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What kind of fluid?

Possible bad wheel bearing.

The transmission and transfer case should work, but you may run into some problems with the ECU and the wiring. In 97 the auto and manual ECU's had different shaped plugs, in 98 the ECU's are the same although they are programmed differently for auto and manual transmissions. I swapped a body...

Usually, rear brake shoes that are way out of adjustment will give you excessive pedal travel, but the vehicle will still stop pretty well. I find that when a Toyota Tundra, Tacoma or 4Runner has a soft pedal and doesn't brake well it's usually one or more seized pistons in the 4 piston front...

It is in 4wd because it is a manual shift transfer case, it's just that your front axle isn't locking. It could be due to a faulty shift position switch on the transfer case, a bad automatic differential disconnect vacuum switching valve (ADD VSV) or just one the vacuum hoses being disconnected...

Get a good name brand professional grade torque wrench (Snap On, Cornwell, Matco, Mac Tools etc.) An 8mm stud should not break at 14 ft lbs.

They are kind of a hard sell. They're not super desirable and there are tons of them out there. They are worth about $15 ea. as scrap. A fair price for them would probably be $100.

I replaced uppers, lowers, inners and outers on my 97 when I put a 98 body on it a few years ago at 230k. Everything was original and none of it was worn out. I replaced it all with 555 stuff from NAPA. I know it will not last as long as original equipment. Senkei Industries 555 is the OE...

Your brakes look great for 23 years old and almost 200k. They really aren't even worn out which is totally normal. For whatever reason Toyota rear drum brakes last forever. OEM brakes are probably the best, but any name brand premium brakes are going to be almost as good.

This is a super common problem with late 90s thru early 2000s Toyota trucks. The only real fix seems to be to a new latch. I have tried replacing the spring, cleaning and lubricating the latch. Lubricating it just makes road dirt stick to the latch and gum it up again. I am saying this as the...

They are 10mm-1.25Xprobably around 60-80mm

If you have ice on the windows inside your car it's because of an abnormally large amount of moisture inside your car. Your problem is more a water intrusion problem than a heater problem.

I doubt it is a head gasket, more likely to misfire cold and would be using coolant. Could do a leak down test or hydrocarbon test to confirm. Almost definitely not a mechanical issue like a valve spring. Not going to be the cam sensor either. You have for the most part ruled out an ignition...

The Walker Quietflow SS has a stainless steel shell only. The inlet and outlet pipes are plain old mild steel. They only last 2-3 years and always break off right in front of the tail pipe flange. Borla, JBA or Magnaflow stainless systems are the way to go, but they are louder than stock. Toyota...

Yeah the pads in the Amazon picture were a generic set. Looked like Tacoma 4X2 pads. Any Tundra WL pad will work but I recommend ultra premium ones like Adaptive One from NAPA. I personally use Toyota OEM on mine. No noise, no dust, longest life, most surface area.