Recent content by wshiverick

If its the control arm bushing making that clunking noise they would be obviously shot. Check your driveshaft u joints and tcase and diff bearings maybe.

A common symptom is the truck wanting to pull one direction or the other when braking.

If theyre only leaking a little and the diff breather is all gunked up sometimes cleaning that out will make em stop leaking. Two most common reasons ive seen for em to leak is bearing wearing out (then you gotta bite the bullet) and pressure building up in the diff and pushing gear oil through...

The mpg calculated by the Ecm that displays on your dash is wildly unreliable. If you really want to know you've gotta calculate it when you fill up with quanity against mileage. But even that assumes you have stock tires, vent and purge valves working flawlessly... if you're concerned about...

I never thought I'd would recommend this but my 3 ton low profile snap on jack is one of the most useful tools I have. You dont need it that often but when you do need a nice jack it makes all the difference and makes everything easier. Cost me like $650 but I'd probably buy another if it broke...

I've had good luck with woldpacs feq brand that's pretty inexpensive and O'Reilly's import direct if you have to go to a store to get it.

Here's 285 70 ridge grapplers with a 0-3 fox lift set to probably around 2.25". No rubbing but starts to get close to the sway bar...was thinking about 285 75 but pretty sure those would rub on the sway bar.

Can definitely take some force to pop the ring in but before you drive yourself crazy make sure you've got the right part. And not a shitty brand.

Pull off the negative battery cable, attach one lead of your multimeter to the end of the cable and the other to the battery post. Set it to amps. Pull fuses one at a time until all of a sudden the reading on the meter drops. Then you found your circuit. If your meter isn't reading a draw and...

Thats rhe first thing I'd check but a degrading throw out bearing it broken springs in the pressure plate wouldn't surprise me. If u gotta pull the tranny make sure you replace everything in the bell housing ex. Fork bit check and make sure it ain't bent. Worst case is internal in the tranny.

I've seen plenty of chain problems. Most people don't change their oil on time and vehicles with chains especially those with tensioners run by oil pressure have major issues all the time. Gimme a belted non interference any day...like the 3.4. The newish for 3 liter is awful, I've probably...

Hard to tell but make sure you don't have a coil or wire arcing into the spark plug tube. U can pull em out one by one with the motor running and see if it goes away. That noise can echo through the engine and sound like bottom and top end noise. Injectors and fuel pressure regulator can...

If it's new to you and you don't know when the timing belt was done last make sure you aren't hearing an idler pulley behind the timing cover. Non interference so if the belt does break you won't bend valves but you don't wanna be stuck out hunting and have to drag it out. Unless u happen to...

Nice work on the paint job. If you've never had a 4runner before I'd hold off on the lift for now, especially with a 99 they already sit the tallest. You'll be surprised with the terrain you can tackle. Personally I think the 99 is the second most capable stock year behind an 85 or 86. If you do...

You gotta stick em on your light bars too!)