What have you done to your 100 Series this week? (71 Viewers)

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Installed Ram Mount with X-Grip. Decided to mount it to the driver's side seat rail for easier accessibility

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Just bought window visors at ebay $52 shipped ,looks similar to the JDM visors.Very happy because the material is really good and comes w/ a clip,easy to install less than 10 minutes.
 
Replaced heater t's and hoses on my 2005 lx470. Not too bad of a job. Much easier than the 80 series phh. I replaced both t's and all 6 hoses. Then burped the sysrem. Drivers side hose broke when pulling apart.

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I need to do this on mine. They haven't broken but I'm at 140k and pretty sure they are original. I'd hate for them to break at a bad time. How long did it take to do yours.
It took about 1 hr total. Best to just replace hoses too, makes the process fairly easy. I used some long reach curved tip pliers for the whole process. I have 129K on mine - I am pretty sure they were original. Got the parts from @beno.
 
It took about 1 hr total. Best to just replace hoses too, makes the process fairly easy. I used some long reach curved tip pliers for the whole process. I have 129K on mine - I am pretty sure they were original. Got the parts from @beno.
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What was your cooling system burp process? How much coolant did you end up adding?
 
I had torque converter locking issues causing the shakes at 35-45 MPH. Had the entire transmission replaced with a REMAN unit from ETE Reman for $50 at the Lexus Dealership and the price of the original warranty at purchase of my 2003 LX. Shakes are gone!
 
Tred-
What was your cooling system burp process? How much coolant did you end up adding?
I caught the coolant when removing the hoses in a cup. Added it back to the overflow bottle. Put the vehicle on an incline and removed the radiator cap. I have a lisle coolant fill/burp system and after installing it I started the cruiser, put all the heaters on high, and watched the bubbles come out. I revved up the engine a couple times and after I felt the thermostat was open for a little while I turned the engine off, put the radiator cap back on, and called it a day. I didn't have to add any more coolant at least not yet. Plan to do a couple drive cycles then check the overflow bottle and top off with distilled water if i need any.

Sorry for the pics, no clue how to edit it. Wont let me remove the extra pics.
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Went wheeling at gulches orv in South Carolina today. Saw two nicely built 80's. All most lost my rear bumper cover, but it was still attached!
 

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