Recent content by Pmcmasters

Is the extractor going to be long enough to reach the broken bolt and get some good meat on it? The bolt hole in the crank may not be big enough to get a good size extractor inside to reach the broken bolt. The smaller extractors tend to break off easily. I agree with you on the heat. If they...

Finally found the time I finally got around to replacing the boots on both front axle CV's. I was really getting tired of watching both front axles bleeding out the greyish goo all over the under carriage. What a mess! It was a super easy repair but the grey, sticky snot gets all over the...

Bike rack I have 2 Yakima roof mounted "Front loader" racks. I like the front loader system because I don't have to remove the front wheel, just pull the bike off and ride. They're nice because the bikes are out of the way leaving plenty of room inside your rig for gear and friends. The only...

E-locker I'm interested in it. I'm in socal (Orange County).

Finally lifted it I've been staring at the Tundra/Bilstein 5100 shocks and 8 wrap LC coils I bought a while ago. They've been sitting on my bench at the shop just taunting me for weeks, laughing at me, knowing that I haven't had any time to install them. Well, today was the day. In 2.5 hours I...

FJM co-worker Hey James, I just stumbled across your build thread this morning while sitting here at work with nothing to do. As I was going through the thread and looking at your pictures I noticed the back ground seemed very familiar. Then I saw the FJM license plate brackets and realized you...

Yes, I cleaned the MAF too. Do you by any chance know where the fuel pick-up is located inside the fuel tank? I had about a quarter tank of gas left and when I slammed on the brakes and came to a stop I was on a slight incline. I'm wondering if maybe the remaining fuel sloshed around enough...

Ok, I have a question. I already did a search but didn't really find any concrete advice. I have a 99 T4R, 4x4, 3.4 V6, auto with 265k miles. Yesterday as I was driving to a favorite mountain biking location I came to a red light kind of abruptly because I was cut off by some jacka$$. Anyway...

Do you have any pictures? I'm in SoCal as well and can arrange a pick up if possible.

That sounds like a transmission slipping or a torque converter getting ready to grenade, assuming it's an automatic. Have you checked the tranny fluid? Check the level, color (strawberry milkshake, red, brown), smell (burnt). Check your coolant level too.

Thanks for the information! I was a little concerned about the paint markings on the coils, they just didn't look right. Plus the seller has been dragging his feet on a time/day to meet so I could see them. I will most definitely pass on them. Thanks again.

I found a set of front 06 Tundra TRD Bilstein 5100's with coils for 180.00 on CL. The add says they have 30k miles on them and they include a 2" spacer. Is this a decnt price to pay? I was thinking of offering the guy 150.00. I'm going to take a look at them tomorrow but I wanted some input from...

I apologize for some of the mis-information I said about the timing belt sprockets. I just ran out to my 4Runner to take a look at the bolt size and realized I was thinking of a different engine. Anyway, regardless of that you're still most likely off by 1 or 2 teeth and will need to pull the...

The quickest and easiest way to rule out incorrect timing would be to pull the plastic trim covering the camshaft timing belt sprockets so you can see the timing hash marks. Roll the engine over with a socket/ratchet clockwise at the crankshaft bolt until you line up the TDC mark on the...

Sounds like timing is off How did you remove the camshaft? Did you line up all of the timing marks on all camshafts and crankshaft pulley before pulling the camshaft? The first thing I would do right now is verify all of your timing marks line up. Did you remove or reset the timing belt...