The oil pump relief valve is on the driver side, but it's off to the side not on the front of the engine like OP is asking about. I overlooked that part of the post.
blkprj80 is right, the hex plug on the front of the engine under the oil pump cover does seem to be just a plug for the sump with...
I've been back stateside for a few days and am heading north tomorrow. Jet lag really knocked me for a loop, or maybe I'm just not tough enough for international travel. Next stop Big Sur!
I assumed the 40th in 1997 was for the name plate, but after a little searching it was for the 40th anniversary of the introduction of a 4 door station wagon.
I came across a sweet 30th anniversary 70 series in Osaka, Japan
and a 60th anniversary 200 series in Brisbane, Australia. It seems a little weird the 40th anniversary was 1997 and the 60th was 2011, but marketing people aren't known for their logic...
Here's a pic of yours truly and the man everyone on Mud knows, cruiserdan
After a too short visit with Dan, my wife and I picked out a tent site at Turquoise Trails campground and then headed back to the Nob Hill neighborhood in Albuquerque to get plowed at Tractor Brewing Co. Afterwards we...
I'm in NOLA now for Halloween and won't be in SoCal for about 3 weeks. Then we're leaving for 2 months overseas (that's the 'and then some' part) after Thanksgiving so maybe we can meet up in late Jan 2015 if not this year. Hopefully I'll be posting a pic of myself and cruiserdan in a week.
My wife and I have an opportunity to take a few months off and are traveling across the United States from CT to CA. We are traveling and sleeping in a 1997 Land Cruiser. We've driven almost 2000 miles over 12 days and it's worked out really well. The other day we stopped in Lithonia, GA and met...
I have the Roofbag Cross Country 15 cu ft in silver. I've only used it once for a 5 day drip Maine. It rained some and nothing got into the bag. It's really well made and I bought 2 extra straps to make sure it was secure. I can't speak for it's durability yet, but I think it will hold up well.
I did and it worked like a charm. Some of the other check ball locations didn't match the A343F FSM and I was tempted to move them around to match the FSM, but in the end I just added the one check ball per the TSB. The hardest part was getting the valve body back in the transmission. It's...
I installed an OME stock height lift and I used the Landtank method on my rear shocks this past Monday. It really saved the day.
After I cut off the lower eye (it was hard to get a bite on the round eye with the sawzall I applied a little heat and eased out the bolt a couple threads at a time...
jkadri,
Wheelingnoob is not talking about any of the rubber bushings you replaced. He's talking about the steering knuckle spindle. There's a brass bushing inside of it that the contains the drive shaft. The bushing has spiral grooves that should be filled with moly grease. Normally people get...
I had to do this once. I pulled the header and worked on a bench. It took some effort to turn the tap like I was cutting new threads, but it worked out fine.
A one inch putty knife with the end taped works ok. It would be better if it was stiffer, but it works well enough. You're going to break some of the clips, but I seemed to break fewer by pushing in with the putty knife while prying up. Start at one end and lift the molding a bit. Move down and...
Rubber seals dry and shrink with age and miles. You've probably got a whole bunch of leaks that add up to a fair bit of oil loss, but not one leaks enough to make a puddle. You probably have some good undercoating from it. Common leak points are the PCV grommet and two PCV hoses, oil fill cap...