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February 20, 2010, 1:32am Report to Moderator Report to Moderator

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So I finally made it out to a junkyard to look for Corolla parts.  God knows All-Trac wagons are hard enough to find, thankfully some 6th gen Corolla parts fit our wagons.  Anyways here is what I picked up:

• D-side sun visor (FINALLY, lol) though it's not in great shape
• Dash clock
• Ashtray
• Cig. lighter parts (mine did not have the light attached to the ring)
• Cupholders x2 (there were a few more, but had broken front parts)
• Dash and other panel blanks (a handful, at least 2 coin holders and one set of fake dash buttons)
• Door armrest (my p-side front door armrest is coming off)
• Rear-view mirror
• Chrysler LeBaron convertible rear-view mirror (see below...)
• misc. screws, bulbs, clips

Not sure what is wrong with my p-side armrest, so I just bought a nice looking dark blue one along with the screws and the plastic blocks that it mounts onto the door with.

The LeBaron mirror will eventually replace my wagon's dysfunctional rear-view mirror.  (Currently it won't flip and lock into night driving mode or whatever you call it.  The mechanism is broken I guess.)  I used to have two LeBaron convertibles, and if there was one thing I loved about those cars, it was the maplights attached to the r-v mirror!  This project might be a bit of a ways off to get going, but at least I have the parts I will need.  I'm thinking about wiring it to the dome lighting, so that when the doors are opened the lights go on, but they retain their individual on/off buttons.

I bought and then returned a d-side headlight from a 6th gen Corolla sedan... took it out to my wagon after my haul to see if it could replace my nasty, rusty, shards-of-glass-filled headlight, but no luck.  Go figure, another "proprietary" part for the All-Trac!

I'm wishing I had bought the cruise control/defogger switch that I found in one Corolla, but I don't know what else I will need to get CC working in my wagon.  Anyone know exactly?  I might be able to find the info in my repair manual, but I'm not looking forward to digging through that.  I could hardly find info about the speedometer cable as it is!  (My speedometer needle bounces like crazy when I'm driving, seemingly affected by cold weather.)

Not one gauge cluster with tachometer... oh well.  I wonder if I can get an "aftermarket" one and use the pin-out on the connector behind the dash to run one?

How do you take apart the cigarette lighter?  I had to cut apart an already-wrecked-up Corolla dash in order to get a replacement.  I can't seem to figure out how to remove the black ring (made of metal?) and the inner white plastic bit so that I can reattach it in the dash.  I broke one in the junkyard trying to figure it out...

I don't care if my CD player is immediately under the dash clock, I wanted one!  I think it was the only one I found, unfortunately.  I might have grabbed a second one for someone here if they wanted it.

I'm probably going to sell the extra cupholder to someone here if anyone is interested in it.  It's a brown color, have a set of screws to go with it.


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February 25, 2010, 7:05pm Report to Moderator Report to Moderator
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there's a cruise module that is in the engine bay near the passenger side. I'm sure there's vacuum lines that you would need aswell...
Also, I think the lighter comes with the plastic panel that goes over the center instruments and wraps over the steering wheel. I think theres a screw on each side of the steering wheel and the rest pops out....thats what i remember anyway.


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I've got a blue ash tray here in mint condition that I took from the junkyard to hold all my bolts and fuses etc...I don't smoke, and my car has a black interior, so.... its FREE to who ever pays shipping. =)


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I forgot to update this... I see now how the cig. lighter assembly is put together.  It wasn't meant to be removed easily, but I managed to by cutting down some of the locking tabs to separate the two white pieces.  (I'll have to take pics and show what I mean, it's hard to describe.)

The dash clock ended up being DOA.  I'm not driving all the way back an hour just to return it (cost $4), but next time I go there, I might just bring it along and get the money back.  Too bad... those tiny clocks are like $300 new from Toyota!


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