cc93cruiser
CRUZAHEAD
Thought I would post here since the hundys shared the same engine (for the most part)...
Million Mile Toyota 4.7 V8
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This has been around for a while, and I was not able to get any real facts as to what and when was replaced, what oil change interval (we could still calculate averages) and what lubricant was used (was it TGMO, since they insist on it being serviced at the same dealer), any differential maintenance? How about the slider yoke grease 
Any suspension parts went out? Was the owner going by "don't mess with success" and doing just minimal necessary maintenance or did he follow all the upsell guidance?
Anybody close to the dealer or the owner? Mr Victor Sheppard was the owner, and Greg Leblanc Toyota in Mr. Sheppard’s hometown, Houma, La. was the dealer.
[that poor Chief Engineer is not very firm on 'timing chains'..]
Any suspension parts went out? Was the owner going by "don't mess with success" and doing just minimal necessary maintenance or did he follow all the upsell guidance?Anybody close to the dealer or the owner? Mr Victor Sheppard was the owner, and Greg Leblanc Toyota in Mr. Sheppard’s hometown, Houma, La. was the dealer.
[that poor Chief Engineer is not very firm on 'timing chains'..]
I'd like to know engine time figures:
Total hours
Total starts
Hours between maintenance
Total hours
Total starts
Hours between maintenance
I read an article about it when it first occurred I think the trans was replace or maybe just the TCM it is all highway miles the original owner runs some kind of commerical logistics company and used the Tundra as a work truck he followed all regularly scheduled maintenance according to Toyota normal wear items were replaced like suspension components and the like.
I'd be skeptical when the "Chief engineer of tundras and tacomas" believes the 4.7 has a "timing chain".
The truck is actually a 4.0 V6, not a V8. Toyota corrected the original author of the article.
The truck in the video definitely has the 4.7 V8.
duggy
SILVER Star
Somebody didn't watch the video
From what i read in some article, the only issue the guy had was around 700k miles; the truck didn't want to go into reverse. Aside from that it was scheduled maintenance. That 4.7 is a great motor.
I read an article about this truck before, which said that Toyota corrected the author and told him it was a V-6. Toyota's PR person doesn't know their own trucks, then.
http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/heres-what-a-toyota-truck-looks-like-after-1-000-000-mi-1776141464
"(*Correction: the dealership originally told me this truck had a 4.6 V8, but Toyota has informed me it’s actually a 4.0 V6 truck.)"
