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grease gun is on order I ordered an Lincoln Industrial 1133 16 Ounce 2 Way Loading Lever Action Grease Gun with 18-Inch Whip. It has the pistol grip. It was $37 on amazon.com but I got it for free with a buy 4 items for the price of 3 special... Also, once it arrives I will see if a 360...

she's back from the shop Well, I had to rob a few liquor stores but I paid the bill. The truck seems great. I made them show me the old parts and did test drive it before paying and did look it over for about half-an-hour. I caught a few things, minor coolant leak, one zerk not lubed. So I...

thanks...obviously I got a lot to learn... thanks...obviously I got a lot to learn...

I am not a mechanic. I don't have the time, tools or know-how (yet...) to do what needs to be done. They got me by the short hairs I guess. My brother took the shop classes, I was the college prep dude taking calculus... 90 4runner, M/T, 3.0L V6. Bought it new in 90. My Dad owned it 95-07...

man, I got to study more on this... OK, I am all hosed. It is the evaporator and "cooling unit" that are located low and to the rear. I finally am in the manual. It is a hassle because is a single pdf file I downloaded for free. Is it worth it to buy a harcopy of the manual?

I am not a mechanic but want to get into good car care habits and hope to lube the chassis myself. QUESTION: What is a good grease gun to be able to fit on to all the zerks and make the angle. I haven't tried yet on this toyota but had bad luck on my wife's 06 jeep wrangler. I bought a grease...

I am not a mechanic but want to get into good car care habits so yesterday I slid underneath the front end of my newly returned to my custody 90 4runner to do a routine inspection of the underside and - bammo- the left front tire outer CV boot was all ripped up. I still see lots of grease in...

pass the salt while I eat my hat oh drmorbius, Man, I feel like a green recruit with this 4runner. I fired up the A/C and it took a while but it freaking WAS the condensate drain afterall. Now it is all coming back to me. The A/C compressor is up by the fan and belts. The codenser must be...

drmorbius, No sir, I don't think it is the a/c condensate drain. I haven't been running the A/C. I will either fire up the a/c and confirm where that drains from or look around and try to just see where it is located. I think it is the transmission vent tube. Based on google research and...

26 to 30 mpg on my trip I am currently on a road-trip moving to Texas from Florida. So, far the rough math shows I am getting an incredible 26-29 mpg. Almost 30 mpg at one point. My rough math is to always add the same gallons of fuel and then use the trip meter to track the consumption rate...

transmission vent? Well, no help yet from you folks. but while I am not a mechanic I can google with the best. So as I was starting to believe it seems to be a vent. Specifically, it seems to be a transmission vent. the leak hasn't ever seemed to have been a constant flow and shifting is fine...

I am on the road enroute moving to Texas from Florida. No manuals with me... I have a 90 v6 4runner. I bought it new. Then gave it to my Dad in 95 when I went overseas in the military. maybe 45,000 miles on it. Dad was gentle with it. It now has 138000. He passed away just a few months ago so...