New England B.S. Thread

Nice! I'm just moved it so I can undercoat without getting a ton of overspray on it

 

I have no friggin clue what’s Fumoto valve is and I’ll be changing my oil myself next time around. Pics? Please

 

Can someone tell me if changing the belt tensioner assembly is a pain in the ass?
I’m pretty sure there was a discussion on that here before .


Thanks. Any videos would be helpful.
Meanwhile my neighbor will be checking on allparts.com to see if the ac compressor is in the way

 

It’s a ball valve that takes the place of the drain plug. Makes oil changes quick and clean. Personally, I’ve never been comfortable with the idea but they’re been around for a while.

On my 2nd gen, swapping the whole assembly can be a real pain in the ass, I believe either the A/C compressor or the power steering pump has to be removed first, then the tensioner arm can come off. When I had to replace mine, I just swapped the pulley itself and kept the tensioner assembly in place. Much easier!

 

Some people insist they are the end of the world since I never off-road in my truck I had no danger of it being struck by a boulder. You replace your oil drain plug bolt with a ball valve. That way, when you change your oil, you simply remove the safety lock, slide the valve and out comes your oil. I have over 200,000 miles and oil changes on them between the Subaru that Tacoma and a Honda fit. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MO8XGmERgUc&pp=ygUNRnVtb3RvIHRhY29tYQ==

 

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St. Louis cut, homemade rub blend, cherry chunks from my tree.

 

For me, it’s not even the off road aspect. Ball valves eventually leak, just a fact of life. Granted, this is a very low use application and should out live the truck but still…. The other issue I have is I hate that someone can turn a valve and drain the oil from the truck. Generally, I feel there are far too many complete assholes in the world and I don’t need to be an easy target for someone’s amusement. I don’t know if that’s a common thing or not, but I prefer not to tempt fate.

 

I'd be more worried about the cat being cut off... what is someone gonna drop 5 quarts on the ground in a parking lot just to screw with you

 

That's right up there with the cruelest thing you can do is push over a mans woodpile...

 

How old was your 2nd Gen compared to mine? Could it be much different? Thanks

 

I had a 2007. Its been a while, but i remember not wanting to pull off whatever was attached to the tensioning arm because it had hard piped lines. I juxt swapped the pulley itself, easy peezy.

 

I did the same thing. I was only changing it for the pully anyways as my tensioner had plenty of life left. It made more sense.

 

Lemon squeezie . I should be able to take the pulley off the tensioner, right? Do they sell that one separately?. I guess I’ll just look. I would rather return the assembly and buy the pulleys separately

 

When I did mine, I bought the assembly. When I went to tear into it, I realized the predicament I was in so I just pulled the pulley from the new tensioner and swapped it in. I’m not sure if you can find just the pulley. I don’t think you could find it from Toyota but you might be able to cross reference some part numbers for just the pulley?

 

The tensioner I put on was after market and I think the pulley is shit. So there’s that. It seemed ok when I released the belt to check it.

 

If it makes y'all feel better, I need to do both belts, tensioners, and idlers, and one of the alternators on my stupid duty... not looking forward to THAT project this time of year....may just have to knock 1k off the sale price....

 

My Camry has the same oil filter and between the truck and car i have NEVER cleanly pulled the filter off. Good luck.

 

I drain the filter first. Less mess than doing my bikes....

 

I think log splitter has got water in the hydro tank. I think from the breather because I didn’t have it covered. I might have to purge the whole system and change filter. Changed the oil yesterday.
Going out in a few to inspect it better. See what I can find