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rexassian
In my situation I have the time and space and the knowledge (or rather balls) to do it myself. I also have other vehicles so I wouldn't be stuck without the 4runner.
I know this is quite a distance away from you but you could pick up an engine such as the one we have locally here in the PNW (Heck, fly out here and trailer it back) and in this case you'd have some extra parts
1998 toyota. 4runner engine and transmition for Sale in Tacoma, WA - OfferUp
I might actually consider picking this up just to have the engine to rebuild if/when my engine goes. ☺