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Well, after almost a month of searching, replacing parts, and gracious help from so many (Thanks!!), the problem has been solved. But to make it interesting, I'm gonna run a bit of a contest on what the problem turned out to be :D I've placed ten possible causes of the problem below, with one of the...

I have the same issue with a Spectra fuel tank we put in last fall. Hard to fill at many pumps, and twice I've had passive overflow on a hot day just with the car sitting there, not running, and not completely topped up. (Filled up then drove 60km on the highway.) The tank was also NOT an exact fit ...

Larry - forgot to mention - my mechanic went back in and adjusted all the valves as the 2nd part of the job, so they should be ok.

Made the drive safely! Running rougher since I manually changed the timing (before leaving) but no big 'pops'. A new friend though - an intermittent squeal reminiscent of a water pump problem decades ago with another car. Grabbed a new water pump online in case. (I read your posts about them Petros....

You're right. Too bad. I just tried to go back to the link in my cache to see if I could buy the rest at that price for folks in the forum, but it wouldn't let me. (Think there were 5 when I bought. Was so excited I rammed through the buy to make sure I wasn't imagining it ;-)) $18 still a great pri...

Just came across this online after searching everywhere in Canada for a new water pump (not refurbished - *read your posts about this Petros! ;-)) NAPA didn't have one and most others were easily over $60 delivered. And then ... Gates #41145 - $6.52 + shipping for a total of about $14 . Jeez, worth ...

Thanks guys. Adjusted the dis, although it didn't seem to respond much even when I moved it all the way to the other side. (Didn't leave it there. Moved it maybe 1/4 inch from where it was before.) Suspect it might be a little fast now, but here's what it sounds like: http://youtu.be/vY_OB20nP5A Hea...

That'd be great! I'll also look for a used dis in Comox - know a guy there with some parts. Do I need a kit to re the dis??

Here's how the rotor moves now after all my spraying and stuff: http://youtu.be/tjzVNTn6dVc Normal now? Still tight?

(Heading to Comox tonight. Will let you know if we're heading down island in the next couple weeks!)

Found some at Lordco. Different external diameter but same internal. Haven't replace any yet. Replaced the fuel filter and seems to be less bucking, but still noticeable. Will get the timing redone and see if that fixes it. But a new phenomenon has appeared - running along smoothly then get a sudden...

No problem this time. Must be getting smarter

Gonna replace the fuel filter as part of another job http://tercel4wd.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11291 (starting a new thread so the subject will be searchable for others) Did this before and it was pretty messy so figure I need to depressurize the system first. (Searched the FSM and damned ...

Worked the rotor some more after an overnight soak, and it might be a bit more free. Also sprayed along all the vacuum hoses and thought I'd found something but think it was just getting sucked back into that one hose from the carb to the air cleaner that I'd had to detach to get the air cleaner off...

Will start looking. I know the carb could use replacing too. But still, I didn't have this particular problem before the head gasket, valve seal job, so gonna find the fix! Going back over the vacuum hoses today. And will re-spray the rotor and work it a bit.

Thanks again, guys. REALLY appreciate all your help and encouragement! Will soak it some more and also check the throttle tomorrow.