Recent content by MMLC

The belt and other parts I put on were OEM. Not sure what alternator the previous owner installed, but it has been on there for as long as I have owned the vehicle and it hasn't given me any issues.

Hey everyone, I have a 2000 lx470, and I have been dealing with a squealing serp belt for a while now. It squeals when idling, accelerating, or coasting to a stop. I've noticed that the squeal correlates to a drop in voltage (~12.4 volts), and the squeal goes away when the voltage picks back up...

Hey everyone, I've been dealing with an oil leak that is losing oil much faster after I had a shop replace the steering rack. The oil isn't dripping down onto the driveway, but the area around the lip of the oil pan is pretty dirty. I put some UV dye into the system to see if I could pinpoint...

Update: I managed to get the globe seated into the thread using a m22x1.5 thread chaser. I had to go over the bolt on the globe and the fitting on the truck multiple times before it finally seated. The thread chaser set was quite hard to find; the only place I could find in the Nashville metro...

I tried screwing in the old globe to no avail. The threads on the new globe seem to be fine. I tried to get a picture, but it's a little hard to see.

I really appreciate the reply and recomendation. Unfortunately, the fluid didn't seem to help much. I've now spent 4 hours yesterday and 2 hours this morning, and I still cannot get it started on the threads. It's quite frustrating, especially since I got all the other 3 done in about an hour...

Hey everyone, I've been reading through the forums here for a long time, but this will be my first post/question. I'm in the middle of changing out the original globes on my 2000 LX, and I have run into a problem where I cannot get the new accumulator to seat into the thread. It just keeps...