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When I look at the engines listed in the files from @4gotalot, I don't see the 3UR-FE (5.7L V8) engine. That makes me suspect those repair docs are actually for another country like Australia. I'm going to convert them, because I like a challenge, but in my experience looking at the moranbahweather.com site before, only about 75% of the data in the non-US version of the docs is correct.

However, the good news is that I've mirrored the sites that @NC237 linked, and fixed some of the broken links. Unfortunately the most relevant set is in spanish. Aye carrumba!

In any case when I'm done I should have at least 5 Land Cruiser and 4 Lexus LX manuals that are viewable on PC or Mac in any web browser, so hopefully we'll have the correct info spread throughout them for the 2008+ US models. If anyone else has CDs/ISOs they want me to try, send them my way and I'll try to compile one big ass set of these.

Edit: Confirmed his version is nm0810e, which is the non-US 2007-2009 doc
 
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linuxgod said:
When I look at the engines listed in the files from @4gotalot, I don't see the 3UR-FE (5.7L V8) engine. That makes me suspect those repair docs are actually for another country like Australia. I'm going to convert them, because I like a challenge, but in my experience looking at the moranbahweather.com site before, only about 75% of the data in the non-US version of the docs is correct.

However, the good news is that I've mirrored the sites that @NC237 linked, and fixed some of the broken links. Unfortunately the most relevant set is in spanish. Aye carrumba!

In any case when I'm done I should have at least 5 Land Cruiser and 4 Lexus LX manuals that are viewable on PC or Mac in any web browser, so hopefully we'll have the correct info spread throughout them for the 2008+ US models. If anyone else has CDs/ISOs they want me to try, send them my way and I'll try to compile one big ass set of these.
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You're living up to your forum name. :bounce:
 
@linuxgod , et al:

Once upon a time I had a script that downloaded the entire suite of pdf files from the Techinfo site - that was a long time ago for a 1991 MR2.

Are you aware of any such tools today that one could use on the current techinfo site?

When I went to download the FSM for my 2000 LX it involved an almost painful gazillion (at least) mouse clicks to get the files.

I'd love to get a legal manual set for my '17 LC, but holding off hoping someone has found a good way to grab the files.
 
LBridges said:
@linuxgod , et al:

Once upon a time I had a script that downloaded the entire suite of pdf files from the Techinfo site - that was a long time ago for a 1991 MR2.

Are you aware of any such tools today that one could use on the current techinfo site?

When I went to download the FSM for my 2000 LX it involved an almost painful gazillion (at least) mouse clicks to get the files.

I'd love to get a legal manual set for my '17 LC, but holding off hoping someone has found a good way to grab the files.
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The short answer to mirroring a website is Wget - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation. For simple websites it works easily. One issue with the TIS site is that you have to authenticate first. There's a way to do that in Chrome, then export your login cookie and re-use that with wget. I haven't paid for a TIS login but I presume once you're in they probably do other things to the website (javascript, SVGs, etc) which might not mirror cleanly. None of it is likely insurmountable - it's just that I tend to work on these things a few minutes here and there so figuring out how to make it work might take me some time.

It's unfortunate that Toyota charges anywhere from $400 to $1100 per year for TIS access. Yes I know there's a 2 day option, but that's like paying $15 every time I have a random question.
 
linuxgod said:
It's unfortunate that Toyota charges anywhere from $400 to $1100 per year for TIS access. Yes I know there's a 2 day option, but that's like paying $15 every time I have a random question.
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I paid the $15 when I R&R'd the suspension, worth every penny. But as you said, want to just look something up, expensive. The TIS website is very interactive, it's not just a manual online. If I recall correctly, once you create an account, you log in and search related to your vehicle/VIN. The major categories, like suspension, have many sub-categories that open in different windows or tabs for that topic. It looks something like File Explorer.

I saved an image of the pages I visited but to download the service manual, I don't see how (I'm not an expert that's for sure).
 
Yossarian said:
I paid the $15 when I R&R'd the suspension, worth every penny. But as you said, want to just look something up, expensive. The TIS website is very interactive, it's not just a manual online. If I recall correctly, once you create an account, you log in and search related to your vehicle/VIN. The major categories, like suspension, have many sub-categories that open in different windows or tabs for that topic. It looks something like File Explorer.

I saved an image of the pages I visited but to download the service manual, I don't see how (I'm not an expert that's for sure).
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wget will handle pop-ups and new windows and what not easily. It's trickier if there are any links that point to other domains, but as long as everything is within techstream.toyota.com (or whatever the domain is), it'll gladly crawl and harvest the entire site.

The search page would be the first challenge. Most likely that would necessitate VIN #s for different model years and then actually running several parallel jobs to mirror the docs for each VIN. It also means that whatever gets mirrored most likely would mirror the search page but it wouldn't actually work - which is probably why a lot of the foreign CDs that are sold seem to cover similar but not necessarily identical models. There are likely other scenarios to work through as well.
 
Thought I'd provide an update since it's been a couple weeks. I was traveling last week and will be next week as well, so time to spend on this has been spotty. That said I was able to pull down the 4 LX570 and 4 LC archives as well as the clickable wiring diagrams. The site doesn't mirror cleanly, and there are various files missing but I'm fairly close to having functional versions of all 8.

There are a lot of SVGs, javascript, and XML, which means these can't easily be converted to "normal" HTML files. I do have some ideas how I might render these using phantomjs and node-js, but it's new territory for me. I also believe I can convert everything to PDF files, but I don't know how they would be indexed so not sure how you'd ever figure out what the PDF is for.

Anyway once I have these fully working without broken links there are a few options, and I'd like to know what forum users prefer.

1. Make these downloadable, and just point your local web browser at that.
Upside: Pretty straightforward to make this happen
Downside: Dependent on how your computer is set up. It should work in Windows, but is less likely on a Mac.
2. Make a bootable CD.
Downside: In order to use the manual you'll need to drop the CD (or a USB key) in your computer and reboot.
Upside: Will work on any computer as it would basically be a Linux live-image. Pop out the CD and reboot and you're back into your pristine computer.
3. Host this somewhere.
Upside: Easy to access, anyone can use it
Downside: There might still be some local computer/web browser compatibility issues. Also I can envision Toyota shutting this down similar to moranbahweather.
 
linuxgod said:
Thought I'd provide an update since it's been a couple weeks. I was traveling last week and will be next week as well, so time to spend on this has been spotty. That said I was able to pull down the 4 LX570 and 4 LC archives as well as the clickable wiring diagrams. The site doesn't mirror cleanly, and there are various files missing but I'm fairly close to having functional versions of all 8.

There are a lot of SVGs, javascript, and XML, which means these can't easily be converted to "normal" HTML files. I do have some ideas how I might render these using phantomjs and node-js, but it's new territory for me. I also believe I can convert everything to PDF files, but I don't know how they would be indexed so not sure how you'd ever figure out what the PDF is for.

Anyway once I have these fully working without broken links there are a few options, and I'd like to know what forum users prefer.

1. Make these downloadable, and just point your local web browser at that.
Upside: Pretty straightforward to make this happen
Downside: Dependent on how your computer is set up. It should work in Windows, but is less likely on a Mac.
2. Make a bootable CD.
Downside: In order to use the manual you'll need to drop the CD (or a USB key) in your computer and reboot.
Upside: Will work on any computer as it would basically be a Linux live-image. Pop out the CD and reboot and you're back into your pristine computer.
3. Host this somewhere.
Upside: Easy to access, anyone can use it
Downside: There might still be some local computer/web browser compatibility issues. Also I can envision Toyota shutting this down similar to moranbahweather.
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I'm all Mac, so #1 is out for me.

I'd be fine with #2, since I could take my MacBook Pro out to the garage and boot up the manual (on a USB key) when I'm working on the LC.

# 3 is out for any use where wifi is not available. I can imagine using a manual is places with no web access, so I can't recommend that option.
 
Thank you for the update. Not that I understood all of it, but it almost sounds like you are having fun.

#2 sounds more workable for Mac users and remote viewing.

Other than missing info about the 5.7, have you found any other specialized sections or lack of info from that disk?
 
TonyP said:
For sake of not receiving a C&D, I'd avoid #3.
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Agreed.

And the only laptop I have now with a CD drive is on it's last legs, so I'm not too keen on #2, unless you could make it a bootable USB drive.
 
4gotalot said:
Other than missing info about the 5.7, have you found any other specialized sections or lack of info from that disk?
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Your version didn't have the 5.7 but I have a TIS version that does now.
 
Sorry guys, towards the end of July I got busy, and then did the Breckenridge trip followed by 2 weeks in Utah and Arizona with my family. We just got back Sunday. I promise I'll get back to this shortly.
 
No bootable ISO/DVD yet, but I do have the US-spec and some non-US LC and LX570 versions mirrored from the manualtecnico site. I also managed to generate big-ass PDF files from the HTML for most of the sections. If anyone wants to check it out or wants to download the PDFs, PM me for a URL and login.

The repair manual is multiple files (Engine, Transmission, etc), some of which are >7,000 pages, so you won't want to print them but you can put on a tablet and/or can manually search using Adobe Acrobat.
 
Found this link to the Repair Manual and thought I'd share it. Includes English version. It's for the 2008 model, but most of it would still be applicable to later models.

Файл из Облака Mail.Ru
 
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