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I appreciate your opinion, and my wallet tends to agree with you! Other insights and opinions are still most welcome, as the car sadly sits gathering dust.

Not really, but I’m sure if I offered to sell it to him directly he would be interested. He did offer that he would do the engine replacement (3.0 replacement but no 3.4 swap) for a very fair price to help me regain some money, but I would have to find the motor myself and if the motor itself...

Apparently this ipad wanted to post those photos upside down. Sorry about that everyone. The dark, blurry photo is supposed to show the damage to PS rocker panel.

Attaching some photos of the state of the body as discussed in my OP

Hey all, looking for some input as I consider selling the 4runner. This isn’t a for sale ad, I’m really seeking advice, but I’m providing the details of the vehicle below for context: 1990 4x4 3VZFE A/T with 232,594 miles * Pretty much all original. * Had leveling kit/upgraded spring kit...

South Jersey Mechanic? Hey folks, I haven't been in Jersey long (south jersey), and I try to do most of the work on my vehicle myself, but I'm curious if anyone here can recommend a good, fair, mechanic to take a look at my 1990 3vze 4runner? I'm in the Cherry Hill area, closer to Philly...

Hey guys, update here: A while back I removed all parts of the air intake to check them out. I did find a large crack in some of the "flexible" tubing, directly where it squeezes on to the throttle body. I patched this up with some gasket maker and clamped it back on there. I am assuming I have...

Still figuring Eugene13 and old87yota, thanks guys for your thoughtful replies. My apologies in letting the thread go quiet so soon, I've been otherwise occupied. eugene13, I have indeed wondered about some sensor (MAF/02 or something) and was hoping to get some insight on that. I'm going to...

Hey folks, this forum has proven to be an invaluable resource for all nature of repairs on a 1990 3vZ automatic transmission, so thanks to all the contributors here! 1990, 214k miles, automatic transmission, pretty much all original... I know this is a long post, so whoever chimes in I really...

Thanks in advance for your help. Here are bullet points to make it easier: - rear window was working perfectly. - interior got pretty wet in a rainstorm. - middle console got a lot of rainwater in it. - rear window switch does not work - key in tailgate does not make window go down. - rear...