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OMG the second one is super close to mine, close enough for me to hook up

i couldn't get pic to come up

that little vac senor looking thing that says gas f. whats that mine only has one line coming out of it, which has a lot to do with not getting the vacs right...as for intake and exhaust, new gasket....felt like lead to me. umm broke camera takin pictures =( but neighbor hehe maybe she'll lemme use it

One of those ports is the R port that goes to the vac modulator for the EGR...if you have the EGR (if it works) hooked up to one of the full vac ports that might explain things?

The R port only activates above idle.

Since you rebuilt the carb and redid the vac lines...I'd have to assume you've ...

wow thanks peter, that must have taken quite some time to write up, so thank you for that.

i had a dream lastnight. was strange but to the point, the dream was about a bad valve guide.

i'd still get good compression with a bad guide right?
and smoke? possibly gas smellin due to the extra oil in ...

I've gotten as far as the vacuum diagrams go, yesterday when i made the change, part of it was looping 2 vacs to skip a switch for?? either way none of the vac switches are hooked up on the car, so i believe even the computer if it has one is out of the equasion. as for vac diagram, like i said ...

Hellos and Salutations!

From your favorite bad mechanic, a new and lustrous ordeal has commenced!

Ok so if you remember my poor lil' toyota, its an 83 6 spd, *replaced engine*

Right on! ok cool so works pretty well, but started smoking and has foul exhaust smell. I have looked and looked for a ...

ok so neonsport said to take it to the guys at toyota (he/she lives near where i reside atm) and i took it to the end of my driveway (bout 200 ft) and back to the parking spot i went! so now i can only think, pictures, and maybe video. where oh where can i upload my files, regualdless of size. i ...

I also noticed that on my (i replaced the current engine in the car, i have one on the ground.) other engine, that TDC and the cam being lined up properly, that the pully again points to way after tdc i'm gonna look at this more

is it possible the pickup coil( i'm hearing from my neighbor the pickup coil is under the plate in the distributer) is causing the fully problem, and would it cause the balancer to break along they key way? I have had a similar problem, but with a ford, the whole sleeve broke on the balancer then ...

I checked the timing belt in this order:

I took off necessary items (ex. water pump pulley, belt, etc..)

When i took off the Balancer, I noticed it had cracked along the key way, but I have another.

With the timing cover off, I the balancer on and used it to turn the engine with my hands (both ...

OK new things happening for my Tercel, today i was checking the timing belt(its new and in good position) and i happened to notice that the sleeve on the balancer was cracked, I think it broke because of the engine running so bad. I also noticed that when the engine is at TDC, the timing pointer is ...

Ok so i have looked and looked and looked for those bushings, what are their name, and where can i get them at? i have looked at every parts store, had the guys look and bring the wrong parts to me every time...so please help!


And yer bushings are still there? 83 tercel sr5 wagon and yeah 6 spd ...

ok i've tested and done everything everyone has suggested, is it time for 12-guage?