ACSig

Me and a couple of my friends were checking out my mom's truck's engine a couple months ago, and one of them noticed that Toyota was spelled Toyoda on the power steering reservoir. I was just wondering if everybody else has this or if anybody know why this is the only piece on the engine that is misspelled. It is my mom's 86 4Runner with a 22re engine in it.

toyota4x4907

Who hasn't noticed it if they do work on their vehicles?

There are a few other thing spelled like that around the vehicle, just forgot what they are

Its not that they are misspelled, its that the founder of TOYOTAs original name was Toyoda.

4banginRunner

Just there to let Toyota people know the force is with us

ACSig

My dad has owned this truck and has been working on it for it's whole life, didn't notice it until I showed him.....that's who.

I understand that it was just a different translation, but why are there only a few things spelled that way?

toylocost

Not hard to miss if your actually WORKING. lol

TOYOTA 1

it says that on the end of the steering boxes also.

Ardent

It's not a translation. It was the guys name. Eiji Toyoda. Made Toyota profitable...

scuba

Better yet just read the toyota wiki on there, it states something..

drew303

IMO should of left it at ToyoDa ... why they changed it to ToyoTa is beyond me, apparently from what I've read the marketer's thought ToyoTa looked better and might possibly be a better translation in their opinions.

How it lasted into the 80's from after ww2 is beyond me tho.

trd_4runnin11

It's on the stock PS rack on my 98 4Runner too. Seems to be something with the Power Steering system.

flashkl

According to http://un-nan.shoko-shimane.or.jp/blog/?p=96, there were three reasons Toyoda became Toyota: the katakana representation for toyota (トヨタ)　has eight strokes, which founder Sakichi Toyoda's son Kiichirou Toyoda believed to be a lucky number. He also believed that Toyota was easier for overseas customers to pronounce than Toyoda. Finally, when they made the company public, they wanted to make it clear that the Toyoda family no longer owned the company.

gmack192

toy-oh-duh think of the fun the HEEP guys would have with that

Kiroshu

Toy Oh Duh! Or Toy Oh Ta! i do know that "Toyoda" is only on old yotas and def not on yotas 88+ that i know of. anything older though ITS EVERYWHERE! I remember when my dad saw it on hes P/S resivor he thought it was a misspelling and factory flaw. lol

toyota4x4907

Kiroshu, my '93 had "TOYODA" on the PS cap and two other places, which I fail to remember because I sold it in February

4Crawler

iTrader: (3)

Toyoda Machine Works supplies steering components to a number of companies:
- http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...4/ai_76027593/

Same as Aisin which you'll find stamped on a number of parts.

4-RUNNIN' FREAK

Been mentioned a few times before, and one thread had talk about the Toyota emblem... A Bull? two ovals? or TOYOTA spelled out?...

Nippon - Japan Same thing.

fulk112

my supra also has Toyoda on the P?S cap among other place throughout the car, mainly the engine bay.