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My bad, that must be the a/c amplifier adjuster. Finally tomorrow I'll have a chance to do a bunch of fact-finding inspection on my new to me car. Might just get into SCCA Rallycrossing next year. BTW it would be very easy to have a rev limiter on a carb'ed car, just cut the spark. I'm sure there ar...

While disconnecting my damned door buzzer yesterday (after I bypassed my damned clutch starter interrupt) I noticed that the ECU behind the glovebox has a knob on it labelled "RPM" with high and low at either extreme. Does anyone know what this does? Is it a rev limiter? BTW, I determined ...

If your waterpump isn't leaking then it's probably working. About the only thing that comes to mind is that you have an incorrect and/or faulty radiator cap. It may be letting pressure into the overflow tank at too low of a pressure. What is the psi rating on the cap? How old is it? If it's OK then ...

To me it doesn't sound like your coolant overflow caused the overheating, it may be the other way around. You probably don't have too much air in the system - your car is overheating for another reason and thus boiling its fluid. If your t-stat and water pump are OK, then I would do a compression te...

Does anyone know what is necessary to fit a 2wd gearbox into a 4wd wagon? I think there may be gearswitch linkage issues, but I want to know what's involved before I attempt it. I've searched this repair section but didn't find too many details. What I want to do is slap in a fwd tranny so I have ti...

Thanks for the tips/offer Petros, I should have thought to trace the wiring after owning a British car way back when. After the temperature here gets above freezing I'll check it out and let you know if I need a new gauge.

I wish I could just waltz into the nearest Pick 'n' Yank and smurf myself a new feul gauge, but here in the south these cars are just not very common. In fact, one of the reasons I got this car was because I had not seen one in a few years. In the circa 6000 j-yards closest to my domicile there are ...

Thanks everyone for the replies. I'll give the Indy Boyz a call when I need parts. I also didn't realize Autozone had such detailed info on their site, good to know. I did some more looking at my fuel gauge problem but I'm still confused. I removed the sender again, cleaned it, and took an Ohm readi...

I have a strange problem with my fuel gauge that I couldn't resolve with the FSM. It reads very full ALL the time. I took out the sending unit, but it still read full. I moved the needle to empty by hand and it came back to full. This is with a half full (half empty?) tank. I took a sending unit res...

Didn't find a 4wd tranny yesterday, those suckers are expensive online. What's everyone's favorite sources for new Toyota parts? I think a rebuild may be in my future.

Thanks for the response/welcome everyone. As far as switching to 2wd - it would just be a temp solution until I resolve the current gearbox issue. I really don't want to pay $500 for a used one even if it is guarranteed, as it will have miles on it and prolly wouldn't last too long. Someone on this ...

Hi everyone, Just tonight I scored what I think is a good deal on a light blue 4wd 6 speed SR5. I've always been a fan, now it's a reality! Anyway, my car has a stripped first gear, when you engage first it just makes a loud whirring noise. All the other gears work fine. The car has been towed behin...