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I've had a rough run with my poor Tercel: Franklin. After a few breakdowns and long bouts of troubleshooting, it was finally running really well. I went camping two days ago and he performed marvelously for 99% of the drive. At some point on the journey either a rock bounced up on the gravel road an...

Hello! So eventually I plan to do a small lift, however for the sake of having some upgrades before the coming winter, what is the largest tire size I can likely manage with minimal rubbing on the stock suspension? I see on Craigslist a set of 215/70/r14. I would need a set of spacer/adapters to fit...

AHHH! Franklin lives! It took a full can of carb cleaner but I finally coaxed that old carb to life! I think it was a worn out float on the original I was just too scared to open up that old aisin carb and risk never getting it back together.

Also, I've planned on eventually buying a Weber dgev once I have it running again. Should I just make the jump and buy it now? Is it safe to assume that the carb is the problem? I'm convinced it's been running rich and that's why it hasn't been running.

So I swapped in a junk yard carb and dizzy. This distributor seems to spark just a little better (maybe I'm imagining it) but I hadn't looked at it enough and this carb is all gummed up and the motor isn't firing at all. My question is: even if this carb is full of old gas and won't spray fuel at al...

Thank you Petros.
I realize now that last time you mentioned the AAP I was mistaken as to where that was. No I understand. I'll test that later today

More than just the dizzy cap, I swapped the whole distributor from my other wagon and timed it. It ran for a minute but I had to keep it giving it gas and it smoked like a fireplace (black & gray). Once I let it die I couldn't get it started again even after playing with the timing. I swapped th...

So it's been a while, sorry. After being told the cat was clogged I cut it and had a pipe welded in its place. The old cat was torn to bits on the inside and the car seemed to run better. I made it about 40 miles out of town before it started bucking and died and I had to be towed back. I drove it a...

Thanks Petros. I checked the AAP, no problem there. The fuel level has fluctuated between pretty much to the top of the glass and just below center. I just dropped it off at my shop for the weekend for a diagnosis. I should have some news by Monday. I'll update you all when I learn more.

Well. The coil was fine. For one thing the new one was the exact same resistance reading, I threw it in anyways and no difference. I do appreciate the comment NWMO haha but the trip is looking less likely by the minute. Grounding is also good unfortunately.

Unfortunately no. And there's only one junk yard tercel in the state and it's a fuel injected '88 sedan with (unless I'm mistaken) a different dizzy. I ordered a coil through NAPA that'll arrive any moment now. We'll see if that in any way helps.

Okay so I tested the spark and it was there but very weak. Did some fsm tests on the coil and igniter and the only bit out of spec is the primary coil resistance at .95 ohm (Versus the spec'd 0.4-0.5)
Is that likely the problem?

Alright thank you so much. I'll run through some tests and update after.

Yeah I removed the cap and the play I'm referencing is rotational. I was planning to check the timing with a light this week but I don't know of a way without it running. Also, I'd responded in my other post that the sight glass was empty. Upon looking again I realize that the glass is actually full...

Alright I'm pretty desperate. I'm supposed to be driving cross country this upcoming monday and my tercel is a no start. It was having a problem last week with basically now power once in the higher rpm that I posted about; couldn't go up even slight inclines and no faster than about 45 mph. Somebod...