Recent content by Landman2000

Yea thats my thought as well. I figured the drain and fills were good enough. No need to create more work for myself by dropping the pan.

I recently replaced the rack on my 2000 LC. I marked everything beforehand. I did replace the intermediate shaft and outer tie rod ends as well. Here is a picture of the gap between my firewall and washer on the intermediate shaft before removal. I was careful to center the steering wheel and...

My 2000 was built 11/99. 300,300 miles and no known issues so far. I’ve only owned it the last 20K miles but as far as I know there has been no previous transmission work. I did several drain/fills with about 20 quarts total of Valvoline Maxlife when I got it. Been tempted to drop the pan but...

Just replaced my sunroof seal a few weeks back. FYI it doesn't use weatherstrip adhesive. The new seal has its own sticky adhesive in the channel already. Make sure you line up the white dots with the corners and its a simple swap.

Crossed the 300K mark today..

Well that said, I still don’t trust them 100%. Buying items that are shipped from and sold by Amazon is your best bet as far as Amazon goes but not guaranteed like an authorized Denso dealer or Rockauto.

If buying Aisin or Denso parts on Amazon, I’ll only buy them when they are shipped from and sold by Amazon. No weird 3rd party sellers. I sell products on Amazon myself so I know very well how the marketplace works.

I bought these same coils on Amazon. They seem legit but I still am paranoid about it. The Denso sticker on top of each coil has orange print instead of black but that is exactly what is shown in the Amazon listing photos.

Good deal. Thanks for the heads up!

Appreciate the video. I like that method of dealing with any potential pitting. I know you used the 1282b fipg but could you also use standard fipg? I just looked on Amazon and see the 1282b is almost $90😬

Another great piece of advice! Sure appreciate it, will definitely do this. Something you only learn from experience!

I bought my AISIN kit and fan mount (FBT-002) from Amazon a few days ago. Made sure it was shipped from and sold by Amazon. Something about the casting quality of the water pump didn't sit right with me. It was rough and looked like there were grind marks on the outside. It wasn't stamped ASIN...

Great thank you for this info! I think I will just inspect the seals when I have everything apart and if I see no leaks, I will leave them be. I was under the impression I had to remove both cams completely to get to the seals.

Question regarding cam seals. I have a 2000 with 300K miles that I recently did valve cover gaskets on (10,000 miles ago). I bought the Aisin timing belt kit and Toyota cam/crank seals. If I decide to replace the cam seals (dont think they are leaking), do I need to buy another set of valve...

Looking forward to more updates!