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Would love to meet up with you folks, but the wife would kill me if I attempted the weekend of the 14th.

-Will

Would a Weber alleviate the warm-start problem?

As promised --

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Also took the pressure washer to the car today -- wanted to remove all the moss that had accumulated over the past 11mos.
It yielded mixed results --

1 ...

Is the wide rear-view mirror custom, or were these available in some locales?

-Will

So we have her running, and I've been commuting to work for the last two days. A couple small concerns -- the shop manual had us set the idle at 650rpm, which we found to be incredibly low. The other issue is warm starts -- it doesn't seem to like them. I should have a video of it idling up later ...

Yeah, first time buyers.
I grew up in Inner-SE Portland, so making the move to North (St.Johns) is going to be different. Already spotted another Terc about 2.5 blocks from it. A good omen, I'm sure.

-Will

I wasn't aware of such a cam -- right now my goal is to get my car running before the closing date on our new house, so that I can drive it there, rather than having it towed. ;) But I will definitely keep that in mind for future projects. What sort of performance increase might one expect from such ...

you had the engine apart and did not check if the head was flat before you put it back together?

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Looks like a nice car, where are you at?

Good luck.

Yep, minor oversight on our part. :?

But there is good news -- I got the head back from the 'head shop' today.

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A dream differed...

As we were installing the new spark plugs (SO CLOSE! :x ) I discovered a small drop of liquid near on the engine near the oil return pathway (?). My brother believes the head must be warped. Going to pull it tomorrow and have him take it to be milled this week.. Totally bummed ...

So we finally dropped the engine back into the car this evening.

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I've had this '83 SR5 for almost a year now and only drove it the 2 miles home from the previous owners'. I'm probably about $1000 in ...

Whenever I visit my parents, they try to hand me a Subaru service manual that is sitting around their house.

"What would I do with that?"
"Isn't your car a Subaru?"
"No."



-Will

My friend in SLC says there are actually three Tercels at this location.

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Cthulhu (2007) --

This movie piqued my interest in many ways -- First, it was a new HP Lovecraft themed movie. Second, it was filmed in the Pacific Northwest (Astoria to be specific.) The movie might be unappealing for some, as the main character's ...

According to the ODOT website ( http://www.tripcheck.com/Pages/RCMap.asp?mainNav=RoadConditions&staticNav=WinRoadMain ) they do not currently use salt on the roads during snow/ice. That being said, I'm not sure that the previous owner took the car out in such conditions (The chains that came with ...

Handle:
WmSchaefer

Location:
Portland, OR (USA)

Tercel(s):
1983 Tercel SR5 4WD Wagon (White)

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At some point in the last five years, I became obsessed with ...