Toyota Tercel

Is this a trick question? My answer is "there is no problem". It Depends on the code that will detrmined what the problem was. or what ever you fix it with was the problem

The brake relay switch is bad.

Yes, Japanese cars, along with most foreign cars, are metric.

head bolt sequence Toyota tercel

your thermostat should be located on the drivers side of the engine underneath the distributor behind the inlet for the bottom hose. remove the two nuts and pull the inlet off.

29 City / 35 Highway

try disconnecting battery for at least five minutes.

It's inside the distributor cap. Remove distributor cap, remove two 8mm nuts and four small Phillips head bolts. Slide coil up out of distributor.

I can't say I know the Tercel specifically (ask the dealer), but most (like probably 90%) of all manual transmission cars do not have a transmission dipstick. Direct gear connection limits fluid loss from excess heat and friction, so dipsticks are generally unneeded.

It was sadly discontinued in 1999 and replaced by the stupid Toyota Echo.

5 W 30 try to use sythentic blend which will help protect your motor during cold start ups.

Could be a problem with a tire(s) such as balance or tire belt separation. Also have the front end, steering and suspension checked for loose/worn parts.

two and one for the tranny. three total

there is no dipstick! it is a sealed unit and has to be put on a lift to have it checked!

No prob: Loosen the adjusterbolt, give the alternator a whack with a SOFT hammer towards the engine, remove the old belt mount the new one! I usally use the handle of the hammer as "lever" behind the alt. when tightening the new belt! Note: you should be able to move it 1cm. up and dowm!!! Starlet4life.dk

Remove screw @ bottom of horn pad. (After disconnecting Neg. battery cable of course.)

Disconnect horn wire from pad.

Remove center nut.

Use wheel puller and REMOVE.

First you loosen the axel nut before anything else while the wheel is still touching the ground or you will have a very hard time later on. Then jack up your car and take your wheel off. Unscrew the brake caliper and the caliper clip, secure it so not to rip or cut the hydraulic line with brake fluid. Now you can take off the disk sometimes it get rusted on so you can use a rubber hammer to bust it off. Now on the left hand side of your hub assembly your steering arm comes in, you can unscrew it and the trick to taking it off is to hit the side of the hub right where steering joint comes in with a metal hammer very hard that will loosen it up for you and then just take it off. There will be two nuts and one bolt on the lower ball joint for 12 or 13mm unscrew them it should be pretty easy, it makes no sense of taking off the ball joint unless you want to change it too. we are almost done here. Now where the shock absorber sits is called a strut "for the noobs" and the hub assembly sits on the strut connected 2 19mm bolts and 2 19mm nuts on the other side unscrew them and take off your hub. Now you can go to Napa and by the bearings if you haven't already and they will press them in for you for like 10 bucks. The bearings them selves cost around 15 dollars but if they are in horrible condition I would replace both of the races along with the bearings it comes in one piece around 55 dollars but it is very well worth it for another 100,000 miles. Best of luck to you and anybody who was looking to change there bearings as well. Hopefully you have another car to get around on while your Tercel is on the jacks.

If you are still trying to find out how to remove inside door panel for '96 Toyota The steps are as follows:

1. Remove window crank (it has a kind of 'bent wire' c-clamp, which holds it onto the window crank shaft).

2. Pry upwards the top plastic cover to the arm rest (this is a plastic coated foam rubber piece, on which you rest your arm).

3. Remover the two now visible screws which fasten the arm rest onto the door.

4. Remove the one screw fastening the inside door handle.

5. With a blunt tool, gently hit the inside door handle in a forward direction (towards the door hinge). This will release the door handle from the door.

6. Pry between the door panel and the door, to unsnap the snaps holding the door panel in place.

7. Finally, lift door panel out and up to remove it from door.

The rear engine mount is on the back of the engine. It's a bit tricky to reinstall if you've had it out. It's held by three 14mm bolts onto the car itself and two on the engine. There is a rubber circular vibration damper held in place by a long 12mm (or maybe 14mm) bolt with a nut.

The only tools you need is 2x 14mm and a 12mm and a bar of some sort to tension the new belt after install, first the 2x 14mm for losen (not remove) the bolt under the alternator, that is the bolt going true the anternator braket, use one to hold the bold and one to losen the nut, than lose the top one with the 12mm. slak the belt and remove, put the new in and tension it with a bar betwen the alt. and the engine and tighten the 12mm bold while holding tension, tight hard . then tighten the 14mm bolt/nut and U R done

600 foot pounds

If it's the first time you've done it...I'd say 6 - 8 hours. This of course is the car sitting in the driveway on a jack. and you laying under the car.

the last time i checked it was what connected the pistons together and made it run

Trying turning the key from the off to on position 5 times that got the car started on my girlfriends 99 Tercel. Trying turning the key from the off to on position 5 times that got the car started on my girlfriends 99 Tercel.

Yes you can, just make sure that you tape the button down...and don't forget or forget to tell others about it...because it can be dangerous...as a PEP Boys tech. found out a couple weeks ago, working on my 91 Tercel