Toylish

I have never been a huge fan of Toyota factory service info. While I was reading about their goofy hydraulically linked shock absorber setup on the 4 runner limited, I came upon this classic of Chinglish.

"Using a spanner to hold the bracket, remove the joint. NOTICE: What a position of rear axle housing in work makes you full rebound and does not lower too much than it, When pneumatic cylinder turned over, it is assumed that use is impossible."

Concerning Toyota factory service manual -- "assumed that use is impossible"

Confucius says "buy a Chilton's or Motor Manual"

What BGB's are you guys using? I have complete BGB's for the AW11 and LS400 and they are very thorough, well written, and easy to follow. Perhaps you have not seen one from the past 25 years.

Factory service info, as supplied by Alldata. They are not bad until you work your way into some of the theory sections.

It sounds like a weird translation.

Joey

Ahh, that's not Toyota's fault, that's Alldata's fault. Alldata simply ran a Japanese written manual through a babblefish type translator and didn't bother to check the results, just published it.

That stuff is actually an option on the limited, standard on the sport edition. It's kindof a pain when doing lifts and such, but it does what it's supposed to.

The first Toyota I ever drove/sat in was a new 1970 Corolla 1100. I read the owners manual and wished someone would write a real one for the English speaking world. ("Tootle the horn trumpet") About the same time I bought a 1/12 scale Tamiya Lotus 49. I could get past most of it but then I was given a choice to decal the car for either Jimclark or Grahamhill...

I always enjoy their use of cartoon people.

daytonaer wrote: I always enjoy their use of cartoon people.

Funny you mention that..I recall building Tamiya 1/12 scale kits in the 1970s and the cartoon people in the borders of the instructions were always caucasian figures. When I got back into R/C cars in the 90s, they all looked like they were from "Dragonball Z".

friedgreencorrado wrote:

daytonaer wrote: I always enjoy their use of cartoon people.

Funny you mention that..I recall building Tamiya 1/12 scale kits in the 1970s and the cartoon people in the borders of the instructions were always caucasian figures. When I got back into R/C cars in the 90s, they all looked like they were from "Dragonball Z".

Now that you mention it I looked above the downstairs refrigerator and found a project I put aside in 1972! (talk about your unfinished projects) It's a 1/12 scale MRC Tamiya Porsche Carrera 10 which i never got around to finishing because (IIRC) the roof section at the top of the windshield broke (It's a very thin piece of plastic.). Anywho the instructions are by this time very readable except for a couple lapses but don't have any cartoons...

mel_horn wrote:

friedgreencorrado wrote:

daytonaer wrote: I always enjoy their use of cartoon people.

Funny you mention that..I recall building Tamiya 1/12 scale kits in the 1970s and the cartoon people in the borders of the instructions were always caucasian figures. When I got back into R/C cars in the 90s, they all looked like they were from "Dragonball Z".

Now that you mention it I looked above the downstairs refrigerator and found a project I put aside in 1972! (talk about your unfinished projects) It's a 1/12 scale MRC Tamiya Porsche Carrera 10 which i never got around to finishing because (IIRC) the roof section at the top of the windshield broke (It's a very thin piece of plastic.). Anywho the instructions are by this time very readable except for a couple lapses but don't have any cartoons...

Strangely enough, I never had either of the old 60s endurance car kits in 1/12th (the Carrera 10 or the Lola T70), even though I've always been more of a sportscar fan than an F1 fan.

So, whaddya want for the kit (don't look on eBay first..)?

I dunno. I have no idea what it's worth.