Recent content by Chikokishi

I have an '87 Hilux Surf and the leafs only have about 1" of clearance. I live in Japan, so the mechanics here are unable to repair the truck because "its too old". Since they are worthless, im searching for parts myself. Im trying to find a full suspension rebuild kit for stock height, not...

Have you guys considered building dashboards? Thats a pretty sweet business you got going there. I will most def be looking to you in the future when im out of college and have the money. :)

I found your website, absolutely amazing. I hope you are still around in a few years when i can rebuild her! Can you give an estimate how how much a full restore of a about 70% decent truck would be? Excluding the engine work and all of that - just the cosmetics? I mean.. would it be 10,000...

hyper jealous of your truck. I want to rebuild mine to this state, or find on in this state. I dont know if im good enough to rebuild mine. :(

My work in progress. Its my day driver, so i cant tear it down and rebuild it like id want to. But till then im trying to take care of it! It is a bit different than the others here. I have speakers up on the rack, and lights underneath :)

I know my truck needs a new plate added to it and such, but its my day driver at the moment and i honestly dont know how to weld or anything like that. So i want to fix it up so that when im a bit older, i have a nice place to work on it and such, i can fix it then. :)

My 4runner ('87) is starting to rust up decently around the gas tank coverplate. I am not a seasoned repairman, but i do wish to learn how to do it myself. How might i go about repairing this rust spot? Its about 5 inches across and a layer deep into the metal. I would love to remove the...

As the title says, my 1st generation (87) kicks out of gear under even a light load. If i keep my hand on the gear shift, then i do not feel any force at all, but it seems that if the stick is allowed to rest on the exit of the gear slot, it slips out easily. I have seen many people fix their...

General problem is that my 4runner sometimes does not start. Here are the details: Only happens in fall and spring, do not have this problem in summer or winter. Only happens occasionally, i never know when, or how often Happens on full tank of gas, or nearly empty tank Replaced starter...

lol thats for sure. When i bought the radio for it i wasent having any problems with it. the only issues i had back then was the gauges not working and the lights not working. now i have all sorts of issues that i cant figure out or even know where to start trying to figure out. i have...

You really think its just the battery/alt? Like i said i bought them both brand new less than a week ago. Had both tested by oreiley and they told me both worked perfectly fine. And do you think that both the alternator and battery might be shitty? Hence the lack of starting AND lack of...

I own an 87 4runner, 22re engine. It will not start on its own, but will start when jumped from another car. It has a brand new alternator and battery, sometimes the alternator charges, other times it does not charge. Today i had it checked it O'reileys and they told me the alternator was...

In the past two weeks iv had the most unbelievably ad luck with my 4runner: Someone smashed out my back window my alternator blew, which took out my battery my new alternator and new battery didnt fix the problem, it still dies and doesnt charge. my engine started making this terrible squeeking...

haha yep. I found it! thers def a hole there. UPDATE: I fixed the brights (the connections has black on em.. just sand papered it off) I *fixed* the rear window. the window lock button seemed to be faulty, so i grounded the input wire going into it, and it works fine for now! Iv also put a...

So i was looking under my hood... 1, the accel link to the pedle had broke at one point in it. 2, the cruiz control was disconnected and the shorter pedle like was connected to its port 3. cruiz control was left just hanging out. 4, after realizing this i think "Hmm, i should have a cruiz...