04 Limited v8 w/218k miles. Bought it from my Dad at 125k after he got a 5th gen (folks are retired and need room for golf clubs 
Bought the Bilsteins from shockwarehouselast fall but kept putting it off mainly due to the front coils and not having a decent mechanic. Got to the point where it felt I was driving a 72 Caddy. Stopped by the BADyear place in Bowie MD. Got a quote for $300 plus alignment (left front was toed in some). Dropped it off Sunday night. The mechanics and both service advisors were convinced it was connected to the brake system. Took in the pages from the FSM. They pressed on. Went to pick it up and low and behold... VSC TRAC, VAS, ABS and BRAKE lights were all lite up. They are like...never noticed that.... hmmm. I knew what it was but they kept blaming the brake system. They worked on it on Sat but just happened to be at they Hyundai dealer across the street for the wife's Genny and the 4R never moved. Went over and basically got into Jerry Springer Show with the younger Server Adviser. Spoke with the district mgr for this badyear franchise. Basically called me lair. E-mailed a bunch of links from t4r.org never hear a response. F-them.
Went to the Laurel Toyota (carmax). Spoke with a excellent parts guy and picked up the ABS speed sensor harness (left and right). Price was almost the same as Amazon and came in the next day.
Ordered spark plugs and tools from Amazon.
Passenger side: I found it easier to removed the air-box. Note: the check engine light will come on if you disconnect the MAS harness and turn the wheels with the key on the ON. Use scan tool to clear.
Drivers side: Easy peasy. Note: use PB Blaster on 10mil bolts and wait some.
Changed spark plugs. Pass rear was trouble, kept working it forward-backward. First time changing plugs on a Toyota. The Mag sparkplug tool from Amazon was amazing
Still had some lights so I did the zero point calibration. All is right in the world.
NOTE: Getting old sucks..had to use readers most of the time Not bad for a 50+ year old guy
CEH in MD
Here is the old wiring harness
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7N28I5DChpvTGwzcVZ6RXhTZjA/view?usp=sharing
Here are the old plugs. The bottom pic is the front of the engine, left side plugs are passenger side.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7N28I5DChpvYkxrTEdkVWl0T2s/view?usp=sharing
Bought the Bilsteins from shockwarehouselast fall but kept putting it off mainly due to the front coils and not having a decent mechanic. Got to the point where it felt I was driving a 72 Caddy. Stopped by the BADyear place in Bowie MD. Got a quote for $300 plus alignment (left front was toed in some). Dropped it off Sunday night. The mechanics and both service advisors were convinced it was connected to the brake system. Took in the pages from the FSM. They pressed on. Went to pick it up and low and behold... VSC TRAC, VAS, ABS and BRAKE lights were all lite up. They are like...never noticed that.... hmmm. I knew what it was but they kept blaming the brake system. They worked on it on Sat but just happened to be at they Hyundai dealer across the street for the wife's Genny and the 4R never moved. Went over and basically got into Jerry Springer Show with the younger Server Adviser. Spoke with the district mgr for this badyear franchise. Basically called me lair. E-mailed a bunch of links from t4r.org never hear a response. F-them.
Went to the Laurel Toyota (carmax). Spoke with a excellent parts guy and picked up the ABS speed sensor harness (left and right). Price was almost the same as Amazon and came in the next day.
Ordered spark plugs and tools from Amazon.
Passenger side: I found it easier to removed the air-box. Note: the check engine light will come on if you disconnect the MAS harness and turn the wheels with the key on the ON. Use scan tool to clear.
Drivers side: Easy peasy. Note: use PB Blaster on 10mil bolts and wait some.
Changed spark plugs. Pass rear was trouble, kept working it forward-backward. First time changing plugs on a Toyota. The Mag sparkplug tool from Amazon was amazing
Still had some lights so I did the zero point calibration. All is right in the world.
NOTE: Getting old sucks..had to use readers most of the time
Not bad for a 50+ year old guy CEH in MD
Here is the old wiring harness
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7N28I5DChpvTGwzcVZ6RXhTZjA/view?usp=sharing
Here are the old plugs. The bottom pic is the front of the engine, left side plugs are passenger side.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7N28I5DChpvYkxrTEdkVWl0T2s/view?usp=sharing
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