1994 Toyota Landcruiser for sale. 202,492 miles. Only center locked. Always a Colorado vehicle. Manual/cloth seats. Owned 14 years. Maintenance during ownership:
Motor and transmission oil changed regularly. Only synthetic motor oil
New catalytic converter 137k
Headgasket replaced 138k
New...
Recently bought an 02 Lexus LX470. Got two keys, one with a remote and one without. Both are cut the same. I think this means both are valet keys or both are master keys. I tried to get a new master key made at Ace Hardware today and while their computer said the new key was programmed it...
Air bag light was one, horn and cruise not working. Figured it was spiral cable. Replaced it. Horn now works and cruise works but air bag light still on. Does the air bag light need to be manually reset or should it go off automatically if the spiral cable fixed the problem? I did check for...
2002lx470. Horn and cruise control not working, air bag light on. I believe I need to replace the clock spring. Are there any precautions I need to take when replacing the clock spring since the vehicle has VGRS? I'll link a replacement tutorial video below but it doesn't mention any...
Just purchased a 2002 Lexus LX 470. Horn does not work. Found two horn relays just sitting in center console. Person I bought it from says the relays were there when he bought it. I presume the horn didn't work during his 5 yrs of ownership. I know the horn relays install on the back side...
1994 80 Series. Owned since around 2008. 198k miles. New catalytic converter in 2008. Emissions not due until February but with new emissions standards starting 1/1/21 I decided to get an early test. Failed first test on Nox. at 5.78. Standard is 4. Passed HC at 1, standard is 2. That...
My 80 failed the CO emissions on NOx. 4 gpm is the limit. It registered 4.98. EGR system is working. When the EGR system had failed a few years ago it registered 5.74. Two years ago when it failed due to a bad gas cap, it registered 3.14. 46 minutes later after having driven 2 miles to the...
Took our 1994 Toyota Land Cruiser for its annual emissions test. It passed the tailipipe emissions but failed on the gas cap pressure test. Drove 3 miles to a parts store, got a new cap and returned for a retest. Second test was on the same dynamometer with same technician. As you can see the...
Filled the tank up this morning and drove from Denver to Pawnee Grasslands. 80 miles? Hiked for a few hours and drove home. Got out of the truck and noticed a gas smell. Unscrewed the cap and lots of pressure came out. Pushed down on the flapper to get all the pressure out and started...
Just towed our F-24 Trimaran from Denver to Little Current, Ontario, round trip with our 94 80 Series. Hadn't planned to use the LC but the block cracked in my GMC 6.5 diesel right when I hooked up the trailer for the trip. Trailer and boat weigh between 3000-3500 lbs and is about 33 feet long...
Having just gone thru this process when my truck failed emissions, I thought I'd write up how I tested my system. I know there are tons of threads on this and the FSM has procedures but this seemed like a simpler process to me. My main testing device was a Mity Vac. It can pull a vacuum and...
Does anyone know where you have to squeeze to release the blue electrical connector from the VSV? I can't see any push point on the drivers side of the connector or either side of it. I got a long vice grips on it but couldn't pull it out. Does it have a release button on the passenger side...
I'm in the process of replacing the OE VSV with a Dorman non-OE replacement outside the underside of the intake plenum. I plan to leave the OE VSV in place, unplug the wire, plug it into the Dorman and route the vacuum hoses to the Dorman.
So my question is, does the line which comes off the...
Been working on my EGR system recently and it's not clear to me why and when the VSV operates. I know it simply opens the vacuum system to atmosphere and prohibits the operation of the EGR. (currently I have a bb in the VSV line so it is permanently closed). Why does the VSV exist? The...
Failed CO emissions for high NOx. Testing EGR. Tried the test where you put a vacuum on EGR at idle to see if engine stumbles. Can't pull a vacuum on the passenger side nipple with a Mity Vac. Acts like its open to atmosphere. Is this a confirmation that the EGR is bad? Is it best to use a...
5.74 grams per mile. Limit is 4. (used to be 9 when I first bought the truck). It's passed fine the last few tests. The only difference this year is that I retarded the timing. I had been having pinging and discovered the timing was set way too advanced. It probably had been that way since...
On my 94 I have a noise. I thought it was pinging. Switched to hi-test fuel. No difference. Could be a rattle. Thought maybe a heat shield. Can't find a loose one. Makes the noise under load. Not evident with slow acceleration on the flat. Omnipresent under heavy acceleration or uphill...
Been driving from Denver to Flagstaff the last couple of days pulling my Sea Pearl Trimaran (1500lbs) with the 80. I've noticed some things about the transmission and I wonder if someone can give me a little tutorial on how it functions. If I'm in overdrive and it downshifts going up a grade...
Battery died today. I had a spare battery handy but it has terminals in the center of the battery and not on one side like the OE. The positive cable was just long enough to slide over the terminal but the negative was too short. I noticed the negative cable was taped to the wiring harness...