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Found it. someone put some black tape on it behind everything. Rat bastards!

I went to take my 4runner in for inspection and the check guy immediately failed it because he said the check engine light doesn't do its self test when you turn the key on. I took the 4runner back home and I currently have the instrusment cluster removed. I have pulled every bulb and put a...

Mine has those size tires stock but I have 4.10 gears and is a 1996. I also have a manual 5 speed. I would look up what gearing came stock for that size of tire with whatever transmission you are running and then go from there. Yes, with bigger tires and same size gearing you are going to...

Good catch!

They should wear fine on something as light as a 4runner. I had the E rated ones on my dually and since I couldn't rotate them they burned up pretty fast, maybe 20k. My friend had them on his 3/4 ton Chevy and he got close to 50k out of them I think. I would think on 4runner they would go...

I would do option one unless you have other symptoms like oil consumption. It also depends on what is in your wallet and long term plans for the truck. $1300 seems kind of high for a complete valve job. I would not continue to drive on this problem. Nothing good will come out of it and they...

You can probably re-use the head gaskets if you never ran the engine, I would. Can't help you on the bolts as I don't know if Toyota used torque to yield bolts and if you are using Toyota head bolts.

Remove all the plugs and then see if it will turn over. If it is hydro locked the rad fluid will come out of the spark plug holes when you turn it over. If it does, that get as much of the fluid out as you can and then do a compression or leak down test to see if you can narrow it down to a...

I have a '96 with V6 & 5SPD with 261k miles and it runs great. I have had it for almost two months and over 2k miles. It has the usual issues like leaky valve covers, suspect shocks/springs, suspect steering rack but everything but the alarm and trip odometer works on it. For a well used 21 year...

Sludge or maybe rad fluid mixing with the oil. Are you see a drop of your fluid level for the radiator or is the engine getting hot on you? How long was the oil change interval? You can always send off a sample for oil analysis. That will remove all doubt. https://www.blackstone-labs.com/

I have owned a 1996 T4R now for just over a month. It has 260k miles and has the 3.4 V6. From what I have researched this motor, if maintained is fairly bullet proof. It does like to leak at the valve covers though. You also will need to change the timing belt (from what I am gathering 90k...

That hardened matter is grease so it's no big deal. It opens up the fitting for new grease. When you pump the new grease in, it will pump the old out. Trust me it works great. I have a similar tool and it really opens things up so you get new grease into what ever it is you are trying to grease...

I see others have mentioned other methods which should work. Are there any casting numbers on the case you can look up? That will definitely lock it in for sure, if you know no one has changed the ring/pinion out. If you have any kind of access to the VIN sticker on the door of the donor...

Count the number of teeth on the ring gear and divide by the number of teeth on the pinion. That should give you the ratio.