[Mongoose]

I finally got around to having the timing belt, water pump, serp. belt, radiator hoses, and sparkplugs replaced. Got it all done for $250 labor, and I bought all the parts from a toyota dealership.

Although I had almost 85 K miles on the truck, the timing belt looked almost as good as the new one. All tensioners were in perfect condition. The old water pump had a very small leak that I hadn't noticed, so I'm glad that I replaced it. The serpt. belt needed replacing for sure. My old radiator hoses would have lasted many more years and my spark plugs also looked to be in good shape.

I know it makes good sense to get our timing belts replaced around 100 K miles or less because of the interference engines, but there is little doubt in my mind that this belt and tensioners would have lasted me well over 150 k miles.

My transmission has never been serviced, and has always shifted quiet and smooth, so I am reluctant to have anything done to it.

I will probably have the shocks and springs replaced with the same Bilstein shocks that are on it.

This truck has given me plenty of problems over the past six years, but since i have it paid for, I hope to get another five or six years out of it.