What Did You Do To Your 3rd Gen Today?

[Fiffa]

That's good info, thanks for following up!

Thanks! What's crazy is that it was only angled maybe 1-3mm. When I went to bolt it back in initially I notice that the sensor wanted to set itself crooked unless I held down the end opposite to the bolt. I'm just glad that I don't have to buy new sensors! I'm hemorrhaging enough money on all of the fun stuff.

 

[poleclimber63]

Such is the life of owning an older car, lol. I always hate when I look at how much I've spent versus what it's worth.

I'm making progress on the front end and have officially deemed this operation scope creep.

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Upper arms are also out now.

Driver side doesn't look good...

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Passenger side was bad. The boot was full of fluid.

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Waiting to hear back from a local stealership on the price and then I'll either order a new rack local or go have one shipped. The good news about pulling the rack is now it won't be in the way of the cam bolts, lol.

Excellent, this is a job I've been putting off for over a year. Brave man! I even went so far as to acquire an extra set of upper and lower control arms to avoid an extended garage stay... unfortunately, life and a shortage of funds, have created an unavoidable obstacle!! So far, I have the UBJ's, control arms, bushings, and TRE's--- what Ive been holding off purchasing is: a rack, LBJ's (I did replace these 4 yrs ago, but what the heck) cam bolts...

 

[3bears]

I am realizing more and more how lucky I was to come across my bone-stock 2000 from the brother of the original sister owner. Garage-kept, 225k E-locker for $3,000.
I wasn't even looking at the time, a worker at my local gas station looked at my raggedy 2nd Gen and said "hey, I have a 4runner for sale....."

no fair

 

[Endlessblockades]

no fair

I'm sorry! - it was a year ago. Your search will bear fruit!!

 

[Shake]

Finished replacing the head gaskets and every other gasket, timing belt, water pump, new starter, new cam and crank sensors, fan clutch, champion radiator, URD 2.1” pulley and TRD headers. Convinced my best friend to grab 3rd gen too. My addicted offroad bumper finally came in, hopefully will be going on within the next 2 weeks, still waiting on the back bumper however. But to celebrate it all I took her off roading with the boys at The Cliffs Insane Terrain, it was an absolute blast and I can definitely feel a huge upgrade in performance after the rebuild.

 

[Smoke_801]

Took all of 2 minutes, but what a difference it made in looks.

Rock/Bug Guard Installed

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[99blkx]

...cam bolts...

I didn’t buy new cam bolts but some guy locally has a new set for sale. If he’ll budge on the price a bit I’ll replace those too. Otherwise hoping mine come out clean. That’s a job for tomorrow... or Wednesday. Or whatever, lol.

I did end up ordering and paying for the new factory rack today. Buy once cry once I hope.

 

[poleclimber63]

I didn’t buy new cam bolts but some guy locally has a new set for sale. If he’ll budge on the price a bit I’ll replace those too. Otherwise hoping mine come out clean. That’s a job for tomorrow... or Wednesday. Or whatever, lol.

I did end up ordering and paying for the new factory rack today. Buy once cry once I hope.

Ha! I hope you live in a dry place! I ended up hacking up 2 front-ends to get what I needed. One, was so corroded that it took a super human effort.. and 2 saws-all blades to remove the LCA.. AND I live in a dry climate... I sincerely hope you're right. Good luck!

 

[poleclimber63]

I didn’t buy new cam bolts but some guy locally has a new set for sale. If he’ll budge on the price a bit I’ll replace those too. Otherwise hoping mine come out clean. That’s a job for tomorrow... or Wednesday. Or whatever, lol.

I did end up ordering and paying for the new factory rack today. Buy once cry once I hope.

... oh and the rack... I know exactly what you're saying about "buy once cry once" on OEM. Very expensive! I have looked into several options that range in price from a third to half the price of OEM, and by first hand experiences from other members, it appears these experiences are hit and miss--- one member actually ended up replacing a "good" rack twice before he had one with less play than the one he replaced! Some components don't "re-build" so well, or maybe the replacement parts aren't great-- I don't know.. Again, good luck and please let us know how it goes! Thanks!

 

[MagusWyatt]

Thanks! What's crazy is that it was only angled maybe 1-3mm. When I went to bolt it back in initially I notice that the sensor wanted to set itself crooked unless I held down the end opposite to the bolt. I'm just glad that I don't have to buy new sensors! I'm hemorrhaging enough money on all of the fun stuff.

I suppose it makes sense. It's a very delicate sensor system. A shift in the angle of a few millimeters would throw the whole thing off, but only enough that you would have the sporadic symptoms that you did. Either way, I have my front ones out for a complete suspension rebuild at the moment. I'll make sure to double check the angle when I put them back in now!

 

[tx_shooter]

I decided to clean up the trailer hitch area. Just needs some paint and time to dry before reinstalling.

 

[JCruz]

That is an awful lot for brakes and control arms, did you get OEM right from a dealer or something? Should've been able to do it for $1000 or less, at least by my count

It was more than brakes and control arms, but thats what i remember was part of it. It still wasnt worht that much

 

[JZiggy]

Now that the weather here in the Southeast is cooling off thoughts begin turning to oil changes...

 

[99blkx]

Ha! I hope you live in a dry place! I ended up hacking up 2 front-ends to get what I needed. One, was so corroded that it took a super human effort.. and 2 saws-all blades to remove the LCA.. AND I live in a dry climate... I sincerely hope you're right. Good luck!

I'm in the PNW which isn't a dry climate but it is notoriously salt and chemical free. We don't see much rust or corrosion at all. The truck has always been in this area but some of the bolts have been challenging because of not being touched for 20 years.

This is a thing of beauty. I'm sad about how much old dirt and oil and grime it'll see between it's install and the VC gasket job.

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And I picked up the cam bolts. A big FU to Toyota for their sticker placement. A little time with a razor blade and some isopropyl fixed me up...

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[96 ToyRunner]

Yesterda replaced a broken wheel stud on the front passenger...was a pretty simple and straight forward job

 

[poleclimber63]

I'm in the PNW which isn't a dry climate but it is notoriously salt and chemical free. We don't see much rust or corrosion at all. The truck has always been in this area but some of the bolts have been challenging because of not being touched for 20 years.

This is a thing of beauty. I'm sad about how much old dirt and oil and grime it'll see between it's install and the VC gasket job.

Untitled by 99blkx, on Flickr

And I picked up the cam bolts. A big FU to Toyota for their sticker placement. A little time with a razor blade and some isopropyl fixed me up...

Untitled by 99blkx, on Flickr

Untitled by 99blkx, on Flickr

Wow, a thing of beauty! I wish I had the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ for that bad boy! I can't believe they placed the parts labels on the outer cam tube...?!
Please document this and job, as I said I need to do this in the near future, as will lots of other members. Maybe start a thread... see my engine replacement thread: My Engine Swap in progress!

 

[99blkx]

Wow, a thing of beauty! I wish I had the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ for that bad boy! I can't believe they placed the parts labels on the outer cam tube...?!
Please document this and job, as I said I need to do this in the near future, as will lots of other members. Maybe start a thread... see my engine replacement thread: My Engine Swap in progress!

I'm a little deep in it now to document all the things but I'll share my notes when I'm done. I've mostly followed along with Timmy's videos (THANKS TIMMY!!) and lots of skipping around to the parts I need.

And now that I have enough posts, I'll likely start a build thread of my own.

 

[Dbroome]

I need help. I’m trying to lift my 98’ 4 runner

Hey, so I have a 98 4 runner with only 137k miles I am trying to find a way so I can get an 8inch lift on it. If you have any ideas or recommendations please reply I would really appreciate it

 

[Bad Luck]

Hey, so I have a 98 4 runner with only 137k miles I am trying to find a way so I can get an 8inch lift on it. If you have any ideas or recommendations please reply I would really appreciate it

I'm going to try my best to say this nicely...

Why would you want an 8 inch lift?

 

[Twan]

I'm going to try my best to say this nicely...

Why would you want an 8 inch lift?

That is certainly much nicer than I was planning on being.