Recent content by sctrsk

You are a saint, thank you! I know I should rebuild it, but its one of those things where I have 4 motorcycles, two of which need total rebuilds, have to pull the motor on my boat, have to paint my 87 535is, and am looking to buy a house (to keep all the aforementioned trash lol) so if I can...

I'd pay $270 for a new one, but all the ones I'm seeing are over $400. Did I miss it somewhere? And, is this a sufficient quality rebuild? Alternator fits 1999-2004 Toyota Tacoma 4Runner Tundra DENSO REMAN | eBay

Gents: Bearings are going on my OEM alternator and the squeaking drives me nuts. I'd like to replace it with an equal-to-factory quality option and I don't want to change it to the cs144 alternator (I have literally never once had a power problem and do not intend to add anything that would...

this was transfer case in neutral and spinning one wheel the other naturally spun backwards because its an open diff. If I want to spin them together I'll need a helper on the other side but I can probably find someone. If the noise goes away when they spin together does that mean everything is...

All: A while back on a 100F day I was driving my 99 on the highway. I have duratracs and they generally moan/whine around 60+, but this day the sound was resonating really loudly from the back. It seemed to do it more when I was in a turn too. I got spooked it was the rear end, but on a cooler...

1) yes disconnecting the batter resets readiness monitors 2) getting them to clear is a pain in the ass. It only resets them on the first start of the day (coolant temp within 2deg of ambient) and there are all sorts of weird things like driving between 40 and 50 cyclically for 20 miles or some...

Fyi: I swapped from the duratracs to the stock 265-70 A/Ts that it came with for a long trip I had planned, the vibration is gone and the wheel movent is nearly imperceptible. So, it seems the added unsprung weight and vibration of the tires is 90% of the problem. I'll probably just live with...

Starting to see a few small bubbles by my check engine light, I would be willing to spend money to pre-emptively swap my gauge faces to prevent the ugly future they obviously have in store. However, I don't want white gauge faces like some 17 year old with a cold air intake and chrome door trim...

Guys: I have pretty much refreshed the front end of my truck. new LBJ, new inner and outer tie rods, new rack bushings, new rack guide, new shocks, alignment, column tack weld mod. The truck drives very well, and I do have a shake at 65 mph but its cause the shop that mounted my duratracs is...

Guys: I was getting out today and my sleeve caught on the black plastic lower trim that seals against the window and keeps the rain out. Its totally destroyed. Great! I found a writeup on the tacoma boards that said it just gets pulled up and it pops off. Can anyone confirm this is right? Is...

Thats the thing, its not a "long" crank time, by my estimation. And it cranks repeatably when its cold. In addition, the stumbling and the randomness manifests when hot. Also, the OBD shows the temperature without issues. I'm going to hazard a guess here and say that I think these are less...

I assume the california models are different than federal and the best way to make sure I have the right one is to pull the part number off the one in my engine bay, correct?

To clarify: The first start of the day it seems to crank a nice even number of times (6 cranks or so, a normal amount in my estimation). Then it fires and revs up to whatever its supposed to based on outside air temp. If its been run and the engine is warm but its been sitting for a few hours...

I have an odd "problem": my v6 will crank a random number of times before it starts, and it also sort of stumbles to life. Sometimes its 3-4 times, sometimes its 5-6 times, and it will usually cough and fire at least once in the process but if you don't continue to crank it for another...

im in MD so we travel in similar used vehicle markets. I originally wanted a 100 series, and ended up with a 4 runner. I wanted a truck with 150k or less miles. When you get to 200+, things you didn't think about start wearing out. Steering column bearings, driveshaft u joints, every accessory...