What Bone Head Move did you do to your 4Runner

Took out the front passenger seat, and when putting it back in cross threaded the bolt and nut like an idiot, and in the process of trying to fix it snapped the tack welded bolt off the body with the bolt in. This nut was like the only one hidden in a small metal channel in the body, so I had to drill a hole underneath to get to the inside of the channel to get the nut off the bolt, and ended up fixing with a new bolt and nut and plugging the hole


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Broke the overflow nipple coming out of the radiator filler neck while doing the timing belt job cause I didn't remove the radiator after draining.
 
Jidaran said:
this is probably a bone head question - but the switch you have is a mod, right? there's no stock antenna switch in my truck i've somehow missed..... right?
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yes it is a mod real easy to do I just ordered a switch on amazon and put it in on the power wire on the new stereo. I put it out of sight under the cigarette lighter on the shifter bezel. I was talking with the wife and wasn't paying attention as we went threw the Car Wash.:rofl:
 
Replaced a rad support with frame damage

Bought my 99 used with frame damage (that I didn't notice when purchasing) and replaced the radiator support. My hood is now off and wont close. I need a new grill and headlight assemblies, and a new bumper.

Plus the bumper that goes to the frame is non-existent and probably could not bolt a new one on anyway because its off 1/2 inch.

But hey, timing is currently brand new at 237789 miles!
 
RunningForNow said:
I’m on a similar boat. I have a Borla Pro XS installed on mine. The drone isn’t terrible, but it’s there, and I’m not sure I want to put up with that.
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I have a borla XR-1 with no drone! Well a tad bit now that I have 33s but it will go back to none once I regear.
 
jross20 said:
Just installed a borla 40664... The drone makes me want to shoot myself... Somehow I suck at this haha
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My brother in law put one on my sisters Explorer and it drove her crazy so she made him put in an all new sound system and sub to drown it out.
 
Pulled into a parking space that had a shopping cart partly in the space. Thought i would get close and move it. Well i wedged it against the curb and the fender. I tried to pull it away and scratched the front fender.
 
Ripper238 said:
Pulled into a parking space that had a shopping cart partly in the space. Thought i would get close and move it. Well i wedged it against the curb and the fender. I tried to pull it away and scratched the front fender.
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First thing that came to my mind... :nono:

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TonyB66 said:
Exact same dimensions. However, the Borla 40665 Turbo XL has a 2.5" inlet/outlet, compared to 2.25".

In experimenting with other vehicles, that did make a difference...
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Well, the stock muffler is back on now. Thank god. So now it just looks fancy as it is painted black....haha.
 
Swapped the vacuum and coolant lines when reinstalling the throttle body after cleaning the IAC. Talk about white smoke! ...long night of oils changes.
 
Ripper238 said:
Pulled into a parking space that had a shopping cart partly in the space. Thought i would get close and move it. Well i wedged it against the curb and the fender. I tried to pull it away and scratched the front fender.
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Wishing for a Time Machine ?:wow2:
 
Almost rolled on Fordyce. The only thing keeping me from going is my buddies winch line.


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Not a biggie but it ate me up at the time. OCD.

I was installing a 2nd gen map light/mirror in place of my base model mirror with no map light. This required me to cut open the headliner a bit to take the bigger assembly. I was using a good quality snap off blade knife but the headliner is surprisingly tough. When I was just about done, and of course the positioning is awkward as F##k, the blade snapped and my weight carried the knife across the headliner. I put about a 2-3 inch slice in the felt of the headliner.

Luckily it's almost all under the visor so it's not really visible. I had to dab a bit of superglue on the slice as the felt started to pull apart in time.

Ouch. Still hurts.
 
Kanoe said:
Not a biggie but it ate me up at the time. OCD.

I was installing a 2nd gen map light/mirror in place of my base model mirror with no map light. This required me to cut open the headliner a bit to take the bigger assembly. I was using a good quality snap off blade knife but the headliner is surprisingly tough. When I was just about done, and of course the positioning is awkward as F##k, the blade snapped and my weight carried the knife across the headliner. I put about a 2-3 inch slice in the felt of the headliner.

Luckily it's almost all under the visor so it's not really visible. I had to dab a bit of superglue on the slice as the felt started to pull apart in time.

Ouch. Still hurts.
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Ooh that sucks. At least it was the headliner and not your hand, though. Keep hands out of the way! Safety first.

I had a tiny drill bit break on me before when I was drilling a pilot hole to screw some network equipment to my desk at work. It snapped and the drill jumped and then next thing I knew I had drilled through my pinky finger into the desk, effectively pinning my hand. I had to reverse the drill out. That was a fun explanation to my boss. He was freaking out thinking I would sue or need workers comp or something.
 
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mmw0k7o said:
Swapped the vacuum and coolant lines when reinstalling the throttle body after cleaning the IAC. Talk about white smoke! ...long night of oils changes.
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Did the same thing myself, I felt about *this* tall when I figured it out. The other big one was somehow I forgot to install the lower rear shock bolt after installing new shocks. about 10 miles down the road I hear a weird "rubbing" noise so when I pulled into a parking lot to look for a cause I see the brand new KYB Monomatic bent backwards and jammed against a brand new tire.

The shock eye rubbed a small groove into the inside sidewall but didn't kill the tire. The new shock was also ok but I damn near was ready to burn the whole thing to the ground, just to end my suffering!
 
The worst part is that I had just finished an upper engine rebuild. New heads, all upper gaskets replaced, valves reseated, new injectors, new spark plugs and wires. All I kept thinking was that I just did all that work for nothing. I was sure I had destroyed the engine. I kept picturing coolant seeping into the crank and corroding it to pieces. I was so paranoid that I changed the oil three or four times that night. Oil change, drive around the block a couple times until everything was good and hot, then drain, and refill. The oil was a touch milky on the first change. So easy to overreact when you're in the heat of the moment.
 
mmw0k7o said:
The worst part is that I had just finished an upper engine rebuild. New heads, all upper gaskets replaced, valves reseated, new injectors, new spark plugs and wires. All I kept thinking was that I just did all that work for nothing. I was sure I had destroyed the engine. I kept picturing coolant seeping into the crank and corroding it to pieces. I was so paranoid that I changed the oil three or four times that night. Oil change, drive around the block a couple times until everything was good and hot, then drain, and refill. The oil was a touch milky on the first change. So easy to overreact when you're in the heat of the moment.
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I'm sure after all said and done it feels like you dodged a bullet on that one. So how did everything turn out, are you happy with the results ?:jump:
 
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