New Mexico 4Runner Owners Thread
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Jsellers-t4R
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I live in alb and own a 05 t4R I have been building for 3 years now, I love to take it out and beat it up ! If you guys are planning any get togethers let me know.
I live in alb and own a 05 t4R I have been building for 3 years now, I love to take it out and beat it up ! If you guys are planning any get togethers let me know.
4-Ripcord
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4-Ripcord
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Here is the NM moab thread:
NM Moab Caravan - Tacoma World Forums
NM Moab Caravan - Tacoma World Forums
white toy taco
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so many new t4r members in NM lately
Toyotacolin
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New web page-- TBOR
Hi guys, haven't been on here much as my truck has been down lately and before that it was stock and broken. lol and we haven't wheeled with you northern guys since I sold my blue truck. Well I think that might be changing a bit. I would like to get some of my crew down here to get up to wheel with you guys, and of course you guys are welcome down here anytime! A few of you guys have wheeled down here with me before, (mainly TW crew, Pigger, applejax, steve-o.) I would like to get our NM and TX and other area people together more often. Down here a few of us started TBOR. Toyota Borderland off-roaders facebook page last yr and we have 163 members, some of which you guys are on. Well some aren't on facebook so I went ahead and made a new web page so we could plan events and even have a place to post pix or videos.
Here is the page TBOR Please feel free to join it. Comment, post pix. whatever you like, or if you are going to have an event, add it to the calendar maybe a few people could make it?? There is a link to our FB group page at the top as well.
Thx,
Colin
Hi guys, haven't been on here much as my truck has been down lately and before that it was stock and broken. lol and we haven't wheeled with you northern guys since I sold my blue truck. Well I think that might be changing a bit. I would like to get some of my crew down here to get up to wheel with you guys, and of course you guys are welcome down here anytime! A few of you guys have wheeled down here with me before, (mainly TW crew, Pigger, applejax, steve-o.) I would like to get our NM and TX and other area people together more often. Down here a few of us started TBOR. Toyota Borderland off-roaders facebook page last yr and we have 163 members, some of which you guys are on. Well some aren't on facebook so I went ahead and made a new web page so we could plan events and even have a place to post pix or videos.
Here is the page TBOR Please feel free to join it. Comment, post pix. whatever you like, or if you are going to have an event, add it to the calendar maybe a few people could make it?? There is a link to our FB group page at the top as well.
Thx,
Colin
4-Ripcord
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If anyone is interested..
Wrench Meet
When:
Sun, Apr 14
9am to whenever
Where:
Ripcord's - PM me for addy
List your name and what needs work:
1. Ripcord - Gas tank swap
2. 99taco27505 - Regear and show off new front end
3. Tomtom - UCAs maybe otherwise a helping hand
4. Cloudy - Front end
5.
6.
Wrench Meet
When:
Sun, Apr 14
9am to whenever
Where:
Ripcord's - PM me for addy
List your name and what needs work:
1. Ripcord - Gas tank swap
2. 99taco27505 - Regear and show off new front end
3. Tomtom - UCAs maybe otherwise a helping hand
4. Cloudy - Front end
5.
6.
BigFishAllDay
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What's wrong with your gas tank Jim?
Toyotacolin
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A few pix from this weekends test run. sans a front bumper.
BigFishAllDay
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You always manage to break the most random stuff... The only 3rd gen they have on the lot now is that '02... the others got crushed.
A word of caution though... LOOK IT OVER VERY THOROUGHLY. When I pulled the valve body, I was expecting the trans pan to be full of fluid, but on closer inspection I found that rather than removing the drain plug to empty the trans fluid, they just punched a hole in the pan, drained it, and put a rubber plug in the hole.
They have to empty the vehicles of all fluids before they go out on the lot for environmental reasons. My guess is that they use the same technique on everything from the oil pan to the gas tank, so be sure you check it over 100%. That would suck to get it installed, fill it up, and have it leak all over the gas station parking lot.
If they punched a hole in it, the rubber plug might be easy to miss, so really check it out.
ALBPM
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I'll be over on your side of town since it's my turn to work this weekend.:doh:
If anyone will be around ~ 3:300-4;00 I'll stop by just to put faces to the new members here and check out the Runners/tacos...
4-Ripcord
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Idk how late we will be there, but I can see us till being there at 3.
BigFishAllDay
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I might stop by the wrench meet to see what you guys are up to as well.
I don't have much that I need to get done, but I could install my 2nd transmission cooler and replace the run of fuel line w/trans cooler hose... I also have some small wiring tidbits to get done. Other than that, I want to build some skids, but that won't be happening at the wrench meet.
Also, I wanted to mention here that there is a supercharger for sale in Santa Fe for $700!
Craigslist AD > 1996-2004 Toyota Tacoma Supercharger
I drove up there to have a look at it on Monday. Here's the breakdown for anyone who's interested:
Parts that are present:
Supercharger - it appears to be in good physical shape, no cracked mounting points, etc. It is leaking quite a bit of oil from the nose cone, and there is some marring of the mating surface where it meets the intake manifold, but I think it would still seal up ok. The bypass valve is in good shape. The boost port at the back of the S/C is clogged with mud, so it appears that the S/C may have been exposed to the elements after removal. He indicated that he bought his Tacoma with the S/C installed, and that the engine failed shortly after purchase (no compression on multiple cylinders). He said the prev owner had the S/C installed less than 5k miles before sale. I HIGHLY doubt this is accurate based on the amount of oil leakage from the nose cone, and the amount of oil/residue visible within the intake/exhaust ports on the S/C. This S/C has some miles on it for sure.
Dynamic Tensioner & Bracket - The tensioner is worn, the pulley is rusty and will need to be replaced, and hex head on the shorter bolt for the bracket is stripped out a bit. It's a flat head, hex drive bolt, so that could be an issue with getting it torqued down properly.
Belt - worn, but in usable condition.
The dipstick re-location bracket is there, along with the bolts from the throttle body to the S/C. He is also including the throttle body in the sale.
He is MISSING everything else aside from what is mentioned above. I figured that at minimum, it would require:
-A new nose cone assembly
-An install kit
-New Belt
-New Tensioner and mounting bolt
-Disassembly and inspection (due to mud in the boost port, who knows what got inside the blower... dirt, rocks, leaves, mice?)
I offered the guy $450 for it, with plans to re-work it and sell for a little profit. He didn't bite on that offer and we went our separate ways. I got the feeling he'd probably go for $600.
Just FYI.
I don't have much that I need to get done, but I could install my 2nd transmission cooler and replace the run of fuel line w/trans cooler hose... I also have some small wiring tidbits to get done. Other than that, I want to build some skids, but that won't be happening at the wrench meet.
Also, I wanted to mention here that there is a supercharger for sale in Santa Fe for $700!
Craigslist AD > 1996-2004 Toyota Tacoma Supercharger
I drove up there to have a look at it on Monday. Here's the breakdown for anyone who's interested:
Parts that are present:
Supercharger - it appears to be in good physical shape, no cracked mounting points, etc. It is leaking quite a bit of oil from the nose cone, and there is some marring of the mating surface where it meets the intake manifold, but I think it would still seal up ok. The bypass valve is in good shape. The boost port at the back of the S/C is clogged with mud, so it appears that the S/C may have been exposed to the elements after removal. He indicated that he bought his Tacoma with the S/C installed, and that the engine failed shortly after purchase (no compression on multiple cylinders). He said the prev owner had the S/C installed less than 5k miles before sale. I HIGHLY doubt this is accurate based on the amount of oil leakage from the nose cone, and the amount of oil/residue visible within the intake/exhaust ports on the S/C. This S/C has some miles on it for sure.
Dynamic Tensioner & Bracket - The tensioner is worn, the pulley is rusty and will need to be replaced, and hex head on the shorter bolt for the bracket is stripped out a bit. It's a flat head, hex drive bolt, so that could be an issue with getting it torqued down properly.
Belt - worn, but in usable condition.
The dipstick re-location bracket is there, along with the bolts from the throttle body to the S/C. He is also including the throttle body in the sale.
He is MISSING everything else aside from what is mentioned above. I figured that at minimum, it would require:
-A new nose cone assembly
-An install kit
-New Belt
-New Tensioner and mounting bolt
-Disassembly and inspection (due to mud in the boost port, who knows what got inside the blower... dirt, rocks, leaves, mice?)
I offered the guy $450 for it, with plans to re-work it and sell for a little profit. He didn't bite on that offer and we went our separate ways. I got the feeling he'd probably go for $600.
Just FYI.
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