Recent content by creege

It gives me great pleasure to see a 400+ ODO posted from a happy owner. Thank you! I've moved on and am happy with my rig, but my curiosity still makes me wonder how easy it is to change the mileage. It may help future buyer out there if we get to the bottom of it. TSB 629437 is continuous...

I just spent $7200 on a 2001 with 170,000 miles. I put $1000 back into it for new front axels and flanges to fix a bad clunk problem. Then come to find out, it actually has 480,000 miles. I posted a odometer roll back thread on this a while back. If I am to believe the carfax report, I have a...

Bushing in DS wheel well

A few more pics to show level of wear

I wonder if my engine was swapped at some point. There is no engine VIN plate, water pump is blue (aftermarket?) . I replaced heater Tees. The old ones were perfect. TB looked good too. Can you tell anything from these photos

I'd try and at least find the noise before you take it in. you can use the stethoscope method, like a doctor, just place it at various parts of the engine to ID where the sound is coming from. if you don't have one use a solid rod of some sort for the internal noises like for possible valve...

here's what Toyota.com has 3/3/08 Service Type - Dealer Service Provider - AutoNation Toyota Thornton Road , Lithia Springs, GA Mileage - 99,370 Description Repair Order Number: 0011138 DRIVEABILITY - TRANSMITTER ASSY,DO 89070-60090 - This is the remote keyless entry. Qty 2 4/4/05 Service...

Different states different owners... sounds shaddy. Check the VIN on the frame rail back side of passenger front tire. You could check the instrument cluster too for signs of removal. right at the top of the clear shield there is supposed to be a little strip of foam rubber between the shield...

Something like that

It's definitely fraud, I just I have no way to track the guy down. The guy who sold it to me is not on the pink, said it was his dad's car. we met at an obscure location. I could have an attorney send a registered letter to the name on the pink. but then really what would I be suing for? 1,000...

Oh! I noticed a "whine" noise in the steering column area upon startup. It's only happened once or twice. I've learned from this site that there is a TSB on the combination meter referred to as a continuous alarm. I wonder if this has significance.

Thanks loeky for the carfax! You confirmed what I expected. In regards to sean's comments, the spindles and flanges in the front were noticeably worn, more so on the DS. I had them both replaced with the axle job. This weekend I'm going to do some more poking around like you suggested. When my...

I tried that ap ... Shows clean title, 1 owner, no theft or total loss issues. The car fax I have shows service records back to the day it was purchased new. Mostly just oil changes and tires and emissions. These records match up w Toyota.com.

Can someone please run a carfax report or something similar on: JTEHT05J712005676 I fell in love with this website a few years back when my seat motor sprockets got stripped on my 80. I was able to fix it on the cheap. The seats still work great! Extremely helpful website. Many thanks. Now I'm...