Recent content by averyislost

Man that's crazy! I wonder if yours got damaged in shipping or something? For the bend I mean. Mine seemed to be fine when I mounted it, I didn't have to do any bending or mod any of the holes. My only issue is, where the front part of the skid mounts to the two holes in the front crossmember...

I think it is related to the exhaust. Both my 3rd gen 3.4L and my 4th gen 4.7L do this RPM drop after installing an aftermarket exhaust on them. Never did figure out why they do this, but both 4Runners exhibit this exact issue after exhaust installs. The 3rd gen was more intense than my 4th gen

Thanks for all your help! To be honest, I really didn't think there was anything wrong with it based on what the shops kept telling me. The only way I found out about the condenser issues was taking it to a THIRD shop who immediately said you've got a restriction. So I had them replace the...

I had my AC condenser replaced because I went to get the refrigerant checked one last time, and they couldn't get it to stop hitting the high pressure cutoff and shutting down the compressor early. Said there was a restriction in the condenser. Surprisingly this made an absolute world of a...

Thanks a ton for the follow-up post! Wow 14k ohms, that is surprising. Yeah it's definitely not icing up the expansion valve or evap. It takes forever to cool down the cabin because the compressor continues to cycle for too short of a timeframe, and never lets the temp come down unless you're...

Yeah I totally agree with you now. Once it started getting into the 90's here, the AC is definitely still lacking. At this point I've had my evaporator core, expansion valve, thermistor, and compressor replaced. Condenser has been cleaned twice now (washed by me) and is free of any leaks or...

I think it would make the tires look small honestly. For perspective, I went from 265/70r17 to 285/70r17's about 6 months after I did the Eibach lift, even though I had just bought the 265's. I just wanted to take advantage of the extra height and fill out the wheel well's better

Hey man! I live right around the corner from you and I'm one of those on the FB groups that have talked about our AC systems a few times. I do get extended cycle times compared to other vehicle's I've owned. The cycle times you were seeing are pretty similar to what I've seen. It corresponds to...

Hey man! Incredibly late reply, but I ended up testing your theory pretty significantly with my AC system in my '03. I started using a 20k ohm resistor on mine, and it was good for an extra 5 degrees pretty much all the time. Turns out, my compressor starting going bad due to a bad clutch (it...

Forever_Student and RBLACAUSA, sorry guys, just seeing your messages now! Bulbs are still doing great, but I've actually moved them to the high-beam slot and retrofit a set of projectors in the low beam. The bulbs did put out a ton of light, but I was getting flashed out on the country 2-lane...

It's possible, although I feel like it might be more on the possibility (B) side. I ended up actually replacing my thermistor with a new OEM one, since mine is the earlier thermistor that doesn't clip into the evap core fins, it just rides on the "carrier" that clips onto the side of the evap...

Man! For a first post, this is pretty incredible. Thanks for posting the diagram as well for the resistance and temperatures. I'll have to give this a shot with the multimeter and see what comes up!

Good luck, I ended up replacing mine with a factory new thermistor, and it didn't change a thing. You will break the black plastic "carrier" piece that the thermistor sits on that goes into the heater core housing. I ended up buying an entire used ac/heater core housing just to get that one...

Thank you for the reply! Unfortunately, I had both my local shop I trust, as well as the dealership check my levels last year. My truck was doing the same thing last year but summer temps weren't quite as high where I am as they are this year. Not to say I couldn't have them checked again...

Anybody able to remove the thermistor without damaging the carrier on a 03-05? I've seen the pics of it, as well as looked at it myself. But I'm nervous to damage it trying to remove it due to all the previous reports of other people doing the same. Looks like mine may be incorrectly mounted...