Jim_Chow

Here's a website that dissects your VIN: junoVIN — Free VIN Decoder, Recall Check & Used-Car Buyer's Brief - https://junovin.com/ 03 LX, 224K mi: Monday build, assembled at Toyota City, Aichi, Japan (has Araco sticker under the hood) 05 LS...

One curious thing...the entire tensioner assembly (bracket, pulley, bolt) unit costs $10 LESS than the pulley itself. Why? I noticed the pulley said "Made in Canada." The entire tensioner unit said "Made in USA," which makes me think the pulley...

Follow up…replaced fan bracket, fan pulley, fan clutch, drive belt. Original fan bracket bearing was still smooth and quiet. Tensioning up the new drive belt caused a loud chirp from the passenger side front. After driving 5-6 mi on the...

A whirling noise started coming from the front of my 2003 LX engine this week. I suspect it's either the fan bracket or fan clutch. Vehicle has 222,908 miles, original fan clutch/bracket. At 180,500 miles, I replaced the t-belt, t-belt tensioner...