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A couple of follow up points on this transmission replacement that snowballed into manual steering conversion, exhaust replacement, frame lift, floor repair, body work, suspension refit, hood scoops, gauges and a winch. Did I mention that it was up on blocks for 13 months. Thanks to parenting in the...

I've got a spare set of amber front marker lenses. I'm up in Alberta, Canada though. If you can't find anything closer then you can DM me and I'll send them to you for the cost of shipping.

I recently did a bunch of work on my rear sway bars. The end link mount bolt snapped on me so I welded a bolt on there. I got new bushings for it from Rockauto. They only had bushings for the end links though.

I agree that lifting the tercel to go off roading never ends well. I like it lifted for a bit of extra clearance and so you can run 14's. Handy on some out there logging/mining roads and in deep snow. Sometimes both at once! Looks good too! IMG_3629.JPG and here's a quick comparison pic banff-mar-08...

dlb I agree. I'm just willing to own the mistake I made when the piece snapped off the head.
I can always pretend that most of the cost was for the radiator drain tap, which was none of my doing.

I got some high heat JB weld. It's a stick of putty with 2 layers (epoxy and hardener) and you break off what you need and knead it with your hands then plop it on. It did not work. I cleaned up the area and took a small burr grinder to it to add some tooth. I gave it plenty of time to harden and it...

Some pics of the spacers installed on cross member, trans mount and driveshaft carrier bearing mount. 2021 tercel cross member spacer.jpg trans spacers.JPG carrier spacer.JPG Sorry for the upside down pics! I just replaced the front axles and wheel bearings. The bearings were not really bad but when...

If you give it the lift, consider dropping the cross member, transmission mount and drive shaft carrier bearing mount. It's not too hard to do this. You will have to make spacers and get longer bolts for the cross member and mounts. It will save you from having to replace CV axles, and they will las...

For what it's worth, mine is a 1987 with tilt steering. I did need to do something with the rubber mount on the passenger side of the manual rack. Can't remember if there was a larger rubber sleeve that went in there or I managed to double it up to get a good fit. I think the tie rods are same for p...

I just converted mine from power to manual steering. I had the transmission out so that made access easier. I had to modify the steering column where it attaches to the steering rack. No mods needed to the steering column at firewall or inside the car. Xirdneh has made a video on this steering colum...

Thanks NWMO. Yeah, my brother just suggested JB weld and I think I will try that first. I used a paper gasket and also some gasket sealant. I'm pretty sure this issue originated because of the O ring on the bypass pipe. It seems to be a common leak point. Last time I was replacing this pipe fitting/...

I was just re-installing the upper radiator hose pipe fitting where it goes onto the top of the engine and I snapped a piece off the head. The bolt was going in a bit tight and so I backed it out to make sure no threads crossed. Seemed ok, just tight so I went for it and before it was fully in there...

I just came up with a new way to pop off the outer tie rod end without damaging it. In the past I've tried just pounding hard on the part of the steering knuckle where the tie rod is and it sometimes pops out (castle nut removed first, and maybe left on there loose so that you don't accidentally hit...

AugustusFerdinand - Not quite... as far as I can tell. You raise up the car by adding the spacer on top of the strut. The engine and trans dropped a half inch with the spacers for the cross member, rear trans mount and the driveshaft carrier bearing mount, but the car itself does not move. The engin...

As several members have mentioned, to ease the CV angle, you can drop the front cross member, trans mount and driveshaft carrier bearing mount. I just did this on my tercel that has 1" spacers at the top of the front strut tower mounts and the rear pathfinder springs/firebird shocks. I used 1/2...