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Strawberry Pass Trail off 50 on Saturday.

Just the tensioner. Belts were replaced less than 10k ago and look new.

Update. Went through the front belts last night. Found the AC tensioner was kinda loose. Swapped it out today and went for a drive. No noise. Then I jinxed myself and told the wife I think I found the problem. A few miles down the road the noise appears again. Could the transmission make those...

I checked some of the items suggested and didn't find anything noticeable. I even hammered on the cat with a rubber mallet to make sure nothing was loose. Drove it this morning and it continued to do it, although now I noticed that it did it starting at a lower rpm range up through 2500. Still...

My instinct from the get go has been something with the exhaust because of the P420 code that came at the same time (after coming down the mountain after wheeling the snow). I looked at the cat yesterday and didn't see anything that looked out of place. I will have to give it a few love taps...

It does but very minimally. Not like you would expect it to. I haven't left it in 1 st gear and tried it to check a different gear. I will have to try that and see.

I'm curious as I have never heard a needle bearing going bad sound. Was it specific to a speed and only under motor acceleration load? Or did it do it all the time when the front axle was moving? Did it do it in 2WD? Just curious as I really do not know. Thanks.

Thanks. Yah I re-checked the belts last night, pretty darn tight really. Power steering works fine and full. The problem with this sound is you can ONLY hear it when driving at around 2500 rpm and accelerating. Let off the gas and it stops, kick it in nuetral, it stops. Rev it up when in neutral...

I've searched the forums high and low and can't find anything that sounds like the issue I am having. I'm fairly new to this forum and purchased a 2002 Runner several months ago. A few weeks ago I took it wheeling in the snow and after the day, airing back up and heading down the hill, I...

I want to find someone who is savy with making the mods to my non locker housing so I can install the elocker third that I have.

I’m heading up to MET tomorrow to take advantage of the fresh snow and test out the 4Runner. Would be cool to meet up with other T4R people.

New to this forum. I recently became the owner of a 3rd gen (2002). I live in Placerville and I'm looking for someone or a shop who can do the e-locker to non-elocker rear end mods and install. Any of you local Sac guys have anyone you can recommend? Thanks.

Okay I’ve spent months looking for what appears to be the holy grail ultra rare unicorn 3rd gen 4Runner. 99-00 Limited with CL and E-locker BLACK color Under 200k miles Rust free Salvage okay Stock or modded okay. California preferred. I’m in Sacramento. 97-02 would be okay if it had a...

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