It looks like I was wrong about the suspension being fully rebuilt on only one side, I had a closer look and it's just the LBJ on the driver side that's new. The upper ball joints on both sides are toasted too so now priority is just replace all the ball joints and bushings. I had a look through my big stack of invoices and it looks like the outer tie rods are fairly new though. I also checked out the PCV valve and it looks like it might have been replaced at some point because it does not look OEM. So, new ball joints and bushings it is.
My 4runner is about to turn into a daily driver. Any advice?
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I should not have brushed off this advice so dismissively. I had to get jumpstarted when I left work today and on the drive back I was getting power fluctuations whenever I would brake. I get home and clean the battery terminals immediately, car goes back to normal. Keep your battery terminals clean people!
Brian.
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Clean the OTHER ends too, body ground and engine ground were both issues on mine. I ended up doing a partial "Big 3" with stuff I had on hand, which resolved a number of niggling issues (like, the power seats wouldn't work unless the engine was turning over... was something that constantly annoyed as my wife is 5'4 and I'm 6'4)
