hello CL as some of you know i just picked up my 96 sc300. which needed water pump and timing belt. well i began the disassembly after work today and i got as far as the upper and middle section of the timing cover off. tried using an impact wrench to zap the crank bolt off (dont have the special too to hold the pulley) couldnt get it so i stopped where i was. i was wondering if neone knew where i could get one or if neone in NJ would let me borrow theirs.

also i seem to have an oil leak from the distributor. has neone encountered this and how did you solve it? pic related

 

This might help you. I hope it does. If it doesnt, just search distributor leak fix on the search function and there are several threads on it.


https://www.clublexus.com/forums/per...stributor.html

 

thanks alot ashtray. that did help and i did notice a very thin film of oil in the spark plug galley, might have to take the time to do the valve cover/ distributor o-ring while im in there

 

no problem. Hope it all works out.

 

well crank pulley and water pump are off, getting my distributor o ring in tomorrow and hopefully i cant find a water pump locally.then i can slap it back together!