That's pretty awesome. After watching this video, I'll hire somebody.

Best Toyota V8 4.7L timing belt video on You Tube

step by step love it!! wish everyone was this detailed. your effort is appreciated

yeah i done mine own timing belt and the water pump & tensioner. first time on my wifes 2005 toyota sequoia 5.7.L V8. it took me two days to do it. it was a great experience for me. a bit nervous but i did it..

Your hint to loosen the timing belt idler bolt made putting on the timing belt so much easier - took less than 5 minutes! I spent an hour before I re-watched your video. Thanks for those details. Now have to take apart the Camshaft "tubes" and replace the inner seals.

Excellent video. I just paid to have this done on a 2001, and it cost $750 + parts. Money well spent after looking at this video.

Great video, thanks, I probably would not have attempted the job if not for your video! I just finished the job on my '05 4Runner (117,000 miles); took 10 hours including the water pump (I replaced both idler pulleys, water pump, serpentine belt, and tensioner with OEM parts, about $465 total). I assume the Sequoia in the video has a bit more elbow room than the 4Runner... There were a couple things that differed between the video and my 4Runner. Here'ssome things others might find helpful: - I took the oil filter off to allow easier access to the lower A/C compressor bolts. - removed the radiator - a little more time but worth it I think for the gain in working space. You'll lose a little tranny fluid but not a lot, and 3/8" bolts plug the lines nicely. - if you're doing the water pump there are 2 O-rings on the water inlet that you might want to replace. - you'll need some RTV for the inlet/manifold connection. - you can capture and re-use the anti-freeze, (I just flush and filled mine last year so wasn't willing to waste it) expect ~2 gallons to run out of the radiator, water pump, etc. - you have to take the fan and shroud out as a unit - there's not enough room to pull the fan alone. - I used a chain wrench (made by Crescent, bought on Amazon, about $50) and cut the old serpentine belt and wrapped it around the crank pulley twice to protect it, used duct tape to hold old belt it in place. - Once the timing belt was on and tensioned I spun the crank twice nice and slowly to confirm no piston/valve contact and rechecked alignment (helped to have an impact wrench to remove crank pulley bolt afterwards. If you don't have an impact wrench I'd wait and do this once the crank pulley is back on, but before torquing it). - I used a Haynes manual ($30 on Amazon), not great, but there are torque specs and found a couple of helpful hints. - For clarification: just use a breaker bar and 14mm on the drive belt tensioner and move the tensioner counter-clockwise to release the belt - try not to break the bolt loose! This was breezed over in the video and took me some time to figure out and of course I mucked it up... - the first step, removing the small phillips screw on the compressor was a pita. Barely room for a screwdriver and of course it was frozen. I was able to remove with a vice-grip and luckily had a similar hex head screw in my motorcycle/bicycle spare parts bin. - start the A/C compressor bolts back in the fan carrier before tightening the fan carrier down. Worst part of job? Fan bolts and Serpentine belt - just no room for big hands in there! Oh, and wife needing car next morning... Next up... while under there I noticed lots of grease leaking out of both CV joint boots on the front axles...

I replaced the water pump and timing belt on the same exactly engine (2003 model). It went very smoothly except that the head of one bolt from the AC bracket got stripped (the head only) and I had to weld a nut on it to get it out. Besides that, the whole job was straight forward and worth doing by yourself, saved almost a grand in maintenance.

bravo. The tech in the video looks like he's done more than a few 4.7L timing belts. I wouldn't take my truck anywhere but the dealer after watching this great performance.

Holy smokes… I was going to try to do this on my own… To hell with that! I'll stick to changing the oil and shocks on my own. Leave this up to the pros. Great video

Thank you for sharing your skills and knowledge. A Friend and me just service my 4Gen 4Runner including water pump (leaky water pump + 107K) at his shop following all your steps, everything went smooth. it was great to have all the torque values, on the water pump is 16lb/ft for the 5bolts and 13lb/ft for the 2studs/fasteners according to my manual. First time I go further than brakes and oil in our 4Runner but Thanks to your help the confidence was there so the job was fun. Once again thank you for your Time and Good Luck to You.

One of the best how-to videos I have seen! Even has the torque specs! Thanks!

I had done this works on my 4.7L V8 T3 Special Edition at 95K. Now 196K. I still watching this Pro several times. My T3 Uppers and Lowers Control Arms, Balls Joints with new Struts, shocks and Steering Rack and Pinion. As well as Drive Shaft Center Bearing (but I am replaced with 60k used online for entire Drive Shaft). Also the steering pump. I had done lot of works, Master cylinder brakes. All new brakes drums and discs. 4.7L V8 is the best engines ever manufactured. Comparing to Nissan Pathfinder 199.5 was the most difficult job for timing belt V6. Took me three days to finished the job. Great Video for You Tube Viewers. Thanks

Appreciate the video..I'ma lazy diesel tech and was quoted for 6 hours of labor on this..makes me not so lazy any more. Awesome video!

I know a Toyota technician who was telling me that it’s necessary to change the water pump when changing timing belt. He said that the crud that builds up around the water pump can cause the timing belt to jump a tooth ever so often and throw the truck out of time.

Yeah, man! Thanks for posting this vid and thanks for the fast motion. Can't stand to sit through an hour long video of someone yapping about nothing.

Great video, did my first timing belt package the other day. Took me all day but got it right.

I installed everything properly according to your video and my OEM Toyota manuals, and the timing marks on the left and right cams line up along with the crankshaft pulley OK. I installed the timing belt properly with the L-Cam, R-Cam, CR crank timing mark, screw hole, and keyway marks all ligned up properly. Then I installed the timing belt tensioner slowly, tightening both 12mm bolts alternately a little at a time until they were torqued to 19 ft-lbs, then removed my allen wrench from the plunger in the tensioner. Everything lined up perfect. Then I installed the timing belt guide, #1 timing belt cover, and crankshaft pulley without torquing to 181 foot pounds. I then rotated the crank to see if the TIMING BELT L-cam and R- cam marks lined up with the timing punch marks on the LH and RH camshafts, and they do not. The punched timing marks on the LH and RH camshafts line up just fine with the marks that are embossed on the camshaft covers, but the L-CAM and R-CAM marks on the OEM BELT don't line up after rotating the crankshaft 2 complete revolutions. Are the printed marks on the timing belt SUPPOSED to line up with the timing marks on the camshafts every 360 degrees? I thought they were supposed to, but maybe they don't. You are the expert, can you explain what is going on, and if this is a problem? Thanks so much!

Many thanks for your detailed video upload here....very much appreciated. I plan on tackling this very job on my "2004 Toyota Tundra 4.7L V8" as well.

"water pump replacement was declined" Pile of coolant crust on the pump....lol....sure dummies Cheers for the vid man

Some videos are great to show you "How To" other videos, like this, are great to show "Why You Should Not." Great video, makes me feel much better about paying for my next timing belt replacement.

That is one hell of a lot of work for a timing belt. I have this same engine and will happily pay somebody to do this. It was a pain in the ass just doing the tensioner housing and pulley and the alternator. Screw the rest. Great job!

thxz 79 , for the detailed video. you covered everything in 7 mins. showed everything. a bit fast for me but after watching im going to make that when my tundra needs a timing belt, Im going to leave that to a real 4.7 pro.

Thanks for doing this video! I did mine a few weeks ago, but developed a leak on the water pump gasket and had to tear it down again today to replace it. I pull the radiator so I can get an impact on that crankshaft bolt and it only added about 10-15 min, if that.

I'm 72 and put the belt on Toyota tundra 2004. They wanted $130 at the shop to put a $15 belt(bought off Amazon). I would suggest you have someone hold the tensioner while you put the belt on the last pulley. Thanks to my grandson it was done in 11/2 hour. Thanks for the video.

Maybe I need to switch music genre when I work... Took this guy less than 10 minutes, took me 5 hrs listening to the radio

Awesome video just replaced my belt on my 06 Tundra and referenced this video numerous times. Thanks for posting.

wish they had made this engine with timing chain.

Great video. Short and to the point. Everything well done.

Great video! Just used it to do the tbelt/water pump on an 02 Sequoia. It went just as easy as you made it look.

You're a stud! Thanks posting this. I've got an 05 Tundra 4.7 and I'm dreading doing this job. I'm cheap and poor so I'll need to do it myself, but I'll hate life the whole time. Declined to do the water pump?! Ok. LoL

Wow!!! Your very skilled my friend. Total pro. I too was thinking this was something I could do. Didn't realize so much into it. I wish you were my neighbor. :) keep up the good work.

great job here....excellent video by you....use your video as guide......my job cost about $ 150 ......save quite a bit......my set of factory shop manuals and your video led me down the right path......keep up the great videos.....they are much appreciated.....

I like how you left the radiator in to save time!! I've been watching several videos on the 4.7L and even though you time lapse through the process it's still super clear and concise. Definitely will be easier to follow while doing the job than something heavy in dialog. Out of curiosity how long would you say the job actually takes in real time including the water pump change? No way I'd get all the way in there and not change the water pump too!

Thanks for posting this, extremely helpful.

That is an Awesome tutorial thanks for sharing all your knowledge makes me feel more confident in giving it a shot also thanks for labeling and clarifying the torque values and such.

I see the newer Toyota coolant sucks too!! We used to change the old red coolant to green at the Toyota dealer I used to work at!! Nice videos!!

Cafe Tacuba brought back alot of memories. Great Work!

Great video! My 06 Tundra is nearing 100k miles and I plan on replacing my timing belt/water pump soon as preventative maintenance. This video gives me great confidence. Thank you!

Had to make time to give you props on this videos.

@Davis Horner look at video 4:03 that plate he pulls off must be on correctly or it won't start. You may have put it on backwards.

Great Video, but what a nightmare of a job. Looks like an incredible amount of work and all the alignment has to be dead on or it doesn't work anymore. Glad I paid someone to do it. Still was a lot of money, but now I know why. Thanks.

Awesome video! And awesome choice of music! Cafe tacuba! 😎

Thanks for the vid...I have this job waiting on the rack for me to do in the morning. Looks easy.

Man that was awesome! Thanks! Nice cardboard in front of the radiator trick!

Awesome! Perfect for the experienced Mechanic very helpful!!! 👏👏👏

My Sequoia is approaching 275k. The alternator is going bad, and I know it'll need this service done soon. Might as well do it all in one swoop!

Thanks for the video man! I just bought one of these halfway done, so your video is going to be a nice reference as to where the heck everything's supposed to go, since I'm not the one who took it off lol. Much appreciated! also.. that's one heck of a long song.. :)

Nice job! Thanks for taking the time to produce the video.

Those bolts you marked as "fan bracket" are actually the a/c compressor bolts. I did this job and marked the ac compressor bolts as fan bracket and it fucked me up. Luckily I took photos of what I removed and watched this video again and found the error.

I saw him wearing a Toyota shirt so I can trust taking it to Toyota now lol

Was thinking about doing this myself until I seen your video.

Thank you for the video I am working on autoservice in my future is very needed

I would like to thank you for the very detailed video I really helped!!!

Who the hell decided not to change the water pump? I can't believe it. Nice video. Thanks for sharing.

I need this done asap,I got all parts,timing belt and water pump kit,Mechanic is supposed to be by Sunday 8am,I hope he shows up

Love the little big planet music

Thanks 4 video..good music too

Nicely done... great music choice too.

Yeah I did my wifes 2005 Toyota sequoia 5.7L v8 took me like three days to do water pump Replacement timing belt. Boy it was a big job for me. But I did it

have notice after picking up an AISIN kit TKT-021 with instructions for my 2006 Sequoia 4.7 VVT the kit covers 05-08 4.7 engines, after speaking to toyota there seems to be 3 versions of the 4.7 that use TDC for installing timing belt or 50° after TDC or 50° before TDC . this is the confusion on these videos. plus if your dealing with the VVT cams its also different.

How long does this take a skilled person like you to do?

I suggest getting multiple pieces of cardboard 3x3. Start drawing components when you pull screws out and put them in the cardboard. You don't wanna have extra bolts or put them in the wrong locations. Good luck

I really appreciate your doing these videos. I've learned a lot from you.

U made that look easy. Props man

Great Video! Please could you give your recommendation, should water pump / thermostat / cams shaft seals / tensioners changed with timing belt as well?

You are a straight boss for making this video. Keep it up.

Awesome video, thanks my man!🤜🤛

Nice song 🎵 awesome awesome job

so when you remove main pulley , do you suggest to change crankshaft front seal too my LX470 have 200K and water pump?

great video help me a lot and great song ( Volver a comenzar de Cafe Tacuba)

Excellent video, thanks! Audio, not so much.

Great guide, Thanks for doing this!!

Dailydriven79, great vid. Could you please tell me what exact model chain wrench was used, or at least the dia. range to purchase. Most I see are like 6.5" and I want to make sure I don't get one to small in dia. adjustment.

This could be the best money spent!

If this motor had a timing chain you would never need to do this crap...WHAT A PITA!!!!

what a pro. i just did this job for the first time (but also did water pump and crank seal) and couldn't imagine not taking the radiator out. but that's how you beat the book time right? lol. thanks for the useful tips and the cool song :)

Thumbs up for Cafetacuba song

Great tutorial Thanks for sharing!

I’m just enough of a mechanic to be dangerous. If I had alternate transportation, and a covered work area, I’d give this a go (using your video of course). Toyota quoted me $1200 for my ‘05. I called a trusted independent mechanic, and he quoted me $1200. Damn. I’m gonna have to pay off Christmas before I can get it done. 😂 My ‘05 only has 112K on it, so hopefully I’ve got a little time.

wiondered if you have any videos showing the camshaft seal replacement on the VVTI V-8s.I have a 1998 Lexus LS400 with VVTI as you already know. Appreciate any help or suggestions/

Wow great vid! After viewing yours a few others vids I may tackle this....have you ever had to replace or recommend replacing the cam or crank seals even if they are NOT leaking? Some peps say yes do it since you are already there...others say if its not broke don't fix it. As a Toyota tech what is your opinion? Also if you get a chance could ya make a vid removing a cam and/or crank sprocket on a 05-06 Tundra for seal replacement---Thx!

Extremely informative video! It gave me the confidence to carry out the procedure on my own. Question: I have the 3,300 page Toyota service manual and the diagram shows two coolant drain plugs on the driver side of the engine but I can't find them to save my life. Any information would be most appreciated.

To replace water pump and timing belt at Toyota Dealer I was quoted $750 so I am thinking about buying the chain wrench tool and doing this myself :-)

At 4:21 you can see pink stuff that was described to me as "coolant puking out from around the water pump", by the mechanic who convinced me to go ahead and also replace the water pump, although I had originally opted not to. You mention that your client still opted not to replace the water pump, even with that same condition present. What information can you offer regarding that pink stuff and when a new water pump is needed? I will appreciate any information you can offer.

Good video, At first I didn't like the music but for my old fart age got into it!

Hola quisiera saver si ese motor a parte de esas dos correa de gomas lleva cadenas internas mente

Thanks for video, good work!

Very informative. Thanks.Pretty sure I will have someone do it for me. How long does this take? I would change the water pump at same time though.

Nice video! Do you have something else for 2uzfe? How about CAM seals or crank seal on the back of engine ? Starter replacement?

I know what it feels like to be running about 60 on the interstate when all the sudden your Camry totally stops.That was when I learned all about a timing belt,and also when to have it changed.There not playing around when the book says when to change it (YOU CHANGE IT!) It could be you life! ..

Why do this tundras have this issue?? I'm thinking of getting Me one but I don't know now...

Just did this job, amazingly the truck was still running the belt looked like it was made out of gator skin...😬

Great video . i have toyota sequioa 2005 and i want to know where is camshaft sensor is located . engine 4.7 THANKS.

What kind of chain wrench did you use to hold the harmonic balancer for breaking the crank shaft bolt and retorquing it?

se dana las cabesas cuando se dana la banda de tiempo porque la bomba de agua se daño pero se oia en banda cuando se daba marcha pero mi duda es si se daña las valvulas cuando se daña la banda de tiempo

Why is there after top dead center marks what's wrong with using Straight Up TDC?

Damn good mechanic

thanks again for the informative Toyota vids. I was wondering if you are familiar with putting a 05 tundra into transmission temp mode using the DLC. The manual say to jump pin 4&13, cycle from D to N for 6 secs, and the D should be on for 2 sec then off then on when temp is rite to check ATF level. Doesn't seem to work for me when I tried it. thanks again like the vids, even the jobs that I are not planning on doing. matt...

I drive a 2006 Sequoia. Has 250,000 + miles and have never replaced the timing belt. So as I plan to keep this great work horse running, I'm interested in having this service done soon. (or why fix what isn't broke?)