KonCon
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Wet spots below the vehicle. Used to be only the power steering fluid. This stopped after I fixed it. Since the last oil change, I also get some drip spots from motor oil. It's just very minor and I only see it when the vehicle is standing for a longer time. Oil level is still good. I'm thinking this might stop when I make an oil change and put in some 10w40.
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Awesome. Thank you guys.
Last question. My motor has never lost oil until my last oil change. They used synthetic 5W30EURO. I don't know anything about oil but a friend of mine who knows more said he thinks this has a way too low viscosity and he thinks this would fix itself by just using a motor oil with higher viscosity. What type of oil would you recommend. Need to do an oil change soon.
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OK cool. Everything is back and motor sounds good. The only weird sound is coming from the ac unit (my ac has been broken for a while). I confirmed it's the ac unit by running the motor when only the ac belt was disconnected and no weird sounds then. Should I just leave it and accept the weird sound or remove the ac belt completely?
It would be great to get ac back and running but I don't know anything about it. I haven't done any service on it in the past 3 years.
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Of course the Toyota guys ordered two nuts instead of two washers. Grabbed another m10 washer at Ace hardware. I saw that the ace one is slightly thicker. Any reason not to use the one on the left?
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3 minutes ago, extech said:
one against the bolt head and one against the nut
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The one against the nut would be against the washer, according to the drawing, right?
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Ended up getting it overpriced at the local Toyota dealer. That way I'll get it today and can install it before the rain sets in tmrw and I don't have to worry about anything not being the right fit.
The two items 90201-10005, do they go in the alternator side of the bracket or the bolt/nut side? I suspect the alternator side....
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Found this drawing at partsouq.com when entering my VIN.
I would order all the parts below in red. Any concerns about that?
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Thank you very much. How do I identify the correct grade 8 factory bolt? I don't plan on moving the vehicle until this is fixed.
Would this one work???
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Ok guys I finally took a look and I have to say thank you for all your input. I think this is a really stupid one but thank god nothing happened:
I followed your advice and removed all the belts, turned on the motor and no weird noise. Everything sounded ok. So I decided to first put back the alternator belt. While I was moving the alternator, I thought it was kind of weird that it was wiggling a little bit so I thought I'd check the lower bolt that holds the alternator in place. Well it turns out, that there is no bolt anymore. I guess that the alternator moving is causing the noise.
Here's what I think happened:
I recently had to replace my alternator. When putting the new one in, I suspect I had the lower bolt loose while tightening the belt via the alternator upper bolt. And I think I never tightened the lower bolt after I was done with the upper bolt. I think I remember during my drive home after my last trip, I heard a weird sound that sounded like something falling out on the bottom or something like that. I'm pretty sure it's this bolt that came loose and fell out.
How can I identify the bolt that I need without having to remove the alternator. I would really like to avoid taking it out again as this was quite a pain.
Thank you so much!!!
Nico
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OK sounds good. Regarding the "removing the belts"... There's nothing that can break if I remove them right?
Would you suggest for me to fix the tensioner and plastic guides and see if this fixes the #1 sound?
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Alright. Thank you both so much. Looks like I'm gonna extend my automotive knowledge with this project. With you all helping, I'm confident this is something I can do. Without having done any research: Are there any old posts you'd recommend reading?
Let's do it!!!! 💪
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Oh great, this is not what I was hoping to hear....
The first noise suddenly started after I came back from my last trip and I was almost home. Any ideas what could have caused that?
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Hey all,
I found that the engine in my 1987 Toyota is suddenly making a weird rattle sound. I think it is coming somewhere from the right side but not so clear. I hope you all can hear it in the video here. (first half or so). There is also a weird squeaking sound coming more from the left side. I think it could be the AC compressor. Any idea what I should do to identify what it is or get it fixed? I checked the oil level and that looked good.
Thanks,
Koncon
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Good idea. Will check! Thanks for that.
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Alright everyone. Got it all fixed and took the toy out this weekend. Worked well so far. The steering wheel is a tiny bit off center but I think it might have already been like that previously. Is that any bad?
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My bad. I received the box back with the arm installed so this is all aligned. Any alignment I need for the other end of the steering arm to the part that is doing the actual steering of the wheels?
And what about the alignment of the shaft to the steering wheel?
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Does anyone have any images on how I can find the alignment for the steering shaft and the pitman arm? I can't find any marks.
For the shaft i think the screw will go where the flat part is but how do I make sure I get the thing in the right teeth? With the pitman arm I don't see any alignment at all. Pretty lost right now.
Thanks
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Awesome. Thanks for your patience with my dumb questions 🤗
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Awesome. Thank you both!!!!!
Any recommendations on how to get it to the level of smooth and shiny that would be ideal?
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Oh that makes sense. Thank you. I'll make sure to clean it up real good. The counter part is inside the gearbox. I assume that this has been cleaned properly by powersteering.com. We'll see once it is in...
So nothing special to do to seal the thread right?
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Is this what you mean with "the part where you have the tee" ??
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One more question came up. Is there anything I can use to make sure the fittings don't leak after installing. I thought of Teflon tape but the instructions from powersteering.com says DO NOT USE TEFLON TAPE. The fittings don't have any additional sealing part on them.
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Ok thanks. So maybe I install the pitman arm first.
What I'm hearing overall is that my planned procedure is not going to break anything if performed correctly
Engine making weird rattle sound
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I will observe how it will develop. I had the oil dripping issues in the hot months.
BTW, a lot of oils I'm looking at say Diesel Engine Oil. Does this mean I'm looking at the wrong one or would one that says Diesel engine still work?