What Did You Do To Your 3rd Gen Today?

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Junkyard run! My knight in greasy clothes brought me:

rear wiper cover
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a/c drain elbow

lower rear control arms out of an '02. I read the 96's were captive (top) vs the later models (bottom) so I got lower mileage later model arms that I can maybe replace the bushings in when they wear out? The 96's actually still look decent at 266,xxx miles
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Unlike the upper rear control arms that looked horrible and were replaced with new oem arms. Non-replaceable bushings
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Tested the 5 horns, all working- 4 Caddy, 1 Yota, and cleaned contacts while I was in there.

And got my not very frilly hd stereo in and use it with a cheap mp3 player- to replace the aftermarket cd changer (1999) and cassette stereo (2003) of which the cd changer was malfunctioning
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The Mo4wd sticker is on for rep power

And also a person can sit upright under the truck behind the rear axle:
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That's about all.
My aunt has a runner the same color first one on the forum I've seen
 
Swapped sides of the buns on the front seats so that the wear in the driver side leather wouldn't get worse. Was super simple, but I wouldn't have done it had I had Limited seats I think.

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They appeared to be the wrong size, too short. As a result, they would not close, even when screwed in all the way, and various quarter/half turns backed up from there. I eventually had to give up and put the original bleeder screws back in (and clean up a lot of spilled brake fluid.)

I haven't yet determined if I a) ordered the wrong part, b) was sent the wrong part, or c) their website recommends the wrong part. Now that you've reminded me, I think I'll look into that now...

I hasten to add that there's no obvious flaw with the product--the bleeders I put in my new 231 calipers worked absolutely great.

Edit: Upon investigation, the answer is a) I ordered the wrong part. 3rd Gen rear drums call for their SB1010-SS, but I apparently ordered the SB1010S-SS, which is a shorter screw. Buggery.
 
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I have all of the parts to do the following;
Tundra Brake upgrade.
Timing belt/water pump replacement.
Valve cover/intake gasket replacement.

Should be a fun week.
 
I played on my friends hombrew RTI ramp so I could determine where things needed to be trimmed. I can now tuck them tire pretty well with no rubbing. BTW, this was with the sway bar connected in the front. I plan on using a better camera in the daytime and get better pics.



 
Today I replaced the out of tank Fuel Filter with a new oem unit - took 15min

And last week:

Replaced Drivers side Valve Cover Gasket (did passenger side too for the sake of it)
New Intake mani gaskets and PCV as well

Great outcome, very pleased

 


Finally finished my mesh grill. Thought about going satoshi, but wanted to try something different. Keep finding more and more glass from my runner being broken into last week.
 
Today I finally have a working key fob for the 4runner. I have had it for years w/o one.

Not today but since last time I posted I changed out the Toytec spacers up front for new Boss coilovers, changed out a busted CV axle, added an extra grab handle on the driver's side, some new Nitto 285/70/17 Terra Grapplers and some maintenance items. Sorry, been too busy to post I guess.
 
Cleaned MAF and TB (and resolved CEL).

AND removed running boards and installed these!!!


Too late for the "after" pics tonight...sorry. But I have some quality underbody detailing time ahead of me this weekend...those running boards hide a lot!
 
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