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Heck, I just spent close to 30 minutes typing up a pretty good story when my screen shifted to a full page ad for Bing, wanting me to make it my homepage. When I got back to the tercel site all my work was gone. Never had that happen before and will definitely not use Bing. So, let me try again: Tha...

Excellent ideas! Will see what else turns up.

Let me be clear... I have no expectations of ever topping the name "emmahumpfritter"! john

When I first opened my account on this site I needed help with a smog check.. needed to start fast... so just used my first name which is John. Not very imaginative. Most of you guys have pretty cool names. Not sure if it is possible to change my user name, but if it is, maybe my Tercel brothers can...

Got my Baby back!!!! The cops called today with good news. My car was found about 8 miles from here! They gave me 30 minutes to pick her up or have her towed. Got there with time to spare. She is back in the driveway...dripping a little oil once again! No damage done. I'm so happy!!!!!!!!! Two tool ...

I appreciate the encouragement and the chuckle... needed a good laugh. I spent a few minutes today installing an alarm in my Honda Odyssey. Now that it is my only vehicle, I have to at least attempt to protect it. Will also put in a kill switch tomorrow. Sure wish I had done that for my Tercel. Fres...

My '85 is gone. Who the hell steals a 30 year old station wagon. I am way past upset. Really love that car. Shit.

That was fun... not that I would ever document a repair like that... but it did bring back memories. My first car was a "73 spitfire. Had it several months and a valve dropped into the cylinder and came out looking like a pretzel. At the time, my car repair experience was not much more advanced...

Nice job! I built something similar for our son when he was five. Twenty two years later, it is still standing. Time does fly.

Good news! My car is once again smog legal in California... even if it is not a completely legal member of Tercel4wd.com (some of you may remember that I replaced my 4wd automatic trany with a 2wd trany a couple years ago; thank you for the privilege of belonging to the group!). I am grateful for ou...

I went and ordered the valve. The closest one in a junkyard is 50 miles north of here, and no promise it still has a TVSV. The price is about double the price of the last complete engine I bought. It is still cheaper than a car payment and I do love my tercel. I asked the Toyota parts guy if this TV...

Current Price at our local dealers...drum roll please...$169.78 for TVSV

I do appreciate the tips. The AAP valve, which came from a donor engine is not pliable and probably original equipment. I will buy a carb kit and just replace the AAP. I never had much luck rebuilding carbs so will just do the AAP. The TVSV valve failed all steps in the blow test. I will now look fo...

Hello TercelRules, I was hoping you would check in. It was an official test. Once again i am a gross polluter. I really felt like I would pass no problem. Car runs very smooth, plugs are golden brown, low miles since 2 years ago. Looking now at test results from 2 years ago, Co was borderline pass b...

Hello All, Failed the dreaded Calif. smog check again. I joined the group a couple years ago when this happened and received tons of help and got mt '85 tercel 3AC through the check after replacing the AAP valve. This time my readings are very low for HC and very high for CO. At idle my CO measures ...