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I wish I could tell you with certainty, but I only know it worked on my Toyota and what others have posted in the comments section. I can tell you that not only are the air wedges not too expensive, but I have found other uses. I installed a very heavy solid core door by myself using them. If you have another option, you might want to try it first as this method does potentially break the latch. You should purchase a new latch before trying. You can always return it if you don't need it. Good luck!

Very true! I spent considerable time searching on the internet and trying everything I could think of and I was reduced to my method of force. One guy was half joking in the comments about using a torch, but I guess you could also use a Jaws of Life and rip the door off. Seriously, I don't think there is another option that doesn't cause major damage.

The wedges completely did the job on this car. They broke a weak part in the latch mechanism. The problem is that this method only works for cars that are designed with weak latches. It worked great on this Matrix/Corolla, but you can see from the comments that it failed on a Camry. Of course, a well built car shouldn't fail in the first place so if your latch fails, this method should work. How is that for logic?

You bet!

I was pretty desperate myself, but fortunately I don't even own an oxygen cutter:)

The only issue I remember in my many LED retrofits is that the turn signals now blink at a faster rate. I think I have converted every bulb in the van now. The brake lights are probably the most important to do as it could prevent you from getting rear-ended one day as they come on faster.

@@DYIu get few options. Either 1: sylvania - load equalizer resistor with T-tabs 2: alla lighting - load equalizer resistor plug-and-play version kit 3: if u have an older vehicle and it had a oem flasher relay, I’d recommend Novita led Flanders relay for permanently no hyperflash. 4: get a ultra bright led bulbs with a built in resistor.

@@toyotabrony No way I want to add a load resistor. One reason I converted to LED was to draw less current. A load resistor works by increasing the current draw to the same as if I was using a conventional bulb. To me, the faster blinking is a feature!

@@DYI I can totally see that. In my experience of people telling me. They find hyperflash was a better feature to alert others better than traditional regular speed. Hyperflash is when the computer think ur bulb is burned out when putting a super bright lower wattage led bulbs. But chances are they still work fine. But realize when a lot of times. When u put led bulsb for both front and rear. If it has a dual function. They will work and get hyperflash. Other times they won’t turn on because the wattage is very low. And u won’t be able to hyperflash at all. So it depends on ur vehicle.

U can tell by the tail light design. If u see those old traditional simple tail light housing lens design, it be 1157 brake light, and 1156 turn signal lights if it shows crystal clear with 360 optic reflector housing, it’s 7443 brake light and 7440 turn signal

Adding a 3rd track would be easy, but if the cars are very close in speed it can be very hard to tell the finish order. Also, with 2 per race there is only one boy who needs to lose and with 3 there are 2 that need to lose!

There are quite a few UA-cam videos dedicated to that very topic. On several of them they open up the filter and prove that some metal particles do indeed get trapped against the metal wall of the filter. Unfortunately, that trick will not work on this cartridge type filter and is yet another reason that I much prefer a conventional filter. The only good thing about the cartridge filter is they do cost slightly less if you compare an original Toyota element with a Toyota Spin on. Of course, you could get a cheap Fram Spin on for less than a Toyota element, but that is hardly a fair comparison. I only use Frame Ultra or WIX on my other cars, which usually cost $8-$10 and the Toyota Elements are only $6 in bulk. I have the link in the description. You could use after market element filters, but they are very close to the Toyota price and not worth it.

Thanks. Hopefully is was helpful. My next project there is to replace the deck with pressure treated wood as it has some dry rot and termite activity. If there is interest, I will post a video. I am thinking of screwing down all the deck boards from the bottom so there are no exposed nails or screws from the top.

No consumption issues. I believe that the 2AZ-FE engine is in the 2009-2010 Corolla XRS and this is a 2013 Corolla LE with a 2ZR-FE. Believe it or not we have 4 Corollas in my family: a 2008 Matrix, 2010 Corolla LE, this 2013 Corolla LE and a 2016 Corolla LE. I change the oil on all of them with full synthetic every 5k miles and use premium filters (usually Fram Ultra or WIX). None of them needs oil between changes. The cars are generally in a mild climate and not driven aggressively. I never miss an oil change and nearly always do it myself. One reason I made this video is so that my sons will start changing their own oil instead of just filming for me:)

@@DYI Thanks for the response.

@@cyu601 My pleasure. The best way to show your appreciate is to "like and subscribe". I am now at 771 subscribers and if I hit 1000 there is a chance I could make a few cents per month from UA-cam!

Thanks for all the feedback. Yes, I put the jack and stands on the frame. OK, not exactly a frame since this is a uni-body, but there are stamped beams that pretty much serve as a frame. I have a link to the drain plug tool in the description. It was only $9 and well worth it. There are not many cars that have a vertical filter that your trick will work with. I change the oil on 4 Toyotas in my family. This is the only one that has the "element" and the rest use spin on. However, they are all horizontal so it would be a mess to attempt to pre-fill. Scotty has a great rant about the "elements" and he refers to them as cartridges to I intentionally used both terms ua-cam.com/video/NaV1wvTpHCs/v-deo.html

@@DYI I never thought I would have an opportunity to say "Scotty was wrong to call them cartridges"!

@@TedIskenderian You could try to tell him, but since he is now over 6 million subscribers he can pretty much invent his own name and it will stick. If you do a search on Amazon for both "oil filter element" and "oil filter cartridge" you will pretty much get the same results so both names are recognized. However, you are correct that if I look carefully at the Toyota packaging they do call it an "element".

@@DYI Yah. Just trying to slow the decline of western civilization.

Thank you for your comment. I can see the confusion I caused with my edits. I heavily edited this video to get it down to under 3 minutes. The entire conversion took about 10 minutes, but I edited it to avoid boring anyone. I showed removing the old tubes but not inserting the new tubes because it is the identical operation, but in reverse. Just insert the tubes and twist a quarter turn. The only difference is that there is a up and down to the LED tubes as the LEDs are along the top side of the tube and point down. If you mount them upside down most of the light will go up into the fixture and not into the room where you want it. I also only showed placing the metal cover over the wires and not me removing it. It was removed by squeezing the cover and pulling away from the 6 tabs. Again, removing it was the reverse of putting it back. I literally converted a hundred fixtures so I got pretty fast at it. Your first one could take you more time and could have significant differences. What is important is to wire all the "hot" wires to one side and all the "neutral" wires to the other side. This is a huge simplification to wiring up fluorescents.

That definitely wouldn't work on the Matrix. When the rear door is closed the clips you need to remove are blocked by the door frame. What are did that trick work on?

On my Nissan Cefiro(Maxima) it just has 2 clips in the front

Thank you so much for posting that it didn't work on your 1996 Camry as that could be very helpful to others. 1992 to 1996 Camry are all considered 3rd generation so likely have the same lock. I can tell you that before I figured out the bag method I tried just about everything else including using a utility knife to cut out the panel, which took considerable time for me to repair. Pretty annoying that car manufacturers do not provide an access panel and make the lock serviceable without having the door open.

Great idea. I will do just that.

I am not sure what it is called, but it is the latch that hooks on to the car body that I was able to break to free the door. The car body was not damaged and the latch was cheap and easy to replace once the door panel was accessible.

Just a single row with 1 every 16 inches. The blocks are just to keep animals out and to keep the siding from touching the dirt. They are not structural. I still have the support jacks under the home. The blocks are not too expensive as very standard. At the time they were only a few dollars each and much easier than pouring a concrete footing.

So happy to hear. Bringing new life and reuse is so much more efficient than "recycling" which in most cases use just a much energy than building new.

Please confirm the make, model and year of the vehicle it failed on. It most certainly did work great on our 2006 Toyota Matrix. I am confident I could have even used a single air wedge. I just used 2 to spread out the force so as not to damage the car body. You could use more than 2 if you were unable to generate enough force to break the latch.

@@DYI 2005 ford focus and I used the exact 2 u used

​@@christophercortez341So sorry it didn't work for your car. That is very interesting that the Ford Focus latch is so much tougher than the Toyota. I guess it is good in some ways as your car is not so easy to break into. You might want to try going back and forth increasing the pressure on one at a time so you can use both of your hands on each one and get as much pressure on each as you can. Just be careful not to bend the body panel. You should be generate a tremendous amount of force with 2 hands. I guess you could drive over one with your back tire and see if you can squeeze hard enough to lift your car. Each wedge should be able to apply 550 pounds of force according to the manufacturer. That is about the weight under each of the Ford Focus rear tires. You could also try a slim jim or call AAA. Don't give up. I spent lots of time and tried many things before figuring out how to open my door.

@@DYI does triple a rly help with things like this?

@@christophercortez341I am not positive they will do it for free, but can tell you they are experts in breaking into locked cars from the outside. They do it all the time for people who lock their keys in their car. Just explain that you can't open your door and ask. You could also go to an auto body shop. They will both use a tool like this. It will, of course, not work on all cars either. www.amazon.com/Toughty-VR_124-Professional-Auto-Tool/dp/B0BVHH5QHL/ref

Even if what I had to cut was solid stainless steel it would have been possible, but very difficult. The fact that what I had to cut was only a light weight aluminum alloy and copper tubes made it trivial to do with a corded multitool driving a quality carbide blade.

Great question. I did it because now that I figured a good way to remove the Kohler it will not be nearly so difficult the next time. Also, it is a a good value and good facet compared to alternatives. I complained about this facet costing $200, but there is really no upper bound. For instance a Moen Sinema facet at Home Depot is now nearly $800. There are other high end name brands that are north of $1,000.

Same question I got exactly one year ago. Just scroll down. Yes, very good idea to build a test track, but you really need to make it very close to the one that they will be using as the track design can make a big difference. It really matters if the track has a sharp drop and goes flat or is a constant slope. In the first case it really matters to have the weight in the back of the car because it gives you more potential energy. Cub Scout Derbys are fun, but it really gets fun when you get to help your boys with Eagle projects. Enjoy you time with our son!

@@DYI thank you 🙏

Yep. Tell me about it. Very frustrating. I worked on it for months. Even purchased a endoscope to look inside the door. I was not under time pressure because the door didn't work for years and is a car owned by my new daughter in law who rarely used the back seat. It has been working great now for a year after my fix. Now she is having a baby so she will really need the door to work! I was concerned because I only replaced the mechanism with a cheap aftermarket one and not a Toyota. However, the cheap aftermarket one seems to be better than the original Toyota part.

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Thanks. We did have a professional plumber scope it from the other side which is why we knew we needed to do some digging. The pipe is very old and made of some type of tar. The plumber thought that his drain auger would destroy the pipe. If anyone knows of a chemical that would dissolve wood and not hurt a tar pipe, I am willing to try.

Glad it helped!

Yes. It does break the mechanism, but it was not working in the first place which is why I needed to break it open in the first place. I got the replacement mechanism fairly inexpensively. I was not a Toyota, but and after market one from Amazon. I guess it could have been a cable problem, but in my case it was not. I tried many things including a scope camera and cutting out a piece of the plastic door panel to get access. For me there was no other way. One commenter was able to remove the panel on his Nissan by removing the back seat. This wouldn't work on my Toyota as the door panel clips are covered by the door frame.

There are many bicycles that are much more expensive. These are all at a good price point for value. Yes, you can get a cheap bike from Walmart made in China, but it will not last long or be serviceable

All the bicycle are plenty strong enough to carry groceries. If I go on a major shopping trip such as Costco, I use a Burley trailer and carry up to 100 pounds in it. I once made a ride to HomeDepot to get two sacks of concrete! I used to carry 2 of my boys in it when they were young so my Burley trailer is now nearly 30 years old and on its third set of tires. I highly recommend a trailer for heavy loads or taking a child. Much better and safer than having them up high.

Yes, in my case I needed to break and replace the mechanism

I had a difficult time finding the correct part as I got conflicting information from various websites and had to return one that didn't fit to Amazon.

@@DYI I believe I fount the correct ones. If I’m correct. The 2004-2005 Toyota sienna tail lights, the one that looks difuse style lookin tail lights. They are 7528 or 1157. And the turn signals are 7506 or 1156. The 2006-2010 Toyota sienna use with clear red lens. With 7443R brake and 7440R turn signals. The push and turn socket bulb types are pretty challenging to find a very specific socket.

Thanks. The real trick is to find aftermarket LED lights that have the same form factor and work with your car. I didn't post a video of my turn signal replacement I did more recently. The LED bulb fit but because it is more efficient and draws so much less current it causes the turn signal to blink much faster than the stock bulb. I am fine with it, but my wife complains about it. @@toyotabrony

@@DYI u get 4 options. In order to fix the hyperflash for when it comes to led turn signal bulbs. Either 1: get a sylvania - load equalizer resistors with T-tabs. 2: get a load equalizer resistor with connectors that comes with whatever the socket bulb size u have, and it’s a plug and play version kit. 3: u can get the led fladher relay. I recommend Novita - LM449. Which is the part number for any Toyota model. 4: if u don’t want to do all that, u can get the ultra bright led bulbs with a built in resistors, that’s plug and play and that’s all u have to do.

Yes, that would definitely work to add a resistor in parallel to draw the same current as a standard bulb. However, one of the reasons to go with the LED in addition to turning on faster and providing more time for a tailgater to stop is to have a lower power draw and adding a resistor would waste energy. Adding the resistor could defeat the energy advantage. However, the faster flashing rate may also burn more power so maybe it doesn't matter! I think the faster flashing rate draws more attention and is safer. Our van is now up to 220k miles so I will just live with it, but thanks for the suggestions as it might help others. @@toyotabrony

I didn't spend any money on it as I just built it with left over wood scraps from other projects. If you bought all the wood new, it would probably be under $50 now that wood prices have come back down.

Thanks for the visit

Still looking like new after 3 years. Rats are not an issue as they are not a match for the chicken wire. I guess if they were smart enough to climb the chicken wire they could eat their way through the plastic bird netting, but that has not been a problem. If it was a problem you could over the top with chicken wire, but it would literally make harvesting a pain. I did start to get some rot in the corners after 3 years on the boxes I did with painted standard lumber instead of pressure treated lumber. Pressure treated lumber costs nearly 2x more, but it is probably worth it. Yes, some people have concerns about chemicals getting into food, but if you put on several coats of paint it is pretty well sealed. Additionally, the copper they now use is pretty safe compared to the chemicals they used to use.

Interesting. The second option was not there when I bought. It was only the 001 option which is the one I got. 2 identical bags. I might have been able to do it with one bag on my Toyota, but 2 spread out the force more and helped prevent bending the door.

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Having people in other countries watch is a thrill.