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Is the one it's missing the "ball bushing" that's in the spindle? There's no need to replace it with polyurethane since it's already not rubber, and I do think Toyota made it solid for a good reason. Asterix

That's where the ABS pump sits, for those of us with ABS... At least one of those holes is threaded already. Asterix

It still bolts to the cat. There's a smallish muffler/resonator close to the cat before the long pipe that runs back to the large rear muffler. Think of it as two mufflers in the system. The smaller one is pretty much necessary on a non-turbo car, unless you want it loud. If the straight-through...

Search for heater core replacement threads, since that requires removing the dashboard. (There are several.) SOGI has a write-up as well. I didn't find it all that hard, but it does take a while. Asterix

I'm getting one. I expect it's going to be too loud for me, so I had them slip-fit the resonator rather than weld it in. That way I easily can try a different one later. My cat is original stock. Asterix

All cars have some sort of rubber isolator on the steering shaft to reduce vibrations coming back up to the wheel. Our's is 45260 here. It's a tube inside a tube with rubber between them. Asterix

The last time I checked mine, #3 was 225 and the rest were 230psi, cold, about 25k after a rebuild. Sure, my timing is slightly off because the head is 0.030" too short, but it's close enough for me. Asterix

Check the isolator and u-joints on the steering shaft inside the engine compartment. An old dead isolator could be the source. Racks do have a spring-loaded piston that keeps the rack pushed against the pinion, but tightening that down past spec usually doesn't do very much to remove play...

Did the pump run briefly when you first started moving? The controller doesn't need to relearn anything.

What I did was buy a cheap set of large crescent wrenches and used a bench grinder to make one thin enough to fit. Staking and unstaking the washer can be done with a large flat screwdriver or a standard cold chisel. You're just bending the ears by hammering on them. Asterix

The reason the 5-link rear suspension we have works so well is that it keeps the toe under control as the wheel moves around. There's a good reason why arms No.1 and No.2 have ball joints at the spindle. It's part of the system. And, why does the upper arm connect to the spindle with a ball...

What I see is the tube at the end of the arm that goes between the ears on the car was done wrong. It's the same issue that the Unobtanium nylon bushings caused. It's clear in IMG_2485.jpg. Because the tube on the end of the link fits perfectly between the ears, there's no room for the arm to...

It has to be the turn signal switch or wiring along the steering column. The TSRM is your friend. Since you have flashers, that switch and all the other wiring is fine. Asterix

The cruise control vacuum line is separate from the EGR vacuum system. There's a small pipe coming off the back of the airbox near the EGR valve for the cruise control. It tees off and runs over to the heater valve. The CC and heater valve need vacuum all the time, so they get it directly off...

Link to a related thread Asterix

In case anyone is looking for it in the future, SOGI has a detailed list of steps for removing the heater box here. It's not hard, but there are a couple of almost-hidden screws that you may miss that are on SOGI's list. I will add that it's much easier to get the dash pad out with the...

Spring clamps! It's like wearing a belt and suspenders, but I do like spring clamps on my Aeroquip push-on connectors (as shown by IJ in post #34). The clamps are cheap insurance. Asterix