3rd Gen 4Runner Buyer's Guide

[quicksilvr]

Bump. Just linked this to a new 4Runner owner....needs to be stickied.

 

[A&F]

Fantastic read. Thanks so much as I had never known a radiator to leak into the stock trans cooler. That could have been bad.

I now know what I am doing after work today.

 

[pdx650]

4-ripcord, thanks for posting all this information. Valuable stuff.

 

[ALBPM]

Excellent job 4-ripcord!!!!!

Mods please Sticky this so we don't have to keep Bumping it back up....

 

[DHRP]

Glad I found this. Great information for a newbie like me. A sticky is a must!

 

[notrayray]

Bump

 

[corny]

bump for sticky. :]
Really helps alot for everyones reference.

 

[Hepar]

I'd be fine with this not being stickied if I could just get an answer as to WHY it's not. Can I get an answer?

I'm about to pull a Shawshank Redemption and post this question every day that I'm on here (and I work from home on the computer, so I'm on here all the time) until I get an answer.

 

[brian2sun]

My only guess is that the Tutorial and Documentation Sticky has the the Buyer's Guide link in it already. But if that's the reason, they should still make the Buyer's guide a sticky IMO because potential new owners aren't usually looking for info how to maintain the 4runner they haven't even bought yet. They're mostly looking for advice on what to look for - both issues and features.

 

[Smog-guy707]

excellent write up ripcord, wish i saw this before i got my runner so i knew. i got most of the known failures fixed now before hand anyhow but still...it would been nice to know

 

[Hepar]

Why is this not stickied?

 

[JadatheRottweiler]

nice work ripcord, just saw this for the first time.

 

[liv2bike]

should be a sticky. very nice job!

 

[Hepar]

Why is this not stickied?

 

[BruceB83]

Guys - This is stickied under "Reference Guide" (1st section) in the Tutorials and Documentation sticky.

 

[corny]

^^^^

My only guess is that the Tutorial and Documentation Sticky has the the Buyer's Guide link in it already. But if that's the reason, they should still make the Buyer's guide a sticky IMO because potential new owners aren't usually looking for info how to maintain the 4runner they haven't even bought yet. They're mostly looking for advice on what to look for - both issues and features.

 

[Hepar]

Exactly. It would be great if people knew to look in there for it, but they don't. At the very minimum they should change the title of that thread to something like, "Tutorial, Documentation and Buyer's Guide Reference".

 

[BruceB83]

I do agree with that. :thumb3:

 

[Hepar]

Why is this not stickied and/or why can't we change the title of the Tutorials and Documentation Reference thread?

 

[4-Ripcord]

Wheres all the duplicate posts? Or do you keep deleting the one from the day before? Lol