In December and during early last month while driving around my Cruiser would stall when stopping. Like i'd be cruising and then red light. Slow down, and she'll die. Well, this problem started happening more often. While cruising town on the 15th some boards flew off another vehicle. One went straight to my windshield and over the roof. The other came straight to my antenna and then passenger side of the windshield and into my mirror cover. I locked my brakes and skid running over the board that hit my mirror. Well, the major damage was the bent antenna and mirror small kine scratched. So I drove the Cruiser the next day, and it kept stalling, so I parked it in our driveway.
Last week Monday I drove her down to Kona Muffler. Every time I was slowing down she would die. I dropped her off and left and then came back before they closed. They checked a lot of things, and said they couldn't do anything much cause only Toyota had the codes and they couldn't obtain it from them. They did mention that the a/c compressor needed to be replaced. Anyways I drive up the road to the dealership(fyi there's two Toyota dealerships on the island owned by the same person). Had them check it out and made an appointment the next morning. When I got back in I tried to move the seat forward. WTF is wrong, it's only moving. Oh wells, i'll add it to my list.
Driving home I had no problems. So I take it down the next morning and it stalls 3 times at the same places. Toyota did a diagnostic and checked some other things. Took out the drivers seat and test drove her.
The a/c belts needs to be changed, the seat is set too far back, and they found a leak in the vacuum hose but said it's not a biggie and nothing should be wrong with it. Plus it didn't stall while they drove it.
Well, it stalled about five times in the 9 miles that it took to get home. I park her as usual and jot down what happened and other problems.
The next morning I tried starting my cruiser. It would turn over and start to warm up, then die. After several attempts I would turn it over, and keep on the gas pedal. Push it in a lot, and the belts would squeak as usual. So I tried turning it over and revving it to a higher rpm. If I let it rev at 4k RPMs for 3-5 seconds then it would die. If I started her up, revved it at 4k RPMs, let off the gas, then step back on the gas then it would be fine. but eventually die. I told Toyota there was no hope in doing this all the way to the dealership in traffic.
So Sunday night/Monday morning when it wasn't crowded we hooked up a line to our truck, but I atleast wanted to get to the bottom of the driveway before hooking my Cruiser up. I turned her over and gunned it as soon as she started. On the 3rd time she didn't stall/die so I dropped her into drive and hauled ass to the dealership. Every time I left off the gas or didn't continuously pump the gas then she would die. So 8 times total from our house she stalled. I'd just glide, put her in neutral, and then start her back up and gun it.
So today I get a call from the dealership that my Cruiser will not be ready for a while. Last week I was told I need a whole new front drivers seat. $2000 something dollars. A/C belts I forgot what, antenna more then $300, and diagnostic $180 or something like that. One of the things I wrote on the paper for the techs at the dealership was that I think the vacuum line was the problem. Anyways, I will post back after I talk to them tomorrow.
And on a lighter note over $5k is going into my dads Range Rover as soon as the parts get in. And our good ol Ford needs some props!! Anyways.... just another horror story...
Last week Monday I drove her down to Kona Muffler. Every time I was slowing down she would die. I dropped her off and left and then came back before they closed. They checked a lot of things, and said they couldn't do anything much cause only Toyota had the codes and they couldn't obtain it from them. They did mention that the a/c compressor needed to be replaced. Anyways I drive up the road to the dealership(fyi there's two Toyota dealerships on the island owned by the same person). Had them check it out and made an appointment the next morning. When I got back in I tried to move the seat forward. WTF is wrong, it's only moving. Oh wells, i'll add it to my list.
Driving home I had no problems. So I take it down the next morning and it stalls 3 times at the same places. Toyota did a diagnostic and checked some other things. Took out the drivers seat and test drove her.
The a/c belts needs to be changed, the seat is set too far back, and they found a leak in the vacuum hose but said it's not a biggie and nothing should be wrong with it. Plus it didn't stall while they drove it.
Well, it stalled about five times in the 9 miles that it took to get home. I park her as usual and jot down what happened and other problems.
The next morning I tried starting my cruiser. It would turn over and start to warm up, then die. After several attempts I would turn it over, and keep on the gas pedal. Push it in a lot, and the belts would squeak as usual. So I tried turning it over and revving it to a higher rpm. If I let it rev at 4k RPMs for 3-5 seconds then it would die. If I started her up, revved it at 4k RPMs, let off the gas, then step back on the gas then it would be fine. but eventually die. I told Toyota there was no hope in doing this all the way to the dealership in traffic.
So Sunday night/Monday morning when it wasn't crowded we hooked up a line to our truck, but I atleast wanted to get to the bottom of the driveway before hooking my Cruiser up. I turned her over and gunned it as soon as she started. On the 3rd time she didn't stall/die so I dropped her into drive and hauled ass to the dealership. Every time I left off the gas or didn't continuously pump the gas then she would die. So 8 times total from our house she stalled. I'd just glide, put her in neutral, and then start her back up and gun it.
So today I get a call from the dealership that my Cruiser will not be ready for a while. Last week I was told I need a whole new front drivers seat. $2000 something dollars. A/C belts I forgot what, antenna more then $300, and diagnostic $180 or something like that. One of the things I wrote on the paper for the techs at the dealership was that I think the vacuum line was the problem. Anyways, I will post back after I talk to them tomorrow.
And on a lighter note over $5k is going into my dads Range Rover as soon as the parts get in. And our good ol Ford needs some props!! Anyways.... just another horror story...
. Just put the seat in on position and leave it alone.
when altering the seats position for better leg room. If the stripped gear is on the motor side then buy the otherside and just swap out the guts. The lead screw passes through the gearbox and has a nut with locktite on it.
