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I've decided to sell my tool box and side locker. The box is a KRL1033 in extreme green. It has had drawer edge guards since new and the stainless top. Very minimal marks from use as it was only used for two years before hanging out in my garage. $6000.00 Will provide detailed pics of any...

I can guarantee none of those dealers have a single vat of oil for every vehicle that comes in. Most likely they have separate large tanks filled with 0w20, 5w20, and 5w30, as well as 1 quart bottles (synthetic, conventional, and blend) of each, in addition to quarts of 10w30 and a local parts...

I had a customer mark the oil filter cup on a 2012 Camry to ensure his oil was changed once. :D I confronted him in the lounge to inform him that Toyota used a paper filter in a plastic cup so he would know that his mark would still be there and that the filter was actually changed.

Considering the first two oil changes are free and Toyota pays for the 0w20 jugs that get dumped in your crankcase; yes, they absolutely use the synthetic oil. Odds are really good that they keep using it after that too, although it may be Toyota approved bulk oil as it's somewhat cheaper...

My personal feeling is that if you can do your oil changes on your own, you might as well do them. If you have a lift, even better! Most people can tackle an oil change and minor filter changes, some of them can even do a bit more intensive work, but not very many have their own lifts. That...

I've had good results by pulling the black plastic float out of the master cylinder then opening the bleeder at the slave cylinder and letting it gravity bleed. Make sure to keep the master cylinder reservoir topped off during the process, then close the bleeder, pump the clutch a bunch, put the...

You may need a steering wheel puller to pull the crank pulley off.

Just unplug the 4 ecm connectors from the ecm behind the glove box, unbolt the grommet that runs through the firewall, then pull everything through and lay it on the engine.

Check the bypass valve and the vacuum line to it. It sounds like it's always trying to boost and it'll stall it out at low rpms without demand for power.

I check the Toyota TIS site every day, multiple times per day, and haven't seen squat about 4runner frames. The only vehicles currently getting attention are previous gen. tundras and sequoias. The tundras get the spray on coating, and the sequoias are getting the spray and possibly a frame...

Just make sure the gear damper is locked in place with a bolt before you remove them and you should be good to go. Also make sure that none of the cam lobes are pushing down on any valve tappets and you shouldn't have any issues when removing them. When you go back in, you have to kind of rock...

Not true. Toyota also switched to 0w20 due to the tighter tolerances in the newer engines. I recently sat in a training class on rebuilding and repairing the 3UR-FE and was told by a toyota training tech that any oil other than 0w20 will hurt a refreshed or new 3UR-FE as it will cause oil...

Took a drive up a tower access road that I haven't been to before.

Wanna do something fun? Set your meter to DC volts. Put one lead from your meter on the hot post of the alternator, while running, and the other lead on the hot post of the battery. The voltage that shows is how much voltage you are losing through the wiring and connections. Do the same thing...