Recent content by 4ranover

I just replaced one of mine because I broke it while maneuvering the caliper, but I used a hard line like the original. Out of curiosity, why are you going with a flexible line?

It's originally a midwest truck (everything is rusted to crap) so that might have something to do with it. I'm thinking about throwing in a spindle/hub from a junkyard out here in OR, definitely easier than replacing the bearing. Good question! It was difficult to isolate the sound on the...

Ahhh yes, sounds identical. Thanks for sharing the detailed writeup - I was actually reading through your post earlier today to mentally prepare myself!

2000 4Runner - 4x4 - V6 - 132k The usual: noise coming from the frontend. There's a humming when driving that gets louder with speed. The noise goes away when turning one direction (haven't driven the car in a while and I forgot which turning direction) so I suspect at least 1 wheel bad...

Well that seems all too familiar! ;): I guess I forgot to post a follow up, so I'll do that now! The repair went well. I took the 4Runner to a professional welder to get it patched up. To prep, he emptied the piles of loose rust inside the frame (which likely held water, accelerating further...

I'm not experienced with junkyard swaps.. is there a dead giveaway here, or are you basing that off the shoddy work?

A few weeks ago, my new-to-me 2000 4Runner threw a P0773 error code (Shift Solenoid E Electrical), which could be a faulty solenoid, but also faulty wiring or connector. Since then, the check engine light has turned off and come back on it's own, several times. Today I looked underneath and...

SHE'S A KEEPER! :bigok: Thanks everyone for the feedback and advice. After a stressful week, I decided to keep the truck. Didn't even bother getting the seller involved. Here's why I decided to keep the 4runner: * Wife loves it. She gets what she wants! * Aside from the frame rot, it...

Frame swap? YEAH! Good for you, Durk! Oh man, I can't wait to see this!

lets swap pics :becky:

big kick in the balls is that i'm moving to portland at the end of the year........................... :Cry:

So... any opinions on this rust? How bad does it scare you guys? :tongue:

Ah okay, yeah.. good to know dealers rotate 4-6 weeks because that fits the timeline here. Thanks for sharing. As for the rust, just posted up some pics here.

Lesson learned... Likely expensive lesson learned. I'm still surprised though, because I've had cars in the rust belt older than this one with only light surface rust on the frame. I just took it to a mechanic, they shrieked like little girls, quoted unknown amount of labor. Immediately...

here's the frame rot. yeah, it's bad. I'm a little embarrassed/hesitant to even be posting these. I've seen other frame rust threads, so I know how this goes. I get ripped apart, lots of suggestions to take it to a junkyard, and I should have just burned up a pile of money instead :pop2...