Recent content by drake3

I think I have the same rattle as you. It took me a long time to find it but it seemed to be coming from the left side of the dash or just where the steering wheel meets the dash. I think it has to do with the material of the dash meeting the gauge cluster. I can get rid of the small squeek...

I would consider the rinsing some serious overkill and waste of fresh oil. I am glad you don't have a BMW in your garage since the last time I owned one the factory recommended oil service interval was 15K miles with no break-in oil change. But to each his own and if your oil change process...

Re: Re: Re: Couple of dumb ?'s '06's have them too.

$7-$8 I think. You can buy them in bulk on-line. I don't know for sure because I get them for the Toyota employee price at the dealer.

So you did the search and found people have replaced the 06 chromed grills with the limited color matched grills as in this thread: http://www.toyota-4runner.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22677 Why would you not be able to do that with an 07? Should be the same part as the 06, well at least...

I know I learned of the anti-drainback valve from this forum, but if you google it you come up with this page with the maker's word of why you should buy their filter. http://www.toyota.com/html/shop/dealers/parts/oilfilters.html

I think the Toyota OEM filter - the one made in Thailand is one of the few that has the back flow valve on it. This keeps the oil up in the engine after you turn it off helping lubrication right after start. The Fram probably does not have that. It seems like you are taking very good care of...

They should all be close to the oil. They usually have a large circular pan or I bought the flat rectangular one with 2 drain holes in it. It was not over $8.

Yeah, even if the lot was not lighted most good security cameras turn to black and white mode at night which really brings out contrast. Also, searching through that much video does not have to be linear. If the camera operator knows what he is doing he can do a split-split search. AND, if...

Re: Re: Re: Stealership took me for a ride From the motorcycle world you can usually find copper crush washers at the hardware store for cheap - well when copper was cheaper. They won't have the nice felt sprayed on them, but should work the same.

OK, you are going to love this... I buy my filters for my 4runners from my local dealer. Usually only 2 or 3 at a time. I go in and get them and I get told the crush washers are $2.50 each. Whatever, I only change the washers about once every 3 oil changes. They last a long time if you...

Lon, I had the dealer replace the speed sensor in mine. The total cost for the fix was around $300.

Man - 100mph through Maryland on the way back?!? I was coming back from my brother's place in Herndon, VA back to Cincinnati through Maryland and got a whopper of a ticket. I was in my 350Z 6 spd and coasting down a hill, well what would be considered a mountain in Ohio. I never went above 80...

The only time my family has ever had problems with gas is when we purchased gas on a military base at the local PX/garage. It was in the 80's with a Celica we bought new. The thing had no power and had a serious hesitation issue. We pulled the filter and out came the milky stream that is...

In my search for a bike this year I have been looking at several motorcycle boards and saw a thread about the hitch-based motorcycle carriers. (I didn't read the entire thread and skipped over alot so this may be totally wrong! (but I am posting it anyway)) The thread went on about how you...