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Sliders Installed
Finally getting stuff done, sliders welded on
Slider Install by Bobby Bryan, on Flickr
Finally getting stuff done, sliders welded on
Slider Install by Bobby Bryan, on Flickr
Bobby's Silver 2000 T4R
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July 4th PMs
Did quite a bit of preventative maintenance over my July 4th holiday in preparation for my trip to the Ozarks this week.
I flushed both the coolant system and the transmission, the PO had switched to Prestone green, after 10 gallons of distilled water I switched it back over to Zerex pink (I really wanted Toyota red, but my local dealer refused to order any for me), the trans got a full flush with MaxLife.
In the middle of all this I also replaced my radiator (OE), thermostat(OE), and radiator hoses (Gates), and maybe most importantly mounted a trans cooler. I went with a Hayden 698, it's the same size as the TRD cooler, buy has a pressure by-pass that doesn't send fluid through it until it hits 180°F. I also replaced my horns with a pair off a Lexus LS400, they're a lot better sounding and are plug-and-play.
I really wanted to do my LBJ (hopefully I'm not jinxing myself here) but I ran out of time with all the events my wife and family obligated me too. Those will have to wait until it cools off in the fall I guess, it's getting too hot here now.
Here's a picture of how I rigidly mounted my trans cooler; I didn't want to do the whole zip-tie through the condenser/radiator thing, it just seems stretchy to me and would make replacing any of three a pain down the line. Also, here's my horns and other new parts, posts are always better with pictures.
July 4th Work by Bobby Bryan, on Flickr
Did quite a bit of preventative maintenance over my July 4th holiday in preparation for my trip to the Ozarks this week.
I flushed both the coolant system and the transmission, the PO had switched to Prestone green, after 10 gallons of distilled water I switched it back over to Zerex pink (I really wanted Toyota red, but my local dealer refused to order any for me), the trans got a full flush with MaxLife.
In the middle of all this I also replaced my radiator (OE), thermostat(OE), and radiator hoses (Gates), and maybe most importantly mounted a trans cooler. I went with a Hayden 698, it's the same size as the TRD cooler, buy has a pressure by-pass that doesn't send fluid through it until it hits 180°F. I also replaced my horns with a pair off a Lexus LS400, they're a lot better sounding and are plug-and-play.
I really wanted to do my LBJ (hopefully I'm not jinxing myself here) but I ran out of time with all the events my wife and family obligated me too. Those will have to wait until it cools off in the fall I guess, it's getting too hot here now.
Here's a picture of how I rigidly mounted my trans cooler; I didn't want to do the whole zip-tie through the condenser/radiator thing, it just seems stretchy to me and would make replacing any of three a pain down the line. Also, here's my horns and other new parts, posts are always better with pictures.
July 4th Work by Bobby Bryan, on FlickrLotecredneck
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Trying to get everything done I need for this trip and as always life finds ways to keep me away.
I did replace the rear wiper though, and converted to arm to standard J-hook from whatever Toyota had stock, everyone should do this...
Is this a Toyota adapter?
~Tony
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No, it's a universal part made by Bosch, just search for Bosch Wiper Arm Adapter, or type in that long part number in the pic.
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Back from the Ozarks
Recently, back from fly fishing on the White River, it was easily the longest road trip I've taken in the 4Runner since I got it at 300 miles one-way with the last/first 50 miles all dirt roads through the Boston Mountains as planned by me on Gaia. It seemed to handle the drive well with all my recent maintenance, trans temperature stayed most between 175-195°F, dropping on the interstate and going a few degrees higher when climbing hills. My only issues were my lower fan shroud falling off, which I zip tied back on (it appears to have lost the clips and got pulled in to the fan, I'll be buying a new one as this one got beat up) and I popped CEL# P0136 as I pulled on my street home. I cleared this code via Torque and I'll be waiting to see if comes back before buying a new O2 sensor. I don't have any pictures of my 4Runner doing anything cool because all I did was go down back roads, but here's one of it at an overlook on the way back.
20190712_154544[1] by Bobby Bryan, on Flickr
Recently, back from fly fishing on the White River, it was easily the longest road trip I've taken in the 4Runner since I got it at 300 miles one-way with the last/first 50 miles all dirt roads through the Boston Mountains as planned by me on Gaia. It seemed to handle the drive well with all my recent maintenance, trans temperature stayed most between 175-195°F, dropping on the interstate and going a few degrees higher when climbing hills. My only issues were my lower fan shroud falling off, which I zip tied back on (it appears to have lost the clips and got pulled in to the fan, I'll be buying a new one as this one got beat up) and I popped CEL# P0136 as I pulled on my street home. I cleared this code via Torque and I'll be waiting to see if comes back before buying a new O2 sensor. I don't have any pictures of my 4Runner doing anything cool because all I did was go down back roads, but here's one of it at an overlook on the way back.
20190712_154544[1] by Bobby Bryan, on Flickr
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Not a whole lot to report, I'm currently furloughed due to all this COVID-19 business so I've spent a lot of time in the Ouachita Mountains driving and hiking.
I replaced all my diff and transfer case fluids last week with SuperTech Synthetic 75W-90; my front-diff got about .25 qt of Pennzoil Gearplus 80W-140 though, because I ran out and that's all I had on hand, I don't think that little amount will hurt anything though. The drain plugs had a horrible Antiseize-like film on the magnets, not sure if the fluid had ever been changed before so I'm thinking about doing another change in 10k miles; I wanted to run Amsoil, but I couldn't afford it at this time. I plan on doing my oil this upcoming week if it ever stops raining.
I still haven't put my lift on, I'm wanting to grab some JBA Control arms first, this whole shut down has everything on hold though. I grabbed a Corolla S wheel from a junkyard I want to put on too, but it needs an airbag.
This picture is from a NFS road North of Mena, AR I spent a day riding around there and lot more time driving the trails around Albert Pike, the trans cooler is still working great and no leaks reported from valve covers so that's all good, all and all, just loving my weekend warrior.
North of Blackfork Mt. by Bobby Bryan, on Flickr
I replaced all my diff and transfer case fluids last week with SuperTech Synthetic 75W-90; my front-diff got about .25 qt of Pennzoil Gearplus 80W-140 though, because I ran out and that's all I had on hand, I don't think that little amount will hurt anything though. The drain plugs had a horrible Antiseize-like film on the magnets, not sure if the fluid had ever been changed before so I'm thinking about doing another change in 10k miles; I wanted to run Amsoil, but I couldn't afford it at this time. I plan on doing my oil this upcoming week if it ever stops raining.
I still haven't put my lift on, I'm wanting to grab some JBA Control arms first, this whole shut down has everything on hold though. I grabbed a Corolla S wheel from a junkyard I want to put on too, but it needs an airbag.
This picture is from a NFS road North of Mena, AR I spent a day riding around there and lot more time driving the trails around Albert Pike, the trans cooler is still working great and no leaks reported from valve covers so that's all good, all and all, just loving my weekend warrior.
North of Blackfork Mt. by Bobby Bryan, on Flickr
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Brake booster replacement
At some point during all my COVID hiking trips I realized my brake pedal had become very hard making panic stops impossible, so I started driving a lot more cautiously. After hiking and deer season ended I started diagnosing via Google and a vacuum tester/gauge, I determined it was the brake booster and some more Googling turned up the fact that the OEM is/was Seiken. I knew I wanted the OEM as a lot of people reported issues with parts stores' brands and the OE lasted me 20 years; in my search for the best price I got with Cruiser Yard as I noticed they great deals on Seiken boosters for LC's, and he was able to undercut everyone else's prices on 4Runner boosters and offer a 2 year warranty, also better than everyone else. I read a couple of how-to's & watched a a YouTube video on replacing the booster and did the swap today, I won't go in to much details as there's been plenty about it online, but if anyone has questions I'll be glad to answer them. I was able to pull off the job without completely removing the master cylinder, and you basically only need a 12mm deep well socket. Got everything buttoned back up and my test drive revealed perfect braking again.
Seiken Brake Booster by Bobby Bryan, on Flickr
At some point during all my COVID hiking trips I realized my brake pedal had become very hard making panic stops impossible, so I started driving a lot more cautiously. After hiking and deer season ended I started diagnosing via Google and a vacuum tester/gauge, I determined it was the brake booster and some more Googling turned up the fact that the OEM is/was Seiken. I knew I wanted the OEM as a lot of people reported issues with parts stores' brands and the OE lasted me 20 years; in my search for the best price I got with Cruiser Yard as I noticed they great deals on Seiken boosters for LC's, and he was able to undercut everyone else's prices on 4Runner boosters and offer a 2 year warranty, also better than everyone else. I read a couple of how-to's & watched a a YouTube video on replacing the booster and did the swap today, I won't go in to much details as there's been plenty about it online, but if anyone has questions I'll be glad to answer them. I was able to pull off the job without completely removing the master cylinder, and you basically only need a 12mm deep well socket. Got everything buttoned back up and my test drive revealed perfect braking again.
Seiken Brake Booster by Bobby Bryan, on Flickr
