I miss seeing you post on here!! (though I am not on here super often!) Sorry about the engine troubles - I have a spare 3.4 on a stand now that I pulled from a local junkyard and plan to build when I have spare time / $$ so that if/when my engine goes, I will be prepared to just drop it in and keep on going. (of course, we all know how "spare time & money" goes.... I suppose that means I will probably never build the damn thing!)
But anyways, wanted to let you know how much I have enjoyed this build thread and how inspired I have been from your progress! Hoping to eventually turn my practically stock 4Runner into an offroad beast like yours someday. Thanks for the great content!