MF cat conv

[Romeo1]

Gang,
It's always to good to post up issues with out trucks. I can almost always count on someone saying" yeah i have to go through this too" or "I will be going through that shortly" Makes me feel like I'm not alone in this.

"This 4Runner has a smiles per mile factor as I go bombing though the desert like nothing else has ever given me"

Mind if i borrow this..? Just reinforces the point on why i love this dusty ass Money pit.

Borrow away. I might have to borrow your avatar through…….

Seems like a money put but it ain’t. Go price any newer iron lately?????? There’s a $75k used dually down the street from me….. makes these rigs seem like an absolute steal.

Go price a new jeep or a new 4Runner….yeah… we’re talking only a hand full of payments to equal a fully done up 3rd gen here. Yeah, an $800 Catalytic converter is a bit steep. So is all the other parts I put into this thing. All in though, still way way way under the 10 K Mark. That’s not even four wheeler money. Much less side-by-side money. And definitely not $30-$50,000 new Toyota money. I can absolutely go afford to buy a new one, but I refuse to. It’s gotten absolutely ludicrous what everything costs now. Everyone else can play but I won’t. The only way for me to win is to not play.

Besides, it’s absolutely priceless after I do a 50-60 mile an hour burn across some forest service road on a the ridge somewhere (probably with at least one e-brake turn) and everybody else in quads and side-by-side‘s is eating dirt and wiping their eyes as I’m sitting there drinking a beer at the next stop all clean and refreshed

Until one of the manufacturers builds a skinny 4 corner coil over bomber rig of similar dimensions like a third GEN 4runner that I can strap some fatty bilsteins to and some kind of jounce control, I just don’t know that I’ll ever be interested. #3rdgen4life

My thinking is use your money for fun, go fast parts, and experiences. Let the banks keep their payments.

 

[giguchan]

Borrow away!!
I wish i knew who she was! That poor button right?
$75k for a used pickup truck? What have we become? Things are just getting out of hand! Jeeps are round here are a dime a dozen. I think the incentives the dealers giving are exceptional
I have a buddy who just picked up a new jeep even with crappy credit he was still able to get into one. last i heard he had $5k in it with bolt on's. I love Toyotas but i wont get a new one.. I just dont like them
There ain't no room in the Cockpit for radios and such. I fear if my current Runner quits on me, then it's a 14' Tahoe. I never liked Chevy but I'm going to have to start. Until then it's just my runner and me.

 

[ReconcileUs]

I have heard about the walker systems all of what i heard was good. Thanks for the info on the plugs and wires.(Can you pass on the part numbers for both)? That's next on the "to do list" probably next week.
I asked about plugs i was quoted about $8 per plug does that sound right?

That sounds like a standard, mark up price.

6 NGK BKR5EIX-11 / 5464 for $6.13 per

Denso 671-6182 wires for $30.

According to this thread 3.4L spark plugs and wires might be a good idea to also change the Coil Boots. DENSO 6716248, and NGK 58931 is much cheaper. $4 each on RockAuto.

 

[giguchan]

Thanks for the reply. I figure plugs n wires should be next.. Just wondering what i should do after that I can either do the belt/pump next or the LBJ's both are going to be done it's just in which order.