Leveling the truck/ engine miss

[bowtiedmax]

Hello,

I bought a 1995 4 runner (v6) 170,000 miles for my wife at an auction a few weeks ago. My biggest problem is a miss that turned out to be only 50lbs compression in cylinder #1. It been confirmed that its not getting into the anti freeze. And its does not appear to be going into the crank case. So that really leaves valves. Maybe I'll luck out and a valve is adjusted to tight.
I checked with toyota and the said the HG were done under warranty in 6/07. Im gonna put some commressed air into the cylinder and see were its going.

Anyhow how do you level these trucks out? It looks like someone has the front torsion bars cranked all the way up. Im gonna lower them back down some but the back is still is 3.5" low. i thought I read in these forums about using front coil springs off of some kind of truck on the back of this? Or is there someone that sell spaces for the back?

Thanks

 

[03vrod]

They make a kit for them.Try 4wheelparts they're usually pretty reasonable.

 

[fourwd1]

Anyhow how do you level these trucks out? It looks like someone has the front torsion bars cranked all the way up. Im gonna lower them back down some but the back is still is 3.5" low. i thought I read in these forums about using front coil springs off of some kind of truck on the back of this? Or is there someone that sell spaces for the back?

More than likely the front hasn't been raised, the butt's sagging. A very common problem on old 4Runners. New coils is the best solution. Spacers are a bandaid, it may sit a little higher, but it won't ride/handle/carry weight as it should.