Recent content by zhloea

Well, my wife gonna kill me if I traval to Tijuana only for painting this car lol, but there will be a chance I can prompt a trip with her and done this paint by the way...

No for trail, I just drive it in the town, and really love this car and can not stand to see she got peeled clear coat everywhere, I just don't understand why Maaco will charge me more if I only do fenders,bumpers and hood than the whole car~

yes, two front doors, two front fenders and hood. I actually try to find some one can paint just these parts for me, since that damn Macco try to push me to paint the whole car...

Hi my friends, after years of driving I got all clear coat peel off from the frontend of my LC100 2004, so I try to take care of it and I went to Maaco, since their offer is most cost-effective, they are talking about 3000 to paint the whole car, and they said if I ask for just do panels will be...

Thanks for the help, yes, the shop did replace my timing tensioner and idler at the time, and this work was done when the car had 170000 miles on it. I heard the noise from somewhere before but I am not sure where until today, I got to be the fan bracket, I start to hear that noise about 3...

Hi, my friends, it is been a long time. my 04 LC100 ran very well last couple of years until today, the serpentine belt was off while I drove on the street, and of course, I lost power steering after that, then I called AAA and towed it back home. I got some questions need your help to figure...

Hi, the pic below is the compressor of my 3000GT, it is covered by oil which leaking from cam seal or valve cover, I want to clean it and give it a try, so what is the correct way to do it? Spray on degreaser, brush then garden hose it? Do I need to take care of those wires/connectors before...

thanks for your reply. I don't think it was stripped. the situation is that the bolts should be torqued to 51ft/lb "DRY", however after I treated the rust of it and I coat it with anti-seize but I did not reduce the torque and I still torqued it to 51 ft/lb. there are 2 of these kinds of bolts...

I hate that I saw this post so late, I currently work on a car, its trans mount bracket to the trans block bolts require 51 flb torque, the bolts have some kind of rust issue, so I used the rust evop to remove the rust then coat it with anti-seize then I installed it without reducing torque, of...

How about just using it as a weekend car, like less than 1000 miles per year? I am sure I will not use it for off-roading, I have LC100

I think you just provide a good explanation about why it is rare to see one running on the road. I just purely like the looking of those trucks...but based on all the comments I got so far, it is a little crazy to buy one 36 yrs old truck. Thanks for your comments.

Thanks, I just hope the 85 to 89 montero should be the same, then I can use some Dodge raider (87 to 89 montero)parts, please correct me if I am wrong. And yes, the smog will be a big problem, that is the reason I might choose the 85 one, it all stock and just passed the smog (then the worst...

Thanks for the reply, I think I got some very good points from your reply to beat the price they try to set up. If the 85 only has 110k and the 89 has 200k, which one should buy?

Hi, I am currently looking for an 87-89 3 Drs montero or dodge raider, but I did not have so much luck seeing a good one, last week there is a good 85 Montero 3 dr 2.6 manual pop up in my area, so I have some questions below: 1. Is there any big difference between 85 Montero and 87-89...

Per @2001LC 's suggestion, I wiped out the oil mark and did the dipstick O ring change last month, but did not get a chance to check it again. I believe the oil mark close to the harmonic balancer pulley was clean out by replacing the valve cover gasket. overall, it should not come from the...