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Post by Brenticon on Aug 22, 2019 7:50:43 GMT -8
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Post by Volktales on Sept 8, 2019 19:39:43 GMT -8
Sooo, for a variety of reasons, not much got accomplished on this project this week. I did get a few things done however... I verified the rear Paseo seat would actually fit in the Tercel. And it does! The back seat was not very dirty, but did a deep clean anyway. Realized the Paseo seatbelts were a little different to accommodate the holes in the seats, so these were swapped over as well. This is why you never throw away anything until the project is completed. (And keep those parts forever, because you just never know when you might need it someday...) The driver's front seatbelt was also swapped over because the Tercel one was fraying. This was a surprisingly not fun job with much disassembly required to complete it. The front seats were a tad grubbier... It took lots of passes with the cleaner before I was happy with the results. That is some serious staining! The driver's seat had a tear in the material on the bolster next to a stitched seam. Darren was able to do an invisible repair to it, and now I just have to clean it up and it will look new. I will have to do something about the rusty seat tracks however...
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Post by tony on Sept 9, 2019 15:16:11 GMT -8
When 'you' say rusty seat tracks you probably mean 'one' iron oxide molecule! 🙄
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Post by Volktales on Sept 9, 2019 18:08:18 GMT -8
Oh just wait until the next pictures are ready...
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Post by Volktales on Sept 15, 2019 21:00:32 GMT -8
There you go, Tony. Your one molecule of rust. It just brought along a few friends... The seat tracks from the Paseo were very rusty where they bolted to the floor-pan. This is a common feature on Toyota products. I guess they used low quality steel in areas not subject to moisture. Nice. Dealing with this was not much fun. Initially I intended to swap just the lowest part of the track, with the Tercel parts. This was a no-go due to how the track was assembled. After assembly, the track was peened on one side, and riveted on the other to prevent the track from disengaging either forward or backward. Too much effort required to deal with it in this way. Sooo... Time to deal with the dreaded hog rings. The only other option was to remove the hog rings holding the upholstery together to access the bolts holding the entire seat frame to the backrest... Then carefully peeling that 28 year old material just far enough to get at the backrest bolts. Somewhat stressful, but transferring the Tercel seat frame to the Paseo backrest was a success. The hog rings co-operated and were re-squeezed back together using the original holes. The backrest install was successful, but the seat base presented another problem. Toyota in their wisdom, decided to move the mounting hole from the Tercel to the Paseo by a whopping 5mm. Why why why? I really could not see any reason at all for this, and it was only one of the holes that was slightly off. A bit of pencil-grinder work and a flat washer rectified the problem... It was then I realized, that the lower seat base was covered in an orange substance. Fortunately I chose to ignore it this time... Yah, right. I need to sleep at night. Because rust doesn't... After a few more weird issues, the seat was finally completed. Turns out the plastic side trims on the seat bases were very slightly different between the Paseo and Tercel. This affected the bolt hole spacing and the Paseo trim would not fit the Tercel seat track. Again the difference was so slight, that you really have to wonder why Toyota tooled up slightly different parts... This theme came back to haunt me later as well... Before installing the seat, I had to deal with a broken wire in the connector for the seat belt buckle. I could have spliced on a different connector from the other wiring harness, but that would be too easy, wouldn't it? Instead the contact was removed from the plug, and the broken wire soldered back on. Should work just fine... Then the seat was finally installed... Continued...
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Post by Volktales on Sept 15, 2019 21:26:30 GMT -8
So then it was on to dealing with the door panels. The originals were in fine shape, but a bit on the boring side. The Paseo part was much more elaborate, and is trimmed to match the seats. So let's install it... The orignal Paseo speakers were shot, and the Tercel ones were fragile and rotting. So first up was buying some new speakers, as the ones I got earlier from Rob were too big to fit the door mounts. The Paseo speaker is on the left, and the shape of the plastic mounting is a bit different then the Tercel one, to better fit the door panel speaker grill. Or so I thought... The mounting didn't seem to fit the Tercel door properly, until I realized these adapters were still attached to the Paseo's doors. Again a good thing, I have not scrapped the remains just yet... These were the speakers I ended up buying locally. Everyone said it is much cheaper to buy speakers on-line nowadays, and they are correct. But you can't test fit them first in the mountings like I did, before buying them at the store. In fact it was the third brand of speaker I tried, that best fit the mounting. Sometimes you just gotta pay the price for a good fit... Here it is installed in the mounting. I still had to do a bit of careful Dremel work, to allow the speaker to line up with the Toyota holes in the mounting. The factory Toyota plug-in was directly soldered to the speaker terminals, because I can. You won't find any non-original butt connectors on this car... Before the door panel could go on, I swapped out the lock cylinder in the door handle, which required removal of the handle assembly. The lock cylinder was replaced with the Paseo part, so I could use just one key to operate the car instead the Tercel's two keys. This was a strait-forward job once the very stuck cylinder was pried out of the Tercel's handle... Then all the different mounting brackets for the new panel were swapped over, and the Paseo's plastic vapour barrier was installed as it was quite different. Then time to complete the job! The much fancier Paseo door panel was set into position and it looked great. Then as the British like to say, "things went all pear-shaped".... The panel would not "pop" into place at the bottom, despite all the fasteners lining up perfectly. A careful check of the Paseo doors, revealed the bottom inner pressing was SLIGHTLY different compared to the Tercel doors. Not a huge difference, but one that cannot be overcome. So I wasted a lot of time on this today. For nothing! To make matters worse, my tidy speaker transfer had to be un-soldered, and installed into the original Tercel mounting, which kind of sucked. Was definitely bummed out about this, but what can you do??? I also was bummed to find out the new alloy rims I have been thinking about buying for awhile, how now been discontinued by the manufacturer, and are only available in the US.
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Post by CrazyBrit on Sept 17, 2019 10:55:20 GMT -8
That sounds very pear shaped
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Post by Volktales on Sept 22, 2019 21:07:03 GMT -8
Sooo, some more work completed this weekend.... The old speakers in the package tray were replaced with some good used Sony's from Rob. These fit the factory holes well, and were properly screwed into place. The semi-hacked wiring was also properly repaired to the speakers, using sections of wiring from the Paseo. The previous speakers were 25 plus years old, and were not factory Toyota parts. This part of the job went well. The sub-woofer and amp will be tested before deciding if they will be installed at a later date... This part could have been better. The package tray cover was made of cheapo hardboard, covered with a thin layer of fuzz. This has been quietly deteriorating over that last 29 years, and was very brittle. I had to enlarge the speaker holes significantly, and this was done with a Dremel after careful eyeball measurements... Later the fuzzy material was stretched slightly and glued over the raw edges. I was proud of my efforts, and the last step was to clean the fuzzy material. Which highlighted how thin and rotten it really was, as it seems some of it disappeared up into the vacuum cleaner... . I reinstalled in anyway, and it does not look too bad, but definitely will have to be replaced next time. Toyota still lists this poorly made part for a cool $1390.04. Plus tax and shipping. Smoke that fattie... It was nice to finally complete the interior portion of this project. Things have been dragging on and on... Especially when you re-do some of the stuff you just did... I had earlier replaced the driver's door lock cylinder, and now tackled the identical job on the passenger door. It was then I realized a little spring in the lock mechanism was not working properly on both sides. This spring works to allow the inserted key to "pop" back to the vertical rest position after operating the lock. I had forgotten that they did this, as both sides quit working years ago. So after figuring this out on the passenger side, I couldn't help myself, and went back into the driver's door to fix that lock too. This was harder due to wear, but got there in the end. Is it any wonder it takes me forever to fix my own cars??? At least I found a Canadian supplier for the custom wheels I want to buy. Now thinking about tire sizes relative to lowered suspension that may or may not happen...
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Post by tony on Sept 23, 2019 12:07:28 GMT -8
You must have the good quality thin layer of fuzz as it's still semi-serviceable approaching 1/3 of a century later! I've also decided for you not to lower the car!!!
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Post by CrazyBrit on Sept 23, 2019 17:55:32 GMT -8
Go on. Slam it. I vote for 18 inch rims, a 4 inch diameter tailpipe and paint the hood black to match Victor. Oh, and to piss Tony off!😁😈
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Post by Volktales on Sept 23, 2019 20:43:19 GMT -8
This is the rim that currently has my eye. Not sure yet however, as the appearance changes depending on offset required. Then what tire size...
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Post by Volktales on Sept 23, 2019 22:33:54 GMT -8
Also am liking this. The Tercel has had blue painted rims on it for the last 15 years...
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Post by PICTUP on Sept 24, 2019 21:07:19 GMT -8
Also am liking this. The Tercel has had blue painted rims on it for the last 15 years... I like these. They have a lighter/finer feel to them, which is more suited to the Tercel IMO....
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Post by Rob Sannes on Sept 25, 2019 9:54:10 GMT -8
Also am liking this. The Tercel has had blue painted rims on it for the last 15 years... I like these. They have a lighter/finer feel to them, which is more suited to the Tercel IMO.... Russ I agree for the era of the car I think I would go with the blue.
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Post by CrazyBrit on Sept 25, 2019 16:33:43 GMT -8
You could redrill the hubs and go for a set of repro Fuchs just for fun!
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