Recent content by Malcolm99

how much coolant where you loosing, did you look in the cylinder for coolant or evidence of steam cleaned cylinder before removal of both heads?, compression or leak down test?, did the exhaust gases smell sweet like rad fluid, white smoke could also be cooler weather, was it hydro locking while...

Possibly broken off the injector/wiring harness brittle plastic cover that holds it down to the valve cover on the last VC gasket replacement job.

You would want to change it. If there is a problem or it is unknown rear diff, order a new one from ECGS, its not a big deal to swap a 3rd member and do axle bearings if the rear locker comes off easy, you'll need to return a core to them. I change my rear diff fluid every 30,000km as it gets...

they usually have the size printed on them, but not sure toyota sells these individually since they won't sell inner and outer boot kits separately, I usually reuse the old ones when I reboot the inner tripod with aftermarket boots.

I gotta ask what plugs did you put in originally and the supplier, there is usually a sticker on the T-belt cover advising a dual ground plug I assume for good reason. You really only have 2 choices of brand Denso or NGK, and the OE Sumitimo wires are the best fitting and have a date on them...

No it is not hollow for the entire length, I don't think you can just remove the snap rings and bearing to pull the entire #2 intermediate shaft, I think you will need to pull the entire tube if there is a 3nd snap ring at the diff end of #2 intermediate shaft.

my 1998 NOV MFG DATE is a 99' model, its not uncommon for people to think they have a 98 when its actually a 99' build.

You can remove the entire tube with intermediate shaft and then work on it at a bench to extract broken CV Stub. I don't think you can just remove the snap rings and bearing to pull the entire #2 intermediate shaft, I think you will need to pull the entire tube if there is a 3nd snap ring at...

A lot of the 1988-1999 Mitsubishi 4g63T Forums disappeared aswell or became a ghost town, they are still hosted like DSM Tuners, EVO and DSM UBB Canada but pretty quiet. And T4R came online the same year as Yotatech which still has a ton of info, but for most of us this info is already...

Could also be a frost plug, lets hope it isn't the ones behind the bell housing...

Something tells me you guys never owned a pre 1999 4runner as they ALL (1996-1998 5vz-fe) came FACTORY FILLED with GREEN Ethylene Glycol, the yellow ethylene glycol is fine aswell. I owned quite a few of these over 25 years, some of which have original water pumps and still use green ethylene...

Bought a spare ALT for a 92 Eclipse Turbo AWD, 2.5 years later I pulled it off the shelf to install and found out it was for a Mirage/Colt and didn't quite fit, asked for the return, they sent shipping label, and deducted shipping from original order (commy Canada to USA), got my credit and...

Wow that sucks, never had a aftermarket CAT last more than 5 years on a Toyota and not throw a code or puke its guts out.., glad I grabbed the Taco Spare downpipe.

#17401-62050 Fed emission with O2 bung, CAT and dual flange inlet., #17410-07070 Tacoma no CAT(2 bolt flange) with O2 bung and dual flange inlet. OEM toyota is stainless.

last year I bought an OEM Stainless one with the CAT included for the same reason(cracked weld on O2 bung), I also bought a TACOMA version down pipe I looked up that had a flange before the CAT, the O2 bung and the dual pipe flange style, I plan to used on my beater plow truck when needed.