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Hello, wise ones. My voltage regulator put over 15.5 volts out when get the rpms up high. The FSM says to bend something or other. But I can't really see what to bend in what direction how much. And I can't find much helpful info elsewhere on the net. Any experience, advice? I am under the impressio...

hah -- yeah, i'm pretty good at panicking.

thanks petros -- i appreciate the advice.

and to t4wdrules, thanks for the tip, i will PM you.

Aargh! There are nine million tranny shops in LA. How to choose!? One I called said "dude you have to go pull a transmission from the junkyard -- nobody will be able to get the parts for that thing". Is this true? Other said "bring it in -- it'll be $550 for the ISB fix". Another...

Also, you say it could be the throw out bearhing or clutch pilot bearing? Let us (me) pray it be that...

I have not topped up the oil since the noise appeared. It took some time before i realized it was actually coming from the transaxle rather than the engine. And since realizing it was the trans I haven't had the time to get a new 24mm wrench and grind down the chamfer (it was in the car when it got ...

Thanks for the thoughts. I happen to have put a lot of mileage on this car since the noise started. Is it possible that in doing so I have screwed anything else up in the tranny? There have been no other symptoms just yet. Is it important that I do not drive it aside from bring it to the shop? If th...

This is a multi-parter. 1. There is a scraping sound that comes from my transaxle with each rotation. There's also a slightly different tough-to-describe rattle / scrape / click that happens in a certain range of higher RPM. I have seen earlier posts that suggested it might be the input shaft bearin...

err, if i get a new cylinder for the ignition can i just re-key the exteriors to fit it?

anybody ever replaced the lock cylinders? O'Reilly Auto shows ignition cylinder / key set, but not one that includes the cylinders for the doors / hatch...

yeah. i've been thinking about getting the club. but god i would rather not have to do that. maybe i could just replace the locks / ignition. when stolen the car was parked at a place where i frequently leave the car, so if it happens to be a stomping ground of the thief then it would seem that ther...

hey everybody. the terk has been recovered! window was not broken, ignition intact. strange... gone are the cd receiver (obvs), full-size spare (weird?), and tools i had in there when it was taken (obvs). also taken was the registration card and insurance card... weird, huh? why would they do that? ...

Hey everybody. Thanks for the thoughts. I, too, thought it had to be a joy ride thing. But my level of optimism has declined a bit, since it's now been over a week. Though I have no clue how long these things are usually missing for. I guess I have to wait for it to accumulate parking tickets and ge...

Well, my 1983 tercel 4wd was stolen. It was parked on 54th street near shattuck in Oakland, CA. It was the salmon / copper color. Damage to left front quarter panel. Who would steal a terk!? That is just not cool. Take a corolla sedan or a tercel sedan, or something. No? And this after having replac...

Xirdneh: I have never experienced a problem going into 4wd, but then again I've only done that one time. Takza: I don't know what you can adjust on your clutch without pulling out the tranny. Is there something? I have adjusted the pedal so that distance from floor is within spec range. Are you sugg...

Hi errybody. So, I have noticed that I very often have a lot of difficulty pushing the shift lever into first, even when the clutch pedal is at the floor. The problem is present when the vehicle is at rest. Sometimes it helps for me to rev the car a little, while in neutral, while releasing and depr...