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I know, right? This thing seems like it was babied. Pasadena truck for most of its life.
Long time Land Cruiser guy, first time LX470!
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You guys weren't kidding... gotta love pulling off the intake to replace the starter. It took about 4.5 hours, and there were a number of connectors with broken tabs and a little dab of RTV. Luckily, they all felt pretty good, but if I start getting intermittent electrical issues, I know where to look first. I took a ton of pics, so might do a writeup for anyone else like me that would have like a step-by-step.
Mine started showing some hesitation in cold weather, so it was time. It had another reman in there, but no idea when that one was from.
Mine started showing some hesitation in cold weather, so it was time. It had another reman in there, but no idea when that one was from.
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Intake manifold gasket is installed, white tab up.
The wire housing blocks. Can be purchase from Toyota and easily replaced. Add perfix to 90980- to number found on wire housing connector
Starter
98-05 Knock sensor
Cold weather slow crank, is not typically indication of a bad starter. Generally, it has more to do with low cranking AMPs. Like that of the group 24F and thick oil. Here in the Rockies, we like cranking AMPs of 27F batteries.
The wire housing blocks. Can be purchase from Toyota and easily replaced. Add perfix to 90980- to number found on wire housing connector
Starter
98-05 Knock sensor
Cold weather slow crank, is not typically indication of a bad starter. Generally, it has more to do with low cranking AMPs. Like that of the group 24F and thick oil. Here in the Rockies, we like cranking AMPs of 27F batteries.
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Interesting, I don’t recall any white tab visible on either side of these, but these got reinstalled exactly as they had come out and didn’t have any issue with leaks, etc. before this project.
Any idea what the difference is with the “white tab up”? It’s all back together and running great so far, so I’ll just have to keep an eye on it and look out for indication of intake leaks.
Wire blocks: Plan on doing some of them in the future. All the ones that need replacing are accessible.
I misspoke — I meant that the starter solenoid was starting to regularly click a few times and then eventually fire. This problem was noticeably exacerbated in cold weather. All signs point to what many threads in the forum indicated as aging contacts.
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White tabs up. Insure proper orientation of NEW intake gasket and sealing of when torque to spec..
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I understand that. What I’m saying is that for the last 20k+ miles this appears to have had the white tabs down, with no apparent negative results. So, I’m just curious if other people have experienced any sort of failure.
Additionally, on close inspection (besides the fore and aft position of the tabs that can go either way) it appears that the sandwiched layers that make up that gasket are equivalent thickness and character on both sides.
In any case, appreciate the feedback if anyone has $.02 about the orientation of those and whether or not it’s worthwhile to tear down to flip them over. Let ‘er rip!
Here’s how they were configured when I opened up the engine (and yes, PO had this engine rebuilt around 20k miles ago, so assuming that’s when these were installed this way)
And here’s right before I put things back together. Just matched it to the way I had seen it.
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I've never, reused or install these gasket backward. So I've no first hand experience. Searching mud, may answer your question. No doubt, others in mud have installed white tabs down. You're probably okay. But, it would be good idea to test for vacuum leaks.
Personal, when I know or suspect I've an assembly issue. I tear it down again. But that's me. I work very hard, to take back to factory spec with factory parts. Setting up for the next 250K miles.
For what it's worth. I use the FSM (Factory Service manual) as my guide. During assembly I've always, two tools with me. A torque wrench and marker pen. I mark ever nut and bolt after I've torqued.
Personal, when I know or suspect I've an assembly issue. I tear it down again. But that's me. I work very hard, to take back to factory spec with factory parts. Setting up for the next 250K miles.
For what it's worth. I use the FSM (Factory Service manual) as my guide. During assembly I've always, two tools with me. A torque wrench and marker pen. I mark ever nut and bolt after I've torqued.
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It’s been a year and a half since I posted about the 99 LX470 — since then I’ve done a lot and the truck is ready to roll over to 300,000 miles this week! Back in early November of last year, my wife and I did a 6500 mile road trip across the country from California to visit my family in Georgia. Most of the drive we slept in the back with our dog. We removed the seats and dropped a foam mattress back there. It was the most comfortable car sleeping road trip experience I’ve ever had.
We left the first afternoon from our place in Idyllwild, CA and made it to a rest stop somewhere north of Phoenix in the high country a bit past midnight that night. The next day we took a beautiful drive through Sedona, stopped for a little hike up an area called Cathedral Rock Trail — but turned back once we realized it probably wasn’t a good one for our dog to be on once you start climbing the super narrow part.
That night we made it somewhere outside of Gallup and found some dispersed camping off of the 40. Woke up to a crisp 25° morning and hit the road.
An old friend gave us a bed for the night in Amarillo, then I think we hit somewhere outside of Little Rock the following — made a stop to show my wife Beale Street, my early childhood home, and some other Memphis memories — and then hit the road. Made it to my parents’ house in Georgia that evening.
I wasn’t planning on making this a post about my road trip, but here we are. For those curious, the decision to drive across the country to visit my family was somewhat a practical one. My wife had a PA school interview in Roanoke scheduled for the end of the first week of November. It would have been pretty expensive to board our dog the entire time we flew there and back and then to Georgia for the holidays, so heck. Why not drive?! It meant we could bring the dog along, enjoy the road and our beautiful country, spend more time with my family, and drive the LX470 of course!!
We had no issues with the truck the entire drive across the country. We hit Georgia for a few days, dropped off the dog with my parents, and then headed up to Roanoke. We stopped in Asheville for a coffee and a pee break — climb back in the truck to make the final leg, and much to my surprise — crank crank crank crank, but no start. Turned out the fuel pump crapped out. Took an uber to a nearby auto parts store, grabbed a compatible aftermarket, did some roadside surgery, and we were off — albeit about 4 hours later than we had planned. I’ll tell you, my wife was looking pretty impressed with me managing to get us back on the road. (No one tell her it’s not too hard to change a fuel pump, please)
The rest of the trip was a blur. Back to Georgia for a couple of weeks. Broken window and stolen tool bag in downtown Atlanta. A fun night in New Orleans. A couple of nights in Austin. Our last stopover was a rest stop somewhere near Las Cruces. The final day was a haul all the way back to Idyllwild.
If anyone has read this far — my wife was offered a place at the PA school in Roanoke, but she had already accepted a spot at a school outside of Portland, OR.
I may share some more photos once I’m on my computer. Anyone else have any recent road trip stories?
We left the first afternoon from our place in Idyllwild, CA and made it to a rest stop somewhere north of Phoenix in the high country a bit past midnight that night. The next day we took a beautiful drive through Sedona, stopped for a little hike up an area called Cathedral Rock Trail — but turned back once we realized it probably wasn’t a good one for our dog to be on once you start climbing the super narrow part.
That night we made it somewhere outside of Gallup and found some dispersed camping off of the 40. Woke up to a crisp 25° morning and hit the road.
An old friend gave us a bed for the night in Amarillo, then I think we hit somewhere outside of Little Rock the following — made a stop to show my wife Beale Street, my early childhood home, and some other Memphis memories — and then hit the road. Made it to my parents’ house in Georgia that evening.
I wasn’t planning on making this a post about my road trip, but here we are. For those curious, the decision to drive across the country to visit my family was somewhat a practical one. My wife had a PA school interview in Roanoke scheduled for the end of the first week of November. It would have been pretty expensive to board our dog the entire time we flew there and back and then to Georgia for the holidays, so heck. Why not drive?! It meant we could bring the dog along, enjoy the road and our beautiful country, spend more time with my family, and drive the LX470 of course!!
We had no issues with the truck the entire drive across the country. We hit Georgia for a few days, dropped off the dog with my parents, and then headed up to Roanoke. We stopped in Asheville for a coffee and a pee break — climb back in the truck to make the final leg, and much to my surprise — crank crank crank crank, but no start. Turned out the fuel pump crapped out. Took an uber to a nearby auto parts store, grabbed a compatible aftermarket, did some roadside surgery, and we were off — albeit about 4 hours later than we had planned. I’ll tell you, my wife was looking pretty impressed with me managing to get us back on the road. (No one tell her it’s not too hard to change a fuel pump, please)
The rest of the trip was a blur. Back to Georgia for a couple of weeks. Broken window and stolen tool bag in downtown Atlanta. A fun night in New Orleans. A couple of nights in Austin. Our last stopover was a rest stop somewhere near Las Cruces. The final day was a haul all the way back to Idyllwild.
If anyone has read this far — my wife was offered a place at the PA school in Roanoke, but she had already accepted a spot at a school outside of Portland, OR.
I may share some more photos once I’m on my computer. Anyone else have any recent road trip stories?
