Recent content by Leo Ahearn

She's all back together now. The capper was having to pull the instrument cluster again to put the idiot lights back in. NAPA gave me a new battery in exchange for the old one so my net cost for the fix was $38 :D :D :D Hard to believe that the original alternator out of an '85 Celica is...

Dang you dropped some coin in that one! Looks very nice. Drop some gears in the tcase and a locker in somewhere and bring it out West for some real fun! Moab is calling your name.

Thanks. About 50 miles of driving with no VR managed to fry the battery as well. It was dead this AM. Was new as of 2/1/07. I am being coached by a long time Toy owner that the auto store reman alternators are absolute do-doo and I'm inclined to agree with him. Got a used OEM Denso located...

At the risk of looking like I talk to myself a lot I'll post the latest. OK, so I asked myself over and over WHY the diode existed between the two lights. Then I asked the guy in auto tech school down at the local Autozone what he thought. He said if the second light is coming on it is...

I have an '86. Yesterday, driving down the road, the "charge" and "brake" light started flashing off and on, timed with bumps in the road, driveline on and off the throttle/shifting, etc. Clearly an electrical issue, not simultaneous problems with both systems that are somehow synced with...

The Haynes manual ($17.00 at the local auto store) for 79-95 makes no references to ABS for the 4runner and pickups. generally, you should be able to look at the master cylinder and count the lines. ABS systems generally have a "from" and "to" line, versus standard systems just have a "to"...

DD, I put an aussie locker in my '92 YJ rear end. The good: they are cheap and relatively easy to install. The carrier may need grinding for it to fit, so a dremel is needed along with the ability to flush the rear end out real well to get the iron chips out. It works GREAT offroad, period...

Devildog55 said, "If that were to happen I would just go with the ARB (which I might even still do). We'll just see what the funds permit. " I'm new to the 4R but was into Jeeps for a few years. First off, the ARB locker runs about $800 just for the locker. Secondly, you need an onboard air...

'dog, it may help you tremendously to get hold of a Haynes manual for the 4Runner. It has breakdowns in it that show how the pieces fit together. Quite simply, a boneyard selling a "complete rear end" would not have taken the time to disassemble the rear end, take the ring and pinion out, put...

Hello - I've owned an '86 22RE for all of 12 hours now. I live on CO so it has virtually no power at altitude so if ascending must run the thing at WOT in whatever gear it will pull. This one has 221k on it and has a good ownership history; been in a toyota family its whole life. Question -...