What Did You Do To Your 3rd Gen Today?

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Started the install of the tailgate lighting.
 

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I haven't mounted the tire swing out or put my CB antenna back on yet but I just mounted the Shrockworks rear bumper last night. Plates are 3/16" HPR&O Steel.

 
Frankensteined my 96's antenna with bits out of a busted up donor from an '02.
Put an antenna mast replacement write-up in my build thread
habanero's 1996 4Runner Build-Up Thread - Page 137 - YotaTech Forums
Starts at post 2719

Though part numbers were different and the case is a tiny bit different the guts were the same. Mostly I was just messing around because I can. There isn't much to it:
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And the answer to my question inspired by a thread posted on T4R some time ago is yes, if you put the antenna motor cover (part with the magnets) on backwards the motor will run opposite what it's supposed to. down instead of up, up instead of down. Curiosity placated. :)

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Also just a little note since the 99's antenna mast would make that horrid sound of slipping antenna track and it would run several seconds longer than it was supposed to even with a good oem mast. Turned out the c-shaped part of the plastic at the center of the gear in the top left-hand corner of the first picture had broken so the needed resistance wasn't there to tell the motor to quit when it was supposed to.
Just another possibility besides wrong-thickness mast tracks.
 
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I started the day off with a #2 cylinder misfire. I replaced the plug with an E3 Diamond Edge (I know, not recommended, but it was all they had and I figured it would work for a day). Anyway. Fired it back up and now I have a "Random Misfire" code, a #1 cylinder misfire, and a #2 cylinder misfire.
What happens if you swap places with another coil pack?
 
What did you do to your 3rd gen today?

Peel n sealed all the doors, reattached the rear defroster tabs to the glass and did a little rear cargo light mod.

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Lights out of a 2000's Sienna

Also drew up some plans for a low pro roofrack.
 
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Picked up a Louisville Slugger at a garage sale for a $1. Promptly did the Slugger mod and "Installed" it in the back. Figured I might want it should I need to play ball.....with someone's head.
 
I replaced the radiator with an OEM radiator, got a new cooling fan, fan shroud, and fan clutch. The cooling fan broke after the fan clutch seized up, causing the fan blades to destroy the radiator and the fan shroud. After way too many hours, a few broken bolts (previous owner..), and many swear words, I was finished.
 
Installed liftgate strut supports on my 99 runner. Now my gate goes up and stays up. Took about 30 minutes. I used Strong-arm model 4286. The only thing unexpected was that the flanges on the top of the arms were a bit wider than the arms I replaced. I used a vice grip to squeeze them together while I put the clips on so that it would seat in the groove correctly.
Great tip about the flanges. I ordered a pair of these from Amazon yesterday and will have the same problem on my 99 4runner.
 
I started the day off with a #2 cylinder misfire. I replaced the plug with an E3 Diamond Edge (I know, not recommended, but it was all they had and I figured it would work for a day). Anyway. Fired it back up and now I have a "Random Misfire" code, a #1 cylinder misfire, and a #2 cylinder misfire.
I've also got a misfire on #2. New plugs and cables didn't help. I'm going test the coils by switching #2 with the one next to it, but I've already bought a new fuel injector figuring I'm going to have to replace it.
 
I took the excessive slack out of my throttle cables. Before and after is night and day.

I highly recommend this.
 
It is an adhesive sound deadening material. Sold at Lowes/Home Depot I believe.

It's good for a budget material, but there are biased people like me, who use other stuff :)

I've used the Home Depot stuff in the past. It's ok. I'll soon be tearing it out to replace with the good stuff.
 
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