1997 Lx450 oil pump

[Godwin]

Y'all have been so helpful in your responses. Thanks so much.

Given I am a chic and not a dude, I will say I am not strong enough nor confident enough in something like this and so must find a trustworthy mechanically literate strong person or shop to help. I understand mechanics well enough and can almost always figure out the issue and then get the right people for the job, but I am kind of stuck on this one.

The only shops I have come across that might have been able to help seem to not know about the crankshaft bolt issues and instead quoted an insane price for oil pump replacement. The original shop has some pretty solid mechanics and yet they did not know about it when they are the ones to determine the oil pump was the cause of the power steering failing. Seems they did zero research.

Anyway, I have been searching for help for a hot minute and am not getting very far. Any suggestions for someone to help in Middle Tn around Nashville?

@Zjohnsonua and Rory are just south of you in Huntsville and they know Land Cruisers. I don't recall the name of their shop at the moment but I've tagged Zach.

 

[Zjohnsonua]

Thanks for the tag, Godwin.

@cshell, I'm planning to be in Nashville this Tuesday for the STLCA meeting. I'll shoot you a PM to see what we can arrange.

 

[cshell]

Thanks so much for all the help from everyone who commented on this thread and for tagging Zach. He is a rockstar. Words can not convey just how much I appreciate and how excited I am that soon I’ll have my truck back on the road.

The bolt was not put back on at all. He removed it by touching it. That bolt costs me a couple thousand in unnecessary repairs and nearly 3 years of it just sitting unusable. She sounds so good. Thankfully my engine wasn’t damaged.

Y’all are pretty awesome people. Thanks!

 

[Kernal]

"The bolt was not put back on at all. He removed it by touching it."

That's bad on whomever forgot to tighten the crank bolt initially, but worse that others totally missed it.

Whatever money was spent chasing that rabbit in the past should be refunded to the OP (original poster @cshell).