Recent content by alphyn

Rust is going to be a prob When I saw your 4Runner was in the Chicagoland area, PTSD from working on my wife's 4Runner came rushing back. She had an upper midwest special from Chicago. Cosmetically perfect from the outside and low miles. Looked nicer than my West Coast 4Runner that was more...

It's getting to be about that time where my first gen grey S/C is due for a rebuild. I was wondering if any of you had advice where to pick up rebuild kits or could recommend listings on eBay that have all the proper parts. This is for the first gen grey supercharger, although it looks like...

I heard Mark Cuban was about to invest heavily in 4Runners :car: For me, big appeal of 3rd Gen 4Runners is that they're one of the few 'classic' SUVs that offer a manual transmission (death before slushboxes), easy to maintain, and serve as a very capable daily driver that has a 'go anywhere'...

Here's the official pics of my modified HF screwdriver. I tried it on my other hub and it worked like magic. Perfect combo of sharp, narrow and blunt: So, yeah. I'm using it as a pry bar and chisel. Living dangerously.

I bought my '99 4Runner in 2010 for about $9k if I remember. I felt like I was paying a premium. I had very specific requirements. I wanted under 150k miles, manual transmission, SR5 and grey interior. Took quite a few months to track down one and a guy here had one for sale. Fly and drive...

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I'm in the middle of a bazillion deferred maintenance activities on my 4Runner. My passenger side CV boot tore and made a spectacular mess I cleaned up. I pulled off my driver side tire and was about to do new LBJ's, pads, rotors, calipers. I was inspecting my CV and noticed the driver side boot...

So, which S/C are you going to put in there :whoo: I totally understand where you're coming from on that. It's taken me a few weeks to do what a pro mechanic could have done in a few days. But, you know, learning new things. Finding other issues I wouldn't have known about if I wasn't obsessed...

You kind of have to at this point, right? It's like taking a house down to studs. You can't just leave all the crusty wiring and plumbing in there. See structural beams with the least bit of termite damage? Rip them out and replace. And now that you've gone that far, why not keep going even...

Hey, I know you from somewhere... Just picked up both the 1/2" and 3/8" ICON torque wrenches at HF and was curious what the reading would be if I retested some other bolts I torqued to 14 ft-lbs with my Craftsman torque wrench. The 3/8" torque wrench is rated from 20-100 ft-lbs and clicked...

Haha! Yeah, that's me. I have a tap and die set I use to clean threads. Nothing like gingerly rotating them back and forth, little by little as you feel the crunchiness. I'll look for a proper thread chaser set. Every bolt I take out from my 4Runner I clean up or replace regardless of where it...

I saw a tear down of the Snapon and ICON jumbos. ICON came out ahead in terms of consistency and accuracy. Tear down showed slight differences in design, but manufacturing quality was quite high. I have quite a few Tekton tools and have been impressed by quality. I'd honestly go with them if...

Yeah, I've always stored them untensioned and never used them as a breaker bar. I have enough breaker bars. I picked up these Craftsman's when quality was at their lowest. Sears was shutting down mall locations and I picked these up at fire sale prices. I never had a reason to believe they were...

Damn, you really are going all out. Congrats on being a relatively new 4Runner owner. That rust looks terrifying. I learned my lesson on my wife's 4Runner she sourced from... CHICAGO. Because it was "cheap". Every bolt on that thing was a nightmare to remove. West cost mechanics wouldn't touch...

I'm looking in to fixing up the rear bumper, too. I have some pretty significant dings in mine. I think the previous owners enjoyed backing into walls. My goal has been to repair or replace all wear parts / maintenance items bumper to bumper. So far I haven't made it past the engine bay. What...