Recent content by ztphillips93

I just finished my timing belt water pump job and as Baja1 said. Use wood. I drilled about a 1” hole in the center of a 2x4 about 6” from the end. Then drill 2 smaller 3/8” holes about 3 inches apart with the 1” hole centered between the two. Put 2 bolts and nuts through your holes and they will...

Eureka! Got it out. Just a recap. Took the compressor off, compressor bracket and still had no luck even with access to the rear tensioner bolt. I then took a dremmel with a metal cutting wheel and cut the head of the bolt off. As soon as I did this the tensioner fell out. I then soaked the bolt...

When I say 3 days I do not obviously mean 72 hours of labor ha. I’m talking about 2-3 hours per evening. But yes. Very worth it. 2 different Toyota dealers quoted over 1000$ and I’m one of those people who doesn’t trust mechanics ha. Plus I know how and it’s not hard (other than problems like...

HA! yeah I noticed that. So a quick update, Got the AC compressor off and out of the way, got the bracket off and had easy access to the rear tensioner bolt. HOWEVER, the bolt is TOO tight and TOO stripped for removal. I re tried my bolt extractor, used strong vise grips, nothing.. just kept...

Going to try this tonight. I had a 12” extension with a 3/8 swivel and bolt extractor nut and no luck. I think I just don’t have the leverage being that’s it’s such a long extension. I haven’t found anything on it but I assume I just remove the 4 12mm bolts that hold the ac compressor on and...

Ok so I am in the process of replacing the timing belt, water pump, tensioner, rollers, seals, the whole 9 yards. I go to take the tensioner off and when removing the rear bolt (accessing it from underneath) i see the bolt is completely stripped. Not sure whos handy work this was in the past but...

Possible bad heater core, does it smell in the cabin? also, try flushing heater core. look up the video by chris fix on yourtube

NICE! i live in houston so we gething NEAR That kind of view ha. I travel up towards austin quite a while and herar there are good trails there. NICE pic!

are you looking from back to front? passenger or driver side? I will try and take a photo of mine and post here

I love looking at these, I get ALLOT of inspiration. thanks everyione!

I will be using the mcguirs compound and diamond cut along with an orange buffing pad and buffer from harbor freight. dont spend to much on a buffer, only difference is the amount of vibrations you get from it. pad is what matters

can anyone help me? im doing the timing job and stripped the rear bolt to the timing belt tensioner. I have DOUCED the bolt in pb, used a bolt extractor, it just keeps slipping.

wish I would have seen this when I bought mine!!!!

working on the timing belt and water pump replacement and ran into a rather large issue.