Hello yall,
Now that I have "officially introduced myself as a southerner"...I'll get to the point. Well, I live in a Toyota family. My first car was a 1976 Celica GT hatchback w/ "merely" 180k on the clock, original clutch, untouched carb (till I installed a manual choke) and plenty of ungalvanized unibody rust to go w/ it. But shoot, it was cool cause it was free as dad donated it to me, I fixed the downpipe and the carb, and drove it to high school till the clutch and carb died simultaniously. Then dad said "BUY AMERICAN" and got a 1991 Ford Exploder Eddie Bauer. Then the gearbox blew up twice while towing boats, and he wised up. Previous to that, mom got the "Toaster V2.0" aka 1987 Toyota 2WD truck w/ a box van cab on top. Drove it into the ground hauling pottery, I think she wrote it off, and got her current daily driver... a Camry minivan....errr... I mean Sienna.
Dad wised up when he sold his Exploder w/ 186k and $4500 in gearbox rebuild bills and bought a 2000 Tundra 4.7L
I knew they're built like brick houses, so I got myself a 1992 Delux Xtra cab V6 4WD truck in 2001....187k/500k on the clock, mark my words!

Yada yada yada...

The reason I'm writing is although I did the T belt on my truck when it was needed, I've never done one on a Tundra. Will I need any special tools, like the Audi 2.8L V6 alignment bar for the cams, or anything to do the T belt and water pump and tensioners, or is it pretty simple? I would assume it's all in the Haynes manual as it is in my Haynes manual. (BTW, dad has the 4.7L V8 w/ 89k on it, but being 10 yrs old is too old for a rubber belt, and close enough to the factory 90k service interval.) Will I have to do anything special because it has VVTI?

Also, what's the best source for parts? I know the dealer's going to want an arm and a leg, but for the most part, u can't beat dealer quality on parts. I found a "timing belt kit" from Advance Auto for $355 which includes the belt, the hydrualic tensioner (which you can't buy by itself), the tensioner roller, the idler roller, a new H2O pump and H2O pump gasket. They have all the other parts but not the pre-pressurized hydraulic tensioner for sale by themselves... Total for those is $296.

I've always had good luck w/ Advance, and since I spent over $100 last month for my truck (new muffler and LF brake caliper and good ceramic pads), I've got $50 off another online order of $100 or more, so that sweetens the deal.
Just the same, any reccomendations for online Toyota parts shops are always appreciated as I will be doing lots more mods to my truck once I
a) get a job in my just graduated from VT field of Mechanical Engineering
b) buy a sports car which is more fun to drive on the road and track and gets (much) better than 15/18mpg like my gutless, thirsty as an alcoholic 3VZE does. 33x12.50's or bigger, lift it, Supra turbo motor / tranny and adapter plate that's already built ($2500) for the drivetrain swappage, doing it before or after the lift, etc will depend on how much longer my right side head gasket lasts!

Thanks a lot,

Dave Schumpert

'73 Porsche 914 2.0 -daily driver for 5.5 yrs, 12+ PCA track events, now parting out due to too much factory rust
'76 Celica GT Liftback aka exact copy of the '67 Mustang Fastback w/ a 20R replacing the 351 Cleveland! 180.5k when she was recycled...don't worry the driver's seat was my office chair in college!
'83 Suzuki GS550E $500 1st bike, rebuilt gearbox on bedroom floor
'85 Nissan Maxima Minima Wagon aka "The MEATWAGON!" 'Only 223k on the clock' when the 1st of my 2 times the ring gear nearly fell off the differential. (See Jetta/Junka below for 2nd time...Krauts used bloody rivets which shear off to hold ring gear onto diff and not bolts, and save $0.78 per 020 gearbox!!!) Drove 250 miles home to Northern VA from Virginia Tech, wrote it off for $3k before they changed the laws. What a great car! Yeah, it was a Soccermom-mobile, but still had ~158 of the 160 original HP, and super comfy and even yelled at you when u left the lights on, etc. Drove it from the Poconos 2 Vail and back (1950 miles in 33hrs, motorcycle in tow both ways.)
'88 Honda Hawk NT650- $2500 barely street legal race bike ~10k miles in 1 yr, then got cutoff going into a 100 degreee lefty by a JAKE on a 1000RR and shattered femur/cracked pelvis/ had to give bike away as friend drove truck back from Mammoth, CA but parents wouldn't let him bring back Left Coast Lindsay...what a gyp!
'88 VW Jetta II GLi- $500 car delivered to door by old racing teammate-was going to compete in GRM's $2007 challenge, but gearbox blew up 3 days after insured, moved in w/ g/f and she wouldn't let it live in front of her house till i rebuilt the gearbox w/ the bolt kit and the 2.5 etxra gearboxes it came with...I'd even ALREADY bought a T3/T4 turbo for it too!...Had to sell her for junk...ugh!
'90 Ninja ZX7- Mutant Mod'd bike. Fox twin clicker remote resevoir out back, 2005 ZX636 complete front end grafted onto the front. FOR SALE!
'92 Toyota xtra cab 3VZE 4WD aka "Sluggo Thu Mule" 187 of 500k on the clock, my daily driver, been x country 4 x and counting.
'98 Ducati 900SS F.E. #187/250- Sex on 2 Wheels. Bought wrecked from boss at bike shop, restored, and made $2100 profit which paid for most of my Hawk....The ONLY vehicle I've ever made $ on!

 

this might answer some of your questions:

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f28/...cement-163431/