Recent content by Preston3

pulled the spark plug this morning, plug threads in the head blew out and threads on the plug were pretty damaged as well. thanks for the advice and responses.

Forehead smack, no, I just swapped the coil. Plugs were changed with oem bout 30 k miles ago when I had timing belt done. Will check tomorrow. The lx is my wife’s daily driver and I just did a quick swap with a new coil in hopes that would remedy the issue. Had to clean out my work truck for her...

Odd noise that just started today. Pulled a code a got P0306 misfire on cylinder 6. I had an extra coil and changed it but no improvement. the speed of the noise increases when under load/ pressing gas. going to attach link for a youtube video. Thanks in advance for any advice or opinions.

I looked at the aluminum radiator by Liland Global just now on the Rock Auto website. It appears to have threaded male connections for the trans cooler lines so it would not be a direct install without finding female hose barb adapters that fit correctly. The all aluminum one I just purchased...

I read that thread and few others before I purchased the Spectra radiator . Apparently all that can be purchased from Toyota is a denso radiator and people have reported the same kind of issues with these. From my research the Denso radiators that Toyota dealerships sell are the same Chinese or...

Sending back a second replacement radiator for the 2001 lx470. Original developed a pinhole leak so I changed it out before our summer vacation. Installed a spectra purchased from Amazon. Looked good before install and I felt confident in quality considering that they are supposedly triple...

2001 gray Lx470 with 231,000 miles. Purchased as 3rd owner in Feb 2020 for $7,500. It's my wife's daily driver but she wants to sell because we've had some issues and she is about to start commuting a lot. We have put an additional $5,000 plus in repairs and maintenance into it since...

Going to pick up the LX470 later today. Ended up having inner tie rods replaced, one outer tie rod, wheel bearing preload set, and a rear brake job done. Hoping this resolves the issue. Will update after some driving time and report whether the issue returns. Thanks for all the advice and insight.

I took the lx470 into the dang dealership to get everything inspected because the mechanic I like to use was so backed up that all he could offer to do at the moment was take it for a test drive . At Toyota I mentioned all the suggestions from forum members and basically asked that they do a...

Thanks for the video. It was much more sudden and more drastic of a swerve.

Forgive me, but are you asking if the steering wheel physically turned in the direction of the swerve or are you asking about if the position of the steering wheel shifted up, down, in or out like how you can adjust the position with the controls?

No it was short beeps in quick succession. I didn't notice any light but I was looking at the road.

I was driving through the mountains on a highway in southwestern NC this past week and out of nowhere on a relatively flat section of road the vehicle swerved very hard into the right lane. The pull on the steering wheel felt as if someone had just grabbed it and was trying to run us off the...

Nice, thanks so much. Will check out Blackwell

Thanks so much for the quick replies. Yeah I'm wary of the dealership. I'm near Chattanooga TN if anyone has any recommendations as far as cruiser specialist shops go.