I went and bought the 100 series that had "Shane's Leather" in it last friday, it was for sale on the classifieds here for a while. I hitched a ride 2 hours from some parents of a student I coach, test drove the crap out of it, paid him and drove it home 2 hours with no issues. Anyway it needs some attention in suspension areas and fluid changes, has a little rust around the windshield, and a few other areas that need attention, outside of that it's not too bad for 190k miles.
Onto the more interesting parts. I dropped it off at Toyota, they did the timing belt, water pump, and drive belts, which is nice piece of mind. I spoke with the mechanic and he said the timing belt had likely never been changed, that it was dried and cracked. FEW!
Now the truck only came with one key, and it was a valet key...so I went to Toyota and they quoted me the 500.00 plus a new ECU (that Toyota would do for free) so I could reprogram everything. They did cut a master pattern on a metal key blank for free so at least I had the master pattern to cut from now, which was super cool. The Dealership service here is great.
Next, I got on the best Land Cruiser resource around (Ih8) and searched KEY in the 100 forum, found out about ACE hardware, went there, got the key cut form the master (programmed from the valet) and chipped and PRESTO! 80.00 and I now have another working key, It seems to be working great as of late. I have started the car with it maybe a dozen times, that should be a working key forever now right?
So, I'm new to 100's and greatly appreciate this website and all the people who mess with their vehicles enough to know what's up, then help others. THANKS!
I'll be looking for diagnosis help on this suspension and what-not, stay tuned I'll try to put together a small informal build thread.
Cheers,
C.
Onto the more interesting parts. I dropped it off at Toyota, they did the timing belt, water pump, and drive belts, which is nice piece of mind. I spoke with the mechanic and he said the timing belt had likely never been changed, that it was dried and cracked. FEW!
Now the truck only came with one key, and it was a valet key...so I went to Toyota and they quoted me the 500.00 plus a new ECU (that Toyota would do for free) so I could reprogram everything. They did cut a master pattern on a metal key blank for free so at least I had the master pattern to cut from now, which was super cool. The Dealership service here is great.
Next, I got on the best Land Cruiser resource around (Ih8) and searched KEY in the 100 forum, found out about ACE hardware, went there, got the key cut form the master (programmed from the valet) and chipped and PRESTO! 80.00 and I now have another working key, It seems to be working great as of late. I have started the car with it maybe a dozen times, that should be a working key forever now right?
So, I'm new to 100's and greatly appreciate this website and all the people who mess with their vehicles enough to know what's up, then help others. THANKS!
I'll be looking for diagnosis help on this suspension and what-not, stay tuned I'll try to put together a small informal build thread.
Cheers,
C.
