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No idea about the Chinese glass, but replacement US made glass is dimensionally the same.

Is / was the OEM windscreen glass thicker than the typical Chinese safelite replacement glass?

FWIW, the original adhesive isn't made by the original supplier to Toyota dealers. However, Dupont Betaseal U-418 is an acceptable replacement.

Look up "windshield" onhere and you'll find a number of threads about how improper installations leak and cause problems. My 96 had a replacement by the PO and when they did it, they scratched around the frame, causing rust. I now have a...

Safelite will not replace the windshield using the FSM procedure. Their procedures are for newer windshields that are glued directly to the body without a rubber gasket. They will use that procedure to glue your windshield in and it'll leak...

I'm guessing windshield is the most likely candidate, especially if it has ever been replaced. This is why we get so anal about proper installation of it.

It's either your sunroof overflowing or it's the windshield. Your drain tubes can be clear, and the sunroof pan will still overflow into the A-pillar. The sunroof seal is designed to slow the infiltration of water until the drains can evacuate...

I'm jealous. Good luck with the rebuild 🤘

Hi Mudders! Its been a slow process, but finally light at the end of the tunnel. Engine is almost rebuilt. I finally went to a full rebuild, full OEM parts and build. Block was OK, but decided to do it anyways, so that I have a reliable a new...

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This is almost the kiss of death.

Yes

Exactly, that's why I wrote up post #20 hoping the OP would start there. Swapping out starters is a waste of time unless some fundamental troubleshooting takes place first.!!!

Did you use a volt-meter to verify volts to the starter connector. New starter (while better) is moot if it's not getting enough through the curcuit.

It's a good idea to go through all the connections in the entire starter loop, cleaning them with Deoxit. Any burnt or pitted contacts should be replaced. You should also remove and clean the NSS. Not the NSS wiring connector, the NSS itself...

My concern is it has a WIX filter on it. Those are known to kill these engines. You're not looking at a blown head gasket, you're looking at spun rod bearings. Make sure your mechanic gets a flowing sample of oil in a CLEAN container so you...

Next time only take out one at a time.

Are front tires touching the ground? T-case in neutral, roll the tire ( built in lever), then use a pry bar, or podge bar to line up bolt hole

Ratchet strap axle to axle or axle to crossmember. Pull till close to alignment. I’ve placed a long bar in axle Bracket between housing and arm and used as leverage to rotate housing and raise back of arm. 6’ iron digging bar is ideal. Crowbar...

Before you do anything else put an inline fuel filter on the inlet side of the canister and leave that line unhooked and see if suction at tank stops. Takes less than 5 minutes.

Definitely something you want to address sooner rather than later or you could end up with a split fuel tank. Check the vacuum line to the canister actually has a vacuum at the appropriate revs (FSM has all the details to test.) You can also test...

Replacing several rubber suspension parts on my Jan-95 80 this week. Original, OEM, shocks, body mount bushings and all four rod ends. I want to do this in stages to try to quantify which are the best bang for the buck, in terms of single items...

Buy another 80 and park it in the barn.

How did the spark plugs look when you pulled them for the tests? If you have relevant levels of coolant going into a cylinder that plug will be steam cleaned. You could have a very minor leak without this effect but once there's enough coolant...

Lack of compression won't cause a misfire. unless there is virtually no compression (hole in piston) Lack of an explosion allows it to read a misfire (via the knock sensors and resistance to the spark plug leads) so a lack of fuel, lack of...