What did you do to your vehicle today?

[bcrdukes]

Yes, they are still around. They also sold my dad an old 5M-GE with a failed head gasket and it was spewing out coolant through the exhaust pipe while the car was operational. Good times.

Edit 1: Ironically, the head gasket on the original 5M-GE my dad had in his Cressida failed due to a head gasket but that is a common issue on these engines.
Edit 2: Engine code corrected

[68style]

Where were your guys stories 11 months ago

[bcrdukes]

[radeonboy]

Spent Saturday driving down to Seattle for Radwood and passed 10,000mi on the way. Forgot how brutal the I-5 is heading into Seattle...

[immorality]

Originally Posted by radeonboy

Spent Saturday driving down to Seattle for Radwood and passed 10,000mi on the way. Forgot how brutal the I-5 is heading into Seattle...

I went down too, god damn construction with so little actual construction. The worst part was see all that traffic eventually funnel down to just a single lane, so painful...

[impactX]

I just installed an Alpine 12" Type R (sealed box) into the trunk, and wired most of it (power from battery to trunk, remote and bass level wires from deck to trunk, and rca on the other side of the car) only to find out the deck's pre-out cable is missing. fml

The weekend before I installed Cusco carbon fiber rear strut bar and a Cusco trunk bar.

I still have 2 Eibach swaybars, 3 more Cusco arm bars, 1 Cusco member support bar, Defi gauges and Greddy oil filter relocation kit left to be installed after my jack/jack stands arrive.

[underscore]

I finished rebuilding the double cardan joint in the front driveshaft of the Grand Cherokee because the balljoint was squeaking like crazy and the ujoints weren't great either, and put it back in so I have 4WD again. Of course that couldn't go smoothly and apparently the bolts for the front and rear yokes are slightly different (the rear is finer) but close enough that I was able to accidentally put one of the front bolts into the rear and I didn't find out til I went to put the last bolt into the front and found it didn't go in very far before getting stuck.

Much gnashing of teeth and turning the wee little wrench that fits later and I got it sorted. Of course when I started pulling the rear bolts to check them it was the last one that was the incorrect bolt. So what should've been a 15 minute job took about 2 hours.

[320icar]

Did some maintenance to the STi. Hit 5k km* for daily driving so changed the oil. Was down almost to the L mark on the dipstick so good thing i checked. Oil was pretty dark, but still felt good on the fingers (does that make sense to anyone but me). Also changed out both the front trans/diff and rear diff while I was at it. Both fluid came out quite clear, but shifting definitely feels improved.

Also took the time to install front and rear primitive racing 3/16” underbody protection. Was patient and scored both used for dirt cheap. Then since it was in the air I rotated the tires too.

Next on the list is to adjust the shifter. The short shift has a little rattle because it’s missing a plastic collar that the oem shifter has. Driving me nuts!

Spoiler!

*5000km since I started daily driving it. Not sure how long since the PO did an oil change. I could check the records (same for the driveline fluids) but it’s just easier for me to change it myself LOL

[Badhobz]

gents for the initial break in oil change, when should i change it out? dealer recommends 8k, but that seems a bit high to me and i think all the metal particulates needs to be removed sooner than later.

Also what about the tranny fluid? isnt there a break in flush for the tranny fluid as well?

[GIZZ]

I have about a 1000kms on my hatch b16b rebuild. I've already done 4 oil changes. 1st heat cycle, 10kms, 500, 1000.

For an auto trans I'd do take whatever the manufacturer recommends then do it twice as often. But I guess it depends on the car.

[trollface]

8in Imagine Dynamics paired with a JL 500/1

Box fits a Golf R perfectly, allowing the seats to fold. #planningahead

[68style]

People still do this?

Where’s your Pioneer dolphin graphics deck?

[320icar]

Originally Posted by Badhobz

gents for the initial break in oil change, when should i change it out? dealer recommends 8k, but that seems a bit high to me and i think all the metal particulates needs to be removed sooner than later.

Also what about the tranny fluid? isnt there a break in flush for the tranny fluid as well?

I’ll be that guy and just say, I bet Toyota knows better than we do. If you want to do a change at 1k then every 8 after that, probably fine.

If Harry built your motor a week before race wars, probably good idea to do what Gizz is. 15km oil change to flush out all the assembly lube. 1000km of conventional oil, then synthetic every xxxxkm after that

[bcrdukes]

Originally Posted by Badhobz

gents for the initial break in oil change, when should i change it out? dealer recommends 8k, but that seems a bit high to me and i think all the metal particulates needs to be removed sooner than later.

Also what about the tranny fluid? isnt there a break in flush for the tranny fluid as well?

How much mileage do you expect to put on the car and do you drive the hell out of it or drive like normal as you would in Richmond traffic? Will you even hit 8K KM this year?

I'm of the opinion Toyota knows best since your car has been built to some very tight tolerances. Perhaps a matter of time and heat cycles as GIZZ does on his Honda motor, but I can only assume (emphasis on assume) his is a daily driver or a race engine of some kind. On my motorcycles, I used to rev the living crap out fo them to red line for a number of rides then change the oil. They never gave me a problem but I don't recommend doing that to your car lol

For transmission, I'm not familiar with this part. I'd leave it as is. Maybe if Lexus misdiagnoses your car, you might get a new transmission, just like how I did under warranty.

Originally Posted by GIZZ

I have about a 1000kms on my hatch b16b rebuild. I've already done 4 oil changes. 1st heat cycle, 10kms, 500, 1000.

For an auto trans I'd do take whatever the manufacturer recommends then do it twice as often. But I guess it depends on the car.

[underscore]

Especially on a car that high end I would think some of that break in is done at the factory, no?

[Badhobz]

im just gonna dump the factory oil today. its at 1800km right now and its probably overkill but at least it'll give me some piece of mind that im not spinning metal shavings around in the engine. ill dump it again at 8000km and continue their normal 5k(miles or 8000km) oil intervals (weird its only 5k and conventional 5w30 on the LC)

i was always curious if the tranny had a similar break in schedule. i tried looking online and it seems nobody does that. But isnt that the same deal? doesnt the tranny have some metal shavings in the fluid?

[bcrdukes]

haha i think it's okay. it's a Lexus, not a POS Porsche.

[trollface]

Originally Posted by 68style

People still do this?

Where’s your Pioneer dolphin graphics deck?

The stock stero in my car sounds like banging two rocks together, I don’t drive no Lc500 man.

[impactX]

Originally Posted by Badhobz

im just gonna dump the factory oil today. its at 1800km right now and its probably overkill but at least it'll give me some piece of mind that im not spinning metal shavings around in the engine. ill dump it again at 8000km and continue their normal 5k(miles or 8000km) oil intervals (weird its only 5k and conventional 5w30 on the LC)

i was always curious if the tranny had a similar break in schedule. i tried looking online and it seems nobody does that. But isnt that the same deal? doesnt the tranny have some metal shavings in the fluid?

What car is this?

I just had my slushbox rebuilt at 220k km, the guy who rebuilt it recommended me to drain and refill tranny fluid at 5k km and 10k km.

Another tranny mechanic also swear by drain + refill every year, and never having the rebuild the tranny.

I will be doing both and installing my Hayden tranny cooler at 5k km.



Didn't anything to my car today but saw this Toyota Century with 5.0 V12:







and unpacked my jack and jack stands today - Torin Big Red ultra low profile 3 ton in black and 4 Torin aluminum jack stands:
https://www.amazon.com/BIG-RED-ATZ83.../dp/B0897YBHSQ
https://www.amazon.com/Torin-Big-Alu.../dp/B0007XTGCI



I had doubts about aluminum jack stands (and their pins) until I saw this video:

YouTube

[trollface]

That's an absurd amount of weight for one jackstand. I don't think you have anything to worry about with either one.

Who is putting 5,000 KG on one stand? Your car would have to be made of plutonium.

[68style]

Did you get a Star Trek Enterprise license plate? lol

Not only is that jackstand impressive, it also came with a crazy amount of packaging!

[impactX]

Originally Posted by 68style

Did you get a Star Trek Enterprise license plate? lol

Not only is that jackstand impressive, it also came with a crazy amount of packaging!

bahahaha yes to Enterprise plate

[impactX]

Installed a12” Alpine Type R sub within a sealed box into the car with the R-A75M 750W RMS amp, and a set of grounding kit.



Also bought 3 Tohnichi torque wrenches to work on upgrading my suspension and maintaining the slushbox. They are supposedly the first manufacturer of torque wrenches in Japan and are used by Toyota factory and perhaps Japanese motogp teams. Goes from 2-10nm, 10-50nm and 40-200nm. They are guaranteed accurate up to 100,000 clicks or one year (the latter is meh but oh well, not very likely that I will click 100,000 times in my life time).

[Badhobz]

^how much are those torque wrenches and where did you get'em from? i also want a set.

[bcrdukes]

I got mine on Amazon