thanks for the tips just ordered my timing belt right now at pep boys and got some new spark plugs as well

 

Thanks. I'll have to see if that's what I run in the CVT Sportronic funbox...

Good to hear!

 

LOL @ Funbox! I call 'um slushboxes...

 

I did that when I drove MT. Now that I drive the CVT, I get defensive about it.

 

^lol

 

Hey do you all rotate your own tires?

 

Yup.

 

Yes. Just did it a week or two ago.

If you own the tools, there is NO reason for you to pay someone to rotate tires.

 

Obviously you need a torque wrench to put them back on correctly, not just the lug wrench.

 

Yeah. I did say "if you own the tools."

If you live in a condo with no garage, don't own a floorjack, and don't have a torque wrench, then you should have the tires rotated professionally. But if you have the basic tools, the job is very straight-forward and simple.

 

Yeah I wasn't referring to you. I was just throwing some useless knowledge out there.

 

2 things...

Do you all recommend a the timing belt be changed at 60k? or is it 75? or preference?.... ( in reference to an 05 oz w/ 52k)

Also, but can you expand on the torque wrench? I have been doing my own rotations on my 94 corolla, and im getting the 05 Oz ....(hopefully this week) and well, i just used the lug wrench to tighten them and that was it....

Thanks!

and i might actually do that fluid flush myself......

 

Mines a Manual.
What does having a Manual in this case, mean exactly..??
Do we have one-less thing to worry about?
That'd be cool..

 

I believe auto trannys have a fluid that needs changed that we do not.

 

i prefer doing it at 60k and then again at around 100k if u still have the car by then . some people do it at 30k as well. the common times of maintenance are at 30k then 60k then 100k but if u skip the 30k point then definitely do it on 60k