Recent content by Miranthis

I have been fighting some noise in between the blower assembly and the evaporator. Had initially been what sounded like the servo searching for a home position on the Face, defrost, feet servo. Friday it started making a loud buzzing noice and not getting to face only position. I pulled the...

I checked the servos and onlyu one was buzzing, and it was the upper one, not the blend door actuator. It was the HVAC Air Inlet Door Actuator (87106-35120). So i pulled it to see if I could clean it or if it was really broken. That required first turning ON the recirc button so the recirc...

found some reference to the AC Amplifier (that appears to be on the drivers side of the ceterline), but I think mine is an issue with the servo that changes the air from defrost to face to feet (which is on the passenger side of the cerline betweent he avaporator and the blower motor assembly) ...

My 2008 V6 SR5 4x4 passed this in November.... Lost the bilateral manifold cats at about 320K. Gonna do the struts and shocks after the holidays (Bonus time ) Need to do a drain and refil on the AT and send the oil sample to Blackstone for analysis....

I searched and can't find this on the forum, so I am asking. My HVAC unit in the 2008 SR5 has been making a noise, like a door actuator or gear is going bad. It recently got worse. I cannot find what part of the Service Manual handles the R&R on the dash and the HVAC unit. Having the PDF...

At about 310,000 miles i started throwing p0420 and then shortly thereafter p0430....i tried Cat Clean, lacquer thinner, looking for exhaust leaks, replacing a downstream O2, hoping, praying, cussing, bargaining with God, watching nearly every relevant YT video, hours of techstream data dives...

Ok, I have spoken with a guy at work that has a 3rd gen and he has used the Evan Fischer brand of cats as he can't find factory parts anymore. He has had good luck with them. I am a glutton for punishment and have ordered a set for my 2008 4.0L 1GR-FE to replace the Canadian Ebay Specials. I...

Update....the aftermarker ones lasted about a month...then p430 and p420 returned. No leaks and techstream shows activity in both s1 and s2 on both sides....good news is that factory cats are down to about 450 a side at my local dealer... will do a write up when i go to those. For the time...

All the walmarts carry the common toyota oem filters/elements in stock at least here in KC Metro...with much better hours than the dealerships. Did some further searching and there is a bulletin put out by toyota that they changed suppliers on the filters and the new ones are orange, as in my...

So, did either wheel fail the manual test...the rock and tug?

I thought these came in the kit with the boots, grease, etc. If they do, then they SHOULD be available seperately. Of course it took 2 trips to get the parts folks to find a glovebox bulb for me.

I have been getting my A1 and D3 filters and filter elements at my local Walmarts for the last several years as they began carrying them. Recently, the filter elements in the A1 changed from the pale yellow to a darker, orange yellow media. The packaging is nearly identical, and BOTH say made...

1) Coolant Change in my 1GR-FE. Only took 2 gallons out and in....manual said 2.6... block drains worked very well 2) noticed the rad cap center had grenaded. I think the center is now lost in the tank.. :-( . Got a new one from the dealer and it is installed. 3) Reinstalled the new H/L...

My 2008 4Runner ended up with P0420 and P0430 at about 320K miles last year. I tried the various options (cat cleaner, replace O2 Sensors (sensor 2, etc.) to no avail. Finally, I just hooked up my OBDII sensor full time and reset the light every drive. Factory manifold Cats are 17140-31250...

Watched the video. I need to check the resistance of the existing sending unit as the resistance INCREASES as the tank gets empty so I have the opposite probelm that the video has. I keep running OUT of gas with it showing a 1/4 tank or more remaining. i am showing way MORE gas than I actually...