Recent content by KFunk740

When I first noticed it, it was ~25F outside, and I just bumped the knob the wrong direction. The second time I noticed, it was around 45F outside. The issue with that idea is, why does the blower speed increase more the farther I turn it down? It's like its trying harder, instead of just...

A few times recently I noticed that in the morning my A/C wouldn't blow cold when its turned full cold. It just cranks more and more heat like its trying to get more cold but giving heat by mistake, if you turn the knob to mid range it stops blowing, then turn warm it blows warm of course...

You sure you checked the fluid properly? You have to shut off the engine and pump the brake pedal 40+ times until the pedal drops, then check. It should be at max, top off as necessary. If fluid is too low, the light can blink intermittently. You definitely want to look for brake fluid...

You know what the paranoid purists are going to tell you. But I've got a belt that was on my LC for around 15 years, and you can grab that thing and use it to swing from a tree ( I tried it, heh). They don't age that badly.

I concur that the job sucks. I've done timing belts and chains on smaller vehicles plenty of times, and those can be a fiddly pain, but nowhere near as daunting or as uncomfortable as the LC. The LC is just big all over, and even getting up and over the hood and scratching the hell out of my...

First off, you're using techstream or similar to read codes right? A regular OBDII reader isn't going to give you the ABS codes. Nothing is going to show up. Also, personally I'd never screw around with driving a beeping ABS unit unless I'm completely ready to ram whatever is in front of me at...

Man, I just went to OReilly and got the cam holder tool for like $40. I'm cheap and all, but most homemade stuff ends up being junk unless you put a lot of time and effort into it. The real tool works awesome. This guy for $42. Ignore the 1 star review, it was strong as can be for both my...

Have you load tested the battery? Just having a full charge with the proper voltage sometimes isn't enough, and it just doesn't put out enough amps. You have to hook it up to a load tester. I've had a few fail that way in other vehicles, sit on the battery tender for days, measure 12V, and...

Also, I'm sure there's many things to fault Meineke for, but recommending replacement of all brake hardlines to make it right isn't one of them. Rust isn't usually localized to only one spot. If one line was close enough to bust, then they all are likely to go anytime. Replacing all my...

In case of emergency, I have a couple of these brake line plugs that seem to thread in fine, have not had to test them yet. (don't know if link is working, but its "Brake Line Plugs, 10mm 1.0 Bubble, Pair, Compatible with Dune Buggy" on Amazon.

Most Toyota dealerships will be able to get them in a day or two, just look up part number on partsouq or wherever. If you're in a rush and like to live dangerously for now, I'd remove the leaky hardline at the master cylinder and put a plug in it, and just do without having a brake at one...

In the case that I remember seeing, the little triangle cover piece in the middle was forgotten and gave them an entry point. It is a seemingly useless piece that's easy to forget laying on your garage floor until you notice it halfway through putting things back together, and then you have to...

Since you may be rusty, always keep an eye for drips under the vehicle, and wet spots you leave behind. Not the water near the front passenger side, thats just A/C condensation and always dripping, especially on a hot day. Sometimes the rear a/c drips some water too. But anything else might...

Yeah, the front of luggage rack rails. Pop the cover off and there are a couple big weird bolts (torx maybe) that go through the roof. You can smear some silicone on and around them and put them back.

It's not hard to change the sunroof seal, just a couple screws and the glass comes out, and you tightly wrap the new seal around it with a little adhesive. You're also forgetting about the common leak spot of the bolts that hold the luggage rack in the front. Pop them out and put some silicone...