Recent content by Carpenterjake

Saved me a lot of trouble Thanks a lot for the information in this thread about the leaky transfer case shifter, this saved me a lot of trouble. I had the same situation: my transfer case appeared to be leaking from the front output shaft, so I replaced the seal last year, and it continued to...

Oh ya, and I paid $7000 for it. The guy was asking $7500 and I talked him down cause it needs a timing belt in 30k or so.

Truck It has 155K miles on it, but in really nice shape for its age. It's tight on bumps with no body squeaks. No damage or rust on the paint or chrome. The underside has some surface rust on the underside of the body, skid plates, rear end, etc, which I'm going to grind off and repaint. I...

Got it Ya, got my truck the other day. It got the thumbs up from my mechanic, no real problems to be found. Driving it home it kind of felt like driving a boat for handling. But it turns out the tires on the left side were at about 20 psi, and the tires on the right side were something like...

Thanks Thanks everybody for the advice. It's happening! On Monday I'm picking up the 2000 sr5 5 speed and if the mechanic says its ok, taking it home. I'm so excited. It's listed for $7500, but I'm gonna try to talk him down to $7000 since it's due for a timing belt before too long. They go...

Hello, I'm new to this forum, and 4Runners. I need a bigger vehicle for work, driving in snow, and backwoods adventures, and the 4Runner seems a lot more capable than others such as the Pathfinder. I really want a standard shift, and they are hard to find. I will be looking at a 1995 2nd gen...