Hi,
My name is Dave and I live in Colorado.
I am a reasonable backyard mechanic, and have done most of the work on my previous vehicles - mainly Toyotas and Hondas.
I was in a horrible accident back in January and lost the ability to operate a clutch.
To that end I am replacing the trusty Corolla wagon with a 1994 850/Turbo Sw.
This was manufactured 02/1994. The car has 151K miles and was well-maintained - actually the car was a cream puff before being given to the owners college-aged son to "drive" for a couple of years.
I am interested in giving this car the care it needs to take me as far down the road as it will go.
As I understand it, the main time-bombs on this car can be the turbo and the automatic transaxle, both of which are original.
I'm hoping for the best and open to any wise advice.
The first project up for me is to install a Recaro seat to replace the driver seat (pretty well shot) - my body needs a lot of help, now. I found a 2005 vintage Recaro Orthoped for a bargain (we'll see how that goes) that I want to wire in. I have ordered a bracket from Wedge Engineering in California, and these folks have been very nice to deal with. The seat arrives tomorrow, and till then I won't know what the wiring on the Recaro looks like - some bare wires? An actual harness?
The second project will be to install a CD changer, which looks like something I can find on ebay for around $100.
I have some questions about the wiring harness coming into the seat that I will post in a different topic.
Have a nice day.
Dave St.Thomas
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jblackburn
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Welcome to the forum!
The main time-bomb on any of them is the timing belt, and it is critical that it's changed every 70,000 miles/7 years. If you have any doubts about when it was last changed, changed it and the tensioners as soon as possible.
The PCV system is another biggie that's neglected on most cars we see up for sale now - a series of clogged tubes can blow out your engine seals and make for an expensive fix to make it stop leaking oil.
The turbos are pretty hearty actually, not like the old oil-cooled Saabs and Volvo 740's that needed a new one every 100K or so. Many have well over 200K on the original turbo. The transmissions are also pretty long-lasting, if well cared for. Keep the fluid in good shape and change it regularly, and it should be pretty happy.
Others can help you with your wiring issues - feel free to post up questions in the 850 forum.
The main time-bomb on any of them is the timing belt, and it is critical that it's changed every 70,000 miles/7 years. If you have any doubts about when it was last changed, changed it and the tensioners as soon as possible.
The PCV system is another biggie that's neglected on most cars we see up for sale now - a series of clogged tubes can blow out your engine seals and make for an expensive fix to make it stop leaking oil.
The turbos are pretty hearty actually, not like the old oil-cooled Saabs and Volvo 740's that needed a new one every 100K or so. Many have well over 200K on the original turbo. The transmissions are also pretty long-lasting, if well cared for. Keep the fluid in good shape and change it regularly, and it should be pretty happy.
Others can help you with your wiring issues - feel free to post up questions in the 850 forum.
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Dave, I have a CD changer you can have. Make a trip down here to Denver and let's meet. Email or PM me through the forum and I'll give you my address/phone.
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Thanks, JABlackburn for the info about the TIming belt and the PCV sys.
I'll look through the service records and get on this.
I'm a bit confused about how reply works in this particular form, please excuse if this comes out as an error somewhere.
Dave
I'll look through the service records and get on this.
I'm a bit confused about how reply works in this particular form, please excuse if this comes out as an error somewhere.
Dave