Recent content by FJ60GatewayDrug

Update The ratio of ethanol and gasoline varies by season. In the winter, there's more gasoline. In summer, more ethanol. This is to help cold starting. Here in SoCal, the difference is pretty minor, but I have noticed that I haven't seem to set a "too lean" code in awhile. I'm also regularly...

This album has the LTFT at various points. High idle / cold start, low idle / cold start, low idle / warm engine. Plus an engine run up to about 2000RPM. LTFT E85 - Album on Imgur I took a look and didn't see any obviously damaged/cracked hoses. 0.514 lb/min is 3.886 g/s, which you read at...

Gotcha, I'm following you. I'm not totally convinced, but I'll configure a page on the UltraGauge to put up STFT, LTFT, Lambda, and MAF reading. After doing some engine work one time I didn't quite tighten one of the hose clamps enough on the intake (about 1/8th to 1/4 turn too loose) and that...

Thank you! That's my goal. What makes you say that? I drove for years without a CEL or noticing any other symptoms of a vacuum leak. Aside from external stuff (bumpers, skid plates, etc.) I haven't touched anything engine-related for awhile. When I did my last major tune-up I also didn't...

I began wondering awhile ago if I could run my 4Runner on E85, mostly for cost savings. Recently, the high fuel prices in California had me researching this further. Here's my research; I'm going through this "showing my work" to make sure everyone here can follow along and tell me where I was...

Hmm, what's this about one free ECU re-programming? At some point the master key vanished. I have a metal non-transponder key which works to do almost everything but having a true master key would be convenient.

WKOR Slider installation Simple. Drill holes in the frame of your truck (24 in total) and bolt the sliders on. How hard could that be? Well kids n' kittens— have your coffee that morning. Drilling pretty big holes in the frame of your truck is definitely a "measure twice, prepare to cut...

Put me on the list 3rd gen skid plates -- maybe aluminum depending on final price.

I tried lugging the engine a few times after it had warmed up on the drive to pick up the sliders. 4th gear going uphill, revs between 1500 and 2500. I saw timing retard back to -8 at the most, but no pinging (or if there was, none I could hear even with the windows down).

Sliders I made a trip out to White Knuckle Off Road to pick up some sliders. I knew I wanted bolt-on sliders with a kick-out, and WKOR also had the option for diamond plate in the rear. They were also semi-local, saving me from paying for shipping. I went with the DOM steel, since it was...

That's what I thought. I'm not trying to do any tuning (...yet?), just get a general sense of system health. I tried it. How long do I have to go? At ~1,000 RPM in 5th gear and my foot to the floor I didn't hear any pinging. The engine sounded like it was lugging and not happy with me, but...

I knew Phillips head screws were designed to be torque-limiting... makes enough sense really considering how people go ham on these kinds of fasteners. But it makes total sense that— like everything else on the truck— those screws are JIS screws. I looked into it, and you can identify them by...

According to the window sticker... no. They were added by the previous owner, allegedly. It's only so much of a unicorn!

Weekend Update Over the weekend I did some of the last tune-up work. I picked up 6' of vacuum tubing. I unplugged the line going from the PCV to the intake, jammed the tube into the existing tube, and ran that line through the engine bay, underneath the hood cowling, and through the...

From the invoice: Not sure what that is, where it is, or how to adjust it— but it worked. I agree. I was looking for a few months after the sale of my FJ60 for the right 4Runner when this one popped up. I want to swap the interior for a 2001/2002 grey interior. That might be kind of a...