Recent content by rusking

ok so to drain the motor i can use a water hose in the top inlet and let it pump the water throught the system how ever i need to be running. I have not fluide in the tranny or the pan+filter on the tranny.. If im in (N) will this hurt the tranny running the motor?

Ok found the radiator local. Do you fine people knwo of any solution that i could use to flush the tranny that is cheaper than tranny fluid? With access to the lines i can just pump the fluide threw the system.

ok, drained the tranny. Drained the block and radiator. The radiator does have two tranny line attached to it...in/out as well as in/out for coolant. Im a welder for the army and know how to repair radiators but do not see any leaks and have never delt with a tranny cooler attached to a...

so how would a blown head gasket get into the tranny becuase the "mud" is in there too. Whats the best way to train the tranny? pull the pan and wait?

hmm after reading this thread http://www.toyota-4runner.org/showthread.php?threadid=17358 i am a bit confussed. Is the transmisson cooler seperate from the radiator? I mean if they are then how would the coolant get into the tranny fluid? if not then why does the tranny have an idenpendat...

Hi yall, brand new to the board...not mechanics. My bro has a 2000 4-r and guess what? Same prob as above...only differance that i think my case is, the radator res blew the top off and sprayed the stuff every where! Well here i go on the same trip as you my friend. What radiator did you...