What Did You Do To Your 3rd Gen Today?

[73luxury]

Congratulations! Good sleuthing and writeup :thumb:

I'm equally impressed you sill have the rubber pad on the driver's door-side carpet LOL

Any tricks to getting the panels and/or switches off and back on you can share?

This goes for all panels. This is what I do.

1. Pop the arm rests up and out
2. Remove the 3 Philips screws
4. Remove the screw for the door handle then wiggle to the right and hold out the handle so you can unclip the plastic holder that keeps the metal rod in place
4.Carefully remove the pop in clips with a flathead if you still have any left.
5. Use a flathead and start at the bottom to pry and pop the door panel off. Once it's off slide the panel out
6. Then unplug the switches and push the tabs to remove the switches.
7. Install is reversal of installating pretty straightforward.

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[Benski]

I climbed under my truck and brushed on rust neutralizer on all of the rust spots. I do it a few times a year. You have to stay on that rust! :whoo:

 

[johnbyebye]

Oil change. Bought these on eBay to make things easy lol.

 

[the walrus]

Oil change. Bought these on eBay to make things easy lol.

Good idea. I've gotten into the habit of just doing full synthetic every 5k miles. Makes it easy to remember too.

 

[2ndhandyotaman]

I took the Runner back to the dealership because it handled like crap after getting an alignment yesterday. They were supposed to put it back on the alignment rack, check their work and bring me into the shop to show me the screen because they "can't" do a print out of the alignment.
I get called back and find the runner up on a lift along with a different tech showing me some worn steering rack bushings and telling me that's my whole problem, and that I'd have to replace the whole rack because Toyota doesn't sell just the bushings.

I just drove home and decided to tackle an easier job- fixing the dash board clock. I followed the guidelines from the repair thread about hard soldering the terminals to the PC board. Worked like a charm !

 

[octanejunkie]

I took the Runner back to the dealership because it handled like crap after getting an alignment yesterday. They were supposed to put it back on the alignment rack, check their work and bring me into the shop to show me the screen because they "can't" do a print out of the alignment.
I get called back and find the runner up on a lift along with a different tech showing me some worn steering rack bushings and telling me that's my whole problem, and that I'd have to replace the whole rack because Toyota doesn't sell just the bushings.

I just drove home and decided to tackle an easier job- fixing the dash board clock. I followed the guidelines from the repair thread about hard soldering the terminals to the PC board. Worked like a charm !

Congrats on your clock fix!

Also https://m.summitracing.com/parts/en...5l1X4Rl2EfKAxHdFg6fGq72ytujs3ilBoC-yIQAvD_BwE

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[JBurt]

[MENTION=175725]2ndhandyotaman[/MENTION] Definitely just replace the bushings! The poly ones that octanejunkie linked to are great.

 

[johnbyebye]

Congrats on your clock fix!

Also https://m.summitracing.com/parts/en...5l1X4Rl2EfKAxHdFg6fGq72ytujs3ilBoC-yIQAvD_BwE

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Ordered lol. I gotta do mine too. Been putting it off.

 

[Benski]

Oil change. Bought these on eBay to make things easy lol.

I use blue tape and a Sharpee. After I do an oil change, I write at what mileage it is due for another change and stick it over the door sticker. Now whenever I go to get in, I can look down and easily see when it is due again, and then look at my mileage on the dash.

 

[octanejunkie]

Ordered lol. I gotta do mine too. Been putting it off.

Same :usa2:

 

[theesotericone]

Ordered lol. I gotta do mine too. Been putting it off.

Same :usa2:

Here's mine after a little light wheeling. lol

 

[gtdan]

Replaced the motor inside the door lock actuator on the drivers door. Boy, was that fun. But it works!

 

[ZoneOne]

Painted my Savage Off road Hybrid winch front bumper. Will be installing tomorrow after I get the front brakes inspected.

I’ve got a crazy shudder / wobble when braking at speed. Hopefully I can just resurface the rotors but overall not expensive.

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[2ndhandyotaman]

Here's mine after a little light wheeling. lol

Hmmm. I saw the Energy Suspension bushing kits, black or red. I'm going to guess that the color shouldn't matter, although back in the day- their black bushings were graphite impregnated to help with the squeaks. How many miles are on those busted bushings?

 

[theesotericone]

Hmmm. I saw the Energy Suspension bushing kits, black or red. I'm going to guess that the color shouldn't matter, although back in the day- their black bushings were graphite impregnated to help with the squeaks. How many miles are on those busted bushings?

Roughly 7000 miles on them. It busted when I was wheeling one of the hardest trails in my area. Iol

 

[StreetCreeper]

This counts as doing something to my 4Runner — I think. Had a little time to kill...

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[jons1133]

I needed something like that when a deer dashed into the road just west of Port Angeles WA.

 

[Mark_BC]

This counts as doing something to my 4Runner — I think. Had a little time to kill...

I think that is more like, what did you do to your bumper today? I added a 4runner to it.

 

[octanejunkie]

This counts as doing something to my 4Runner — I think. Had a little time to kill...

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The Mad Max Mod

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[Renegade_Medic]

Today I sprayed bed liner on the 4runner. Turned out great.