Timing belt troubles in East Texas - xtra pts for alliteration

[kja1989]

Bought a 100 series and 1 of the big question marks for me was when was the timing belt done? After fluids and tune up, i tackled it this weekend. Check out the condition. I believe it may be the original at 237k miles.
So now that i have finished my second timing belt on a 4.7, my cruiser wont run. It starts and immediately dies. Any help?? Any guesses?

 

[Fj80oregon]

Did you plug in the maf?

 

[kja1989]

Did you plug in the maf?

Yes sir.

 

[kja1989]

Yes sir.

Sat, drank a coke, read all over the internet. Charged my battery and now it runs like a top! Thank you for the reply oregon. Even though maf was plugged in, i read up on those!

 

[acidmantis]

Where in East Texas are you? I’m in Longview, wouldn’t mind having someone local to trade help on big maintenance tasks! I just picked up an 04 with 278k and will do the TB job soon, reboot the CVs as well. I’ve owned 2 3G 4Runners and a Sequoia, done the TB on all of them so far.

 

[kja1989]

I had my son, who has an LX, reading the next step off of videos. It made it go much faster! Did it in 1 day….
Im on Lake Palestine near Bullard. I wonder if there is an East Texas meetup.

 

[MissahPapaJ]

I’m guessing you had the battery disconnected for a spell, it’s common for those engines to wake back up grumpy having to relearn idle and possibly not run at all. Usually a good throttle body cleaning will have that thing chugging like a champ.
Usually if this happens I like to disconnect both battery terminals again link the pos and neg terminals with a small wrench or screw driver to wipe the computer memory ( keep the terminals away from the battery so you don’t arc off of the positive post on the battery cover the positive post with something, after you’ve disconnected battery and connected the wires to one another ( safely away from positive batt post ) clean the throttle body ( off manifold is best but you can do it on the manifold, but I don’t like all the junk falling into the manifold ) after the throttle body is clean reconnect the battery when the engine is 100% cold and let it warm up 100% and you’ll be good.

 

[kja1989]

I’m guessing you had the battery disconnected for a spell, it’s common for those engines to wake back up grumpy having to relearn idle and possibly not run at all. Usually a good throttle body cleaning will have that thing chugging like a champ.
Usually if this happens I like to disconnect both battery terminals again link the pos and neg terminals with a small wrench or screw driver to wipe the computer memory ( keep the terminals away from the battery so you don’t arc off of the positive post on the battery cover the positive post with something, after you’ve disconnected battery and connected the wires to one another ( safely away from positive batt post ) clean the throttle body ( off manifold is best but you can do it on the manifold, but I don’t like all the junk falling into the manifold ) after the throttle body is clean reconnect the battery when the engine is 100% cold and let it warm up 100% and you’ll be good.

Good info. Never knew that about wiping the computer memory. Thanks! Im learning alot of things!

 

[Super77]

That is the crunchiest TB I have ever seen. If it’s original, that speaks volumes about OEM durability. That belt owes you nothing.

 

[NeedaLX]

This thread reminds me that I really need to take a look at my timing belt…. sooner rather than later

Haven’t been able to confirm if it’s been changed, so possibly the original belt on a 2006 with 95,000 miles

I know that is playing with fire with the VVTI. If it looks anything close to OPs I will be terrified

Question is.. what all needs to be removed to be able to access and remove the driver’s side timing cover to get a look?

 

[MissahPapaJ]

This thread reminds me that I really need to take a look at my timing belt…. sooner rather than later

Haven’t been able to confirm if it’s been changed, so possibly the original belt on a 2006 with 95,000 miles

I know that is playing with fire with the VVTI. If it looks anything close to OPs I will be terrified

Question is.. what all needs to be removed to be able to access and remove the driver’s side timing cover to get a look?

You can squeak off the drivers side with minimal parts removal for a peak. Few nuts and bolts and you’re in there. Make sure you mark the spot on the belt and crank it over by hand or with the help of someone bumping it over to look at the whole thing.

 

[NeedaLX]

You can squeak off the drivers side with minimal parts removal for a peak. Few nuts and bolts and you’re in there. Make sure you mark the spot on the belt and crank it over by hand or with the help of someone bumping it over to look at the whole thing.

Thanks for the tip. Getting a look at it should've been one of my first priorities

Plan is to have it replaced ASAP but that's looking like at least another month or more out

I'd feel a lot better in the meantime knowing there's not a cracked monstrosity under there