@sickburnbro @BadOptniks @Victor_Emmanuel @Suiseiseki the toyota 4.7l 2uz-fe v8 that is in the 100 seriesland cruisers/ tundras/ and some 4runners (also in their lexus counterparts) has the starter under the intake manifold also.

although toyota seems to do a good job engineering their starters for this scenario as it is a replacement job that seems to only come once every 7-10 years.

I had 1999 land cruiser for 8 years and never had to replace the starter and also had the 2000 lexus equivalent LX 470 that has 437K miles on it and only replace the starter once since i owned it for 7 years (looks like it was 10 years old as previous owner replace it 3 years before I bought it)