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by blurst
Mon Oct 17, 2022 7:54 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Brake and Charge light on
Replies: 2
Views: 638

Brake and Charge light on

Hello tercel4wd.com community. I've got an 87' tercel wagon that I have been having some electrical issues with. I had the brake and charge lights showing intermittently for about a month or two and then eventually the car wouldnt start and I attributed it to the alternator being dead. I changed the...
by blurst
Fri Nov 01, 2019 1:58 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: How to install pathfinder springs?
Replies: 13
Views: 3743

Re: How to install pathfinder springs?

Dont worry, I solved the brake mystery.
by blurst
Fri Nov 01, 2019 1:39 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: How to install pathfinder springs?
Replies: 13
Views: 3743

Re: How to install pathfinder springs?

Awesome thanks everyone. So obviously adding these springs has given me a bit of a substantial rake.... Can anyone explain to me what the negative side effects to driving with a rake like that are? Also in this process I accidentely disconnected my parking brake line going to the rear right wheel, a...
by blurst
Thu Oct 31, 2019 12:45 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: How to install pathfinder springs?
Replies: 13
Views: 3743

Re: How to install pathfinder springs?

Great thanks Chris, appreciate the explanation.

Has anyone had issues with their brake lines? As in having to extend them so that they are not under too much tension?
by blurst
Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:55 am
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: How to install pathfinder springs?
Replies: 13
Views: 3743

Re: How to install pathfinder springs?

I think the first guy that got them to fit described it this way: "get fat neighborhood kid to stand on the end of the axle" you will need longer shocks so the shock travel is at about the middle of the new axle travel. he used fire bird shocks as I recall. Hmmm ok well I already messed t...
by blurst
Wed Oct 30, 2019 6:19 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: How to install pathfinder springs?
Replies: 13
Views: 3743

Re: How to install pathfinder springs?

Alright, got them in....

They currently look like this.
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Is that bend normal? until the axle gets jacked up all the way back into place?
by blurst
Wed Oct 30, 2019 4:44 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: How to install pathfinder springs?
Replies: 13
Views: 3743

How to install pathfinder springs?

Hello, For all you pathfinder spring people out there. How did you get them to fit in there? I've dropped the axle way down (as low as removing the stock brake lines will drop it) and still cant manage to get it in there. Any other tips that you have used to make it work? Be kind because I am new to...