Recent content by FlyingTurtle

Ya, I'm still trying to figure out what to do with the holes. I've seen a couple of interesting approaches - One was to use a painted and modified plastic plug to fill the hole. Another just did a fill weld, although I'd worry about warping the sheet metal with this. I've done a bit of welding...

My suspicion that the creaking front end near full lock is the LBJ seems to be confirmed. I checked the play: Driver's side has zero noticeable play and maybe some minor leaking from the boot, though it's difficult to tell. Passenger side LBJ boot looks damaged and it has significant play. I...

Ya, I'll have many weekends booked, but it will be worth the effort. Wow 3k miles - that's a hell of a road trip in a 3rd gen! How many miles does yours have? We have a trip to AZ planned in July in our Rogue. I have to figure out some way to keep that boy entertained for both legs. I know...

Now for a more detailed breakdown of what I want to do to it: Original Purchase Price: $5,500 Budget: $10k to $15k (This is in addition to the original purchase price. I don't mind spending $20k on a truck built the way I want that will give me 200k more mostly trouble-free miles and do...

Goal: Increase power, capability and utility of the donor to achieve at least 10 to 15 years of reliable performance for daily driving, towing (up to about 4,000 lbs), camping excursions and moderate off-road use. Avoid turning it into a bro-dozer or utilitarian rock-crawler. Why: I need a new...

Do you find yourself inexplicably spending huge amounts of money for mild performance gains? Does the sight of mud spawn an insatiable urge to jump in? Do you see a huge boulder field that most people would go around and say, "I must drive through that!?" If you answered yes to any of these...

Here's another diagram for 2002 limited And includes prices if you just wanted to replace with OEM: https://parts.toyotaofdallas.com/auto-parts/2002/toyota/4runner/limited-trim/3-4l-v6-gas-engine/exhaust-system-cat/exhaust-manifold-scat

Here's some more help and my 15th post! Some threads of interest: http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/77213-recommeded-exhaust-system-2000-4runner-v6.html Walker Exhaust System Kit for 3rd Gen 4Runner | ToyotaOff-Road.com...

That price is beyond ridiculous. You can get some performance headers and replace your entire exhaust for much less than that. There are several threads on 3rd gen headers and exhaust kits. If you go DIY or even get some shop help, you can do it for under $2k for most configs and should manage...

I feel like 10 posts is probably a more reasonable number. 15 just seems excessive. But of course once I reach it I won't care for those long suffering noobs.

This makes me sad. 8 posts and joined back in Jul 2017. He never made it. :(

Hey I'm in double digits!

I see the point in weeding out spammers but I feel like a moron just posting a lot of random stuff and crapping up threads to hit 15. As a long-time lurker, it's hard to find 15 threads to contribute something useful too, especially without playing necromancer and reanimating some 3-year old thread.

Welcome! Fellow lurker from TN here. Nice 4runner!

That's better.