Recent content by redheadmetaldiva

9 days after replacing my steering rack I was pulling into a tight parking space and all of a sudden my horn started going off by itself. I was able to stop the honking but could not find why it happened. Then on the way home my steering wheel was making crispy crunchy noises when turning and...

i have a 2000 auto trans with 225k and showing no signs of stopping. these machines are built to last forever if you maintain them, that is why i have one. i am planning on having this car forever.

when my dad brought home his brand new 2000 4runner in 1999 i knew i was in love. granted his was the base model, but i saw my future. i worked hard and in 3 years went out and bought my very own 2000 SR5 with all the bells and whistles. 16 years later, she's all mine and still the love of my...

i just installed my OEM rack on sunday and only ran into problems disconnecting the hard lines. at first i had problems because i dont have a flex head flare nut wrench for the lines so i had to get creative to get a good connection, i disconnected the sway bar and rolled it up out of the way...

took her for an alignment after finishing my rack job. shop can't do an alignment because of a trashed LCA bushing. seems it got wrecked when my LBJ failed last summer . . . another job to do. always something, right ?

happened to me rounding a corner in a parking garage - phew !

I have 223,xxx with the original radiator . . . planning on replacing my original timing belt and water pump along with the radiator soon. Just got my new rack delivered so that is going in tomorrow. :happy:

I replaced my knock sensors a few months back - the wiring goes back in the way it came out - one plug to each sensor - the third plug goes back in and connects back to the other end of the plug. Somewhere near the left hand side of the timing belt cover if I recall correctly.

2000 SR5 Sport Edition 223,856 miles

bump to cannibal corpse and deicide i also scream some cradle and swoon some type o

topped off my power steering with ATF, trying to decide if i need to replace my rack . . .:help: