Recent content by Yroundrdn

Well forget the Aluminum radiator from Shepherd. I wasn't impressed with the quality but the bigger issue is they sent the one for the 2X4 even after me calling 2 reps to insure I had the right one. Arrrggg! So there was no way I was going to wait another week so off to ORileys and now she...

Thanks for the advice. Head gasket is fine the p/o had water in there thus the mess. I will make a way to flush without the radiator so I'm not jus circulating crap. Good point on the heater core, I hadn't thought about that.

Just getting to know the new toy and found the radiator was clogged, thus overheating a bit on hillls. Fortunately it never got too hot, just boiled over at the top of some hills. I looked and sure enough, clogged up. I ordered a 2 row aluminum off Amazon that is sold by Shepherd and comes...

I had the same issue on a Cherokee after an oil change, not knowing the dirty oil was keeping the clutches from slipping. I added 2 quarts of Lucas Trans goo which I bought at Wallyworld for a few $$ and that trans worked perfect till the day i sold it. I had large tires and did several off...

okay, figured it out. Took the 4R out to a local field with hills and realized what we were hearing was the anit-lock brakes. Okay, so its a bit more sophisticated than what I've used in the past. Removed the fuse and I have a poor-man's LSD. Thanks for the advice above. May be looking at...

New to 4Runners. I've had a few older Jeeps and 2 Cherokees a Chevy and a Ford and I had an 86 Toy Truck many years ago. I picked up a 93 V6, Auto, loaded with fairly low miles this week and look forward to playing in the dirt with it. After cleaning and changing the vitals, I took it to the...