sapper_daddy

hey i just saw online yesterday a guy who had a v8 lexus motor for like 650 with 19,000 miles on it if worse comes to worse you could get heads and piston's and rings. hopefully nothing broke and has scored the cylinder walls rebuilding the top end without having to invest a bunch into new heads wouldn't be so bad you could even have the used ones freshened up for about 200 bucks. post what you came up with sometime

and roger i understand why.....by the way you got any site i can pull down specific specs on motor ie. compresion, stroke x bore, valve sizes, cam grinds etc? oh yeah i can't really tell on the exploded view which two seals you are talking about specifically, could you show me more please if it's not too much trouble. Thanks for your time sir.

man i think it all goes back to quality for product and service. a few things come to mind when paying for quality. If i pay 30-40% more than i would pay any where else i would expect to have the HIGHEST quality of product or service produced. The is especially true for warrantied work. Just fix it please. But the only persons blame for people beaing treated this way and fleeced so bad is the consumer. The consumers don't educate themselves and they treat everything as an emotional process. Especially vehciles. If you are scared of getting fleeced, on an 70,000 dollar car go educated yourself and shop around for a good deal. Don't go to the closest place and drop the dime. But hey that's typical american consumer, i gotta have it and have it now. Oh well i guess consumers get walked on! but hey i guess could be said for people running the buisnesses in this country these days. because of their lack of work ethic and pride they wanna get rich quick and instead of being happy with serving someone with something for a fair price and sleeping good at night they just rip you off (these are usually the same guys that pay anything for anything). Take your time, buy smart, shop around, and be upfront and polite. If you think you are entitled to something inquire about it and if you don't get what you want, inquire to someone in a higher position, don't be rude but just do it. And remember when someone totally screws you call the better buisness bereau (i have done only once, not vehicle related) and put your tax dollars to work. Just be a good person person and you'll get what you pay for but remember people will try to screw you so do what i do search around until you get what you think you should get. Perfect example, i searched for days to find a sunroof glass for my LS from salvage yards. I wasn't impatient. Couldn't find anyone for less than $200, often they said i was getting a deal. I didn't care i wasn't paying it. One guy i offered him 75 bucks he said it wasn't worth it i asked what would make it worth it. He said 200 bucks. He never did get rid of that glass and he missed out on 75 dollars. Finally a guy who deals toyota searched for me and found one for 75 dollars 80 miles from my house none the less and i got it. I asked him what i owed him for that favor and he said "nothing what goess around comes around" and that's what i'm talking about and being a good solid consumer i will recommend and inquire to him frequently until i find reason not to. that's my peice on that whole thing. man i sure hope they get those miner's in west virginia out of there.......

thanks a for the info much appreciated, and i'll add that to my parts list hey check this out and tell me what you think blake bearings

yeah i've been trying to plan it out before i buy into it all. the car was free so i can't complain. i am just really trying to figure out what i need to replace or rebuild the idlers. hopefully it will all fall into place pretty well. i love that car!!! thanks a for the info much appreciated, and i'll add that to my parts list

I still need to download a service manual. I am trying to get together all the parts to change my timing belt and some other things. On the lexls site it say's timing belt idler no1 and 2 all i can find is one make of bearing for that. Can anyone give me the part no. for both of them. Is it the same part no? How hard is it to just change the bearing for them? Can you even get the whole assembly? The parts store just lists one assembly for it. I don't get it what gives. Also i am changing the following parts while i do this. plugs plug wires timing belt drive belt tensioner idlers thermostat,gasket distributors rotors waterpump as far as spark plugs go i've never messed with this type of vehicle do i need these little plug seals i've never heard anyone mention them but i see them listed as i said i need to get a service manual if there are any other parts that anyone could suggest to change when i do this project let me know cause the only other teardowns i will do on this 200,00 mile car is a rack and pinion rebuild and change motormounts at same time and then uca bushings

hey i got the same leak on the rack and pinion and haven't taken the boot off to take a closer look. my Ls has about 200,000 miles on it and the steering is pretty tight excpet when at slow speeds there is a groaning noise (sway arm, or cotrol arm bushings???) and when i hit the brakes the steering wheel shimmies from left to right real fast (turn the rotors?) but yeah i don't really want to change the rack n pinion unless it's got too much play which it ain't bad, ii need to check it though, but if i did i guess i could change the engine mounts while i'm in there. Any one got any idea on how much a complete seal kit for the pinion is or should i clean the screen first? thanks

ahh get a .22 single shot rifle or pistol go to wal mart and buy 19gr CB caps or super calibri's they make zero noise i shoot them in my front yard on main street