Recent content by runnerbug

I think I'm in trouble. MY beast turned over 210,000 last week. Last Monday, I was driving in I-40 in the booinies and all of a sudden my temp went to HOT. I immediately turned off the engine and moved to the shoulder. The steam immediately started to billow from beneath the hood. I opened...

Howdy everyone! I heed a "new" tailgate. Mine got smushed this weekend. I found one in mint condition at a U-Pull-it place, but I have no idea how to manually lower the windoe to get the dang thing out. The rest of the car is pretty much gone, so all the wiring has been snipped. We tried to...

Hey ya'll! Well, I've owned "duchess" as she has been renamed, and its going great! After her oil change she was blowing white, odorless smoke after sitting cold for a couple days, but this went away after a week. Since it didn't have any odor, the toyota mechanic said it very probably was not...

Thanks everyone! Well, "The Duke" as I'm gonna call him, is officially mine. The Mechainc ssid that it was in really great shape, just the typical Toyota oil leaks. He said the clutch felt fine, shoudl have at least another few years out of her, that the transmission was tight and saure, and...

Hi! I'm possibly about to buy a 1991 4Runner. The engine was rebuilt in 2001, it has the original clutch and Tranny, but runs like a SOB. It has barely used off road tires, but no rear bumper due to a fender bender. 196,000 miles on OD, but I dont know how that works with a rebuilt engine. I'm...