In my mind I'd be keeping an eye out for another one that has a good base body but trashed engine and/or interior that someone is getting rid of cheap. In my opnion these cars aren't really worth the money and effort to try and fix that amount of damage. I had a FX16 that was in pretty good shape th...

Have you pulled the CV shafts? They are easy to pull out on the FX16. I wonder if the joint is binding. That usually shows up as a clicking noise when turning. Other than that, check wheel bearing? You can detect that by jacking up one wheel and grabbing the wheel and rocking it to feel for play, al...

Mine is now a rally-cross vehicle and its awesome fun! The FX16 specific stuff that is different from a regular FX. Rear struts, rear discs. Front struts. The 4AGE bits of course. The CV shafts are mislisted in most of the parts replacement catalogs. I think if you get the ones listed for the diesel...

I dunno, you say everything checks out. Maybe the rack itself? Which gets amplified as it and power steering gets warmed up? I had a kick back problem that was caused by worn tie rod(s). Was pretty easy to detect though. The 5th gear play is a chronic problem with these transaxles as it ages. Changi...

Rebuilding a C52 tranny is pointless, it will cost 3 or 4 time more then getting a used one. Just look for a low miles one in the junkyard or save up your money for a 6speed. They are worth every penny. Don't waist your money with JDM axles. Get an used OEM axle and rebuild it your self with OEM to...

Reason why you should sell it? Its really up to you. You don't want it anymore and someone else wants it? Sell. I sold mine because I have two and had to make room for an alltrac celica. And it went to an enthusiast owner. I pretty much gave it to him actually. One reason not to sell it is you can c...

That's good, its like a little mini movie that captures so much of what u can relate to when you were growing up.

kuddster wrote:Timing belt tensioner gave in and allowed her to jump time.

You can't sell her now, you can go back to the future!

Given that info, I'd suspect a bad AFM or throttle position sensor. Kinda weird it wont through a code though. Hm, but its inconsistent. I'd search for bad wiring too.

Yes, I can confirm that is the A/C idle up.

Ugh, 4l V6.
That's not a LandCruiser.
It really should be an inline diesel to be truly harcore durable LandCruiserness.

I'm on my 4th one now. Dunno how many more in the future, I think there are no more left here, I have them all! Oh wait, #3 I sold to mechanic kid and I sometimes see it on the road. Anyway, if you can get rid of all emisions, its pretty easy to replace the intake hose with silicone tube. I had driv...

Mechanically you can get an AE92 (or AE86 for that matter) to be rock solid dependable. What you'll prob run into is electrical difficulties. The wiring and connectors are old and can give problems. The starter circuit is famous. Watch out for places on the wiring harness that may have chafed and sh...

From a practical standpoint, AE92 all the way. There is a much higher chance of finding one in much better condition than a AE86. They are both pretty easy to work on. I've done a clutch and transmission swap on my AE82 (pretty identical to a AE92) by myself in my garage in one night. CV shaft chang...

It's a 4AGE, it lives for revs, heck 3600 is just starting to get into where it likes! Have good oil, good coolant system, you're all good.

Are you sure its the engine? Compression test? It might be the sensors, every AFM I had was flaky.

A longshot but its worked before, I need a nother set of rear OEM struts from a AE92 GTS. Strut only, no need springs. internals can be completely shot. But needs to be the original OEM Toyota ones.
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Old post, but for reference, its probably not the synchros causing this, the infamous 5th gear pop. Now the synchros are likely worn out at the same time if your having this problem, but its not whats causing it. Its usually the bearings worn out with too much slop. The proper fix is a rebuild. Or f...

Yeah, they're great cars. Rust is the bane of these little devils. Aside from that, they seem like they'll keep going forever! They do start seeing issues with electrical like the AFM and various sensors. Leaky distributors, popping 4-5th gears, leaky headgasket in corner. You would too after this m...

Welcome! I'm on my 4th FX16, down to one and one parts bin. Sold my daily for a pittance but its getting good use so I'm happy. Here is the one I have left: Oops, tried linking directly to the image but its big, I'll take that out and put a link to the page that links it. http://www.forumshawaii.com...

It's kinda hard to tell. You might want to check your alternator, the brake light and batt/chg light coming on is classic indication of alternator failure, but if just brake light then maybe not. That might just be a shorted wire or bad sensor. Alternator failure your engine usually would still keep...

P3nnyw1se wrote:I'll try WD-40 and a flathead. Hopefully the timing sprocket comes out easily. I'll be replacing the oil pump so I could care less about that. Haha. I'll let you know how it goes

Get some real penetrating oil, PB or my favorite, Kroil. WD40 has next to no oil, its mostly solvent.

Flames out of intake is sure sign your timing is off.

Gabriel82 wrote:lol true..
hmm here's a thought...
wireless throttle?
too much?

Judging by how many dropped calls I get, how badly my GoPro Wifi works, etc I would not trust to go wireless throttle!

I used the 4AGZE starter. Needed to mod my coolant lines a bit. Got it from local aftermarket auto parts place, Napa I think.

The header wont work directly, outer bolt holes don't line up. I've used the 20v header on a 16v so I imagine you can go the other way with some modification of the flange.
Flywheel you can use any 4AGE flywheel as long as you have matching clutch.

Going from ST to BT flywheel won't hurt, but I think the difference will be pretty subtle and hard to really feel. I can't really feel a huge difference between the original 16V I had and the BT flywheel now in car.

Get a multimeter and actually measure your TPS and AFM. I've got 4 AFMs from my FX16's and other 4AGEs, all bad. The AFM has to be seriously screwed up in order to throw a code in the ECU so it may be bad but you won't see a code. If I recall, there's also a temp sensor in the AFM. Just to be sure, ...

I'll have to remember this. As for adding more crap to engine bay, you're not adding any more crap in engine bay that there wasn't before, you're just repurposing the A/C idle up! Hey, the 20V does idle up in a similar manner with an electronic controlled air valve instead of the wax valve with radi...

Every Corolla I have/had has had voltage drop problems with the ignition starter switch circuit. I carry around a piece of jumper wire to do the direct to battery jump starter trick and that works every time. In on Corolla I paralleled in a bushbutton to the ignition switch. Most of the time that wo...