You forgot the problem every ‘90s Toyota has. Oil leaks. Rear main and Oil pan will leak like the Exxon Valdez if you don’t replace them. They will run former like this though if you don’t get to it quickly.

this is great news!!! a good pickup. congrats to Practical Enthusiast for the hard work on the cars and articles. Read more

Great write-up and some of the best photos I’ve seen of a teardown. Good work. Also, it’s amazing to me that the parts you’re taking off are 24 years ago.

So glad to see factory parts used here. Difficult repairs (and critical parts) demand it. Neighbor cheaped out on a replacement starter for his Northstar Caddy (starter located in much the same place as the Lexus) and got to do that whole shitty job over again 6 months later. Read more

I feel your pain. Lately I’ve been turning the key on my Nissan Armada only to hear a click. Second time, it starts just fine. Prelim research says it is either an $8 relay on the firewall or the starter. Guess where the starter is? Yeah. I pretty much have to follow the exact same procedure you did. Read more

Hey teens, I’m happy to say that Peter, the Practical Enthusiast who authored that monster 300ZX build thread a while back, will be on Jalopnik more these days. Get ready to follow more adventures in successful, competent vehicle repair! Read more

Are you living your best life? EUROTRASH E36 snow guy is. Be like him. Read more

Nope. Didn’t measure the bore. Just chucked some new rings in. Is there a chance that there’s some taper, or that the bore opened up a bit over the years? Yes. But this motor ain’t going to the machine shop, so I’m just going to run what I brung. (My new favorite phrase). Read more

Yeah we get too obsessed with cars a lot to the detriment of neglected families and decimated bank accounts. Read more

Holy hell, this is awesome. Read more

My wife and I once owned 5 acres with a 3 car garage, 4 car attached carport, and a barn. I spent many evenings in the garage tinkering. We sold the acerage and moved into the dreaded “neighborhood” on a postage stamp sized lot with a 3 car garage (i say that laughing because we barely get 2 cars in it). Read more

Oh no problem. I understand though. Ive loved these cars since I was a kid and when you love something money doesnt really matter. Read more

I don’t normally give stars to articles around here, but I wish I could give you more than one - for not only your detailed description of everything, but also your passion and dedication to this project. This was a labor of love that you can’t really put a price tag on, though the price financially and mentally was… Read more

The key to having this all sort out in the end is to admit to yourself that (re) creating this car was as much a part of the enjoyment of ownership as driving it. I have reliable late model vehicles purchased at fair prices and I have older increasingly rare vehicles bought cheap and lovingly returned to service. I… Read more