mtheis's 1995 Toyota Tercel
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mtheis's 1995 Toyota Tercel
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!
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!
Last edited by mtheis on Mon Sep 06, 2010 6:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: mtheis's 1995 Toyota Tercel
Awesome seats, those look really supportive? They definitely don't look like stock Tercel seats.
Props on a clean Tercel
+1
Props on a clean Tercel
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The seats are from a 1993 Toyota Paseo.
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Re: mtheis's 1995 Toyota Tercel
Ahh, the joy of finals!
2 door tercel > 4 door tercel
2 door tercel > 4 door tercel
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Re: mtheis's 1995 Toyota Tercel
Nice, man! Clean car. How many miles are on it?
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Re: mtheis's 1995 Toyota Tercel
i hate how easy ur timing belt is to replace i have to drop my alternator just to get the upper cover off
clean terc man
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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)Bawked wrote:i hate how easy ur timing belt is to replace i have to drop my alternator just to get the upper cover off
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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...theholycow wrote: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)Bawked wrote:i hate how easy ur timing belt is to replace i have to drop my alternator just to get the upper cover off
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Four on the floor = win.
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156kpadauk_dust wrote:How many miles are on it?
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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.
I'll be checking for vacuum leaks and testing the fuel pump and injectors too.
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ouchtheholycow wrote: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)Bawked wrote:i hate how easy ur timing belt is to replace i have to drop my alternator just to get the upper cover off
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Re: mtheis's 1995 Toyota Tercel
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). 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. Yup, soft spot for sure...
...and I learned standard on it. Yup, soft spot for sure...
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mtheis wrote: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.
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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