I got busy and went longer than I planned to for this change (9730 km / 6045 miles). Iron and Aluminum up a bit (from the longer interval?) .
With two good results in a row, I will probably only sample once a year going forward.
I ordered on the last two sales - Thanksgiving, then Christmas a few weeks later so I could buy a rad for under the tree. Now Presidents day. Seems to be right around a major holiday. If I was betting, I would predict the next one to be Easter, worst case May long weekend.
Headed down across the border Friday to pick up my Black Friday order of all five front window moldings, rivets, rad, and some fluids. I ordered from Serra Toyota of Decatur and they did a super job of packing the rad (they added extra bubble wrap inside the Toyota box, then placed it in...
Finning is what we have locally for analysis, so hopefully this can be used comparatively to Blackstone.
First oil analysis at 319000 km.
I've been changing oil for the last 3 years at average of 7400 km (4500 miles) with Costco/Kirkland 5w30 and Toyota filter.
Christmas Sale. Same discount as over the Thanksgiving weekend sale.
https://autoparts.toyotaofdecatur.com/
I haven't received my parts from that sale, but will probably make another order.....
Last little bit:
One of the twins got a huge rock in windshield just before Thanksgiving, so was able to order new trim from Decatur (still processing) on Cyber Monday.
Same twin backed into our driveway gate post, looks like is should pull - no gashes in the paint. Just breathe, I try to...
98 LX with 313k km's. Original owner didn't do much in the way of service (e.g. didn't change the timing belt until it needed to be towed in at 236k km (146k miles)). I did a full 3 x flush and new fluid when we got it, and it looks good. I am, however, ordering new hoses, clamps, etc. on my...
Bulbs are all good. They dim all the way down at the same level of the regular bulbs that I haven't changed out. One thing is that the bulb for the radio raise / lower is RIGHT behind the buttons so it is quite a bit brighter than the others. If I am in there again, I will probably put...
I ordered the same ETOPARS bulbs from Amazon as albylam:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/lx-instrument-lights.194345/post-14311702
To identify the polarity of the LEDs I used a camera battery and marked the positive side of the bulbs:
The next photos shows which side is positive and which...
https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/steering-wheel-tilt-position.1289983/
I had the same issue after about a month after I disabled the auto telescope in techstream.
You can reset it by moving the lever 10 times in 5 seconds then once it moves you should be able to travel stop to stop.
If you think it is the tracks you can try Shin-Etsu Silicone grease. Developed by/for Honda for window tracks (Honda part 08798-9013). It works really well. I have put it on ALL my hoses, rubber, and plastic parts. I rub it on so that you can see it, let is sit for a day, then rub it off...
Replaced the original alternator as a PM (no current issues - 98 LX, 280k km). Replaced with the larger 100A Denso reman unit (210-0565). Struggled to remove (playing tetris for 45 minutes) before giving up and removing the lower rad hose - out in 30 seconds after that.
Brushes had over 1/4...
When changing diff fluids last month, noticed there was pressure when I opened the fill plug. Breathers were totally frozen solid. So yesterday I relocated all vents to the engine bay (followed one of the how to's).