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    2001 4runner Head Gasket Replacement

    Whelp. Took about 40 hours, drove 600 miles on Saturday, stayed up almost all night. But she’s done. For anyone who may read - Saturday morning we went to a Machinist 1.5hrs west of Nashville to surface the heads. He immediate found the crack in cylinder 4, so we were scrambling. We found...
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    2001 4runner Head Gasket Replacement

    Thank you for everyone’s insight, especially Timmy when it comes to your videos. We’ve been watching religiously through the process. Where we sit - took about 12 hours to get everything out. We had one issue with the exhaust nut pulling the stud. However we found that wire brushing the stud...
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    2001 4runner Head Gasket Replacement

    "when something comes up" ... Machinist has to reschedule, electricity issues at their shop so all jobs are pushed back a week. Scrambling now to find another machinist who can get the heads resurfaced this weekend. Not the end of the world, but my brother is flying in to help with the job. we...
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    2001 4runner Head Gasket Replacement

    So started last night - I am working about 2 hours each evening on this until Friday. My brother is getting in to town to help me get the majority of this done with me. I have a large whiteboard in the garage that I have been labeling each step of what I have done, and then any bolts/parts...
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    2001 4runner Head Gasket Replacement

    Thank you ! I have watched his videos two times through already haha his level of detail is what gave me the confidence to take this on. Going to go niceeee and slow. Fingers crossed we are done by Sunday night... we got a shop about 1.5 hours away who will resurface and then test the heads for...
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    2001 4runner Head Gasket Replacement

    Appreciate it ! We ended up getting the kits from Yotashop and then are going over to our local toyota dealership to get the rest as they come up. I am starting Tuesday night (going to go nice and slow, documenting and labeling everything).
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    2001 4runner Head Gasket Replacement

    Hi Y,all - first time posting but been reading these forums for years. Background I am currently on my second 3rd gen 4runner - after owning a '99 4 cylinder for less than 30 days, she was totaled in a bad car accident. I ended up getting 2001 2wd v6 3.4l (5VZ-FE) with 180k miles. She is now...
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    New guy with a used 4th. Gen question.

    Great looking car all around
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    New guy

    Hello from Nashville
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    New guy

    welcome!
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    New from Arizona

    looking good!
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    New to me 21 limited

    Welcome!
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    Forum Noob, how to post question.

    Appreciate you showing this for us new guys

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