Recent content by bill2174

No issues with pumping gas, and I don't top it off either. I think 21 years was just end of life for this part.

Posting this to document a strange set of conditions for someone in the future with a similar problem. 2002 4Runner with about 250k miles on it. The first condition that began this whole adventure was difficulty starting the engine when it was hot. The best example was a stop at the gas...

Similar symptoms, different solution I recently had a similar problem on my '02, so I thought I'd post my solution for anyone in the future. Rainy day, left work, went to my truck, found the battery was d-e-a-d. Was able to get a jump from a coworker, and went home on my merry way. Everything...

Essentially the vacuum bleed pulls the fluid out of the bleed port. You loosen/open it up just a little bit, and then use the vacuum to draw the fluid out of the reservoir, rather than using the master cylinder to push it out. I suspect that I had an air bubble or something trapped up in there...

Trigger Wiring I used the same wires to tap into for my camera. The positive wire on the reverse light (the red one) had two wires tapping into it; one for power to the camera, the other for the trigger on my Sony head unit. The negative wire (the white wire) just had the negative wire for the...

I had the same problem on my 2002 about three years ago. Dealership troubleshot it down to the master cylinder assembly and wanted $4000 for a new one. Looked on the used market and couldn't find a decent one for a cheap price either. After a lot of searching on this forum, I found a post about...

I'm in the middle of installing a camera on my 2002 T4R as we speak. I'm using this camera that I bought off eBay: Car Reverse RearView Backup camera for Toyota 4Runner Fortuner Hilux Innova | eBay I had to tear apart the lift gate to replace the rear windshield wiper motor (the spline...

Spot on advice! Monkeybutt, thanks for the spot on advice! I of course tried this first without disassembling anything, and had a hell of a time. Didn't want to touch the window if I didn't have to. A few cuts and scrapes later I put things back together enough to lower the window a few...