Recent content by JSbeagle

Update.... As I knew all along, its totaled. Insurance isn't screwing me too bad ($7500), but it was still worth more than that to me. I was due for a timing belt and needed to replace the valve cover gaskets, so it saves me some work. Unfortunately since the insurance company has an exclusive...

Thanks for the condolences everybody. To add insult to injury, my rental car is a Jeep compass 4 cylinder. That thing is pitiful. The dashcam is a couple year old G1W.

Last week a 16 year old in a Jeep accelerated out of a right turn and lost control (road was wet). She put her front bumper right into my front driver's side wheel. I was stopped at a red light and couldn't avoid her. I'm waiting on a call from her adjuster after he looks at it, but its almost...

I'm interested in this 4runner, but it will be a week or two until I know for sure if I need it. I'm waiting to hear back from my insurance on my 99 t4r 16 year old girl in a jeep lost control and hit me Monday night - I'm pretty sure its a goner :(

The pcv is only a year or so old, but yeah, I was talking about the other end of the hose. Hopefully LC is right and all I'll need to do is get a friend to give it a little gas. I guess I could just pull the throttle cable under the hood, but I might need a third hand. Even if I don't seafoam...

I've been a lurker here for a while, but never had a need to post. Here goes: I decided to seafoam my 4runner the right way (I had used the brake booster line in the past), and when I tried, I realized there was no suction on the hose that goes from the pcv valve to the engine (intake...

The standard 5 spokes on my 99 ltd are. I got some brake cleaner on them and ate through the clear. A year later and they still look fine though. I'd stick to soap and water.

I bought my 99 Limited 4x4 in 2009 for $8000 It had 78,000 miles It has around 120,000 now and I wouldn't sell it for $8000

Looks good. I've always hated the gold trim 4runners. I don't see as many of them around as I used to though. Is that silver, or white under the grille logo? Mine is black on black now (I painted all the non chrome parts of the grille black and plastidipped the emblem) When I bought my 99 a...

The whole hitch unbolts pretty easily (3 each side) without even removing the spare or anything, so it would be worth removing to check for damage. Good to know you didn't have any major damage. I leave my ball attached, so I've wondered what would happen if someone hit it. I'd love to see the...

Looks good. I wish you had posted this last week. I took my trailer hitch off last week to paint because it had some rust spots on the welds, and I decided to tackle that greying step piece as well. (I also plasti dipped my emblems) Those clips aren't real easy to get off (not as bad as the...