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Would you be willing to trade a van with $ on top?

I have an 86 and an 89 with dual sunroofs

Looks nice Tim, Good job

I bet it is the igniter. They usually randomly fail.

When the igniter goes bad, it will turn but wont start. You can try replacing that.

Thank you for such a wonderful response. Yes no one was hurt except for my wallet. :doh: It is going to easily put me back $5000 when it is all said and done. So if anyone is reading this take a damn...

Kind of embarrassing to mention, but I got caught driving under the influence. Now I have to get an ignition interlock installed. I was thinking about getting it installed in my 89 Toyota Van. Does...

I did try it on high and it didnt work. After I let my van sit for a few days came back to it and tried it turned on when it was on high. Now it stopped working again all together. Low or high. I am...

What does the resistor look like and is it still available from
toyota? I swapped that silver relay from van to van and it didnt make a difference. Then i let the van sit for days and started it up...

I got my transmission from the same ebay seller at a great price. 20,000 miles later still works excellent.

LOL Do you really think im capable of that? JK Gonna ask a friend to help me with that. I will report back the results

I tried resetting those already did not get anything the symptoms are consistent with the AC fuse being blown but it isn't blown I replaced it with three different ones still no luck.

Hi everyone. Looks like I developed a problem today in my 86 Van. When I try to turn the fan on for heat nothing happens. I tried hitting the fan with a screw driver to see if it has gone bad and...

Thanks for the reply Tim.

If it does turn out to be the ECU the good news is I have two spares (different) laying around somewhere. Hopefully one belongs to an 86.

I drove it a little and from...

Ok so I went back to the van after a couple of hours and started it up. It ran perfectly fine. I let it warm up and revved it and it seems the problem is gone.

Once I let it run for a while I...

I got a new problem here and I made a YouTube video of what it's doing.


http://youtu.be/B3IrHWVjykw


I have been driving this van for the past weeks without any problem and I just stop...

Those plugs dont belong in these vans. Make sure you get the right ones as stated in the manual.

Sorry to hear that you have tried so hard to figure out your problem and cannot figure it out. 250 miles / burning 1 qt of 20w50 is highly excessive.

If you have ruled out all potential leaks....

Hi Yall,

Had a rough night tonight...

1st, I noticed the christmas lights on the dash of my 89 van. Before I used to just play around with the positive wire that goes to the alternator and snug...

Start off by changing your oil and use 10W40. Then report how much it is burning or even leaking. Sometimes a slow rear main seal leak is there but is harder to spot until it eventually gets worse.

Hey Tim,

I have already ordered the compressor clutch from ebay. Should be here in a few days. Just wondering how hard is it to change it? Any tips or tricks?

Hey pal


I need the wiring harness that connects to the alternator. My circular plug that goes into the alternator is broken and i was wondering if you still had that wiring harness.

Please...

Hey pal


I need the wiring harness that connects to the alternator. My circular plug that goes into the alternator is broken and i was wondering if you still had that wiring harness.

Please...

Hey Tim,

Can you send me a link to the compressor you bought on Rock Auto? I see a whole bunch of different ones with different pricing.

Hey Tim,

How is that compressor from Rock auto working so far? $150 for a compressor isnt bad at all especially if it comes with the Stater. Did you fill it up with r12?


Anyhow, I did some...

I did some soul searching and investigation between my two vans today and answered my questions so I thought I should share.

The 85-89 caliper brackets are all the same so you can use whatever...

Thanks for the info Tim.

Yup the tech called me after I posted and explained to me exactly what you said that those go bad in the compressor. But then he said your better off just getting a new...

I talked to my other mechanic who is a Master Toyota Tech. I told him I wanted to bring the van in so he could check it out and see why it blows the a/c fuse as soon as I turn the A/C on. He was...

Yup my mechanic came back from his trip and got it right. TDC. It starts and runs now

I changed my ignition coil but am still having issues.

The other night I changed the coil out and started it up. It was running but when I tried to drive it around the parking lot it had bad pick...

Tried testing for codes today. All I got was the check engine light flashing repeatedly and a quick rate with no pauses.


On the other note I tried starting it today and walla it started right...

I will check codes later today. By the way we are back to square 1. It turns but wont start

Your talkin about the mass air flow sensor right? ^^^


It is incredible. As soon as we got it towed to my flower shop it started up every single time. I must have started it atleast 10 times and...

My mechanic was driving my van back from his shop today. His shop is about a mile away from my flower shop. He changed the front rotors, front left lower and upper ball joints calipers, brake pads....

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I am about to do a brake job on my 89 van and wanted to know if I should use this fluid. I think the manual calls for dot 3 would this be fine? Any issue with using synthetic? I want nothing...

What kind of caliper hose do you guys use? The OEM one? Or is there a better higher performance longer lasting one we can get?

Where did you get the freeze plugs for this engine? And how did you install it? Any special technique? I think on mine the one near cylinder 1 is leaking. I wonder if it can be replaced with the van...

LOL all good man...


Well. I found a 89 van at a junkyard online and it looks like they want $35 each plus shipping for the whole assembly on each side. Spindle, Hub, rotor and arm which connects...

Lets say I wanted to convert my 86 Vans brakes (caliper, rotor) so that they were compatible with the 87-89? What would be involved? Simply getting the hub spindle and arm assembly and installing it...

Tim where did you get your radiator re cored? If I get mine done I'll see if I can ship it to the same shop you got yours done from. All the shops around here suck or are too far

Are all the brake rotors the same from 86-89?

What about the calipers from 84-86? Are they the same?


Last time I checked I believe the rotors from 84-85 are different from 86.

I feel your pain WW, I had my mechanic do my power steering pump on my 86 van 3 times. First time I bought a re seal kit from ebay. Everything worked except the wheep hole was still leaking. Then we...

Ive always wondered why the connections on the 89 vans to the pump is a little curved outwards while the 86 is a direct curve in. Maybe Tim or someone else can chime in on this? Regardless it still...

He gave me a good price since this time it was a side job

I got the power steering pump and line installed for a total of $120.


Last time his boss got involved because it was his bosses...

For the record...

I purchased this high pressure line from ebay and had it installed 3 days ago in my 89 van with a reman power steering pump from BBB industries. Edelman makes it
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I just ordered a Denso one from Carquest for $160

Joegri, I would atleast put a 2 pieces of cardboard under your PS pump to catch some of the fluid that is leaking. My alternator just died this week in my 89 van. When I bought this van from the...

What is the risk if the timing chain fails or breaks? Can the engine be damaged? Ive mentioned to my mechanic a couple of times about my timingchain on my 86 van, he always tells me dont worry about...

Burntboot, I was aware that there might be a risk adding ATF. The toyota tech told me initially to add a qt as well as other places on the internet where I read about it. I was very skeptical so that...

For the record:

I tried doing what my toyota technician suggested me. A day before I changed my engine oil, I added half a quart of toyota automatic transmission fluid in my engine while the...

I recently had the high pressure power steering line replaced in my 86 Toyota Van. The first thing I tried was to contact Toyota to see if this part was still available and obviously it wasnt, so I...

I bought a seal kit and replaced all the seals in my pump. After I was done it wasnt leaking from any of the places it was before but it was still leaking from that little wheep hole that is at the...