Recent content by Obioban

I'm replacing the bushings on the AHC.... dampers? Shocks? Struts? Whatever the term is for the long tube behind the control arms (as in, in other cars they would be struts, but don't know if they are for AHC). Anyway, to do this I had to remove the struts from the truck, which meant the AHC...

will read. Thanks!

I had to remove the shock AHC line to replace the bushings that mount them. Other than watching the fluid level in the reservoir, do I need to do anything to bleed the air introduced to the shock in the line out of the system?

Does rebuilding it using the toyota seal kit, done properly, hold up? Or does something about failing cause damage to the metal bits?

If so, what's the way to go for my 11/05 production date truck? Per partsouq, my rack is PN 4425060120... really hoping to avoid spending a grand on this.

Impex has been getting way too much business from me. It's not out of the ordinary for them to be 20% of the price of getting them from a US dealer, for the same OE Toyota parts. Absurd.

Will do. Thanks! I should probably get a new driver side plastic timing belt cover-- my truck doesn't have any of the clips/mounts/etc.

... you're 100% correct. I'm an idiot. Confirmed this was the issue.

Moved to 166200W101, and now my belt isn't fitting (too short). If anyone with experience has suggestions, I'm all ears. https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/new-oe-toyota-accessory-belt-not-fitting-what-am-i-missing.1372880/#post-16154950 edit: Never mind, I'm an idiot.

Hmm. No longer have the original at this point, but that sounds like a good lead to investigate! Routing is per the diagram on the hood, so don't think it's likely to be wrong... Seems like the tensioner is measuring 90mm... which doesn't bode well for that theory. So, I ordered 166200W101...

It's highly under tension just getting it on the tool, as pictured below. Does't come close to fitting around the tensioner, when the tensioner is compressed. 2006 engine. New idlers, tensioners, belt, alternator...

I'm amazed you can bend a valve without knowing it on this engine. Other engines I've timed you can get to the point where the crank stops (when turning by hand) because it hit a valve and there's no issue (assuming you don't force it). The fact that it can happen without even feeling it is...

That’s exactly why I had to manually tweak— the spring tension caused the cam to move when I wasn’t even near it— just jumped. Really hoping I didn’t bend a valve, now! Next time will disassemble using the T’s. I wish I had known that going in!

… that’s not what I want to hear…

These was no piston to valve contact :P