What Did You Do To Your 3rd Gen Today?

[jman11788]

Cool tip!That's odd, the parts diagram shows the shock, cushions, retainer and nut as an assembly
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That is odd... Mine did not come with them

Mine was packaged just like the bottom 2 in this pic

 

[Spiker Engineering]

Installed 2020 4runner rear OEM shocks. For anyone that's lifted above 3" and wants a really soft factory ride buy these!! I believe they are the softest shock you can buy and be lifted a good bit. Shocks are 24" extended which is I believe is 4" longer than stock. I have them paired with the LC 7.5 wraps

Previously I was running the 80 series OEM Tokico rears. 2020 4runner shocks are about the same length as the 80 series rear and should be valved a bit softer.
Part # I purchased 48530-80604. Costed me $75 for the pair at the dealer. What a bargain!!!

Any idea what the compressed length is? Wondering if I can use these with a 2" lift, or if they would bottom out before hitting the bumpstops.

 

[jman11788]

They were roughly about 15" compressed. If you have a 2" lift most likely your springs will fall out with these unless your sway bars prevent it

 

[Devbot]

This last winter I noticed when it got real cold (~25 and below) my car wouldn't start in first gear and had to be manually thrown in to get going... today she let me shut her down with the trans still in drive; started to get out the car, keys in hand and she began rolling back on me. Probably just the NSS, but I'm thinkin it's time I start setting aside a few grand for a new unit regardless :tsk: :tsk:

 

[Mark_BC]

Cleaned the MAF sensor. Can't believe I didn't do it before. Seems to have cleared the P0171 code and low idle at start up. Totally filthy.

 

[fatherohenry]

I was at Pick-n-Pull recently and I remembered a post from [MENTION=198376]4Runner4Leon[/MENTION] about making use of empty slots in the fuse box. I was surprised to see a fuse box amongst the remains of a '97 so I grabbed it.

I ended up doing the same as Leon, adding power for 4 empty slots with 2 fused wires, one for my under hood lighting and the other for projectors. I'll have to get back in there if/when I decide to use the other two but the hard work's done.

Thanks for the inspiration, Leon!

I was pretty excited that I was able to get this done but what really got my motor running was DHL showing up early. 4 days from Dubai was a shocker. Too bad it's supposed to rain this weekend.

 

[2001 Limited 285K]

Added cheap rodent repellent (dryer sheets) to engine bay after replacing the ruptured injector fuel line that was gnawed through by a rodent of some sort.

 

[Hvacman]

‘96 today…

Well I :
1. Replaced the broken tabbed front left headlight bucket so the grill is now fully attached.
2. Removed the previous owner rear license plate frame that had skulls with eyes that lit up red when the lights were on .They were hacked into the license plate light wiring-so neither of those worked. Fixed them, but one lens is missing (added to my list of boneyard parts needed).
3. Decided to remove the rear gate cover and lube the gears and the glides. That was fun.
4. Then because the license plate frame gap was removed I broke the plate screw off while screw it in further and spent 2 hours dealing with that
5. Just noticed why there’s no rear wiper assembly, the bolts snapped off in the center off the gear. Sure that will be fun. Any tips?
6. Main thing was…not everything last 4ever on a 4runner….drivers side seatbelt replaced with new oem Toyota belt….get them while you can!
Tried to post pic of the frayed 265k miles belt, but couldn’t figure out how to resize it on my iPad.

 

[Hvacman]

Cleaned the MAF sensor. Can't believe I didn't do it before. Seems to have cleared the P0171 code and low idle at start up. Totally filthy.

Is that from a 5vze V6?

 

[octanejunkie]

5. Just noticed why there’s no rear wiper assembly, the bolts snapped off in the center off the gear. Sure that will be fun. Any tips?

I have a few spare working rear wiper motors, don't ask me why lol. LMK if you need one.

 

[Mark_BC]

Is that from a 5vze V6?

Yes.

 

[Malkaddumi]

Did a fuel pressure test to see why my 3rd Gen SC LTFT is at 19.5%

Fuel pressure with ON position is 40PSI
at Idle with FPR hose off is 44PSI
at Idle with FPR hose on is 38PSI
Holds pressure for 5 Minute Straight

Quite a doosy!

 

[clearock]

 

[habanero]

Cleaned the MAF sensor. Can't believe I didn't do it before. Seems to have cleared the P0171 code and low idle at start up. Totally filthy.

As dirty as the air temp sensor was those 2 little maf wires must've been about impossible to see.

 

[heat]

Did a fuel pressure test to see why my 3rd Gen SC LTFT is at 19.5%

Fuel pressure with ON position is 40PSI
at Idle with FPR hose off is 44PSI
at Idle with FPR hose on is 38PSI
Holds pressure for 5 Minute Straight

Quite a doosy!

Bound to be throwing a code or two.

 

[fatherohenry]

I replaced the driver side UCA bushing and UBJ and was about to put the knuckle assembly back on and noticed this. I guess wheel bearings are in my future. Everything I do leads to another job. I've been buying tools non-stop for a year and thought I had everything but the rear axle tool. I forgot about the myriad steel plates Tim uses in the front wheel bearing video.

 

[Devbot]

My coworker owed me a favor, and with him having 5+ years as a government contracted welder, I asked if he would put together my LCA reinforcements. Oh boy was that a mistake.
Nearly five hours later, I'm left with these. Pretty rough beads; half of them completely away from the joint, porosity all over, dude welded in the limiting strap bung making it totally useless, completely skipped a weld because the 1/16 gap was "too big to fill" - gave me the whole nine on this one. I would've been better off giving them to a gorilla with some jumper cables :mad2: :mad2:
Guess if you want shit done right you gotta do it yourself, but oh well, at least the legwork is done. Ironically the bottom sides either weren't too bad, or he was able to clean up perfectly, but they look flawless underneath. Just the top looks rough

 

[willyd520]

My coworker owed me a favor, and with him having 5+ years as a government contracted welder, I asked if he would put together my LCA reinforcements. Oh boy was that a mistake.
Nearly five hours later, I'm left with these. Pretty rough beads; half of them completely away from the joint, porosity all over, dude welded in the limiting strap bung making it totally useless, completely skipped a weld because the 1/16 gap was "too big to fill" - gave me the whole nine on this one. I would've been better off giving them to a gorilla with some jumper cables :mad2: :mad2:
Guess if you want shit done right you gotta do it yourself, but oh well, at least the legwork is done. Ironically the bottom sides either weren't too bad, or he was able to clean up perfectly, but they look flawless underneath. Just the top looks rough

Meh, good enough for government work right?

 

[fatherohenry]

Got back to business and did the passenger side UCA bushings and UBJ.

Both UBJs seemed perfectly fine but the bushings were like stone.

I didn't have a use for the HF press when I found it on CL for $80 but I'm sure glad I bought it when I did.

 

[5VZ-FE]

Added USB power for the back. Don't mind the empty hole, I originally had two outlets and realized that was more USB ports than I need. Couldn't think of anything else to put in there. Printing one with only 1 hole.