Recent content by amagnono

Ah - yeah - I replaced the radiator on this a few years back and I should have replaced the tensioner and pulley when I was in there!

Ok, guys - I finally finished this job just now. After fiddling with, it I broke down and bought the secret weapon for this job (pictured). It's about 2ft long and made it possible to easily release the tensioner from the top. I had my wife hold It while I put a bit into the tensioner slot from...

Great ideas guys! I'll track down a 12 point socket and I like the magnet idea. I have removed the left skid and the middle support and I can definitely see the slot for the pin but it is so freaking tight in there I can't imagine how to negotiate it. With the sway bar, I can barely get my hand...

Hey Guys, I need to replace the belt, tensioner, and idler pulley on the wife's 2011 Cruiser and I am totally stumped. I have removed the bottom skids, including the central bracket and I am able to get a wrench/breaker bar on the tensioner and get it to move - but I cannot for the life of me...

Dang man! I know how frustrating it is! I tried just about everything and the solenoids did the trick for me. You might want to check the cabling that runs from the solenoids out from the transmission. That might be frayed or damaged and causing the issue.

Well, I have to report back that the TPS replacement did *not* fix my transmission issues. The problem came back shortly after posting here (of course!). The ultimate issue turned out to be a faulty shift solenoid 2, as diagnosed per the shop manual. I had to drop the transmission pan - which...

A quick comment on this thread, many years later. My ‘93 was exhibiting similar problems over the last week or two - transmission worked fine until the truck warmed up and then it started going from 1st to 3rd (skipping 2nd) and downshifting from 3rd and 4th directly to 1st when accelerating...

Did you ever get to the bottom of this? Seeinag a similar problem on my 80.

Confirmed. Those are the parts I used on my ‘97. Used bolts from running boards to attach.

Another vote for Carista here. I went through all the trouble of Techstream initially but Carista is far simpler. Have used it on a variety of vehicles including our LC200. Relatively cheap and dead easy.

ATF is what you want. Not PS fluid. Check OEM recommendation.

It’s really not very complicated and if you have the right tools (especially the crow foot) everything is fairly easy to knock out. It took me maybe 2-3 hours in total but I was being very deliberate. I’m sure I could do it much faster the second time around.

I’m in for 2x of option 1. How do I pay?

Really? It's you and the biped beside you. How hard is it?

I just downloaded and installed Techstream yesterday per the directions provided here on Mud. It took maybe 10 minutes to set it up and another 10 minutes to hook it up to the LC 200 and disable that stupid damn chiming. 😃 I always wear my seatbelt when I’m driving on the road at speed - though...