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Welcome to the Tempo Topaz Car Club of North America
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I work at a Toyota/Ford dealership at the parts counter. I have to fix my drivers seatbelt once a year. It seems to me that they're 3 common parts that go wrong. The plastic gear in the seatbelt motor, the black track belt and the white C-shape plastic runner attached to the seatbelt motor with 2 screws. Most parts for my COUPE tempo auto seatbelts are discontinued. The only thing I can still is the black track belt for about $48. So what I have done is go junk yard haunting. 4 door and 2 door model use different automatic seatbelt parts. Which stinks because 4 doors seem to last longer. Go to the junk yard and find the lowest mileage compatible tempo/topaz. 2 door or 4 door. Why the lowest? In theory, the Driver side is used the most and the passenger about less than half of that. Start disassembling the PASSENGER side seatbelt Mech under the rear quarter glass. Once you remove the interior plastic trim, you should be able to see the seatbelt motor. Remove the motor, then the 3 Philips screws holding the metal plate on. You now have the 3 inch white gear exposed. That gear will slide right of the shaft and out of the motor. Hopefully you have a plastic bag to put that gear in or else it will make a mess. Now disassemble the seatbelt track. Once fully disassembled, pull the black track belt all the way out. Make sure it's in good shape by looking at the groove section. It should not be cracked or broken. Before you get started on reassembling your car. Go to your local parts store and get a gel type lubricate like 'EASYGLIDE'. You will need to lube your track and motor gears. When you get home, disassemble you Drivers side seatbelt mech. Just like you did on the passenger side in the junk yard. This time don't break anything!!! This is your car. Both parts you got from the Junk yard car will work on your drivers
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SEAFOAM
Posted by: 93redTempo on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 09:34 AM |
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Theres a product at autozone called SEAFOAM..It is a top end cleaner and works great for cleaning carbon out of topends..You take off brake booster hose with engine running and suck 1/3 of the can in the engine..shut off(quickly)...let sit 15 mins. then restart and drive about 2 miles and you will sea a flume of smoke behind the vehicle(dont worry this is the carbon burning off)...Then go back turn engine off(at this point though you will FEEL the idle smooth out GUARANTEED) and put 1/3 in the crankcase and the other 1/3 in the gas tank...I would recommend only putting it in the crankcase if an oil change is due like real soon (it does thin the oil a little but WORKS)...cleans the rings and pistons of minute sludge...
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I was able to buy all new Accel Ignition parts for my 2.3 Liter Tempo. I ordered a new Coil, 8.8 mm wires, and distributer rotor from Summit racing's website. They all work great together and look even better. I was able to get everything for about $150. Check it out on my cardomain site... http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2063293/3
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Air intake
Posted by: tech_dude on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 09:46 AM |
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Increase power to the 89-93 topaz-tempo!
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trottlebody mod
Posted by: powerslide on Saturday, February 11, 2006 - 01:33 PM |
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Trottlebodys off ford duratec v6 can be modded to fit 2.3 HSC. First remove TP sensor. Then remove butterfly and rod. After rod is out pay close attention to orginal position of TP sensor activator. This is the hard part, cut the rod (the new trottlebody) and weld back together so the activator is in the orginal position as the orginal trottle body (very important if not correct sensor may not work ). The duratec Tbody works in reverse be sure and reverve the butterfly. Now cut the linkage off the old one and new one be careful they are just tabbed in. Now spot weld the old linkage on the new trottlebody. Almost done, make a coverplate for the back of Tbody so you can block the passage for the duratec IAC inlet. Now get a small copper elbow (hardware store) and cut a whole in the IAC inlet so you can connect the rubber tube for the IAC inlet on the 2.3. Last step, widen the mount holes to mount the Tbody. Silicon the backing plate to the new trottlebody to make a seal. Use the old gasket off the old Tbody. Make sure the linkage works properly and no chance of hanging up. You may have to make a trottle stop and make sure the TP sensor is okay. I have had this Mod for 2 years now.
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i put a wing off a 1988 escort gt on my 93 topaz it was easy i took some cardborad and put it on the back of the escort after i took the wing off and marked 6 of the 8 holes because the 2 top end holes you dont use so before you install the wing take off the screws on top ends then put your cardborad down and drill your holes and put the wing on
p.s.it looks good with my shaved decklid
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It's possible to install a functioning lightbar into a pre92 Topaz.
Remove old grill. Take a dremel tool and shave the front bumps in the side posts beside the headlights.
Flip the lightbar upside down and shave off the extensions under the top lip. Take a 3/4" spade bit and drill 2 holes into the back of the lightbar and install two signal light sockets. Wire the sockets to the low beam (red/black wire) from the back of the headlight socket.
Center the lightbar over the hole. Drill 2 holes on the top of the supports and install 2 #10 self threading screws.
Voila! A functioning lightbar. I used two blue lights in the signal sockets. Looks pretty cool at night!
Whole mod took about an hour. Enjoy!
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While searching through the local used auto parts yard for unknown treasures I came across a 4dr V6 Tempo that had been hit very hard in the front. The car seemed to be pretty well stripped of anything useful. The V6, trans, speedometer, tires, were gone.
But down under the rear of the car was a swaybar! It was complete!
The rear struts where already gone, so with a socket and ratchet I removed 4 frame to sway bar mounting bolts and the swaybar was in my hands. Bolts, brackets, links and spacers, everything was there!
Well in just a short time after cleaning the mounting holes in the rear frame rails of my car with a screwdriver and then a tap. I placed the bar up over my exhaust, removed the lower strut bolts, slipped the swaybar brackets in place over the bottom of the strut and re-installed the strut mouting bolts. Next I started all four of the frame mounting bolts in the pre tapped holes and then completed the tightening of all 4 bolts. I re-installed the tires and off for a test drive!
What an incredible improvement in ride and handling, that mod made a huge step towards a "sports car" feeling for just a little time and money!
This isn't a new idea, I had heard of others from this site doing this mod (e.g. Olympic and others), but hadn't giving it much consideration utill now and let me suggest this to any spirited driver, it is a big improvement! I am very impressed with this and that's why I'm posting it here!
Note:
I'm not sure if all Tempo/Topaz's were prepaired from the factory with the swaybar holes in the frame, but I know the Gen 3's are.
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