Recent content by blueleezard

Sat 25 Nov 2017 Dear all: my 2003 V8 Sport now has over 300,000KM (+200,000 miles). LR XREAS shock failed yesterday, will be replaced Monday. No other suspension issues. Rad replaced last Spring. RF boot replaced a month ago. All maintenance done on sched. Will need new rear lift gate next...

Since when? Well, maybe the dealer where I bought our used 2003 V8 Sport never got the memo to not replace the driveshaft :D. But I was seriously impressed with how they dealt with this situation back then, and am still very happy with the result. And I keep every receipt for everything ever...

Dear all: haven't visited the forum since 20 Oct 2011 -- good to be back! My wife and I still have our excellent 2003 T4R V8 Sport (+250,000K) in perfect condition. It's her DD and we have maintained it faithfully over the years. At the suggestion of the Toyota dealer where I bought this...

Follow-up re: bearing etc. The mechanical checks when I bought this unit used indicated no abuse, and everything about the vehicle suggests this was indeed the case. It was occasionally driven in mud and dust a bit, as you might expect here in SW Alberta, and I suppose it's always possible that...

update etc. All: Just a quick note on a dark, drizzly, early Saturday AM in Banff, AB ... ... the dreaded driveline "clunk" hasn't returned, *but* about a week ago, the day after returning from a very fast and trouble-free 1800KM trip to Prince George, BC and back, the following took place...

driveshaft "clunk" update II All: a quick comment as follow-up -- my better half and I (whose idea of roughing it is a "Holiday Hotel" without a swimming pool) took yet another excursion a weekend or so ago up the "Spray Lakes Road" route into Kananaskis country and down the "chute" past...

update: the dreaded "clunk" All: OK, the 2003 V8 Sport is working fine, absolutely zero problems. In fact, absolutely perfect in every respect -- Summer excursions have been fantastic. On regular business, we just completed yet another return trip to Canmore, AB. No problem, nada, zero, etc...

speed limiters ... Hey RickyCRX -- with the 2003 T4R Sport, never been up to the "limit" that you comment on. But it makes sense: the 1990 red T4R I owned [now so long ago] had a speedometer problem / glitch -- killed the engine when the "program" for max speed erroneously reached an arbitrary...

Hey 00328 -- exactly. Make the trip. It's worth it -- and it isn't very far, really, from Colorado. For about 8 years I used to live in what I then called the "TooFar North" [Northern British Columbia, about 55 miles from the Yukon border], then in Canmore, Alberta [in the heart of the Canadian...

Hey 00328 ... no pics -- we didn't take any!! No need, as we've traveled the Icefields route so many times in the past 20+ years. The camera [now digital of course] is always handy in case something really unusual appears [or you really need it for evidence], but there are only so many bears or...

update etc. All: a follow-on note from the previous one -- the rains of late Spring have stopped and Summer [so far; knock wood] has been excellent, overall. So, this is from the wonderful warm and sunny Province of Alberta as we move into mid-August. The weather here in the South is fantastic...

mileage All: for economy reasons, now that my wife and I have traded vehicles, with the T4R she's getting just a tad more than 19.3 MPG on her much shorter commute [calculated, not computer], mostly highway -- while the Volvo S70 T5 SE that I drive back and forth to the city every day [also...

Rear Latch / Drain Hole Description Hey Yabadude: no pics are necessary ... just look along the middle of the bottom edge of your lift-up rear door and you'll find a drain hole. When the problem I described started happening, that little hole was jam-packed with thick, hardened grime / mud /...

Follow-up report All: since the driveshaft replacement last Feb, we've put about 3200 miles on the T4R. Coming up to oil & filter change time. I've done absolutely *nothing* to or with this vehicle except gas it up, check oil and transmission fluid levels, add windshield washer fluid, and check...

All: I was just going through some older postings and the one about the rear door not latching caught my eye. The rear door latch on the used 2003 V8 Sport purchased before Xmas [the one that had the driveshaft successfully replaced] began to do some weird things in January, apparently not...