Reporting in from Iowa. We have both a 2011 sequoia that we have had since 19k miles. It now has 131k. It's been bulletproof and never been into the dealership for any repairs other than one sensor. We have captain chairs center row and three boys and bernese mountain dog. It has been fantastic...
I will leave it at this. For a guy that sees this stuff every single day for 20 years not notifying your own carrier timely is a risk that jeopardizes coverage if things go south with the " responsible party" . I have seen people turn the tables and say they were the ones hit. And without a...
There is a lot of bad advice in this thread. As a guy who runs an evil insurance company underwriting department there are too many variables that could result in your vehicle not being repaired to your liking or hamstring your own insurance company by not getting them involved soon enough...
I have a 77 FJ40 that has ran beautifully for the past several years. I rarely needed to even use the choke to start it. Half choke generally did the trick.
Earlier this year I replaced all the valve stem seals and my truck was now idling from 900 to 1000rpm.
So this past weekend I thought I...
General question for the group. I just changed the engine air filter at 17k miles and it looked virtually new.
I saved it but really would like to know what everyone does in similar situations. I feel like it has plenty of life left.
My 200 is not on gravel roads or in dusty environments...
If you don't have an air rail I would strongly recommend a homebrew set up. I dont have a welder or much for fab skills but the studs down the middle of the block could have something mounted to them to give you leverage. I wouldn't waste your time with the smaller tools posted earlier in this...
You take all of the spark plugs out first. Then feed the rope into the plug hole. The thicker the diameter rope the better. Once you feed a good amount in. Like 3 or 4 ft. You can slowly rotate the engine by hand and it will raise the piston and press the rope up against the bottom of the...
I'm probably of no help to you. But I won't let anyone touch my 200 unless its a service I can't perform.
My vote is for Lexus service. Where I'm at in des moines the service time at toyota is a joke. 30 days scheduled out for routine oil changes.
Lexus...roll in that day and get it done...
To close out this thread I thought I should post that I completed the valve stem replacement on 11 of the 12 valves. I simply couldn't get to the valve closest to the firewall.
In the end I purchased a universal valve spring compressor tool from Amazon. I was really struggling with the other...