Recent content by ladyfire

Thanks for your collective wisdom; that's why I posted here! Guess I'll consign that idea to the trash heap.

I'm a truck driver. One nice thing about big truck wipers is that the washer fluid is routed thru lines attached to the wipers themselves. There are little nozzles mounted to the wiper frame that spray directly on the windshield as the wipers wipe. It's both effective and efficient. Has...

Installed all LED interior lights, and LED backup lights.

2000 4Runner, all stock. I live out in the country and it's darker than a well digger's rear end in the mornings when I back out of the driveway. I've added some reflectors to my fence post, but influenced by this evil forum, I'd like to do a minor mod. Searching hasn't produced much in the...

Thanks!

I bought a set of these 16 x 7s so I could do the Tundra brake upgrade. I was going to do a 5 tire rotation, but the guy at the junkyard can't figure what they came off of. He looked at all years of Tundra, Tacoma and 4Runner. No numbers on the inside that I could find... Can you identify it...

Went to a friend's for the holiday weekend. Neither of my jacks worked with the new 16" stock wheels and tires I had installed Friday, so no brakework got done. :-( I did get in a drain and refill on the transfer case and rear diff. Nasty, dark, smelly oil in this new-to-me 2000 SR5 at...

Bare bones stock 2000 SR5 with 235k. Catching up on maintenance for now. Fantasizing about mods for later.

Hi Volcano! I'm in Blacksburg, with a newly purchased 2000 SR5 with 235k. I'll also be locked into maintenance mode for a while. Your list looks pretty much like mine, except that my tools are all in NC. Are the valve cover gaskets difficult to do...I've never done them. The last vehicle I...