Recent content by knockerjoe

Here is some great reading: http://www.autoshop101.com/ click on "technical articles" this is genuine toyota traing material used by their techs. It helped me troubleshoot and fix my 4runner.

Yes I did solve this problem. I answered this in detail on another thread. The problem is a switch lock control switch located under the plastic cover of the floor shifter. This switch detects that the shifter is in in the park position and that your foot is on the brake, this in turn allows the...

Update to a post I made recently: Found a bad shift positon switch, toyota part# 33805-35020. what happened was when the shifter goes to park it hits a plastic stop. This was out of adjustment and as a result damaged the shift position switch. To fix you must shim the stop and replace switch. I...

My key is getting stuck in the ignition in my 98 4runner. When i go turn off the ignition the key will only go to the acc position and will go no further so you cannot remove the key. I must keep shifting, hitting brake and turning wheel to free it up and then it will come out. This has...

Yes, I am looking at the 3rd generation 4runners with the 2.7. I suspect it should be comparable in power to my old 92 sr5 v6. I have not seen anything negative yet on the 2.7 so I might be leaning this way.

Hello, first post here and this is one great forum. I have decided to part with my 96 Tacoma and I would like to get a get a used 4Runner. I also have owned a 84 Landcruiser wagon and a 92 4runner v6 4x4. Both were very slow. The Landcruiser was a big time gas hog getting only 13mpg on a...