Recent content by Bachjow

I'm bringing this thread alive because I just installed the OME springs on my 89 4runner whose original suspension was clapped out at 400,000 miles. (I don't yet have enough posts or I would have started a new thread.) The OME springs brought my rear back to stock height and beyond. It sits...

Thanks!

Multiple motives: 1. I'm new here, and didn't notice the date. 2. I'm still trying to get my post count up. 3. I just finished doing exactly what he said not to do and had a blast, so I felt a little defensive. :)

If you're careful, methodical, PATIENT, willing to research every step along the way multiple times, and eager to invest in a few tools, you can do this. I think the best way to learn what's going on in your engine compartment is to work through a deeper job like this, regardless of previous...

IF YOU DO THE DOWEL TRICK BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL! I tried this yesterday morning and the dowel broke inside my cylinder thus beginning the most difficult, shame-ridden struggle of a day, involving over $100 worth of new tools tools (6hp shop vac, long narrow tweezers, a mechanical hand, and...

In the same boat with my 89, which came without. The gen 2 91-95 shrouds have a piece attached to the top specific to those years. The one I have to find is doesn't. How interchangeable are fan shrouds from different generations / makes (within Toyota V6, for example)?

Definitely not too late. This is the info I've been searching for all day. So the key is the marker to match to the paint to find crank shaft TDC. Nice.