just found the forum thought I'd say hi!

864wd · Post by **864wd** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 9:48 pm

My wife and I own a beloved '86 tercel 4WD wagon named "the turtle" because it's green and about as fast as one. We bought it for $2800 five years ago and it's body condition is still rust free and solid. it's trusty and cheap to run even if we have to run 92 octane in it to keep it from pinging.
I installed a set of those lovely plaid SR5 seats from a friend's wagon after it died(he drives another 4WD wagon) last summer so we're riding in style now!
Anyway, greetings all!

russkiypenguin1 · Post by **russkiypenguin1** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 12:04 am

nice to meetcha.

I might be wrong, but I think I'm driving the most broken down wagon on this site. 17MPG and I have to drive with the clutch half in and revved to 3k at stoplights. But I still love this little bugger.

GTSSportCoupe · Post by **GTSSportCoupe** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 7:10 am

864wd wrote: My wife and I own a beloved '86 tercel 4WD wagon named "the turtle" because it's green and about as fast as one. We bought it for $2800 five years ago and it's body condition is still rust free and solid. it's trusty and cheap to run even if we have to run 92 octane in it to keep it from pinging.
I installed a set of those lovely plaid SR5 seats from a friend's wagon after it died(he drives another 4WD wagon) last summer so we're riding in style now!
Anyway, greetings all!

Welcome to the site! Good to have you here.

Logbear · Post by **Logbear** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 1:36 pm

Welcome. I have an "86" 4WD wagon as well and love it. I have 247,000 miles (395,000 km) on it now. Have you tried the "Seafoam" treatment to quiet down the pinging. I just did mine last night and it seems to work wonders. I had some uneven compression before Seafoam and after Seafoam all cylinders are at 180 PSI. From what I read in the repair forum, the Seafoam (a pint bottle of stuff from Schucks) breaks up the carbon build-up in the engine. I does make a smoky cloud when you do it so beware. There are a lot of knowledgable people in the forum. I'll bet you can get some hints on quieting the pinging and turning the turtle into a rabbit. I commute 90 miles round trip to Seattle daily and easily keep up with 65-70 MPH traffic, and get 27-30 MPG.

Gotta love these cars!!

864wd · Post by **864wd** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 1:54 pm

Thanks for the replies, I don't think Seafoam is available here in BC, but we have run similar combustion cleaners through and it did help a lot. At one point we were having to use 94 octane, it was pinging so bad. A mechanic used a lighted scope to look down into the bores and it was very evident that there was significant coking going on, so he ran a bottle of cleaner through. Unfortunately it killed the cat convertor in short order so that needed to be replaced(we need to run one here in Vancouver in order to pass the emissions test).
The turtle does run much better after a long highway journey.
Presently the car has 210,000 kms on it, other than a noisy lifter, which has been that way since we've owned it, it's a healthy beast! But it sure gets a workout on the steep mountain inclines here in BC.

cheers

Ron

GTSSportCoupe · Post by **GTSSportCoupe** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 3:31 pm

We should setup a Lower mainland/Vancouver Island meet one of these days! I think there are about four of us from the area attending this forum now. This board is growing fast. It would be good to meet some other Tercel 4wd enthusiasts. I used to go over to the mainland all the time with my Corolla GTS for Toyota sports car meets.

Lateer · Post by **Lateer** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 4:40 pm

Yay! Someone else who calls their Tercel a turtle!

I'm so happy

Baldy · Post by **Baldy** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 5:44 pm

Lateer wrote:Yay! Someone else who calls their Tercel a turtle!
I'm so happy

I thought it was the norm???

864wd · Post by **864wd** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 9:28 pm

You can never have to many turtles! :rolleyes:
Hey, can anyone tell me how I can upload a small jpg to use as an avatar? I try from "my control" but keep getting an error. The pic I'm using is only 14kb or so...

takza · Post by **takza** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 5:52 am

For whatever reason that feature hasn't been working for awhile.......got one, but can't change it.

icE · Post by **icE** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 9:18 am

kk try to update ur ava n stuff now, one of the forum files was locked from the public

and welcome to the forums

B)

GTSSportCoupe · Post by **GTSSportCoupe** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 11:29 am

Still can't load mine... :huh:

864wd · Post by **864wd** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:07 pm

Still not working for me either...

icE · Post by **icE** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 2:41 pm

yucky, i'll look into it today

icE · Post by **icE** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 2:48 pm

alrighty guys try it now, the upload folder was protected by default so i changed it up, or as emeril would say, we kicked it up a notch