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Try stepping on the gas pedal twice before engaging the starter, that should solve the "hard" starting.

All the other "symptoms" you describe are perfectly normal, that is how carburetors work.

That drip hanging off the centre trans drain plug, is priceless

Clearly you are just being paranoid david, as per the seller: "To answer @Newplaner’s question: I have checked the oil level regularly for as long as I’ve owned it and it hasn’t changed, I’ve also never smelled any burnt oil. This Tercel is as clean outside as it is on the inside!" Near as...

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45K miles, Washington car, no AC, no rust
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My computer wont cooperate with providing a link this morning, must be old and grumpy like me

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Start with decoding the DOT stamping. Tires are generally considered to have a life span of 5 yrs, as they age they get harder and drier. Hard tires not only have a much lower friction coefficient but they are also much stiffer, so less able to conform to the road surface. I would guess that your sk...

STP isn't part of a healthy diet, its a very temporary band-aide for a very tired motor and RESTORE is probably a better product, for that scenario. Give it a crankcase flush, instal a quality oil filter and fresh oil (10w30), then monitor the results. If the oil gets black really fast, do another f...

That forum is set up different from most, having one thread that everyone participates in does make organization easier and also helps with finding actual solutions too. Sorry for chastising, as I was quite possibly, one of the scolders. It gets old fast when every single poster asks why their van w...

Mark - awesome ride, congrats Have you been over to ToyotaVanTech.com, they have all the answers to everything TV I have also learned that all the people that have something negative to say about them have never actually been inside one. They are not small on the inside, they actually handle quite w...

Theres no direct link between the bags and the belt. The seat belt pretensioners are triggered by acceleration of the belt. Must have been good hits in both cases. Most cars that blow the bags get written off, so I would want to make absolutely sure the titles are clean. I would also price the bags ...

Sounds like an issue in the high speed circuit. How many solenoids are on that carb? If it has 3, one of them may affect the HS circuit. The only thing I can think of, would be to make it sneeze a few times: - Cross #2 & #3 wires, fire it up, blip the throttle a couple of times and it will back ...

We had a customer that drove one back in the day. He loved the car. IIRC, only the 4WD's had the turbo option available. The only complaint I remember him having was the wheels were very flexible and always going out of balance. Early Subbies can be a lot of fun, if I found one that wasn't swiss che...

I had one Terk with recurrent fuel starvation issues, it ended being the expansion line (traverses the rear frame member, on the vent line) its full width of the underside of the car, does a U-turn and goes back over to the tank. My symptom was just like running out of gas after awhile, drove me nut...

A long time ago, in a galaxy far away, my first Tercel experience was a transverse mount fwd. 3 doors, 4 gears, 4 cyl's and a 45L gas tank and on the highway you could count on at least 650Km. It was nearly bullet proof. The salt monster took it from me at 500K I would start with a new mechanic/shop...

When I first started pulling wrenches, the only rule was you had to be able to determine why something failed before you were allowed to do the job. At first I didn't understand, I was more of a "fix the obvious" kinda a guy., Looking beyond the obvious can be rewarding in itself. I also l...