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by JDNightFox
Sat Dec 22, 2018 2:23 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Setting the timing
Replies: 8
Views: 1983

Re: Setting the timing

I just completed my 400 mile drive into texas, at an average of 21mpg

Still sucks, I don't know why at this point. I fixed 5 vacuum leaks and have the advance set correctly. It still has trouble maintaining speed on the highway.
by JDNightFox
Fri Dec 21, 2018 7:31 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Setting the timing
Replies: 8
Views: 1983

Re: Setting the timing

I set mine at 10 (I think) just to be safe

Still running good, it sits at about 15-ish with the vacuum connected

Adjusted the idle to 800 also
by JDNightFox
Fri Dec 21, 2018 12:23 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Setting the timing
Replies: 8
Views: 1983

Re: Setting the timing

Well I don’t know if 13 is too much, so if I was going to reset it I would put it back down to 10

it seems to be running good now, it was set at 13 when it was running with no vacuum advance and I didn’t have any pinging issues but it had a definite dieseling problem on shut down
by JDNightFox
Fri Dec 21, 2018 9:07 am
Forum: Tercel 4WD Parts: New and Used
Topic: Well shit. ..
Replies: 34
Views: 8059

Re: Well shit. ..

Can't you take the car to a DMV and have them inspect it then restore the title from salvage to regular?
by JDNightFox
Fri Dec 21, 2018 9:03 am
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Setting the timing
Replies: 8
Views: 1983

Setting the timing

I have read a few places on here that people are setting the timing at 10 degrees BTDC

I read somewhere else about it being set anywhere from 10-12 degrees, and I think mine is currently set at 13 degrees. Is that too much?

How much of a difference is it between the 10 degrees and 12 degrees
by JDNightFox
Fri Dec 21, 2018 6:37 am
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Intake gas filter
Replies: 11
Views: 2378

Re: Intake gas filter

NWMO wrote: Thu Dec 20, 2018 9:08 pm Good job,

I’ll clean mine up before installing.

Chris
Make sure to test if yours is leaking too. I wouldn't have known that it was leaking around the seal if I didn't pull it off and plug 2 of the openings. Putting epoxy around the metal/plastic gap fixed it
by JDNightFox
Thu Dec 20, 2018 8:35 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Intake gas filter
Replies: 11
Views: 2378

Re: Intake gas filter

Okay the carb cleaner worked really good to clean it out. It has much better flow through it and I put the engine back together, my timing now advances from 13 degrees to 15/16 at idle and the car actually starts easily. Hahaha Verified that my TVSV works now by letting the engine warm up and watchi...
by JDNightFox
Thu Dec 20, 2018 6:05 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Intake gas filter
Replies: 11
Views: 2378

Re: Intake gas filter

yes the top two are open, but going through the bottom it has a heavy restriction on it. I'll try to clean it out with carb cleaner
by JDNightFox
Thu Dec 20, 2018 5:40 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Intake gas filter
Replies: 11
Views: 2378

Re: Intake gas filter

Okay so in that one there is no air restriction when you blow air through it?
by JDNightFox
Thu Dec 20, 2018 4:47 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Intake gas filter
Replies: 11
Views: 2378

Re: Intake gas filter

I also found that it is leaking around the seal. I need to know if it is designed to restrict vacuum or if I can just drill a hole through the middle to open it up
by JDNightFox
Thu Dec 20, 2018 4:25 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Intake gas filter
Replies: 11
Views: 2378

Re: Intake gas filter

My car is Cali compliant, so one side of it controls the distributor advance, and the other side controls the choke-open feature I have just finished removing it and testing with a vacuum pump and it has very poor suction ability. This may be the cause of both my timing issue and the poor gas mileag...
by JDNightFox
Thu Dec 20, 2018 12:36 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Intake gas filter
Replies: 11
Views: 2378

Intake gas filter

I'm tracing my distributor advance vacuum issues and this seems to be where the vacuum should be coming from. What is this and where can I buy a new one? It's labeled as the "gas filter" on the diagrams and it's just a two port vacuum opening on cylinder #1 I have yet to find anywhere in t...
by JDNightFox
Thu Dec 20, 2018 12:33 pm
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Stranded on the side of the road, no fuel delivery.
Replies: 5
Views: 1673

Re: Stranded on the side of the road, no fuel delivery.

I thought my pump was bad because the car wouldn't run without pouring gas in the carb if it sits for several weeks. I installed an electric fuel pump outside the gas tank and ran on that for a day and felt the mechanical pump kick back on again so I unplugged the electric fuel pump and now it's run...
by JDNightFox
Sun Oct 21, 2018 1:18 pm
Forum: Tercel Gallery and Projects
Topic: 4AGE Head swap - making the impossible into the possible
Replies: 9
Views: 4137

Re: 4AGE Head swap - making the impossible into the possible

Factory ECU 4AGE will be much easier than a 4AFE since the distributor is on the side of the head instead of the back. Fuel system isn’t bad, but you’ll want to run a surge tank in the engine bay since the Tercel fuel tank isn’t baffled, which can lead to fuel starvation on an EFI pump. What does t...
by JDNightFox
Sun Oct 21, 2018 8:56 am
Forum: Tercel 4WD Repair Questions
Topic: Distributor vacuum lines
Replies: 9
Views: 3076

Re: Distributor vacuum lines

I capped off the AAP so that won't be an issue anymore The distributor vacuum lines have a tiny bit of vacuum on them, but certainly not the amount that the service manual says would advance the timing from 5-13 when the line is attached (the timing doesn't look like it changes at all when the line ...