Recent content by wickeddreamzzz

The reason the "tech" was moving from car to car while you watched is called flat rate. Thats how he makes his money. You would feel pretty ripped off if he finished the job in 40 minutes & you see over 2 hours labor on the bill. If it takes him 20 minutes or 6 hours you get charged the same. In...

It sounds like you've done your homework on this. Good luck, keep us posted & let me know if you need any diagrams on anything. Mark.

I forgot to mention I too have a slight transfer case leak by the actuator housing. I'm pretty sure I can have enough room to put a bead of rtv without having to actually drop the whole tc & transmission. I'll post the results when I have them. All in all I'm very pleased with my truck. I...

I recently bought my 5th 4runner. Its an 04 ltd 4.7l like yours. I can say you would want to do the timing service asap. I know the book calls for a little over 4 hours, so with kit, new drive belt, t stat & gasket & coolant you're probably close to 800 bucks. I went ahead & flushed out all the...

I'm not surprised they didn't charge you, if they put the battery & alt in. However I would be surprised if you go back to them in the future.... If they haven't mastered simple tasks like using a vantage or similar dmm I wouldn't trust them to do something moderately difficult.. good luck to...

be careful The plugs in my 4.7l are iridium plugs. They (denso & ngk ) take great care in pre gaping them for your specs because you'll mess them up trying to change the gap. Best advice is look at all 6 or 8 and if you have one or 2 wrong which really doesn't happen that often at all in my...

I own a couple of remote starts, both are avital. I'm pleased with them and as others have stated you can change the default shut off time. I have mine set at 15 minutes. I also really use the valet mode more than I ever thought I would. Its nice to be able to remove the key and let the truck...

I can get Toyota pads for most 4runners for under 60.00