Recent content by losinstinks

My thanks to Cynthia, You are correct!!! I went back to work about an hour ago looking for the engine coolant temperature sensor and while following some of the wires back up under the firewall side of the plenum I felt a hose that was very loose. When I moved the hose gently the hose fell...

Hello everyone, it's been a while. Well..., that's because I have a Toyota 4Runner. Now that I've gone and said that, I have an illusive one here: I have been in the dumps now for about two month trying to solve a problem with my 1994 4Runner. I only drive her around town now since I'm...

My '94 did the same thing. I have had it happen to me twice now and was thinking I needed to have no. 2 spark plug hole retreaded. The spark plug tightens down with no problem and does not feel loose. May need to replace the valve cover gadget on that side to stop oil from going down into...

Resurrected My Classic... After thinking what I had was a blown head... I found that a spark plug had backed itself out. A couple of bucks later my truck is back on the road eating up more miles!!!!! What an incredibly great feeling.

250,000 3vz

Well, the engine finally went on this Classic. I was about 8 miles from home when suddenly it sounded like I was driving a Chopper motorcycle. I knew when I heard that sound it couldn't be good. I felt like calling down to engineering and having Scotty give me more power!!!! Well, I did make...

I am a first time installer and the lesson learned in this thread is specific to my 1994 4Runner. Radio installed is the Sony CDX-GT54OUI Xplod. I'm not going to tell you about the 9 screws and 6 bolts to remove to get to the radio since there's enough info on the web with detailed steps. The...

The ABS light on my 94 was always on too. I inspected the wires and found that one of the wires had become disconnected at the connector. As a temporary fix I soldered the wire back into place. I've gone 8 months with no light. Unfortunately all good things must come to the end the light...

LOL, before that I am hoping to hear from someone who swapped out their engine for a diesel and is running it on leftover McDonalds oil, <b>"McBioDiesel."</b>

Re: Re: Re: Additional work A roof rack is next. But I'm holding off for now. They are expensive...

I wish now that I had. I had heard such good things about the MOOG springs that I didn't think there was a need to measure. Junior mistake!

One problem I ran into was reattaching the lateral control rod. It took a while but I finally got it seated. FYI: I had planned on replacing the rear shocks anyway and while attempting to remove them I completely snapped off the top bolts for each shock. I replaced the springs with MOOG as...

Re: Re: Re: Additional work MOOG Springs from rockauto.com cost about $80. Shocks I ordered from sears.com. Used rockauto.com to find the part number for the shocks and to print the buy 4 get one free rebate. After the rebate the shocks cost a little over $150. I did all the work so...

Oil Cooler? Just curious. Do you have an oil cooler attached to the engine block?

Half Shafts Replaced OK folks, I just got finished replacing both half shafts due to the fact that all 4 CV boots were busted. The job took about 5 hrs to complete. The first half shaft took the longest since I was learning on the fly. A couple of hangups were Flange gasket and getting the...