Recent content by Rangeroad

The chart was very helpful, thx a lot. Narrowed it down to pewter pearl...I think. What I thought would be a quick weekend job is turning into a PIA..lol.

Hopefully these photos make sense and are clear. I can't seem to locate these colours of grey (top/bottome) for bumper touch-up. My C/TR reads 202 ..black obviously. Did a search to find info. on this but no luck. Any help appreciated!

Thanks again. That's what I've been doing, but lost patience as I thought it was incorrect method. Going for round 2 now that I know.

Thanks! So it reattaches to rear hatch cover, then you put it back on as one piece?

Wow, I was just about to post a rear hatch question. Not to hijack this one, but I'm re-assembling the cover after fixing rear motor. Last piece is the horizontal window weather-strip piece. Can anyone tell me how to get this thing mounted again? Its got the little 'teeth' on the bottom, but I...

Thanks very much! A big help as I don't have the FSM!

Anyone?? It's not in the Haynes manual and I can't find it online. Thx

Hi can anyone tell me how much fluid fills the reservoir? I wasn't able to to the full flush, but put vacuum pump in and got as much as I could. I find the gauge on these this not that accurate. Thanks!

I recently went through this, and yes, check rear window wire harness. It's installed from the factory with the heavy end down, so the extra weight makes it easier to come undone. I flipped the brackets around after finding this out. Good opportunity to grease all the tracks etc with cover off.

Hello, Thinking I have the dreaded head gasket issue. My main symptom is white smoke for approx 2 mins after starting and 'sweet' smell. However: -oil cap and dipstick show fine. -no loss of coolant; plastic resevoir hasn't changed -when cap is off rad, coolant flows over after engine is...

Hey folks, just wanted to revive this old thread. Today was the hottest day of the year, and my black 4runner was in the direct sun for over 4 hrs (only parking avail). When I got back to the the truck, drivers door wouldn't unlock. I envisioned the PITA of having to take off door panel etc, but...

Anybody?? I gotta figure this one out

Well, a little frustrated here. I dropped and cleaned the pan and magnets (decent condition for 280k kms) and swapped out all 3 solenoids. Install went smooth, did a visual of valve body and everything looked clean. Fluid in good shape (did a change 20k kms ago). Put the pan back on, filled her...

Just finished doing this with same issues you had. You're going to have to remove interior back hatch panel. You will see the large relay unit. For some reason, Toyota engineered this do be installed with wires down, prob. To ease tension on harness. After going over many bumps etc, mine became...

I'm dropping the trans pan this week to replace solenoids on my 97. She now has 282 k kms. Wondering if its worth it to do home trans flush of old fluid while I'm under there (as per the sticky write-up). Some folks are saying just do a drain and refill because of the mileage. Truck is running...