Recent content by Xandarin

Ok I've had it... I've tried, pushed, pulled, jiggled, cursed... and Still cant seem to get my axles back into my differential! I had my bearings replaced at a local shop. I have the axleshaft, with the drum break backing plate attached. It comes about one inch too short. I can't even tell...

Well, most of the reasoning behind the painting is because I scratched up my stock rims pretty bad 4'wheelin in a mud pit. The aluminum is still good so i figured i would sand them down and paint them. I dunno.. We'll see. Thanks for the pics. :D 96' 4runner 4x4 Limited.

So I was wondering if anyone has sanded down and painted the stock toyota rims a high gloss black. I was thinking it might look cool with the chrome lug nuts. I would also paint the toyota center cap the same color but with the actual logo in white. If anyone has done anything similar, please...

Yeap... Mine Blew at 108k. I think it had to do with me Muddin' though. :D However, Mine wouldn't even drive. I would check the rear wheel bearings.

I was thinking of doing a few things to my 4runner. I am looking to get better gas mileage and possibly pump up the performance a bit. So far from reading around the forums I have picked out a few things to do. - High Flow Cat - Flowmaster 50 series - Trueflow Air filter with Deckplate mod...

Ok, a few things. The electronics systems in these trucks are very sensitive. Do you have a check engine light? Did they somehow forget to replace an oxygen sensor? You have one in front of your cat and one behind it. Check the wiring running to your ECU, ensure they're installed. He most...

Well If anyone has been following this problem, it seems a rodent or some sort of animal or something along those lines crawled up on top of my tranny and "rubbed" the insulation off of the wiring going to my tranny. I can't take credit for finding it, my stealership found it and fixed it. I...

Again I appreciate all your info. I will definately let you know how it works out. I'm like 90% sure it's the igniter now. I took some more readings today and played with it some. I had the connection to the valve body on the tranny disconnected in order to manually shift the truck to get it...

Wow, thanks a lot! I've been reading up at the toyota website, TIS and got their repair manuals. It says mostly the same stuff, but a few things are different. You said that if the igniter to ECU (Yellow/Black Wire) reads 4.5-5.5 to replace it. Sure it doesnt mean if it IS NOT 4.5-5.5 to...

Has anyone ever had an igniter fail on the 96-02 v6 4Runner? Can someone explain to me the symptoms? Is this a common failure? I am almost certain that my igniter failed. My Tachometer has some funny readings and the truck wont shift gears on a regular basis normally. Plus I have a "P 1300"...

Ok guys, this is going to take a while to explain but here goes... Ok, I bought this 96 4Runner with 103k miles on it and I now have 105k. Its the 4x4 Limited edition. Ever since I've owned it I have had a loud squealing sound coming from the rear of the car (sounds like differential), but...

Ok call my crazy, all me a "noob". However, have you greased the u-joints on all your driveshafts? If you have 4wd you have four of them. (Where the shaft connects to the tranny and also to the differentials. There are these small nipple things placed on the U-Joints in a few spots. Just...

Hey so that Slip Joint, is the maintainance the same for a 1996 limited 4runner? And I looked but i cant seem to find any greese fitting. My truck does the same thing. Thanks

My guess would be a broken motor mount. It would throw your whole engine off balance and make it rumble like that in low rpm's. If you give it some gas while someone else is looking at the engine, does it torque a lot and twist?

Hey for all those wondering, its a cheap fix. I just picked up a new antenna mast and gear strip for 30 bucks shipped on ebay. The problem is they get bent or messed up in a car wash and wears out the plastic gears as it trys to force it down.