Recent content by SHRIKE

Check the grounds... You can't have too many grounds!!.... Steady now, just hide the truck from wifey for a few days and we will try to help...

I have no idea??.. They were on it... We taped everything that was glass and I closed my eye's and waived the paint gun around...lol...

Thanks Puddy!... I have a helluva lot more fun in the "green turtle"... Before and after.. It took and an hour and a half to paint it..lol... 1945 military green... Hey evilla, I have just as much fun in my toyo as I do in that hotrod.... with no worries in the toyo!!.. We love it... Creeps...

This is my money pit... Took ten years, I am afraid to drive it... This car owns my a$$... It was my wifes car when she was in high school ( along time ago )..

I agree wit KC... I have a ton of fun in my 4rnr, we love it... I use it, but don't abuse it, and it has been fun! Branch scrapes, mud..etc.. I have restored two cars already and take my word for it my friend... Just go buy a killer fully retored toyo if thats what you want... It's quicker...

It will run out of gear really quick in L4... Drive it up a steep incline real slow, then you know for sure if it's slipping....

..lol.. The rectumfire is from my old moto days..lol.. Is there a rectifire in these altinators or are they aux on these or what??... Yes, it only cuts out the (ingnition??) electrical system for a fraction of a second when I hit the brights or touch the rear window switch... I corrected the...

Thanks you guys.. I glanced at the main ground right away, the insulation was still on it. I'm wondering if the voltage regulator would cause/rectumfire would cause the the electrical cut out like that??... There is no drain on the battery, the truck fires right up as usual.... Hmmmm???....

The very first time I took my 4rnr off road, I ended up on the side of an incline. The truck shook a bit and ofcourse, the positive side of the battery touched the side of the truck ( I never noticed it was reversed ) and smoke bellowed out from under the hood. I pulled the pos side of the...

I had to pay 2200 for my 89 w/130K on it...

Thanks you guys... I will look into both... Thanks...

Get your new 22RE from Putney's....

What he ^^^ said..lol.. Relay behind the glove box??.... Push start it... short the starter...

I need to put a posi in my 89' 4runner, I have been stuck a few times when I really feel like I should have not gotten stuck... I am thinking about the trutrak... Can anyone recomend a system they are happy with???... Thanks for any help or advice....

You need to establish if the ticking is timed w/the crank timing or cam timing... If it is the crank timing then try to determine wich rod it is... Then pull the plug wire off that cylinder while it's running.... If the ticking stops, it's probably a bearing... If it's cam timing then it could...