, I think. In my first case of speedo noise during driving rain, perhaps water migrated into the speedo bearings? I was also interested in Highlanders co...

Thanks for that link, I didn't find it previously with a search on speedometer (should have tried "speedo" - are you all Aussies?). My old Jeep developed this type of "speedo" problem with squealing noise and pegged needle at road speed, even in mild weather. I took that all apar...

I drive a 1983 Tercel 4x4 DLX with 128,000+ miles, owned it since 1984. It has never needed major work, just routine maintenance for the most part. One current quirk is a noisy speedometer at highway speed during very cold weather, but only if the car has sat overnight in temps below 20F or so. A lo...