Recent content by jsloden

Mitsuboshi and aisin are the oe suppliers of timing belts and water pumps to toyota. If you get a timing belt from toyota it will more than likely say mitsuboshi on it. It you get the asain water pump from rockauto it will have the toyota logo ground off of it. It you get it from toyota it will...

If the truck really is rusty enough to justify all of that work then your best option is going to be to sell it and get one that isn't as rusty. Good luck getting half of what you paid for it though.

Definitely done this before. It didn't leak.

What I've normally done with the screw method is to take a screw and tap it with a hammer, that way I have more control of where it seats. Then I use a manual screw driver to screw it in.

Hopefully that 5.7 will last as long as the 4.7. I would like the hp increase but just not sure about the reports of the HG issues.

Your mechanic obviously had no clue what they were doing. They probably thought they were regular shocks. They're not even really shocks. Technically they're hydraulic rams considering they actually help support the weight of the vehicle. They don't even really have nothing to do with the ride...

I second getting the factory speakers re-foamed. It's by far the cheapest option and you'll be really surprised at how good they actually sound. Make sure you re-foam the sub as well. There are plenty of tutorials on youtube on how to do it and you can purchase the re-foaming kits on amazon and...

I second the Michelin. They are by far the most comfortable and quietest tire I've ever owned. The only reason a lot of people stay away from them is because they don't look "off-road" enough. It reality they are just as good off-road as most AT tires and a hundred times better on-road. They...

Man, that belt is rough. Wonder how many miles are on it.

There are a couple of threads to read through and a couple of youtube videos to watch and you'll probably know more than most of the people at whatever shop you take it to. It's really not that hard of a system to figure out. Honestly the hardest part is getting techstream to work, which you...

I have one of these I purchased for my wifes sequoia to adjust the alcohol % content in thee ECU. It's a flex fuel model and they have a huge problem with extended starting when the %'s get out of whack. Toyota has a service bulletin about this but want thousands to fix it. With this thing you...

Hopefully they replaced the globes and not the shocks. The shocks never really go bad on the ahc system. They're not even really shocks. The untrained would want to replace one when they saw them leaking. This isn't usually the case. It's usually a case of the pressures being out of whack. The...

In all of the stuff you listed I didn't see that you replaced the timing belt. That would have been my first job. I would want proof of the exploded piston. As in, I would want to see it for myself on the borescope. Exploding pistons are completely unheard of on this engine.

I've done lots of timing belts. The 100 series was one of the easiest. If you've done a subaru then you should have no trouble with this one.

Sometimes it's amazing how little money and some elbow grease can completely transform a vehicle. Of course there's threads out there where someone throws thousands of dollars into creating the perfect overlanding vehicle but it's threads like these where it's more about just having a nice daily...