What have you done to your 4th Gen 4Runner today?

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That’s a great deal! Thanks for the post!! Unfortunately, I have a couple of other things to square away on mine before adding a new bumper.

 

I cleaned up the threads on the mounts for the lower engine cover (skid plate) with a hand tap wrench, a tap set from Home Depot and a little Tap Magic cutting fluid. I also replaced the old worn down bolts with new M8x1.25 that are 25mm long. I had one of the old ones, photo below, strip out when I changed my oil last weekend.

 

One of my favorite mods was aftermarket skid plate with a hole for access to the drain bolt, and a fumoto oil drain valve. Easy money baby. Don't even have to jack it up or remove skids. Oil filter is in engine bay on my V6. Soooo easy.

 

Noticed Front RHS brakes were squeaking, so though id need to replace pads. parts ordered so off i went.

1st issue - whoever last took the wheels off way over torqued them going back on, so i snapped 2 lug studs in the process of removal... quick run to an auto parts store for replacements.

2nd issue - to remove the snapped lug studs, the caliper and rotor needs to come off. same issue with the caliper bolts. Had to use the bottle jack to press the wrench + bar to get them out, luckily they didnt snap.

3rd issue - rotor stuck on, still in VGC so no need to replace so then i proceeded to take apart bikes and stuff in the garage to get the right sized bolts to prise the rotor off the hub. Managed to find one holding together a folding beach chair thought.

Finally got everything off, new lug studs on so took a look at the caliper and pads. They are thick and look pretty new, but one of the return springs had snapped which i think was the noise creator. duly replaced and everything went back on fine.

classic, a 5 min job turned into about 4 hours of sweat and swearing.... off to the beach in it next weekend though!

 

Story of my life! Hahah I'm glad you figured it out and she's back to your standards! The struggle is real!

 

coming in on 375,000 miles so it was time to do some stuff. replaced power steering pump, alternator, and 2 idler pulleys, changed out the power steering fluid, the brake fluid and the coolant.

Next up is to install the iconic fabrication transmission cooler in prep to drive as far north as you can drive in the United States: Deadhorse

 

Wow! Nice work on keeping her smiling! Those replacement lasts will be great to know they're sounds while in your trip north!! Make sure you have 10ply tires and a sound spare!!

 

I drive it a few times a year and ALWAYS take 2 spares, I cannot tell you the number of times that has saved me!

 

Finished up the Transmission cooler install and did a fluid change for the transmission. The Iconic Fabrication bracket with the Hayden 698 cooler kit was super easy to install and already seems to be keeping things 10-20 degrees cooler.

Also had the Alaska Toyota Tuner give my rig a fresh tune and WOW what a difference. smoother shifting much more power and much faster to respond to pedal inputs. I wish I had done that a while back!

 

What platform, VFT? are you rocking the v6 or v8? Great results on the cooler and it looks great, too!

 

Added the Pro Grill.. miss the v8 badge though...