Recent content by catrains

the brake pads had a tighten caliper brake pad ... look up the pads and bleed the brakes. 50K miles had a lot of traffic and change the pads.. many had to change the pads with no traffic 80K miles .

the Toyota transfer case fluid is a lot of money , but the electrical components in the transfer case has a different fluid that wears the parts . some have issues ..the dealerships change the 75-90wt mobile gear oil .. the owners did a 4wd to the change of the drive train and it is harder ...

you have to bleed the brake fluid ..... rear fluid bleed then bleed the front brakes ... rotate your tires inspect your brake pads ... also lube the caliper pins ... use the silicone brake grease to lube the steel pad plates.. many owners lock up the brake pads.. the Toyota brake fluid...

I used the grease on my 2016 runner .. july 2016 greased it on the slip yoke and u joints .... did it greased every year in the fall ... moly grease is the slip yoke and the u joints lithium grease. I pumped the 3-4 and the grease is out the seal .. then clean it .. no issues looks good

I did the insect screen on the top of the windshield grill air inflow ..fiberglass screen on top of the plastic grid.. the air filter is some dust on it.. the grill was air flow no insect screen and all the tree mess is a lot of the air filter ....NOW TOYOTA HAS TO INSTALL THE INSECT SCREEN...

I was looking up that bearing part is a different manufacturer ..?

again your engine is working great /............

no sealant on the gasket ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.

looks like a asphalt road stain on that plastic rt side .. put mineral spirits to clean that asphalt coating . I bought is new 2016 and it is white sr5 .. I put running boards and I installed the fiberglass guard shield on the front wheel wells .. the toyota is plastic and the change was...

you did the oil changes great and then you looked in to the cylinder well,,,,, I was repairing engines and the bores use a tool to buff it ..your picture works great ... so you did not loose engine oil ...your engine is very good around 100K miles ..

the aftermarket spks have a low impedance .. I was looking up a higher impedance of the toyota spks ..the toyota spks have more sounds . high frequency .

I did my 2000 truck and I repaired the rear U joint .. 20 bucks .. on the rear diff ..

back in the old days The windshields are very hard and a bit thicker .. previously 1999 and older .. new windshields have a small chip then the crack will create a temp up/down ...

the front brakes work good .. now the rear brakes did have a low braking issue .. front brakes lock up then the PCM create a on/off braking... you have to bleed the rear brakes calipers .. use a plastic clear tubing put a glass bottle with fluid in it..... push the pedal down keep...

colorado25 member does not do the work/inspect/investigate the runner. he goes to a mechanic monkey and then the monkey throws parts on the runner and he did no inspections of the defects just throw parts on the runner ......................colorado25 pays a lot of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$.