Recent content by estobaughn

not on my 4runner but on my sport trac, first time changing oil on truck everything goes swimmingly, turn on car, oil spews out from filter. Old gasket didnt come off with the filter was stuck to the engine.

2004 v6 2wd sr5 leather sunroof 40k , $11,500 +tax and tag

You should probably look into getting sheets of rubber I am sure you can get those somewhere. Pull out everything from the inside of the car, and use the orig carpet as a template. I had a sport trac and they came with the plastic flooring. I laughed the first time i spilled coffee on the floor.

I would think that you can't change the odometer reading on these. I am guessing that is why they switched over from mechanical. "tamper proof" if that means anything. You probably could but it would probably take more time than its worth just getting a new cluster here in florida you can put...

great write up. I was wondering about since i have to do an oil change here in a couple miles. I had on 04 sport trac and I always prefilled the oil filter, I'd usually do it while I was waiting for the last drops of oil the come out the bottom end. It would take about 1/2 to 3/4 of a quart of...

yeah they are over priced at the dealership, I try to stay away from indy lots, some can be shady. and usually if the dealership doesnt want to sell it, it will go to auction where these guys pick them up. I would try to stick to private sellers.

imho I do concern myself with mileage, over here in tampa there are quite a few with 150 to 180k on them for around $9k although I certainly trust these vehicles at that mileage and even more so, what I don't trust is the owners. You just dont know. I got mine at a steal from someone who did...

I trust engineers, what i dont trust is management. its big business so if someone can save the company millions on a decision it will most likely get done. then again you dont know what it going through their minds. Like the front map lights. maybe some toyota engineer was annoyed by having...

never thought about drilling a to put the magnet inside the plug I'd just plop it on. I never lost that magnet tho it was probably a good 10 years I had it under a car. I am also not sure about how much "filings" it might have caught over the years, it was basically a free mod for me since I...

So a long time ago, I read about putting a magnet on your oil filter or drain plug to catch any metallic particles. I had some old 160mb hard drives lying around and took them apart for the neodymium and used them through my last 4 vehicles. Now since my last car was totaled and I wasnt there...

would you consider sharing that file and/or blueprint?

great job, I've been impressed on every mod you've done. Gonna try to transfer all of these to a 4th gen. mad props

When wiring these up like you did, do they turn on when you turn the dome light on or only when the door opens/doors unlocked?

bump on write up?

I just bought it, i'll end up doubling that mileage in about 2 years