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On the subject of auto fluid in a manual tranny, which has been somewhat passed over, since it is the minor issue right now, Toyota actually sent out the early MKI's with auto fluid in them. You won't find much info on this, but there are Toyota reference bulletins regarding it. I first found out ab...

The BGB doesn't mention anything about oil change maintenance. Only occasionally adding oil is mentioned, as they apparently knew it would eat it bit by bit. The only time it mentions draining and refilling the SC is for repair. Take that for whatever it is worth, lol.

While there are separate listings for LH and RH, I just looked at the schematics/part numbers for them, and it looks like that while there are different reference numbers for the left and right carriers the actual part numbers are the same. Toyota has done this with a handful of other parts as well,...

The nice part of putting a new timing pointer/bolt on is that the original ones were 12 point/star shaped, and could easily be damaged if torqued tightly. Toyota started supplying 6-point ones quite some time ago, which are much easier to deal with.

Sometimes it's not even that complex - they simply send a fake PayPal email and hope you don't check it in too much detail Exactly that. Unfortunately, a lot of people will not bother to go directly to their paypal site via a saved link, and will only view the one supplied by the fraudulent buyer. ...

Is it possible to do a manual conversion? Yes, been done a lot, especially here in the States. Finding a cheap donor car somewhere near you might be the best way to go. Even the auto shift lever to manual shift lever swap is not that hard if I recall correctly. Most of it is just tedious work. In p...