The first half that connects to the tranny, on mine, got ripped up somehow (the wire cable)... But it did make the speedo jump, I was doing about 70MPH but the speedo did some arithmetic and showed me 100MPH. Then I realized everyone else was going 100MPH, then I was like WTF.
Yea, disconnect the speedo cable from under the hood first, that way you can unscrew and drag the instrument cluster forward so you can get some room behind it for your hands.
Yes, but that doesnt make the speedo jump, that makes oil come from behind the dash onto your feet. a frayed speedo wire will cause the speedo to jump, as well as other wire issues, only way to remedy that is to change the speedo cable.
I hate to bump an old topic, but I'm having this same problem with my All-Trac wagon. I also had this same problem with my old 78 Ford Fairmont wagon, leading me to believe this was a station wagon issue for a moment
Anyways I'm glad I know now that I just need to replace the cable... I was wondering though, Advance Auto brings up this item in my search for a replacement cable for my All-Trac.
It's a universal set, I'm guessing I might have to cut it to the right length? I've never done a speedo cable before. I do a lot of my own repair work, but don't yet have a shop manual ($$$) or a Haynes for my wagon yet. Apparently there is no Haynes for the Corolla All-Trac wagon... is there one I could use anyway for the 4AFE engine? Thanks guys...
more like that. Should be direct fit. IIRC in the Chiltons for 88-97 corollas, it listed somethings specifically for the alltracs. I dont really like haynes or chiltons very much but they are good for some basics
OK, thanks. Though when I went to that link, their site wanted to change my "stored vehicle" (a site cookie I'm sure, from looking up wagon parts) from a 1988 to a 1990. Why would that make a difference... I thought the 88's were pretty much the same through the 92's?
Speaking of manuals, it would seem that this manual...
does not contain the info I would need for servicing my All-Trac. I asked an ebay seller, who said he couldn't find anything about All-Tracs inside... anyways I did look up stuff on Toyota's part site, and there's a $80 or $90 service manual. Yikes! Guess I'll have to track down one of those? Or maybe I'll get that Chilton's to tide me over until I can shell out the cash for that All-Trac specific shop manual.
Why would that make a difference... I thought the 88's were pretty much the same through the 92's?
Not being rude to you. But that thinking at parts stores (and some manufactures) has had me searching and doing a lot of homework on the side so I can get the right parts. Just because most things are similar a lot of small things are not. Most recently finding a cat for a 4af had me go to part stores all over until I finally found a place who knew where to get the one with the air breather tube that the 4af has.
For engine things though I am pretty sure the 4afe was unchanged from 88 - 92 for any of the all trac corolla's.
Also be happy they only want that much for it. When I tried to buy one from Toyota here they told me it was $300. I kindly told them to shove it when they gave me the reason "Well we discourage people from working on their own cars" Yeah ummm GO TO HELL, not sure who they thought always has the money to spend 100+ (I think it was 160 then) an hour on labour
it jumped to 90 because that's the year I looked up. Was just looking for a general cable, you didn't specify a year so I went right in the middle. SHOULD be the same but also like freakinbox has said, things do change. I've worked on the otherside of the counter for sometime now and even the difference of one year within a generation can make a large difference.
Yeah I've learned that with a lot of parts I HAVE to know more than the parts people at the various stores, but with an older car it's normal. Particularly since unlike GM, Toyota won't run the same shitty motor that like to blow head gaskets constantly for 15 - 20 years completely unchanged LOL. A good company will see something that could be made better and actually make it better, which is where we as the car owners run into our problems searching for parts.
It's also much worse than a year in the same generation. 6 months in the same years production can make a difference, it's happened many times where something gets changed part way through the production year. My dad's F-150's rear drum brakes are a perfect example of that, the amount of issues he has replacing them, what it took to figured out what he had to do to get a hold of a set, but if it had been the second half he'd have normal off the shelf brake drums... INSANE
Sadly that's a reality with parts stores. I found myself being one of the only permanent members of a training store, and the hiring is astonishing. The backgrounds of most of the new hires is usually as far from the automotive field as possible.
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