Introducing Rodney

reeder123 · Post by **reeder123** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:24 pm

Took Rodney out for some off-road testing yesterday and was very impressed, went through plenty of mud and climbed a nice steep hill and he had no problems or hesitation at all!

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takza · Post by **takza** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 2:18 am

I took a few hills in Wyoming that looked like where your car is sitting in and crapped out the trans in the car....a bearing went out. Good idea to watch the bigger rocks and keep them from centering under the alum trans. Otherwise Rodney's lookin' good. Be sure and change out Rodney's gear oil...he will thank you.

reeder123 · Post by **reeder123** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 11:42 am

Thanks for the tip! I don't plan on taking him on these kinds of roads very often, but I had to satisfy my curiosity and see what he could do.

deejay1272 · Post by **deejay1272** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:46 pm

Can you share any more about Rodney? How many miles, how long have you had it, new paint?, etc.

Thanks - and welcome to the Forum...

reeder123 · Post by **reeder123** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 11:21 pm

I'm sorry, I'm new to forums so all the info on Rodney is scattered onto 2 or 3 different posts. He's at 225k original miles, I'm the 2nd owner, Paint is original there's a little rust starting to creep in a little on the fenders and a little on the back hatch door. I've had him for about 6 months, but finally had the carb rebuilt and started driving it about 4 days ago. So far so good, I had a little trouble with the idle speed at first, but that's been adjusted and fixed and he's been a champ. The interior isn't bad, I'll give it a good cleaning when I get some free-time. The heater stopped blowing warm air and I need to look into that (I'm sure I can find some help on the repair forums) Feel free to ask more questions if there's something I missed. I'm excited to be a part of this small but faithful group of t4wd lovers.

Post by **Petros** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:33 pm

Nice looking Tercel4wd. Welcome to the forum.

turdsmell#2 · Post by **turdsmell#2** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 9:16 am

Dang buddy, Rodney looks nice!!! did you get the heater figured out?

reeder123 · Post by **reeder123** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:12 am

Not yet, I have a pretty intense work schedule, I work 7 10 hour shifts in a row, and then have the next 7 days off, and i've been "on" this week, I can rarely get anything extra done, but I'll be getting to it next week. Needless to say it's been chilly driving Rodney around.

turdsmell#2 · Post by **turdsmell#2** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 1:44 pm

Better get on it, it is suppossed to start stormin again soon, let me know if you need parts. Good Luck!

Carefree Carl · Post by **Carefree Carl** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:36 pm

Looks great! I think we're going to need to get an SLC meet going soon. Glad to see Turd and I aren't the only ones!

turdsmell#2 · Post by **turdsmell#2** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:04 pm

YEAH!!! woot, woot. Nice to see the Salt Lake brotherhood comin through strong! I am all about a Salt Lake chapter meeting up for a cruise. we need to get some cool SLC tercel stickers made up a cool patch to sew on our jackts

I know there are more Utahns out there, lets here from ya!!! ooo, ooo, ooo, or maybe some team turdsmell T-shirts!

takza · Post by **takza** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:44 pm

You two need to drive out to the salt flats and see who's faster?

turdsmell#2 · Post by **turdsmell#2** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:59 pm

judging by Carls hood I know who is faster

reeder123 · Post by **reeder123** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:41 am

Hey go salt lake tercel drivers! I'm all about meeting up, you guys can give me a run down on how to keep Rodney happy.

Carefree Carl · Post by **Carefree Carl** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:18 pm

turdsmell#2 wrote:judging by Carls hood I know who is faster

I get at least 2 more hp with the flames on. Sadly, they're coming off.

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