Recent content by WanderingWarrior

Another good report on my 1999 LX470 at 302,500 miles. I use conventional Toyota 5w-30 for a while. 3k miles or 6-8 months. This went about 3500 miles so I changed at around 5.5 months because it’s conventional. Lab suggests, as they always do, to go longer between changes but I won’t be doing...

Thank you. Issue was there prior to me switching out lower bushings (went again with oem) on my front AHC battering rams/ shocks when I did all my front control arms oem. Everything was torqued to spec with new hardware. Clunk remained. So don't think it's anything not torqued to spec in front...

haha yup. Only things I haven't done are my transmission and engine mounts. And been sitting on brand new rear upper and lower toyota control arms and pan hard bar for 1.5 years. Have 303,000 miles on current originals but recently had another great suspension expert check them out and he...

Yes, you need to replace the moldings and with rivets or you will get leaks down the A pillar that will go into your cabin and mess up the computer/ electronics. DO NOT let them use screws and try to convince you they can do that. Tons of threads online and on fb groups about how people had to...

Can you post more on the exact blunt needle you will use for the 60ml Luer Lock syringe if i can manage to get my hands on the 60% moly in Canada for the slip yokes? Greasing the slip yoke (up to 5% moly) and the u joints with their grease has never reduced my R to D etc clunk nor has new oem...

Hey! Can you explain this more? It ended up fixing your D to R clunk? You adjusted the kick down cable near the throttle body in engine bay?

@IndroCruise sorry to bug ya again. But I had an epiphany!! That I missed a step when I read some of your other posts in other threads today. The step AFTER you fix cross tilt while engine off and ahc off. I never did the then turn on ahc and possible play around with height sensor units to see...

Thank you so much. Just read the article you linked regarding air and breakdown of hydraulic fluid/ diminishing performance. Makes sense! For fluid changes I will stick to about 2-3 years to change out fluid as I have done so far. I hit about 5-6k miles per year only so would be definitely...

And here are the dates off old original globes @IndroCruise ahc fluid that dripped on outside made it a bit less clear but still visible. 27 years old 299k miles. Great reliability and who knows maybe still had another year or two in them since I was still at 8 tick marks and none were busted...

Thank you so much for your incredibly thorough reply!!! You, and the others @suprarx7nut @PADDO @2001LC and @uHu and others have helped so much in my learnings of AHC these past few years. I never wrenched on a car 5 years ago and now I do about 90-95% of all the work myself! My little girls and...

Tagging also @PADDO @suprarx7nut all three of you have helped so much our ahc community and would love your advice if I should add on new springs or spacer and what kind OR just leave as is with my pressures being front 6.1(not as loaded)-6.2 (loaded out) and rear 6.4 (not as loaded) 6.9 (loaded...

Your height sensors are way off. They need to be close to 0 and very close to each others’ readings. New globes will wear quickly and mess up if this continues to be wrong.

i know this is old but difference is 1998 to feb march 1999 have smaller bracket hole in middle of bracket at end of lines where the smaller shocks go in. March 1999 to 02 they made larger shocks and so needed larger bracket at end of the lines. The lines are different and shocks different. Then...

I have not heard anyone complain about their impex globes with failure unless they had not properly managed their pressures in tech stream and height of car in front and back was off. That will wear out even new globes and battering rams/ struts faster because pressures need to be in line. I...

on top of everything above, also rear control arms. Some have fixed their stop and go thump by changing rear control arms. But start with greasing slip yoke and ujoints since cheaper to do.