From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 9 Oct 2009 22:24 On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:24:36 -0600, Vic Smith wrote: > But it's his car, so he knows how it should feel. Actually, it's only been mine for about 2 years, and winter only. What I DO remember is, when I park that car and then take my '89 Mazda for a spin, I almost put myself through the windshield when I hit the brakes the first time!
From: johninky on 10 Oct 2009 07:10 On Oct 9, 5:46 pm, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: > 1989 Suby GL Coupe, AWD. > > > > One thing; the car has been siting since April, and the rotors were rusty. > After just a few miles the driver's side rotor came clean, but the > passenger's side just has a 1" stripe in the middle of the rotor. I'm > going to have a look at that caliper and see if it's stuck open, scuff the > rotor with a wire brush and install the pads and see what happens. > That makes sense. Car has 2 brake diagonal circuits. RF and LR is one circuit and the LF and RR is the other. You have air in the circuit you didn't bleed. Your brakes will always suck until both circuits are bled. No getting around this.
From: Tegger on 10 Oct 2009 09:33 =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in news:pan.2009.10.10.02.21.59.284057(a)e86.GTS: > On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:03:01 +0000, Tegger wrote: > >>> And parts are becoming scarcer than parts for my Supra! >>> >>> >> >> That's one big problem with owning older cars that aren't considered >> "collector" cars. I'm even running into parts unavailability for certain >> trim components with our '99 Tercel. > > Thanks for the tips on the piston. > > Running out of parts for a '99?!?! (did they *MAKE* a '99? I thought it > ended in '98 and the Echo took over. ) > > The later Tercels sold so poorly in the US that Toyota stopped imports after the '98 MY. The rest of the world (including Canada) did get the '99 Tercel. 2000 was the first year for the Echo. Oddly, even though the '99 Tercel was never sold in the US, the Canadian- market '99 Tercel has a California-certified engine. Figure that one out. -- Tegger
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 10 Oct 2009 19:49 On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:10:48 -0700, johninky wrote: > On Oct 9, 5:46 pm, Hachiroku ハチロク <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >> 1989 Suby GL Coupe, AWD. >> >> > >> > >> One thing; the car has been siting since April, and the rotors were >> rusty. After just a few miles the driver's side rotor came clean, but >> the passenger's side just has a 1" stripe in the middle of the rotor. >> I'm going to have a look at that caliper and see if it's stuck open, >> scuff the rotor with a wire brush and install the pads and see what >> happens. >> >> > That makes sense. Car has 2 brake diagonal circuits. RF and LR is one > circuit and the LF and RR is the other. You have air in the circuit you > didn't bleed. Your brakes will always suck until both circuits are bled. > No getting around this. Gee, thanks a LOT, John! I'm going to try, very gingerly, to loosen the stuck bleeder tomorrow. Also, the pass side caliper was stuck in the open position, and after an hour with emory cloth, Dremel, Syl-Glide and a Mighty-Vac seems to be working OK. The puck wasn't stuck, the sliders were. Interesting thing: I beld the brakes the other day, and juice was flowing out, but when I did the pass side caliper the pressure was building and building and all of a sudden there was kind of a SLURP! and the juice started filling the cup. I looked and didn't see anything, but considering I just about completely refilled the cup 3 times the other day, it sure was dirty.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 10 Oct 2009 19:50
On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:33:27 +0000, Tegger wrote: > =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote > in news:pan.2009.10.10.02.21.59.284057(a)e86.GTS: > >> On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:03:01 +0000, Tegger wrote: >> >>>> And parts are becoming scarcer than parts for my Supra! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> That's one big problem with owning older cars that aren't considered >>> "collector" cars. I'm even running into parts unavailability for >>> certain trim components with our '99 Tercel. >> >> Thanks for the tips on the piston. >> >> Running out of parts for a '99?!?! (did they *MAKE* a '99? I thought it >> ended in '98 and the Echo took over. ) >> >> >> > > The later Tercels sold so poorly in the US that Toyota stopped imports > after the '98 MY. The rest of the world (including Canada) did get the '99 > Tercel. > > 2000 was the first year for the Echo. > > Oddly, even though the '99 Tercel was never sold in the US, the Canadian- > market '99 Tercel has a California-certified engine. Figure that one out. EVERYONE has CA certified engines now... |