Recent content by ChoochCharlie

Saturday morning, 5:30am. It's the first day of archery buck season in Pennsylvania and I am headed out to my favorite spot. Driving along at about 35, when out of nowhere... Wham! I never even had a chance to move my foot to the brakes. Pull over and check the damage, it's bad. I turn on...

This just became a build thread. I will be watching.

There are thousands of 4Runners in Haiti. I was there to help build a school and spent a week in PAP and north in Arcahaie. Didn't see any 1st generations but saw a lot of 2nd and 3rd generations. Every vehicle in Haiti is a truck or SUV, and we needed the 4Wheel Drive on our Ford Everest...

Find that link?? Thanks for the info.

Question for those who like to get dirty. A stinger bumper, what is the purpose? Keep your truck from going over forwards, or just cause it looks cool? The Greenland rigs all have Stingers on steroids for snow and crevasse use, and a pre-runner style rig meant for highspeed running, makes...

Power steering belt slipped.

And I just got one on eBay for $50. So if it is the ECU, then it's an easy fix.

Now that I think about it, the entire grill comes off of an FJ40, leaving plenty of room for finagling the thing in and out in one piece. I think I will drop the tranny.

Gonna need to swap a rebuilt automatic transmission into my '95. I would like to pull the motor and trans together and fix the exhaust manifold gaskets I goofed up when I did the head gaskets. Then mate the trans and motor and put it all back in. That's how I did my FJ40 years ago. Anyone...

Ugh. Been there. Ditto above. Better yet, go to a DIY car wash.

DUDE. That sucks. I'm at a loss. Sorry. Maybe someone else can help.

MK3 TSRM On-Line This may help.

The shift solenoids will not throw a code. I suggest trying a manual shift test. Unplug the solenoids, 6 wire white plug located on the passenger side, just follow the wire from the drivers side of the trans, over the top. On mine it is the white one, not the blue one. With the plug...

Get the owner to deliver it to a dealer or a mechanic you pick local to him and get it inspected. Then you will have a professional 3rd party opinion on the condition and quality of build. I have purchased two cars on eBay, and got screwed on the second. If I had done this, I would have been...

Thank you Mark. I needed to hear that. Where did you get your ECU? Edit: Never mind. I just eBayed one for $30 bucks used. And how the heck did I type ECM instead of ECU :)