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    Parts availability on a 1987

    ENGINE OVERHAUL GASKET KIT. 1987 Toyota 4Runner SR5 2.4L AT | Toyota 1987 Toyota 4Runner 2.4L AT SR5 Parts & Accessories | Toyota Parts Center Online parts availability is pretty good...
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    Waxing After Clay Bar

    1. Clay(remove physical contamination) 2. Isopropyl Alcohol(removes chemical contamination) 3. Polish or Glaze(glaze fills in swirls and scratches, polish tries to remove them) 3a. Sometimes a Glaze is good enough. #7 Meguiar’s Hand Glaze. 4. Carnauba Wax(gives a shine, but carnauba will come...
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    Shaking While Braking

    br-17, #2, of the service manual. cut some 1" wooded brake pad plates or severely used brake pads. keep rotor in place. so that it doesn't completely pop out. press the brake pedal til the piston make contact with the pads. peel back or remove the cylinder boots. check for crud build up. clean...
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    What Did You Do To Your 3rd Gen Today?

    shocks and reman calipers replaced original shocks -coil springs are uncompressable, need electric impact wrench. -used new KYB mounting play, might keep the old plate & boil the rust off. -plain KYB's are longer than original tokico's --had to do the bottle jack on uca trick replaced original...
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    The worst part of a 3rd gen?

    front row seat belt retractor thingy. it doesn't do it's job. I bang it once a week and I gots the the dents to show for it.
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    Soft Brakes

    It's that selfadjuster, since you mentioned the rear brakes, you were probably messing with it. The hydraulic pressure it's going to the underadjusted wheel cylinder. The hand brake brake is over adjusted, suppose to get 7-9 clicks. Just jack the handbrake about 20 times and the selfadjuster...
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    headlight oxidation

    http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/3MAutomotive/Aftermarket/Products/Featured_Products/Headlight/ I think we can close this thread now...
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    water beading help

    nxt is a wax sealant, from which a shine is undeniable...apply some #26 or other Carnauba laced wax on top of it. After the claying use some 1:1 IsoProphyll Alcohol / Water (IPA) wipedown to remove any 'other' residue prior to adding sealant/wax. I used #26 about two years ago; I got busy...
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    Stop bump issue

    my 98 had it, but my 02 didn't, all 3rd gen. even after 217k it still doesn't.

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