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if you have spark and you have fuel(including starting fluid) and you have air. those are the main things. the next is the timing. if its not receiving the fuel or spark at the proper time it wont fire. make sure your camshaft is positioned right and the crank is right. then if the dizzy is close it...

you make a good point. as I have noticed. I find there is always something to learn. I have a feeling I would enjoy meeting you petros. just from reading everything you post.

thanks for the perspective.

merry Christmas

the sad part about both of those is anyone that has enough money to buy a Mercedes or a jaguar would most likely buy into these ridiculous ads. anyone with common sense, especially someone that's from the country, would shake their head at how stupid someone could be to even consider these ads. thin...

Didn't work for me either

My father had a retired Toyota tech, that had been working on these tercels since they were new and he owned a few him self, tell him if the tranny is a pint low on oil and it is cold it can destroy the tranny. The transmissions in these cars are tall and have to get the oil all the way up top. Out ...

ive replaced the rear hatch window and I believe the one on the side closed to the back is the same thing. it is just held in with a rubber seal. you have to use two or three flat screw drives and work carefully around the window and pry the seal out on inside or outside, be careful not to damage th...

hey thanks dlb. that's what I wanted a little input. appreciate it. if its in the distributor. do you know which wire is for the tach?

so ive had this problem since I got the car last spring. ill be driving along at high way speeds and the tachometer goes to 0 and stays there for awhile and then it comes back. hasn't done it ever driving in town. the car will drive fine and doesn't die. I pulled over the first time it happened and ...

that's probably the problem tom. I haven't had time to try it again. this weekend im doing another heater core change out on my mothers tercel. I was going to take pictures on the procedure and post it. so I will try it then. thx

that was the same problem I was having. no idea why. no one could explain it. maybe someone else has an explanation. I thought maybe it was my work computer. haven't tried my home computer yet.

thanks petros you always seem to have the answers im looking for ill try the battery. I have one in my pickup I could swap over see if that helps. I know that one is good.

the hiccup and die at idle could be the tvsv if it only does it at a certain temp. mine would warm up enough to drive away then at a stop light or stop sign if the temp was right it would try to die or actually die. then start up just fine. it only did it sometimes depending on the situation. I repl...

yes the load rating is not what is recommended. the battery was free. my dad picked it up at the pull and save and just gave it to me. it holds a charge ok except when it got really cold a couple of weeks ago. I had to charge it up to start the car. but other then that when its not sub zero it start...

I bought the one from rock auto. its listed under the 87' tercel but it worked fine for my 83. all I had to do was plug the port that would normally go to the high altitude compensation. which I don't have on my car. its fairly easy to change too.

so I know that you will get a certain about of rpm drop when you load down the alternator. turn on the head lights, heater, etc. my question is that 200 to 300 RPM drop seems excessive. when your idling at 900RPM anyway and now im down to 600 that makes the engine shudder a lot. is this normal? or i...