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mtheis

Post subject: mtheis's 1995 Toyota Tercel

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:43 pm

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The car: 1995 Toyota Tercel
Date of birth: January 1995

The first picture of her

Down at Lake Travis

My Tercel and Cavalier, side by side

I change my oil filter from the top, bitches!

Changing the timing belt

Gotta get my SS fix while working on the car!

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94Corolla5Speed

Post subject: Re: mtheis's 1995 Toyota Tercel

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:48 pm

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Awesome seats, those look really supportive? They definitely don't look like stock Tercel seats.

Props on a clean Tercel

+1

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mtheis

Post subject: Re: mtheis's 1995 Toyota Tercel

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:50 pm

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The seats are from a 1993 Toyota Paseo.

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Leedeth

Post subject: Re: mtheis's 1995 Toyota Tercel

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:54 pm

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Ahh, the joy of finals!

2 door tercel > 4 door tercel

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padauk_dust

Post subject: Re: mtheis's 1995 Toyota Tercel

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:38 am

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Nice, man! Clean car. How many miles are on it?

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Bawked

Post subject: Re: mtheis's 1995 Toyota Tercel

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:46 am

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i hate how easy ur timing belt is to replace :evil:

i have to drop my alternator just to get the upper cover off

clean terc man

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theholycow

Post subject: Re: mtheis's 1995 Toyota Tercel

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:42 am

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Bawked wrote:

i hate how easy ur timing belt is to replace :evil:

i have to drop my alternator just to get the upper cover off

You think that's bad? How about having to remove engine mounts to replace the serpentine belt...now THAT is nasty! (1997 Pontiac Grand Am 3.1L V6)

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comingbackdown

Post subject: Re: mtheis's 1995 Toyota Tercel

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:06 pm

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theholycow wrote:

Bawked wrote:

i hate how easy ur timing belt is to replace :evil:

i have to drop my alternator just to get the upper cover off

You think that's bad? How about having to remove engine mounts to replace the serpentine belt...now THAT is nasty! (1997 Pontiac Grand Am 3.1L V6)

You know what? f**k that right there. If somebody paid me, sure... But there's no way in hell I'd just do that shit...

Matt:
Four on the floor = win.

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mtheis

Post subject: Re: mtheis's 1995 Toyota Tercel

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:29 am

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padauk_dust wrote:

How many miles are on it?

156k

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padauk_dust

Post subject: Re: mtheis's 1995 Toyota Tercel

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:28 am

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Still a baby then!

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mtheis

Post subject: Re: mtheis's 1995 Toyota Tercel

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:45 am

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It's been having minor issues since I hit 150k. Most recently I've gotten some slight engine pinging. In the past week I've replaced the spark plugs, wires, oxygen sensor (needed to be replaced anyway), and cleaned the EGR valve. Nothing I tried seemed to fix it. I might try cleaning the MAF sensor and replacing the fuel filter and thermostat whenever I have enough money.

I'll be checking for vacuum leaks and testing the fuel pump and injectors too.

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Bawked

Post subject: Re: mtheis's 1995 Toyota Tercel

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:21 am

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theholycow wrote:

Bawked wrote:

i hate how easy ur timing belt is to replace :evil:

i have to drop my alternator just to get the upper cover off

You think that's bad? How about having to remove engine mounts to replace the serpentine belt...now THAT is nasty! (1997 Pontiac Grand Am 3.1L V6)

ouch

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carsncars

Post subject: Re: mtheis's 1995 Toyota Tercel

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:48 am

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Nice. I have a soft spot for Tercels... my aunt has a red 2-door 1990 Tercel that she brought home on my first birthday (back when she used to live with us). :lol:

She tells me I christened that car with my drool. Base model with a 2-speaker radio. Only one side mirror. No hubcaps. Anyways it's got about 250k kilometers on it (including multiple Vancouver-California trips) and still alive and kicking. She's kept the car through two Camrys and one Escape. And it averages 7L/100km.

...and I learned standard on it. :oops:

Yup, soft spot for sure...

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AHTOXA

Post subject: Re: mtheis's 1995 Toyota Tercel

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 7:10 pm

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Nice car, Matt!

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padauk_dust

Post subject: Re: mtheis's 1995 Toyota Tercel

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:23 pm

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mtheis wrote:

My Legend was triggering the knock sensors a a little bit at a certain RPM before I sold it. I ran some seafoam thru the crankcase for about 50 miles before the next oil change and it seems to help with ticking/overall noise, and I don't know if it was related but the knock sensors pretty much stopped.

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