Recent content by MunkeyTX

I know a few of us are running at more than 300k on our beloved 4Runners. I recently began to experience rapid wear on my tires and this is what I found: 0fzW5-5c06c PXFW3b6cdI8 The bushings are just plain wore out after 340k miles. Check yours or suffer the same fate as meeeee! :tsk:

Adding refrigerant still does not solve the problem of why it is leaking out (might not have totally leaked out yet, but leaking nonetheless), and why I am smelling the compressor oil in the cab. It was just confirmed by a friend of my bro-in-laws, only the glove box and a few trim pieces need...

98 4Runner SR5, 3.4L, 4x4, 5spd...with only 325k on the odo. Just this past Friday I noticed a rotten citrus smell when I turned on the A/C. Initially I thought I had another case of the 'Stank' and needed to dump a few cans of Lysol down the cowl to rid the evaporator case of any...

I'm soooo close to finishing up the front end refresh on my '98 4Runner, but the upper ball joints have been the bane of my existence!! I'm pressing the new upper BJ's in via CajunTaco's method of using a modified pitman arm puller, as a pusher. The BJ looks to be fully seated into the...

Right, 1st Gen DC Taco. 2nd Gens are outside of my price range; we can afford it, but I just don't want to pay so damn much for a TOOL. I already paid my stupid tax in 2002 by buying a brand spanking new, factory ordered to my liking, Ford F-250. No more new vehicles for me, thankyouverymuch...

Let me throw something else into the mix; I use my 4Runner cargo area like a truck bed…literally. I’ve had the entire area behind of the front seats, floor to ceiling, door to door, jam packed with brush from when we did the initial landscaping to our house; I drove up to the landfill and the...

…afraid to reach out to my next vehicle! My ’98 4Runner is done; she’s been a faithful beast, but she’s old and tired. Pushing 300k miles on the original powertrain, interior is falling apart piece by piece, new squeaks and rattles appear every day, and the entire front suspension & steering is...

Update: Now sitting at 291k; forecasting 300k by Jan. 1, 2012. Still haven't changed the timing belt. :boink:

On the pre-3rd gens, this was an option. They did away with this for ours though. :( Can you provide the location of said tubes?

FF to 5:30 for the 3rd. Gen. 4Runner. Dateline Crash Tests And for humors sake, my old '02 F-250 that a crashed into a light pole, in broad daylight; see the sector shaft snapped clean from the steering box?

After learning first hand that mud in your eye DOES suck, I no longer spend an afternoon on my hands and knees spraying off mud from a wheeling day. I stick a fan-type lawn sprinkler under the truck for an hour or two (skids dropped), then hit the hard to reach spots with a spray gun on the...

It works, done it a few times (30 mi trip once...on the freeway, at 55 mph), nothing really wrong with it other than the risk of damaging your strap.

Holy crap, thanks for making me spew my drink all over my keyboard! :lol:

Howdy Lars! I'm in the same boat as you, sunroof motor clicks and makes some horrible noises, but no movement from the glass portion. I'm thinking the gears are stripped inside the motor. To get to the motor, you'll need to drop the headliner...not fun and I just haven't had the urge to dig...

I'm going to have to believe this guy, my 4Runner did the same thing for a while. Keep in mind I've got a 5spd manual transmission; same scenario as above, backed out fine, put it into 1st gear, clutch/gas=no go, give it more gas and still no go, finally after putting it into 4lo, we're moving...