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My wifes 2002 Yota1 transmission that we got last fall has been pretty flawless. I have not touched the fluid yet. One of the techs there told me it wasn't really necessary to D&F the trans until it has some miles on it. The EVAP system on the other hand is going to put me in the looney bin! I...

You can download this one and print out whatever you need to. I went through the entire manual on the one I downloaded and renamed all of the bookmarks so it was much easier to find stuff. Complete 4Runner Service Manual 1996-2002.pdf - Google Drive

I did buy the Harbor Freight press as it was on sale right when the bearings went south. I have watched Timmy's videos a bunch of times. I also bought Duane's special tool that Timmy talks about. Absolute life saver and a great buy. You really couldn't do this job without it.

Brillo_76 I didn't really mess with the third member much. Just cleaned the gasket surface up as it got a little dinged up from trying to free it from the housing. There wasn't a whole lot of gear oil in it so I don't know how it is going to play out once I get it all back together. It must have...

Well a quick search of my favorite online parts place Ourisman Toyota came up with a number that is available for 1999-2002 models but I would think that it would also fit the 98 as they really didn't change much from 98-99 as far as I know. Give them a call and see if it will work? (804)...

So the wifey's 2002 Sport started making noise in the rear that I am 99% sure is the axle bearings. She has 300+K miles on it so I am not completely surprised. The only issue is that her axle housing is in super bad shape so I found an empty clean mint one on eBay from Arizona for $450. Ordered...

What an absolute shame that Johny Octane is no longer participating here on the forum. This transmission post is one of the best I've ever read on any forum for any vehicle. Nobody has been successful at locating him?

So the wifes 2002 continues to bleed me dry of money. The rear bearings seem to finally have given up the ghost. She said there was a "noise" so I went for a ride with her and once you got up to 45+ mph I could hear the tell tale whine of unhappy bearings coming from the rear of the truck. So I...

Well I appreciate the advice very much. I read something online I think it was from this forum about LED dash lights being the culprit. So I pulled the cluster and checked the battery light bulb and sure enough it had one of the new LED’s I bought in it. So I swapped it out for the original...

So I finished the head gaskets on our 2002 SR5 Sport yesterday. It seems to be better than ever and a very tough lesson for me to learn not using Toyota OEM parts for a major repair. In any event I was running the truck after the repair and watching all the indicators on the...

So I am in the process of doing my head gaskets again and I was looking at the cooling fan bracket and wondering if anyone has ever had this part fail? I looked it up but it seems that you can only order the whole fan, clutch, pulleys and bracket together and it costs $700? Can the bearing...

The big headache I'm worried about is getting the exhaust re-attached. I had a serious b i t c h of a time getting it back on and bolted up the last time I did this job and it took me and my wife working together to bend and pry to get it back together. I'm thinking this time I am going to get...

Head gasket Update Well I got the heads off yesterday. Totally forgot in just 6 months how much crap needs to be removed to do this job. There was coolant in the #5 cylinder as I thought. The gasket was actually a composite type gasket (fel-pro) I’m pretty sure. I can’t see anything glaringly...

I have considered that option but with all the crap I keep discovering on it I believe getting rid of it is the best course of action for me. I just noticed your in Fair Oaks Ca.? I lived in that area back between 84-93 when I was in the USAF at Mather AFB. I actually lived just down the road in...

And understand it is repairable I just don't have any patience left to deal with another project. It has 215k miles and runs beautiful but from the signs I'm seeing it needs to go.