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    I think I should heed the warnings

    some one stole my stock rims from my garage or I woulda sold these along time ago and today did it I went to fix the wheel cylinder and it wasn't the wheel cylinder leaking it is the oil seal on the axle, and I went to drain the rear end fluid and there was metal on the drain plug magnet, the...
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    I think I should heed the warnings

    I am pretty mechanically inclined, in the Allen house as a young sprout we were what you might call "poor" and if you didn't fix it yourself it wasn't getting fixed so i was forced to figure out a lot about cars early on, so I don't really spazz on things that aren't worth worrying about, the...
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    I think I should heed the warnings

    today I had a wheel cylinder give out on me, it sputters when idling sometimes, its got 186K on it, need a tune up and the trans fluid changed, something is rattling in the e-brake handle area on the interstate, and my new job is a 45 minute highway commute... fellas I think I have no choice...
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    hid's pulled over :/

    i have big wheel and the only song I listen to is "Susan Vega - Tom's Diner"... on repeat... very loud... with the bass turned all the way up... it sucks but public stereotyping of the owner of a car due to the wheels they have on it is something you just have to accept is gonna happen, but in...
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    throttle body gasket messed everything up!!

    if I can scrounge up the pics of my 4runner pulling the 16ft trailer with i'm demolition derby car on it I will blow your mind
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    this is the...

    6000th thread in this section, and i started it, bahaha
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    throttle body gasket messed everything up!!

    oh yea definitely wasn't claiming turbulence, I'm sure it is just a back pressure thing to keep the intake noise down or something
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    throttle body gasket messed everything up!!

    fuel mixes better and ignition flames propagate more completely under turbulent conditions in your motor, it really doesn't make a hill of bean on our 180hp 3.4liter v6's but if you are building a high horsepower drag motor or whatnot intake airflow characteristic are a big deal, we are...
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    throttle body gasket messed everything up!!

    Re: Re: Re: Re: throttle body gasket messed everything up!! didnt mean it was the reason he was getting a check engine light I was just clarifying the wanting less turbulent flow thing, and no none of us on this website are going to out think a group of 100 design engineers that developed...
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    Canadian River offroading pics

    link worked fine for me, I must "klnow my way aorund computers" too... :clap: :xnuts: :headslap: :clap: we are a couple regular ole computer hackers, clicking links and what not
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    throttle body gasket messed everything up!!

    Re: Re: throttle body gasket messed everything up!! turbulent flow is a good thing, it mixes the air and fuel better... the reason people cut the gasket is to get more mass flow not to get laminar flow
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    starter removal

    alot of people say they took theirs out through the fender, my physically would not fit through the gap, I played with the damned thing like a rubics cube, if mine ever goes out I'll pay one of you guys to replace it
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    Need quick advice-oil light came on!!!

    oil sending unit? maybe
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    starter removal

    I did my starter twice in one month cause I bought a dud, and I will tell you this, I will never do it myself again, I have been working on cars since I was bout 13, you name it I prolly done it, but I will pay someone to change my starter if it goes out again, I screwed up my rack&pinion...
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    Would you trade your 4runner for a newer 2wd model ?

    if you decide to trade yours what are you gonna do with your sliders and hellas and what not?

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