What Did You Do To Your 3rd Gen Today?
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Attempted to change the spark plugs wires and belts, got all of it except the driver side plugs. I dont kniw whats going on if theyre rounded out but theyre nit the same size and I cant get them out. My 5/8 wont catch on any of them. I got angry and plugged in the wires and went inside. Here I am.
octanejunkie
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I'd reuse em
Rational move there, son. :beer:
When the heat outdoors subsides, take a flashlight & look. Mebbe different size socket?
That sucks! Who ever change out the plugs should get kick in the knee.
It wasnt too bad out. I think they're rounded and I'm not dealing with it right now. I bought this second hand from a guy and he cut a lot of corners doing his own work to it. I'm slowly finding all of his errors.
Also I'm a girl. Haha
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Quantumkiwi
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Did about 6 hours of welding, building myself a custom swing arm for my Coastal Offroad bumper. I feel like I might have gone a bit overboard with 1/8 in wall 2 x 2 tubing, but it does feel pretty skookum.
I need to update my build thread, will have to take some pictures tomorrow when it's light.
I need to update my build thread, will have to take some pictures tomorrow when it's light.
JZiggy
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My 265/75R16 does. What was the hangup? Hitting the panhard bar?
pdsutton
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Yeah, it was rubbing the Panhard bar. Interestingly, even when I put the old 265/70 in there it was incredibly close! It may be a manufacturing tolerance stack-up issue. I measured the distance from Panhard to the furthest point of tow hitch = 31". So there is definitely not room for a 265/75 on my 4runner.
Once I noticed this, I did a bit more searching and found that some people had the same issue, but others (like you) had zero issues.
Its all good though, the only time I have ever used my spare was in Big Bend, when I ignored the advice of a Park Ranger (back when I had road tires).
Once I noticed this, I did a bit more searching and found that some people had the same issue, but others (like you) had zero issues.
Its all good though, the only time I have ever used my spare was in Big Bend, when I ignored the advice of a Park Ranger (back when I had road tires).
carp73
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Not today but in the last couple weeks got done with a few projects. Re-geared front and rear to 5.29 thanks to ECGS for a super simple and cost effective route. Rear is leaking ever so slightly from the bottom but I'm in no mood to redo the whole thing right now. All well. I'm currently still running 33's and I actually like it as long as I don't run the freeway much. I think it'll be fine for a while until I need new tires and go with 35's
Also did the manual hub conversion and rebuilt the hub dials and pressed the new hubs and bearings into the 4runner spindles. Overall pretty simple process hardest part was torquing the hub nut by myself. Many thanks to [MENTION=120071]mtbtim[/MENTION] and his super helpful video. Still need to reboot the CV's but they should be ok for a little while
And finally installed SPC UCA's. About to go in for the alignment later today. We'll see how that goes (firestone lifetime alignment) EDIT: so I guess I got it pretty close just setting the caster to G setting and leaving the camber slides all the way in (towards engine). They just had to adjust toe a little. They also didn't charge me for tire rotation so that was pretty sweet!
Now just waiting for my 4xinnovations rear bumper/swingout and skids and the truck will be ready for this summer!
Also did the manual hub conversion and rebuilt the hub dials and pressed the new hubs and bearings into the 4runner spindles. Overall pretty simple process hardest part was torquing the hub nut by myself. Many thanks to [MENTION=120071]mtbtim[/MENTION] and his super helpful video. Still need to reboot the CV's but they should be ok for a little while
And finally installed SPC UCA's. About to go in for the alignment later today. We'll see how that goes (firestone lifetime alignment) EDIT: so I guess I got it pretty close just setting the caster to G setting and leaving the camber slides all the way in (towards engine). They just had to adjust toe a little. They also didn't charge me for tire rotation so that was pretty sweet!
Now just waiting for my 4xinnovations rear bumper/swingout and skids and the truck will be ready for this summer!
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carp73
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I agree 100%! I got the Alpine ILX107 with the wireless CarPlay which is a fantastic feature but with no volume knob it's ALMOST not worth it!
carp73
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I grew up in Juneau and last I heard the state was talking about cutting the budget and getting rid of the ferry system. Hope that doesn't happen! A lot of the coastal towns depend on it especially with no roads out. I remember going to high school sporting events on the Ferry. Good times
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