Recent content by zentaury

Well, looks like a little of maintenance goes a long way! Always felt like the engine was suffering, decided to double check my spark plug #6 and seems like the gap was like .19 instead of .31 Also, tighten a little bit the cheap dayco belts that were squeaking. Replaced the six year old Fram...

There is a wet and slushy stuff the we call snow but it happens like once a year haha That day the Lexus was upgraded to company car, I picked up everyone to get to work. Sometimes is nice to have 7 seats.

This one? Does it work for knuckles and driveshafts or they need different grease?

After a couple of days spraying PB blaster, today I was able to loose the inspection knuckles bolts , tomorrow I will try to add some grease, seems like they are dry. No clunks or clicking when turning. I don’t know if there are more grease fittings, in the driveshafts for example?

A few more pictures of her “good side” The aesthetic stuff is her strength, the big issues are some rust and a very damaged exhaust system.

Doing an inspection under it to see what else I need to add on my list. Seems like the PHH had been replaced?

No lockers, and no phone system. Looking forward to see yours!

Hello everyone! This is my "Grandpa Gold" 1997 LX with 345.000 miles: I have a some basic tools, a driveway where I can do basic stuff. I have to be honest, sometimes I am not so good with the details, I get distracted easily, so is important for me that I can complete this before I get...

Thanks for everyone for the reply! It was a transmission hose, I damaged it when pushed down the fan shroud. It was ATF. The radiator had the metal connection in a good angle to open the drain, but too high for the fan shroud. I adjusted, replace the transmission lines, added ATF and coolant...

Hello everyone. Newbie learning to do mechanical work by myself. On Saturday I replaced my radiator, hoses, water pump, thermostat, on my 97 LX450. Everything went smooth and simple. I refilled it, warmed up, took it for a drive, all good. Sunday morning warmed up two times, everything ok...

I think the should work if they are from a 1FZ. Regards

My LX450 is missing the exhaust manifold heat shields. Also looking for springs, ideally no lift. Almost anything is better than my rusted out springs. Let me know what you have!

According to the owner, this is the little fella that may be not working… I will see if I can free it up with wd-40 as the troubleshoot link suggests. In this case the differential is locked all the time? Or worst and is the actuator the faulty one?

I am planning to troubleshoot following this: https://www.pnwadventures.com/blog/toyota-fj80-landcruiser-cdl-troubleshooting/amp/

No heat, great words of wisdom. I lay out what I want to do with the car before spending the money, and analyze if is convenient to do the purchase. It’s a long term project to be my third vehicle, for the occasional road trip to the mountains, the beach, or on the snow. The goal is to use...