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  1. ToyotaDon

    What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

    Measuring voltage between the cable terminal and post is incorrect because this will result in showing you full battery voltage. Instead, an ammeter needs to be inserted to measure current flowing. You must be careful that nothing is turned on, including dome lights, etc. because this could...
  2. ToyotaDon

    What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

    Where are the gullwings going to end up?
  3. ToyotaDon

    What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

    Power steering noise either comes from air (or other contaminants) in the fluid, or a failing pump.
  4. ToyotaDon

    What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

    It sounds like your belts could be too tight. Yes, there is such a problem and it will shorten the life of your new alternator bearings. If this started after doing some of the work, you'll also want to check everything you already touched, as evidenced by the distributor being mistimed. A...
  5. ToyotaDon

    What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

    The circled hoses connect to opposite ends of a metal tube which is installed inside the upper intake manifold. There is no connection to intake manifold vacuum at this point, but one problem which can occur is that the metal tube gets blocked. A cheap vacuum pump w/gauge is an indispensable...
  6. ToyotaDon

    What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

    The OBD reader is wrong. A P0401 code (be sure to include all 5 digits) is for the Exhaust Gas Recirculation Insufficient Flow Detected. The FSM procedure will send you down the path of replacing things like the EGR Temperature Sensor, but it is best to focus on the items which provide vacuum to...
  7. ToyotaDon

    What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

    It takes a bit of force, but you can twist and fold the belt, then slide the buckle over the fold. It helps to have the bottom end anchored so you have something solid to pull against. I hope that makes sense.
  8. ToyotaDon

    What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

    I hope you got some fresh paint on that shock mount.
  9. ToyotaDon

    What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

    The smell would be the refrigerant oil, which is very strong. It is also oil, so that is what makes it hard to get rid of. Could some have sprayed onto other surfaces, possibly even the carpet?
  10. ToyotaDon

    What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

    Yeah, that is the description for the 1UZ-FE. Only one letter different...
  11. ToyotaDon

    What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

    I missed the moment. 😔
  12. ToyotaDon

    What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

    We drove through a small CA town Saturday night and saw $2.99/gal. for 87 Octane at a Sinclair station. They still had a small line of cars at 10:30 PM.
  13. ToyotaDon

    What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

    The very best way to measure cable efficiency is not to measure resistance directly with an Ohmmeter as this does not indicate how well the cable can handle the current needed. Different cable thicknesses in different locations is not necessarily a bad thing, as each circuit has different needs...
  14. ToyotaDon

    What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

    A leaking injector would allow fuel into the port/cylinder even when it is not supposed to, causing a rich cylinder. A vacuum leak would cause lean cylinder(s) so not likely to cause those numbers. If the printout has any of the other numbers like O2, CO2, or NOX, they can be entered into a...
  15. ToyotaDon

    What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

    Yes, that is what I was referring to. You are not going to fix that issue with catalytic converters, at least not permanently. What those number show is an extremely rich condition, or possible even a "dead" cylinder (think compression). I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you need to start...
  16. ToyotaDon

    What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

    Can you post up what the emissions were from the printout? Some of us can help point you in the right direction...
  17. ToyotaDon

    What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

    CA is getting ready to implement safety inspections, most likely in addition to the smog check program.
  18. ToyotaDon

    What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

    Since the switch is part of the latch, you are likely not fully latching. There are two "steps" to the latch and it's just engaging the first one. This happens when the latch or striker is adjusted too tightly, which is opposite of what you might think.
  19. ToyotaDon

    What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

    Front hole up and rear hole down gives increased caster (more positive) so they went the right direction. That lower one looks like it twisted a bit on the way in, so you won't have quite so much correction. Pressing it back out may destroy it, so you can decide how picky you want to be.
  20. ToyotaDon

    What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend?

    To properly check the ground, you will want to put your red voltmeter lead on Pin 7 and your black lead on the negative battery terminal with everything turned on. This will measure voltage drop on the ground circuit, which should be less than 0.5V (500mV). Any more than that indicates excessive...
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