So glad you put this out. I went to do mine a couple days ago and stopped cause looking at removing the extra brackets seemed a bit daunting. It was a lot easier on my 1st gen sequoia, same engine. All your tips/tricks are super helpful.
All of your videos are gold! I had two 100 series years ago, and regretfully stepped away from them due to dealer high maintenance costs. Your videos are helping me step back in to the community, and am currently searching for a ‘98-‘00 LC! You pretty much know you had the right vehicle for you, when sellers regret lingers for every single day that they are gone. The Subaru, that sits in one of their spots gets the job done, but no big smiles like the LCs.
For anyone watching, DO NOT use an impact wrench or any electric tools on your spark plugs. You run the distinct chance of stripping out all of the threads in the head, which will cause a huge nightmare for you having to have threads replaced. You can also break the ceramic top off which is also a nightmare to fish out. Take the extra couple minutes and do them by hand.
@gmmethekeys thanks for taking the time to comment. In the video, I’m using an electric ratchet to remove the spark plugs. Removing the spark plugs with an electric ratchet (not an impact) seems very low risk due to the low torque. Fastening should be only done by hand. But for anyone reading, this is a valid concern and the absolute safest route would be doing both removal and fastening by hand.
Harbor freight is a really phenomenal choice for most tools at first, their torque wrenches are also a ridiculous value at like $15-20 but with better consistency than most torque wrenches up until you’re in the $2-300+ range. A great tip for building out your shop is to buy cheap, and replace whatever breaks first with the more expensive option. That said stuff that spins or is safety related I’d pony up a bit off jump. The kobalt (Lowe’s) brand is quite good as well, they have a 300ish (a bit less, I think 277?) piece “mechanics tool set” on sale for $100 right now that’s gonna be a great general starter set for example. I’d also highly outright recommend kobalt for your impact wrench purchase, they consistently come in at the top in terms of cost/performance. The 1/2” traditional impact wrench has a sale for the wrench, battery, charger, and a bag for $150 right now and it does an awesome job. The 3/8” right angle impact wrench has actually had the highest output of all brands in a lot of testing for again a great value. Best of all if any of your kobalt stuff breaks you just bring it back to Lowe’s and they replace it nice and easy…the regular deals also makes it nice to get some pretty high quality stuff for cheap, got two of their “max output” 4AH batteries recently for like $50. All that said, back to your original question, the torque wrench I got for this specific job, my other one doesn’t go low enough, was a $12 Pittsburg wrench
So glad you put this out. I went to do mine a couple days ago and stopped cause looking at removing the extra brackets seemed a bit daunting. It was a lot easier on my 1st gen sequoia, same engine. All your tips/tricks are super helpful.
Thanks for commenting - glad it was helpful!
All of your videos are gold! I had two 100 series years ago, and regretfully stepped away from them due to dealer high maintenance costs. Your videos are helping me step back in to the community, and am currently searching for a ‘98-‘00 LC!
You pretty much know you had the right vehicle for you, when sellers regret lingers for every single day that they are gone. The Subaru, that sits in one of their spots gets the job done, but no big smiles like the LCs.
Hell yeah love to hear that! The LC is such a beast - love it!
For anyone watching, DO NOT use an impact wrench or any electric tools on your spark plugs. You run the distinct chance of stripping out all of the threads in the head, which will cause a huge nightmare for you having to have threads replaced. You can also break the ceramic top off which is also a nightmare to fish out. Take the extra couple minutes and do them by hand.
@gmmethekeys thanks for taking the time to comment. In the video, I’m using an electric ratchet to remove the spark plugs. Removing the spark plugs with an electric ratchet (not an impact) seems very low risk due to the low torque. Fastening should be only done by hand. But for anyone reading, this is a valid concern and the absolute safest route would be doing both removal and fastening by hand.
Do you think you could put a link of the tool that you're using to spec the coils the torque on the coilsthat little tool i love it
What brands do you recommend for torque wrenches and swivel heads ? Trying to build a good tool set up for working on car/home. Thanks.
Harbor freight is a really phenomenal choice for most tools at first, their torque wrenches are also a ridiculous value at like $15-20 but with better consistency than most torque wrenches up until you’re in the $2-300+ range. A great tip for building out your shop is to buy cheap, and replace whatever breaks first with the more expensive option. That said stuff that spins or is safety related I’d pony up a bit off jump.
The kobalt (Lowe’s) brand is quite good as well, they have a 300ish (a bit less, I think 277?) piece “mechanics tool set” on sale for $100 right now that’s gonna be a great general starter set for example.
I’d also highly outright recommend kobalt for your impact wrench purchase, they consistently come in at the top in terms of cost/performance. The 1/2” traditional impact wrench has a sale for the wrench, battery, charger, and a bag for $150 right now and it does an awesome job. The 3/8” right angle impact wrench has actually had the highest output of all brands in a lot of testing for again a great value. Best of all if any of your kobalt stuff breaks you just bring it back to Lowe’s and they replace it nice and easy…the regular deals also makes it nice to get some pretty high quality stuff for cheap, got two of their “max output” 4AH batteries recently for like $50.
All that said, back to your original question, the torque wrench I got for this specific job, my other one doesn’t go low enough, was a $12 Pittsburg wrench
Thank you for sharing! Will do mine soon
Excellent info,thanks👌💯💯💯💯
I take it you don’t live in a rust belt
I wish my 06 engine bay looked new like yours does!
Haha true - this LC has been 100% California aside from road trips
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