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A very generous fellow Arizonan & Tercel owner is kind enough to let me borrow his manifold gauge, and he has a spare set he is letting me keep! They are a bit weathered, so at the moment I am trying to find an HVAC shop who can perform a pressure test of the two manifold gauges, so I do not was...

Neu wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 2:06 pm Yay! It's the fuel pump. Thanks.

Time for a return.

Glad it was as simple as replacing the fuel pump! What did you determine was making the fuel pump cause such a racket? Was it just that the fuel pump arm wasn't making proper contact with the cam?

I know that it is somewhat common to install rivet nuts without the proper tool; when doing so, how do you gauge when the rivet nut has been crimped enough in place to fully seat?

@eightyfive4WD, did you have the paint done on yours recently? It looks really nice. I'm currently considering options on paint but I also may just give it a good wax and polish + ceramic coating for starters, assuming everything with the transaction goes well. Sorry for the very late reply, I did ...

https://i.imgur.com/WJWuH8x.jpg Should be purchasing these AW11 MR2 seats in about a month! Going to road trip to pick them up, along with MR2 brake upgrade parts hopefully. I think these would fit right at home in the Tercel. I was attempting Tesla Model S seats mounted in my Tercel, but they are ...

Right now I'm thinking blind rivet nut or jack nut would probably be smarter than helicoil if the captive nut really is detached. I had to make a similar recent repair to my Tercel in the same location. A rivet nut tool worked out great in my case. I made a post detailing this on another forum, wit...

Beautiful Tercel, I'm sorry you have to sell it but I hope it finds a good home.

I am still very much open to input from others on this matter, but I think I may end up purchasing the $60 Harbor Freight A/C manifold gauge set. I don't see any horror story reviews on the HF website like I did on no-name product reviews on Amazon, which is my main concern. I just don't want to fin...

Last summer, my kind Vietnam veteran neighbor assisted me with refilling my A/C system using his R12 tank. Unfortunately, his R12 manifold gauge developed a leak during the filling of the system and we aborted the process early. My Tercel's AC system itself is leak-free, after replacing all o-rings ...

That's a neat approach!

For tie rod ends, I have always removed the castle nut, flipped it 180*, reinstalled a few threads back on the tie rod end and then give the tie rod a good whack. Usually frees up easily this way too.

There are many ways to skin a cat. Thanks for sharing your idea.

All great points above. It really comes down to what you are willing to pay at the end of the day. But I can provide a bit of my experience in purchasing a Tercel recently: https://i.imgur.com/T2OqbRD.jpg I paid $3900 for my '85 4WD auto last January, in Arizona. I am the fourth owner. The car is 99...

Ah, that makes sense. Will do Chris, thank you for the suggestion.

Both previous links above are dead

Anyone have a current downloadable link for the A55F repair manual?

This is not a difficult repair to perform by any means, but I figured it may be worthwhile to show with some photos for those who may not know how to perform this task. https://i.imgur.com/5yyhsDs.jpg Over time, the heater control lever in the cabin becomes sticky and difficult to move. Do not force...

Dlb, those European & Japanese brochures from the 80s are really something, I love seeing all the features & aftermarket parts that were offered! For the moment I just have the louver attached to my back window with 3M double sided adhesive. It seems to be holding up quite well, although I a...