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Here is the FIXED TVSV:
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I had bumped this thing before and hoped I hadn't broken or weakened it.
The plastic involved is not a plastic that will weld using plastic solvents...it's more like Bakelite.
I used JBWeld to glue it...after roughing up the surfaces with a wire brush.
Should hold pretty well and is fixed....IF I didn't glue the "piston" to the base.
Now has a little more support for protection from its runins with occasional BUMPS & STUPID MECHANICS. <_<
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>NOT!</span>
<span style='color:blue'> JBWeld didn't hold...gave it 24 hrs to set up. The spring in it is very strong...when the engine heated up and the "valve" was pushed up, it came apart. Have it wired together now...might hold...might not.
Heard someone say once that JBWeld wasn't that good...didn't seem to cure too well. Have used a putty type epoxy on a leaking water pipe and it held for 2 years.
Much care is needed when working on or around the TVSV.
I vote the TVSV as the most PITA small part on the Tercel 4WD.</span>
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Went looking for a used one at the most likely place (after calling around some) and all the yard had was the later 12V engine. So I decided to have a go at a repair AGAIN...instead of chasing all over Hades for another one (or is this the Earth?...I get mixed up).
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Used some "garden wire" that is made for twisting and so forth, AND some radiator repair epoxy...this stuff hardened in 5 minutes. Seems like it is finally FIXED. Wired the top on like the cork in a wine bottle.
The plastic Toyota uses has some kind of fiber in it...so it is probably pretty strong. The JBWeld had finally hardened when it was chipped off.