Recent content by Morkai

Haven't driven my 2000 in about 16 days. This morning I noticed the steering is very heavy and takes much more effort to turn the wheel. Power Steering fluid looks normal. Any ideas?

Hi all, was wondering if anyone had any experience with the following issue. I have a 2000 2WD SR5 and the shifter is quite loose. It rattles and moves around with every bump. Rarely, if it's not quite "all the way" in Drive it can be rattled into 2nd. Any ideas on how to tighten this up?

Had some serious work done. Timing belt + water pump, replaced radiator and spark plugs + wires, and put in some replacement OEM lower ball joints. Hopefully this refresh keeps her going for another 100k.

Grabbed it from a salvage yard not too far out. Got lucky.

Got a much needed nose job yesterday. Now to overhaul the internals...

Hoo boy... What is that going to run me? Thanks!

Thank you everyone for your replies! I do have one or two more questions... while I am trying to quickly learn so that I can do these repairs myself going forward, necessity dictates that I utilize a mechanic for this full overhaul at the moment. Here is what has been done and what I am...

General Maintenance question! Hi guys, I am really sorry for what is going to be a majorly n00b post. I recently acquired a 2000 SR5 2WD from my father. He has taken reasonably good care of the car. It has 176,000 miles on it and I would like to take it as far as it can go. The problem is that...

Not what I did, but what I WANT to do: I have a 200 SR5 2WD with the 15 inch wheels. Thinking of putting 31X10.50R15 tires on it, specifically the Bridgestone - Dueler A/T REVO 2's here: http://www.bridgestonetire.com/tire/dueler-at-revo-2-eco I know there will be slight decrease in MPG and...