02-04-2011, 11:37 PM
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Well when your 20 friends are your family. We HAVE TO GO OUT THERE THIS SUMMER. im sure its like bullfrog, but way bigger
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02-09-2011, 01:58 PM
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Update on the engine rebuild...
Well, no wonder it was running so crappy lately. The shop just called and said not one, but BOTH my heads are cracked! He sourced some used heads to rebuild and he's doing it at no extra charge since the rebuild is taking about a week 1/2 longer than he quoted. That's cool, even used heads aren't cheap and mine are junk so he definitely had to eat a little $$ on it. So I thought that was cool of him to not charge me.
I guess that explains my 8 mpgs! It's gonna have alot more power too, haha!
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02-10-2011, 02:08 AM
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Port and polish while heads are off anyway?
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02-10-2011, 03:25 AM
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That would be sweet, but I have no more $ to spend at the moment. 
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02-10-2011, 06:41 AM
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Not sure if everyone knows about this but, if you have the time an money, I think this is a little better than a junk yard find.
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02-10-2011, 10:47 AM
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What causes the heads to crack?
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02-10-2011, 10:57 AM
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What causes the heads to crack?
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Blunt force trauma.
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02-10-2011, 01:42 PM
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Usually it's overheating. I've never overheated my truck so it makes me wonder if it did before I got it at 90K. I'm surprised it didn't become a problem until now (10 years/105K later), but my guess is that maybe the OP overheated it, it weakened them but they didn't crack until recently? Not sure though. I was thinking maybe it's also just because being a mountain truck it's just had a harder life than most middle-class, teenage, white 4runners.
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Blunt force trauma.
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That too.
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02-10-2011, 02:21 PM
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Bahahahahahahahahahaha
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02-10-2011, 03:53 PM
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Damn man that sucks. How many miles are on the motor now?
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02-10-2011, 08:59 PM
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That stinks. Good luck on the rebuild.
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02-12-2011, 08:24 PM
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Damn man that sucks. How many miles are on the motor now?
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It dies at 205K.
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That stinks. Good luck on the rebuild.
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Thanks, I can't wait to get it back! It should be ready now, but I've been at the King of the Hammers all weekend so hopefully I'll be picking it up on Monday!!
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02-22-2011, 12:59 AM
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It's good to be back!
So I finally got my truck back with a newly rebuilt engine! It took a lot longer than expected (~3 weeks) but I have my 'ol friend again and she is running awesome!! Now I can finally install my OME 861 coils for the rear and my "new and improved" lower links!! Plus I got a cold air intake, a power steering pump and a sweet TRD cat-back exhaust (courtesy of Driffter33) to install now also!
I had to deal with about a foot of snow and putting snow chains on my little Honda CR-V this weekend and boy I'll tell ya, I missed the 4runner a lot! The CR-V is officially back up for sale and I'm just happy to have 4WD again!
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02-22-2011, 01:13 AM
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I was thinking maybe it's also just because being a mountain truck it's just had a harder life than most middle-class, teenage, white 4runners. |
lol Brian pm me if you want to sell your old 891's
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02-22-2011, 01:17 AM
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PM sent.
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