Recent content by crolison

so noise happens, driving, in park, in neutral And taking the accessory drive belt off seemed to fix the problem.

I was quite disappointed when I started it up after the alternator swap and voila, no change….. I went ahead and ordered a $100 junkyard 57k mile power steering pump from a gx that was rear ended. I would have ordered a remanufactured but couldn’t find a good name brand one, and new is $380.

I have 2012 gx460 and been trying to diagnose a raspy / almost bearing sound when you rev around 2,000 rpm (most notable), almost sounds like a s***ty supercharger. When you rev it quick and the rpms fall it’a the loudest. I’ve taken off the drive belt and the noise went away. While doing...

All done, approximately 8.5ish hours to do: - reseal valley plate - belt tensioner - idler - water pump - new belt - fan pulley bracket

Further work today, have the serpentine belt system all installed with the new fan bracket. Valley plate is installed, pcv and egr are buttoned up.

In about three hours for the water pump installed, and the valley plate pulled and cleaned up. Heading to the auto part store for a new tan bracket, and then kids dentist appointment. After the appointment I’m planning on getting the valley plate installed and torqued down so the gasket...

started today: - got the intake ready to pull - down to the water pump - changed the tensioner and idler - pulled the fan pulley bracket Wasn’t planning on pulling the tan pulley bracket, but spun it and it’s also a culprit in the pulley noise. The tensioner has been changed before and the...

acquired all the gaskets, fipg, coolant to diy the valley plate leak on my wife’s gx460. Started today with focusing on the connectors, bolts on the backside of the intake manifold. The passenger side connector was so brittle and just came apart, the fuel line bolt and drivers side connector...

Hello, I was wondering if anyone had the frame height on the 80 series? I am looking at using metal tech slider u bolts on another prado project. Thanks!

Craigslist find: some rsg rock sliders, and an optima battery Will have to modify the legs to make the sliders flat to fit the gx. Going to try and make them bolt on too. Came off of a 3rd gen 4runner.

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I have a set of lightly used windshield moldings for a 100 series. Insurance replaced my molding with a windshield change, and then I had a rock chip turn into a crack within 3 weeks of the install. So next windshield also came with new moldings since it called for it. Moldings lived on...

Set of old man emu 885 springs with approximately 500 miles on them. Purchase in November 2022, but installed this January. Ended up with a winch bumper soon than expected. Fit - GX, FJ, 4runne, Tacoma $120 In denver

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