Lextreme II
Active Member
Taking the intakes (upper and lower) is only 1/3 of the work. Wait until you hit the starter bolts...LOL...
That starter motor positioning is absolutely rediculous... I can't believe Toyota designed it that way... Why not mount it outside the motor?...Complete intake removal to access it is just crazy....
Now I can understand why you REALLY don't want your starter motor to go out on an 1uzfe motor....
I wonder what the car dealership charges to change one out? Probably thousands of dollars in labor alone... Yipes...
I agree. Before when I first fabricated the turbo manifold, I thought about making the maniflold on that side, too. It was a PITA so I jsut did the passenger side. I think you'll need to remove the steering column to clear that side. Let me know how it'll go so I can copy how you'll do it...LOL..... Found out that the driver side header was the hardest part so far. Passenger side ended up just unbolting 2 bolts for the back cat and took the whole dang bank out in 1 piece but the driver side is another story. Ended up unbolting the head and cat and zip-tied the head to the side to gain access to the last elusive header bolt sheesh! Figure the timing belt is going to be the only bitch as the timing marks might give problems. I wish I was just doing a starter![]()
That is the easy part...LOL....It took me 1.5 hours to remove everything down to the lower intake manifold.