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I live in a suburban neighborhood north of Austin that's become more and more diverse over the 17 years we've lived in our house. I was working on my green UZJ100 late afternoon the other day and I saw an older gentleman walking slowly around the...

Looks correct.

Very nice indeed! On the note of cleaning engine bays. This was this week.

Army, 91B, 2en bn 573rd combat engineers. 2008-2014. Afghanistan/Iraq deployments. Permanent duty station was at Wsmr. Loved the desert. Got hurt and discharged. Continued as contractor/ tech for government stuff. I love hobby’s, my wife says...

A couple years ago I decided at the last minute to do the LCA bushings and picked up Moog because it was what I could get quickly. They were made in Japan with the Toyota part number on them.

Rebuilding a UCA and I gambled on a “warehouse liquidation last set” of 2 MOOG bushings for $10.98 from RockAuto. I have worked in the aftermarket suspension world for the last 12 years, so I’ve seen a lot of bushings from MOOG, Mevotech...

Quality control. A spinning mass needs to be well balanced.

If its just a light vibration you're fine.

You cannot practically replace the Oings that are leaking - they seal the power steering rack. You can try adding AT-205 to your power steering fluid, which adds plasticizer to the seals and often stops minor leaks. It helped mine.

The speed of the CV is directly related to the speed of the vehicle and has no direct relationship with RPM.

Land Cruisers in Australia were not OBDII compliant until 2008. List Of OBD2 Compatible Cars in Australia - https://www.azscanners.com.au/blog/obd2-help/obd2-australian-cars-compatibility-list/

I honestly never even touched, let alone sat in or drove a 100 series before this purchase, and I have to say, it's one of the best vehicles I've ever bought. I've been made a believer, and I've hardly even left pavement with it yet. I went in...

You want that axle as tight as you can, so using the thicker snap ring was the right answer - although you should get a new one.

I'll second the ValleyTech. You can get the high clearance, where you cut the crossmember, or the regular, which is still high clearance. I've had it for a year, and anyone that sees it praises the quality and thoughtfulness that went into the...

To be specific, you need to loosen them and detach them from the LCA. They can hang there and don't literally need to come out, but at the end of the day, that means everything will need to be readjusted.

You'll need to move your torsion bars to replace the lower control arms, so yes.

If you pull off the plastic trim on the sunroof, I'm guessing you'll see a crack in the plastic channel that goes around the glass and holds the rubber weatherstripping. The glue holding that channel to the glass eventually loosens and lets...

Nice, so while you guys fixed things up, I had some fun: Hollister SVRA. Regarding “full compression” see pic 4 ^^

Hi all, Posting my successful process of clearing my P0430 code on my 2003 LC. awhile back I would get the CE, VSC lights that would stay on for a bit then go away. About 6months ago they came on and stayed on. When I got my oil changed I had...

Very rainy here today, so I got after a few easy jobs I wanted to get done. 07 LX - replaced the factory washer nozzles with the Duralast misting type. Big improvement. Also adjusted the driver side headlight alignment- it was pointed too far...

Just hit 75k on the odometer on my 01 LX470 that i purchased a few months ago. Have been absolutely loving this thing, took it on its first road trip from Boulder, CO down to Santa Fe, NM and it killed it, was pleasantly surprised how much power...

Its been a sad long 3 months for me. My old girl was coming up to the 400,000 big service. Had it all booked in on the Tues for new timing belt and water pump replacement. $2.5k that I didn't really have, but neither did I have the time or space...

Officially became a hundy owner Tuesday. Picked up the LX in Denver and within 15 hours had driven it 1000 miles straight to a buddies place in SoCal. Fantastic highway cruiser, and for all the gloom and doom everyone here has on the fuel...