Recent content by Newt4058

A friend asked if he could barrow my 86 Toyota 4x4 to get a bed form IKEA. That’s a BIG no, it’s just a no, I don’t loan it and no one else needs to drive it. Against my better judgement I’m letting him use my 1997 4Runner. The whole time he’s asking I’m getting the “they are just old cars”...

I bought my ‘97 limited as a rig to build into a wheeler, got it at a pretty good price. Cleaned it up, put in a car play head unit, replaced the stick speakers with infinity speakers, and was driving it to see if anything else needed to be sorted before I started building it. Then I kept...

this is what I did to my 4runner.

Pull spark plugs then crank it. Hope for the best.

I would double check your power and ground wires. Both at the battery, body and frame. The extra voltage needed for the starter will make a ground fault show up where normal accessories won't. This might be why everything works until you try to start it.

Take some classes. Check your local community college, maybe your school still has some? A class in fabrication may not be the fastest way but it might help you for years to come. They will have all the equipment you need and you already have the project. When I was in high school that's what I...

3rd gen 4runners are almost as bad as Subarus here in Portland. There are 3 with in a block or two of me. Anyway I haven't had enough post to start a thread yet so someone else will have to start it. Here a pic of my house and my 3 rides.

Easiest way to figure this out is to put a chalk line across the tread then drive it. Adjust pressure until you seeing the line wearing off evenly. Each tire will like a different pressure so there is no number that works for every tire. For best mileage set it at max pressure it show on the...

Just joined, any Portland people I'm game. I'm ready for some good snow wheeling and light rocks. My 4runner is new to me yet so not ready for hard core stuff yet. It does have 265's and the factory locker so it will do okay.

Check the ground, many times people check the positive side but not the ground. Check the terminal, where it grounds on the body and frame. Good luck, electrical gremlins can be way worse then mechanical.