Hi guys, hope you dont mind me joining your forum. I'm in my late aching 60's and all repairs have to be done outside sadly as space limited. Bought 2007 LC4 3 yrs ago 1 owner 187k on the clock full Toyota stamped book and checked with servicing dealer to make sure book ok. Been a long journey of repairs ever since! Perhaps should have taken a view and sold it but now it is finally running really well and smoothly with 198k on the clock. Toyota garage replaced the brakes, discs and pipes, the engine mounts, timing and aux belts, alternator and the turbo. Up until the turbo job I was pleased with the work they had done and charges were very fair, think they took pity on me! However they lost the plot when fitting the turbo although they did quote me much less than I could buy a turbo for let alone fit it. They didn't connect the hose back to the top of the intercooler, they re-used the rusty oil feed pipe which started leaking and various bolts were not tight.
Time to abandon Toyota so I laid under the car and fitted new oil feed pipe unit, gaskets etc, changed drive shaft (broke two socket wrenches undoing the hub nut), rattling external door panel fixings (fiddly job),
Sump guard (original rotted!). Lights packed up...brake light switch issue. Thud from driveshafts...had not been greased for a very long time! I do wonder what actually gets done on a deal 'full service'
All in all an expensive journey but I love this car (I must be mad) and my body aches everywhere after working on it haha.
I am very grateful to Roughtrax, what a helpful efficient bunch they are.
I am now on a mission to scrape off the rust on the chassis etc and treat it .... rotten job so far!
Have a feeling the rusty fuel filler pipe to the tank will be the next headache.
Radio/cd player no longer works after turbo fitted, guess garage disconnecting batteries did that, also window switch packed up but I worked out how to re-set each window so ok now. Perhaps fit a Halfords radio unit of some sort.
I enjoy reading your posts and will continue to do so, they have helped me a great deal, thanks guys. I really should have joined your club at the outset.
Eddie
Time to abandon Toyota so I laid under the car and fitted new oil feed pipe unit, gaskets etc, changed drive shaft (broke two socket wrenches undoing the hub nut), rattling external door panel fixings (fiddly job),
Sump guard (original rotted!). Lights packed up...brake light switch issue. Thud from driveshafts...had not been greased for a very long time! I do wonder what actually gets done on a deal 'full service'
All in all an expensive journey but I love this car (I must be mad) and my body aches everywhere after working on it haha.
I am very grateful to Roughtrax, what a helpful efficient bunch they are.
I am now on a mission to scrape off the rust on the chassis etc and treat it .... rotten job so far!
Have a feeling the rusty fuel filler pipe to the tank will be the next headache.
Radio/cd player no longer works after turbo fitted, guess garage disconnecting batteries did that, also window switch packed up but I worked out how to re-set each window so ok now. Perhaps fit a Halfords radio unit of some sort.
I enjoy reading your posts and will continue to do so, they have helped me a great deal, thanks guys. I really should have joined your club at the outset.
Eddie