Recent content by Shamish

Was driving down 167 today (from Kirkland towards Auburn) and saw TWO tractor trailer loads of brand new 4Runners heading NOrthbound (probably being shipped up from Portland). There were two Heritage edition units on one of the trailers. The orange and yellow stripe is hard to miss. The rail...

I am an engineer and I once worked with an engineer who diagnosed a situation where bolts on electric transmission line structures were failing in a similar manner. You basically nailed the situation. Thanks for explaining it in clear terms!

No way! I started driving in the early '80s when most of the guys were driving muscle cars with giant hood scoops on them. Even though some were home made contraptions, they were all awesome. Hood scoops rule! Now if it were just a functional one - for whatever - maybe blowing cobwebs out of...

My dad bought a 2WD Toyota pickup in 1983. So wanted him to get a 4WD but he's a frugal guy and would not. Probably a good move as I probably would have wrecked it at the local gravel pit. Anyway, I got a 1992 SR5 4WD pickup and drove the heck out of it for 7 years, then got a non-Toyota...

Not so sure of that... ...some of us old timers remember the old Camel cigarette ads from the '70s - '80s. Remember Joe the camel and the sandy background....or the scene on the carton? I had some friends who smoked which is why I know... This is a serious issue which warrants investigation!!

So I Googled "CA exempt license plate lookup", found a free website which produced a VIN (JTEBU5JRXE5190418) which, after another search, told me it's a 2014 4Runner. Looks to be in pretty good shape! So I guess the mystery is solved...maybe...

Good point about the wheels. Maybe the OP can grab a VIN the next time they see the vehicle!

I suppose one benefit is that the vehicles will last for a long time. I recall seeing a post about a 1983 Toyota Pickup that was sold last year or so by a Fire Department. It was in great shape... I also see that the vehicle is not a 2020 based on the front grille...

So I was staring at my Multi Terrain Selector Knob yesterday when I noticed that the symbol for the "sand" setting had changed (or at least seemed to have changed) to a "cactus". A bit of research (my last 4R was a 2012 Trail) confirmed that the older vehicles had a camel symbol for the "sand"...

Hmmm...the wheels, stick shift, and hood tell me it's a TRD Off Road. I wonder why they did not get SR5s and save the taxpayer a buck (unless they got special pricing). Or maybe they're 2019's that someone wanted to get rid of. Anyway, did the vehicle have a sunroof? It'd be interesting to...

You are correct in that turning the fan off would solve the issue, but I always like a little air movement. And you are also correct in noting that the air coming out of the ducts would be cold if I set the temperature to cold. The Service Advisor came by after a couple of hours and said they...

Yes the 4Runner heater is pretty powerful - it'd just that heat is continually coming out of the vents in the footwell. After 20-25 minutes in the winter, my feet are all sweaty. I can't imagine what it would be like in the summer. I am not sure what the inside of the airbox (or whatever the...

So the dealer took a look at and then grabbed a couple of new 4Runners to compare. There is zero air coming out of the heater ducts when the flow control is set to the face or defog settings and they agreed that the other two vehicles were OK and something was weird with mine. They did ask how...

I tried to do this, but when they turned everything off, the red light next to the button came on. The manual said that both of the lights should have been "off", and that the red light indicated a system malfunction. After a lot of time on the phone with Toyota, I just had them turn the...

Regarding the pipe for the coolant circuit - yes I saw that. I would have thought that Toyota would have insulated the pipe, and my 2012 is long gone, so I don't know if this was a revision relative to the older versions. I was able to determine that a light flow of hot air is coming out of...