Recent content by msamer72

A high Quality Belt will last you over 60K for sure and you can easily push to 100K+. But and that is a big but if the Water Pump start leaking, The coolant will attack the belt and start eating it alive and could fail prematurely regardless if it a good Belt or not. so the best thing is to...

Question on this subject, I replaced my original Cats about 100K miles ago (around 2013), I used walker Direct Fit, had no issues and no codes, but lately The CAT System on OBDII Reader has not given me the OK signal after driving over 500 Miles and I feel the Truck does not have much power on...

That looks wonderful! Nice Job!

:lol::evil: Nice try, but I am not giving up this easy! Dropping Tank, changing timing belts and Water Pumps is one thing, welding is a totally different ball game for me! First and last time I used a welder was to weld my broken Grill door with a 100 dollar welder from Lowes, Not my Cup of tea!

Thank you guys for all your input, I stumbled on a You Tube Clip for a shop doing exactly that fix (How to easily Repair your 4runners's rusted Frame yourself - YouTube) and quoting about 300ish dollars (in the comments below the clip), That sounds like a good option for me and it looks like...

Man! I am literally following your foot steps, I live in the DC Area too, seems like your issue was identical to mine (Mine is a Passenger side not as the title of the Thread says! I guess it is exactly as you said the Muffler heat does a good job rusting this side, The driver side joint near...

I know it is an old thread but I hoping someone can help, Just failed inspection in VA because of this rust damage, Inspector said the only solution is a new Frame replacement (Yeah Right!) This is the only area of the Frame that is rusted out badly, the rest is pretty solid with some minor...

I had an issue with this Servo as well no heat at the beginning of the winter, I took it out and tested the Motor inside with 9V battery and it would work 1 time and 8 other time will not have enough power to actuate the motion. Because I would never pay 200.00 USD for this piece, I looked...