Recent content by straightjacket

I paid $2150 for the engine. There's no core charge either, so I didn't have to return the old engine to them.

See my followup above.

The funny thing about my situation is that my truck never overheated. Not once during the whole ordeal. The only symptom was the sputtering at idle and the misfire code. I had just recently had the coolant changed at around 106,000 miles. Shortly after that I developed the misfire. After...

2004 4-Runner with 113,000 miles. Cylinder 6 misfire code, and the usual symptoms of blown head gasket. Take it to Toyota dealer and they say it's blown head gasket. I've done the searches and this appears to be a common problem. They quote me $3,300 for the repair including machining the...

So I did some more troubleshooting. Here's a pic of the passenger front caliper... I unbolted the caliper, removed the new pads and pushed the pistons back as far as I could (the inner pistons appear to be frozen). I then pumped the brake pedal 4 times. Only the outer pistons moved, and...

Installed a set of Wagner ceramic thermoquiet pads on the front of my 2004 4-Runner today. The new pads rub to the point that I'm not able to spin the front wheels at all after the wheels are re-installed. I can spin the rotor with the new pads if the wheels and lug nuts are not installed...