97 AZ LC

You'll get a better response with Google Translate: Hello, Have anyone ordered globes from Jpanime on eBay? Do you think they're OME? Thanks to uHu for all the advice.

At 12 x 15 x 15mm those are a little undersized. They should be 14 x 17 x 17mm.

I'm not saying they are always the same. I'm saying you've got to pay attention. Mitsuboshi branded belts have proven themselves over the years.

I think you made that up. OEM and OE parts often, not always, come off of the same production line and then go into different boxes and different distribution channels to sell at different prices. There's just no evidence that Mitsuboshi is...

Have you ever heard of a problem with a Mitsuboshi timing belt? I haven't. It is certainly OEM and seems to be a true OE equivalent, that is off the same production line as the OE/Genuine.

Gates belts are pretty bad. Just get a Mitsuboshi or OE belt only and throw it on there sometime before about 50k.

Correct. The jury is in on this. The confusion is the result of Toyota misidentifying it as an interference motor back in about 1998, and then of course the internet has repeated that both ad nauseam and ad infinitum.

Most ot the time when you take what is called "preventative" action in LC/LXs, you just think you are preventing problems, like protecting your tranny from exploding by making sure you change the fluid every 30k miles. But you just think you...

Because it could cover the problem at low cost without molesting or damaging the substrate. It would most likely be a temporary measure - perhaps 2 or 3 years, or up to 5 years with a second application. This would buy some time to allow you to...

Power steering leaks and oil leaks kill alternators. Keep all of the gunk out of them and they last a long time.

DipYourCar has a new peelable high gloss clearcoat, which is interesting. Problem is it costs $239 / gal, which should do the whole car, or multiple hoods and roofs. I have not tried it - but you could be the pioneer...

3 x 5 index cards also work well. Package of 100 costs 72 cents at Walmart.

Can you do another video - a la post #70.

I’ve been doing the 4qt. fluid exchange over time on our 01 LX with Valvoline Maxlife synthetic ATF. Currently at 309K and still running strong.

August 2002 is not "around 2002" - it's the end of the 2002 U.S. model year and the start of the 5 speed in the 2003 U.S. model year. You're Dexron III.

Simply put, according to Castrol, if you've got a 4-speed auto it's DEX-III and if you've got 5-speed auto it's WS (DEX-VI)

$46 is too low. $46k is too high. Try averaging the two.

My experience is that Gates is cut to fit and OE is perfect without cutting. So I threw away the Gates and got OE.

Nice find. The bulletin undermines about everything we know, or purport to know, about Toyota coolant. Did they change their minds later? Was it not Toyota that named them "long life" and "super long life" respectively? What was the advantage...

Replace the Ts, save the new hoses for next time.

That is beautiful, especially with the steel wheels and black bumpers. I bet it's non-metallic, maybe single stage. I don't think it's a U.S. market color, at least for the 100 series.

A Carfax report is now $45 so there is a Robin Hood element to the black market. PS - I now want the seller to run the Carfax report, at their expense. People who won't do it are usually hiding something. If the car is clean it's dumb not to...

This guy used to tell his teacher that his dog ate his homework.