Recent content by superbrick

Hey Oakback, sorry to leave you hanging. The VehiCROSS is in a nutshell just OK in my opinion, but my son loves it. He wanted something weird and cool, and cheap, for his first car and we lucked out and found one locally for just $4000 even though it needed some work. Driving experience is...

Just to give an update, the sound referenced in the first post was definitely due a bad fan bracket. That bracket is a real SOB to get out, mainly due to the two hidden bolts that attach to the A/C compressor, one of which is completely hidden and requires a Rube Goldberg-like combination of...

I think I've figured out my issue with the fan bracket not coming loose. After watching a video of someone doing this same repair on a Tundra, it's apparent that I need to loosen two bolts that hold the A/C compressor to the fan bracket, and these can only be accessed by removing the front skid...

Hi all. Sorry I was away for a few days, family stuff. So I now have the parts to replace the fan clutch and fan bracket, which I believe is the culprit of the sound I posted in the videos. I’ve started the disassembly of the fan shroud, fan assembly, serpentine belt and LH and RH timing belt...

I think you may be right about the fan bracket and clutch. I just shot another video focused on the fan bracket pulley and it does seem to wobble. I also found a video about how to diagnose (and replace) a 100-series fan clutch and it said that the fan shouldn’t normally keep spinning when the...

Ooh, good thinking. I was tired last night and I haven’t been on this forum for awhile so I had forgotten about the option to link YouTube videos. Here are a couple of videos that illustrate the noise I’m hearing. It’s sort of a loping, muffled clunking like something connected to the belt is...

Hey gang. My 18 year old son was driving my 2000 100-series (his Isuzu VehiCROSS is temporarily down for issues of its own) when he said it stalled in traffic. He restarted it and moved to a parking lot but didn’t feel comfortable driving it home. (He’s only been driving for about a year and...

Yeah, in hindsight it is sort of an Occam's Razor situation: the simplest solution is usually the right one. So back to OEM it will be. I guess I just wanted to see if anyone had any experience with a different brand of shocks that they felt were vastly superior to the factory units for mostly...

So this past weekend I replaced the front shocks (and upper control arms) on my new-to-me LC with 200k miles on the original OEM shocks and the new shocks I mounted (KYB Excel-G) are TERRIBLE. Super floaty over typical bumps, and on washboard sections of city streets the rebound rate is so off...

I’m having this same issue with my 2000 LC. I have been dealing with a loud clunking noise from the front passenger tire every time I hit a pot hole or speed bump so I thought it was time to refresh some of the apparently OEM suspension components. (Purchased this rig about 4 months ago from a...

Thanks, Pete. I did not bleed the air from the system. I will definitely start there when I get back to town on Sunday.

Greetings, hive mind. I recently purchased a 2000 LC with an unknown service history. (One owner per the CarFax but it was a trade in on a new vehicle purchase, so no service paperwork. And only a single valet key for that matter.) Everything was running great until about a week after I got...

On further investigation I think the keyhole on the driver's door might just be gummed up. I can turn the key to the right (unlock?) but there is some resistance when I try to turn it to the left. Given that I currently only have one working key (valet) I don't want to force it. I'll look...

Thanks, DB. There's a lot a feel confident doing myself but electrical soldering is not one of those things. I think an ECU swap is the way to go for me.

Hi. I've been away from this forum for about 5 years since I sold my 94 FZJ80 (why, why, why did I do that?) but I am back now with a newly purchased 2000 LC that only came with a single valet key and no fobs. I didn't realize this until the deal was done (it was small mom and pop car lot...