Recent content by Grreatdog

Thanks, y wife came up with the same thing. It is good to be married to a research librarian. We brought it home last night. A two 4Runner family now.

We are looking at a used 2007 4G Limited. It apparently had an aftermarket shark fin on the roof that the PO pulled off because the goo is still up there. It also has a round base for a stub antenna with the antenna and mounting gone. The is no fender antenna. The dealer is telling us that the...

I started getting that code in my '99 everytime we drove it on the highway. Cleaning the MAF cleared up the code and made it run a lot better. It is definitely the first thing to try before throwing parts and money at the truck.

You sure that isn't the ABS kicking in? My wife thought the brakes were bad on our 2000 the first couple of times the ABS kicked in. She never did get used to how it felt. And I agree that it definitely feels odd. So, if it only does it under very hard braking, then you are probably feeling the...

What manual and/or year 4Runner are referring to? Neither my 1999 or 2000 owners manuals say anything about towing except that the V6 has a 5000 pound trailer towing rating. There is no other information except that they want you to use a weight ditributing hitch over 2000 pounds. I am not...

That response is more than some minimum wage slave in a call center blowing you off. I got the same response from two different Toyota service managers about my 2000 T4R when I asked about intalling a TRD tranny cooler for towing a 4000 pound boat. They said it is rated to tow 5000 so as long...

I have owned a Warn 6000 since the late 80's. So I obviously vote for Warn. The benefits for that winch are the small size and relatively light weight. It is actually possible to put the thing on a receiver hitch "portable" mount and still be able to lift it. The whole winch is small enough put...

The back is easy - buy a receiver hitch. Short of an aftermarket front bumber, the front is a hassle. For my Tacoma I added a second tow hook to the front and carried a short strap to loop under the tow hooks.

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What is going on is that the dealer is yanking your chain. I suspect that he can't get what you want but still wants to keep you in his stealership. It is way past time to find a new dealer. I see a lot of cars come off the RoRo's in Baltimore Harbor. But I have yet to see one go back on...

I would try a transmission FLUSH before I paid someone to work on it. I treated my battered old Cherokee to a BG tranny flush when it rolled over 100,000 miles and it made a huge difference in the transmission performance. So I can definitely vouch for this system. I would at least talk to a...

The main reason Toyota (like just about every other oem) spec's 5w-30 is for EPA emission and mileage testing. They have to do the EPA testing with the same oil they recommend to consumers. And, since 5w-30 gets the best mileage, that is what they are going to use and therefore recommend...

I tow a boat that clocks in at about 4000 pounds. My 2000 handled it just fine. But I should also note that my boat trailer has surge brakes that work very well.

Get this, we went to Carmax tonight to look at 2003+ models and suck up big car payments. But there sat an immaculate 1999 with only 45,000 miles and the tow package we need. It is exactly like our crashed 2000 except Burgundy and no leather. And it is actually in better cosmetic shape. We are...

$10,000 for bodywork plus badly twisted frame and crunched computer, radiator, alternator, etc. = total loss. When you look under the truck and under the hood you see how bad it really is. So the search for a new used one starts in the morning. This was one sweet 4Runner. We found it 3 years...