Recent content by rustyrazor

I have a couple of cracks in my rear axle housing. I'm going to try welding it. I'm assuming that the housing is made from mild steel. Does anyone know anything specific about the steel type? Any recommendations on what Mig wire to use? My cousin is a ticketed welder and has a 220v mig welder...

Does anyone know of a good source for toyota body panels? I'm specifically looking for the rocker panels and rear fenders for a 1995 Toyota T100 extended cab. I'm looking online and mostly finding only the bushwacker type fender flares and cheap chrome rocker panels that you stick on over the...

It may not be worth changing or cleaning the filter at all because you have to remove the trans fluid pan and if it's the same as the 3.0L V6 than you have to get around the front differential and axles. Then you need to put a new gasket in for the oil pan and the chances are you'll strip a...

My exhaust pipe is rusted through where the old oxygen sensor bung is welded to the pipe. The holes are big enought that I can stick my pinkie finger in them. Anyways I'm looking for a cheap solution and I found this product by AEM. See the link below. Has anyone ever tried this. Also is it...

I need to change the brake lines on my 4runner and I'm going to buy a flaring tool so that I can make my own brake lines. Does anyone know what type of flare is on the 4runner? Is it a single flare, a double flare or a bubble flare?

If you're in Kelowna than you should find the closest border town in the US that you can drive to. It may be worth the drive to get parts especially if they want 180 each at NAPA in Kelowna. Use google maps for the closest city in the USA and search auto parts, you'll probably find a NAPA and...

Check to see if your e-brake is all the way in. Sometimes I have to push the lever in to make it work.

I'd look at the temp gauge when you know the engine is cold like in the morning. If it reads hot as soon as you start the engine you know it's wrong. Mine takes about 3 minutes to come up to temp. The other thing is that if for some reason the engine is getting that hot than you could be...

I usually check rockauto.com and advanceautoparts.com There's an advance auto parts store near me so I compare the prices online and then decide if I want to buy online or just pick the part up.

I think that most guys have either done a Ford 302 or Chevy 350 conversion. I haven't heard much good about the Chevy 305 engine as far as perfomance goes. A google search for Toyota 350 conversion came up with this site. Toyota Engine Adapters - Ford, GM, Chevy V6, V-8 Conversion Kits The...

My cruise is also notoriously crappy. I think it has to do with the gutless engine and oatmeal in a bucket that they pass off as an automatic transmission. I always set the cruise about 5 mph higher than needed because it always drops some speed initially. I don't even bother with the accel...

If it's a V6 than you need to check out the head gasket. If possible grab the VIN off the thing and go into a toyota dealer and see if the head gasket has been replaced under the recall yet or not (toyota will do it once). If it hasn't than you still have a "get out of jail free card" when the...

You're not getting enough fuel so I'd say you're probably right about the fuel pump... either that or it's plugged up somewhere. Maybe at the pickup? I've dropped the gas tank on mine before and it wasn't too difficult.

Edited: You can still have a bad head gasket even if it isn't blowing white smoke. You could have a situation where the gasket leak is from the cylinder into the coolant. Over time the leak would end up leaking into the oil galleries. Also I wouldn't run it if it's over heating. That's...

I was thinking that the A/C could be causing your lack of power problems since you're probably running the A/C when it's 95 deg.