Recent content by jhanger

Kind of what I was thinking . Thanks

It starts easily with a screwdriver. Also starts with the key assembly as long as I push in the black piece while turning the key

So remove the nearly 40 yr old plastic white piece from the black piece without breaking it. Will try. Thanks.

Are talking about this part of the cylinder ?

I’m having a similar issue except my key will turn, accessories come on, but no crank at all unless I have my thumb pressing on the backside. Then it starts right up, every time.

My ignition cylinder works but the housing it sits in is jacked. It won’t start unless I hold pressure on the backside. It’s like the housing just doesn’t keep it tight enough. Ever come across that before?

Resurrection of Dorothy. The Good: Fuel pump replaced! Old fuel gone and fresh oil/filter change underway. The Bad: 1) oil gauge not working. Sending unit for the gauge needs replaced (sending unit for warming light works) 2) The ignition cylinder works great (installed new a few years ago), but...

verified the pump is bad. Cutting the pipes and dropping the tank to swap in a new one. A few years ago the catalytic converter went out. I had them cut off and went with straight pipes. Throaty as hell-sounded like a V8! Then a few months later I had to get inspected. Failed. Went and had the...

The mechanic is master Toyota tech having been working on them since early 90’s…but admits he’s not a good welder at all.

I have an 88 that has not had the recall for the fuel tank. My fuel pump needs replacing. My Toyota mechanic says he will need to cut the exhaust pipes(not factory) off just to drop the fuel tank. Then take my pipes back to the exhaust shop to be welded back on…Or I’ve read on here somewhere...

If you have added lift and/or bigger tires, then you need to make sure you are running the proper gears for your setup.

Update: everything has been running fine since re-gearing to 4.88s until yesterday. No excessive overdrive/AT Temp issues until I decided to haul an empty 14’ trailer about 60 miles down the highway. It did not like it at all. A dozen times in overdrive but tranny never got hot driving 55-65...

Yes. The tranny is in 4th gear. I also have a roof basket with spare tire up top that acts like a sail. The motor was recently rebuilt. The tranny rebuilt 18 months ago with Nomad Extreme valve body and heavy duty torque converter. Around that time, I also changed gears from stock to 4.88s and...

I looked at those calculators online but did not have all the info to use them. My goal from this post is to find out what rpms other drivers with similarly set up rigs are seeing when cruising at 75mph. I want to know if cruising my 3FE at 75 mph pushing almost 3000 rpms is considered normal or...