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My clutch has gone wonky, and my best guess is that one of the rubber blobs in the friction plate has died and fallen out. About 10 years ago, I had a shop rebuild the engine, and they put in a new clutch at the same time. If I had known that Aisin cheapened out at some point, I would not have...

Does anyone know if an 89+ W58 manual transmission will fit in a pre-89 car? Seems to me that it should. The Wikipedia article on the W-series suggests the only difference is the 89+ has a steel sandwich plate. They drawings in the Cygnus EPC look very similar, but I wouldn't bet on the accuracy...

My last emissions test on my '88 NA was yesterday and I thought I'd share the results. Since it'll be 25 years old (from the model year) in 2013, I won't need another test. It passed again this time, though with less margin than last time. This is a treadmill/dyno test done at the same station...

This weekend I finally had some time to replace the long section of the speedometer cable on my '88 NA. After 226,000 miles it was time. (Plus, it was a chance to reinstall the ABS light which has been out since I bought the car 17 years ago...) Most of the operation wasn't too annoying...

So, my brake booster has started to leak. It's not bad, but I don't like it. I see that Toyota sells a rebuild kit. Has anyone rebuilt their booster? The TSRM doesn't say anything about it. It does look a bit like the booster is crimped shut. The booster is like $700 new from Toyota. Wow. The...

So, I have a 2004 350Z with about 35k miles on it. When I bought it I got a book of coupons for oil changes by the dealer so I let them change it every 2500 miles. Shortly after 30k, I decided to switch to synthetic oil and do my own changes and discovered that the oil filter is tiny! The spec...

I was perusing the Washington Post's Thursday Fairfax Extra and saw this. Here's a very sad photo of a white '87 turbo, plateless and behind a fence because the 18-year-old driver did something very stupid: racing with a cop watching. Just thought I'd share. Asterix

So, I head out to run some errands and 4 miles from my house, my birdcage lights up. I quickly find a place to turn and stop, easily under a minute from when I saw the warning light. After a tow home and some inspecting, I find that the heater valve body is broken on the engine side. I lost...

The aftermarket LSDs all specify if they're 1-, 1.5-, or 2-way. Does anyone know how the stock Toyota 4.3 LSD is set up? Mine works great with the right amount of slip additive in the oil. It's quiet but I can definitely feel it pulling both tires when accelerating. I'm planning on replacing the...