100 series Land Cruisers/LX470 Heater tees

[AlexAtWagan]

If you haven't already, change out those heater tees. A few bucks will save your engine. I changed mine tonight after reading on the 'Mud forums. One crumbled while I was taking it out. Here's the link:

That coolant hose tee thing is for real

So... I'm a new owner of a 99 LX470 and I saw that it was highly recommended to change out every 90k. Being the LX is 20yrs old, I thought I'd change it myself tonight. Let's just start with O... M... G.... One of them crumbled while I was taking it out. The other one seemed to have been...

forum.ih8mud.com

 

[KonzaLander]

It is not important what kind of T's you replace the T's with, it is important that you actually replace them!

 

[AlexAtWagan]

It is not important what kind of T's you replace the T's with, it is important that you actually replace them!

Now I know! I would say that getting into the clamps was such that is like to reduce the frequency as much as I can!

 

[hidesertwheelin]

Now I know! I would say that getting into the clamps was such that is like to reduce the frequency as much as I can!

The tool is really cheap on Amazon, and worth owning.

 

[AlexAtWagan]

The tool is really cheap on Amazon, and worth owning.

Can you resend that link? It's broken on this side. Thanks!

 

[hidesertwheelin]

Can you resend that link? It's broken on this side. Thanks!

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