Wanted - 87/88 T4WD , Southern /Western Car?

[MyKarina]

new member here , U.S. , have owned a variety of Toyotas thru the years , am now due to my states tag restrictions looking for a newer model T4WD , up to around a 90 ? they are fairly strict here regarding emissions and rust , I may be looking for a while , and would appreciate any help provided . Regards

[dlb]

hey bud. 4WD tercels were only made from '83-'88, i'm afraid. on top of that, they were all carbed and take some upkeep to keep up to snuff for emissions.

where are you located? i'll take a guess and say california.

[MyKarina]

Im retired , have worked on 2tc , 3kc , 22r , 22re , Karina , Corolla , sr5 pickup , Camry as well as a variety of others , rochester quadrajets , m21 muncies , GM 12 bolts , not very many areas of a car that I have not had to do something to . admittedly I have not been inside an auto trans. during the late 70's early 80's my daily driver was doing 10.20 in the 1/4 mile , Now I have reached retirement and become conservative . Im in Delaware , so most anything south or west of here deals with signifigantly less road salt than we do , I have trucked cars here from Az. as well as Ca. My search thru here is to not deal with your typical car dealer , or someone at an auction site , due to the more intimate knowledge of these cars , the transparency , knowledge , or honesty among members I feel would be better than at some sites. Regards Leo

[EliRush]

That is true, if someone here sells a T4WD, you could just pull up their posts and see what got fixed.

Auction sites are a hit and miss, but I have had great luck with Craigslist. People usually post the major problems, and are generally honest. A lot of old timers won't take emails and require calls...which usually means you won't get many pictures and will have to drive out there...but CL is a favorite of mine. You could post what you find here and get everyone's opinions on it, too.

A good trick is to make sure the physical inspection will pass, then put 1 oz of Acetone for every 10 gallons of gas in the tank. So like an ounce and a half of Acetone in a T4WD. I have heard it improves mileage and whatnot, but what it does very well is lower emissions. With times like that on the quarter, you probably know about it already.

[ARCHINSTL]

Hey, Leo - Welcome to the Club! Always good to have another OF!
Since you are in the East, check out the SR5 currently on eBay with 32K miles in NY - look in our Cars For Sale Forum.
It's über-clean!
Tom M.

[EliRush]

I just found this one, in CA, but it is "smogged" and from the SW...1988 model, the last year for the Tercel 4WD.
http://humboldt.craigslist.org/cto/2831873047.html