Recent content by FabMMoi

Thanks!

Yeah that's fair, but I don't have the space to work on my car and having someone look under a car here for pretty much anything will cost 500 bucks and up... so investigation & rebuilding? I'd bet the car it'd cost more than the most expensive OEM shipped from the moon :( . Been wishing I had...

Good to know, would you know the part number or reference for both these things by any chance? The Prado LHD rack seems a bit hard to find here, could be worth having a look in Europe (first things I could find are no-brand for 500 USD...)

It is busted :-D One boot (at least) is leaking, also replaced some grommet a couple years ago but didn't really do wonders... it needs a large overhaul, fixing it would probably cost even more than the mad prices i see for a replacement.

Hi were you able to do the swap in the end? Considering Tacoma racks (44250-35020 right?) as the 4Runner racks are tough to find in my region

Another weird thing? Tacoma steering rack is listed as 44250-35020 (different part code), yet 4Runner steering rack (wherever i saw them) are listed as compatible with the same era Tacoma. Wondering if it's a both ways compatibility, also if it requires any extra work to adapt between both (or...

Right? :biggrin1: I'll have a look at FB and Tacomas, hopefully some better luck there. Weirdly, this website in the UK lists a (RHD) steering rack for the VZN185 as compatible with the Cruiser 90, first time I've seen that (at that price it's probably not OEM anyways but if verified that'd be...

Thanks! No availability at Partsouq (and 1100 USD before shipping if they had), 1100 USD with shipping at Amayama :crybaby: Almost looks like the best would be to find a dealer in the US who'd be willing to ship the part...

Hi guys, Looking at replacing my steering rack and they're a bit hard to come by in the UK for a 25 year old LHD truck (country has a few Japan imported diesel RHD Hilux Surf, but that's it). Found in some other topick the assembly code would be 44250-35042, still difficult to find here (first...

Yes using the accurate Toyota ATF. Seems to happen on quite a few cars though, regardless of their origin (multiple threads in this forum)

Thanks nissanh, I'll keep having a look. How would you search in Amayama? I'm afraid that even with my tiny bit of knowledge of Japanese I'm out of my depth there :D . Couldn't see a way to search by VIN or model to find compatible stuff, neither Toyota OEM by parts code? Tried on ebay.co.uk...

Not available from Partsouq unfortunately. Twisted Sid you're right, that could be the cheaper way to do. From what I could read somewhere else it'd still be 500+ and having to order multiple parts generally means multiple deliveries from all parts of the world. Still a bit tough really...

Yeah I'd be glad to put OEM, but at this point it's more about finding anything that can ship to the UK... Couldn't find anything under 700 USD + 150 to 200 of shipping. That'd probably mean the end of that truck, unfortunately, despite all the good memories...

Was able to find a second hand clock spring of the right type on Ebay, horn's back :)

Hi guys, Anyone on the UK who'd have some good advice about where to get a steering rack & pinions around here? I'm guessing there are a few options available (parted Surfs, OEM from compatible Toyota model distributed locally, import of a US reman...), looking for something #1 cheap and #2...