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    how many gallons of red coolant needed??..

    You will find this in the 80 series FAQ: Engine coolant: w/ Front heater 12.5 liters (13.2 US qts, 11.1 lmp. qts) w/ Front heater and rear heaters 13.4 liters (14.2 US qts, 11.8 lmp. qts) Ethylene-glycol base If you are mixing 50/50 you can do the math: Make sure you mix the antifreeze (if...
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    Parting Out So. Cal.

    is the upper rear hatch available? Price and condition? Thanks
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    Interesting thoughts from Toyota regarding the 250 in this week’s Automotive News

    I think this is a practical perspective. While there are no 'absolutes' some plants have teething problems and some do not. Honda had some less than stellar experience with a few of their vehicles that were coming out of Mexico. Of course that was then and this is 'now' ... quite likely that has...
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    Hood release cable

    Not sure if this has been covered… on my ‘97 LX450 the hood release lever was not functioning very well for the last year or so; particularly in cold weather… the underhood latch would often not reset and the lever would not return to the closed position …. Finally ordered a new factory cable...
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    The reality of the Landcruiser Head Gasket Issue

    Agreed - it would be nice if a Toyota Engineer could pipe in now and again to help us refine 'the body of knowledge' that is being captured here. It is quite evident that we are united in wanted to offer the most accurate information we have available (one of the reasons I laboriously and...
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    Extensive House Remodel...somewhat unplanned

    Beautiful job!! Are you using triple glaze? My cottage is north of you in Ontario .. outside the Sault on Whitefish Bay (Superior) I used double glaze and have to run the heat all winter (when I am not there) or the drywall cracks ... it gets expensive as the only options are electric, oil or...
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    The reality of the Landcruiser Head Gasket Issue

    I have concluded that according to the installation instructions in my FSM .. the Lexus LX450 head bolts are 'Torque plus angle' additionally TTY bolts are NOT reusable as per this : https://dannysengineportal.com/torque-specification-torque-to-yield-tty-torque-plus-angle-faq/
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    Cruiser Dan and Beno?

    Well ... after many years of a love hate relationship with my '97 LX450 -- we are still motoring on together and it is still the most practical work horse I am aware of; it does everything I need (except save me money at the pump) ..I want to thank Cruiser Dan and Jon and Beno for their support...
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    The reality of the Landcruiser Head Gasket Issue

    Its important to understand that the head bolts on the 1FZ-FE engine are torque to angle fasteners. The initial torque for the 1997 LX450 is 29lbf ... then the bolts are turned in sequence CW 90 degrees ... then again in sequence an additional 90 degrees CW. They do not need re-torquing after...
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    '94 FZJ Another Mysterious Coolant Leak (above trans)

    I had a weird thing happen to me and worth checking in your situation...I found coolant at the back of the engine compartment and couldnt find the leak ...I then discovered that the hood liner was wet at the back and it turned out that I had blown the rad gasket that seals the top of the rad to...
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    Hairline Cracks In Cylinder Head -- Advice Please!

    Just to provide some of my very limited experience with these issues... for a while before my headgasket went south I noticed I was losing coolant ... then I blew the radiator. I wasnt able to be certain at first if it was the rad as the coolant was being blown to the back of the engine and...
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    Starting a rebuild - what would you do?

    FWIW - I had some random P0302 (and other cylinder codes P0304 etc) turned out to be a CPS (crankshaft positioning sensor) FSM has a test for the CPS which I forget now. If it is the CPS it is fairly straight forward to replace IIRC (long time ago)
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    Gas tank install lone man and bungee cords

    Great ideas and I really like that Harbour Freight unit … unfortunately there aren’t any Harbour freight in Canada that I know of. I see that the minimum height for Harbour Freight unit is 7 1/4” …so I’d also have to get another set of axle stands … my vehicle isn’t ‘lifted’ and the problem is...
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    Gas tank install lone man and bungee cords

    No — same size and weight … I also held my tank up with one hand when I replaced one of the straps … when the other is still keeping it generally in place … I couldn’t lift it by hand and hold it when I was flat on my back and not under it … that would have required my arm straight over my head...
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    Gas tank install lone man and bungee cords

    So I finally got around to replacing my gas tank on my '97 LX450 .. of course the inevitable battles with rusty bolts - fortunately many were installed so as not to be exposed to water and salt and came off quickly. Every one that went back was liberally coated in no-seize! Had to drill out the...
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    Random rattle noise on 96 LX450

    I have had a front PS sway bar bushing disintegrate and cause a random rattle on my '97 LX450
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    If you're using a WIX oil filter read this

    Good LUCK!! I mean that sincerely. This thread was started in 2017 ... I jumped in on the thread in 2018 because I had a total loss of indicated oil pressure with a WIX filter installed on my 97 LX450. After contacting the local WIX representative here in Canada ... I was asked to send in the...
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    Head gasket replacement question

    if this work is preventative ignore what follows -- if however you blew the head gasket make sure you replace the head bolts OR measure them per the FSM and REPLACE out of spec and marginally in spec bolts. My HG went at the traditional location - about 11:00 oclock on the no.6 cylinder. When I...
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    Charcoal Canister - Great Option!

    To throw in my 2cents here ... I just removed my fuel tank because of a leak ... some years ago I had to replace my filler neck because it was also leaking where it had rusted at the bracket near the axle .. thats another story. However prior to the tank leak (and after the new filler neck) I...
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    ‘97 gas tank replacement

    Quick update .... I ordered the Rock Auto listed 'Dorman 576754' fuel tank. Waiting for delivery to Canada which will run $116.75 Cdn .. total cost with taxes to me is shown as $951.07 Cdn (approx. $775 USD). Thanks for the suggestion but 'Not available' at Partsouq based on my search for a '97...
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