new 4runner :-D

[Crinale]

Sooo... after saving money for the last few months to fix my 4runner, i started thinking, and realized that it would be cheaper to find a different 4runner, than to fix my old one.. All suspension bits are going to be transferred to this one, as well as a few other various interior things..

teaser cell phone shot for now:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/Crinale/random/new4runner.jpg

This time im gonna brace the frame BEFORE i bend anything :spit: :flipoff:

Big reasons for buying this one:
- old 4runner frame was bent at Big Bear - $500 to get it on a frame straightener..
- old 4runner's transmission was going out - this one shifts crisply.
- frame on this new 4runner is pristine! all the stock tinfoil skid plates are perfectly straight without even any scratches on em! and the alignment cams for the a-arms are all perfectly centered, and not tweaked to make up for a bent frame. also, now i have a whole bunch of spare parts :clap:

[DHC6twinotter]

Awesome! Is that a '92?

[Scuba]

Dude. It won't be the same if you have a silver truck rather than a white one.

[troyboy162]

sweet!!! that sounds great!

[YotaFun]

Awesome! Is that a '92?


Think its newer Dan no? Didn't they change to that front end in 93'?



Dude. It won't be the same if you have a silver truck rather than a white one.


There is always rattle can paint :P

[DHC6twinotter]

Think its newer Dan no? Didn't they change to that front end in 93'?


AFAIK, '92 was when they changed the front end. The stripe on Kevin's 4Runner is also consistent with the '92 4Runners, but I dunno....I could be wrong. :D

[Obi..]

:D Nice one!! FYI..it's a disease! ;)
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5124/5275923543_37b8663753_z.jpg

Dan's right, '92..and that from the guy with the 4-door '90 that doesn't have the wing windows! :screwy:
http://www.jamesdeancreations.com/Toyota/92/92%204Runner%20SR5%204Dr.jpg

*Crinale, I might want to take those O/E steps, bumpers and their assorted hardware off your hands if they're free and getting chucked.
Fixing a stripped/recovered rig soon. Heck, if you want I'll even get a buddy to claybar/polish out that fade..but I'd keep it just like that. :)

Did you ever post pics of the frame fail?? If not do so, I'm wanting to see this.

[Obi..]

..all the stock tinfoil skid plates are perfectly straight without even any scratches on em! and the alignment cams for the a-arms are all perfectly centered, and not tweaked to make up for a bent frame. also, now i have a whole bunch of spare parts :clap:


**Do me a favor since this sounds like an unmolested rig, take a look along the right frame rail and get me some pictures of the tin that protects the brake and fuel lines that starts just around the fuel filter all the way up to where the brake lines go up to the cab just rear of the right front wheel. There's some stuff I need to source and no idea of what they looked like since I just chucked mine.

[DHC6twinotter]

My '90 doesn't have the wing windows either. :hillbill:

Shane, is that your diesel 4Runner, or are you fixing that up for someone else?

[Obi..]

Shane, is that your diesel 4Runner, or are you fixing that up for someone else?


:flipoff: :wrenchin:

[some_odd_girl]

Dude. It won't be the same if you have a silver truck rather than a white one.


Nah, but it'll still be awesome! :P



Dan's right, '92.
Did you ever post pics of the frame fail?? If not do so, I'm wanting to see this.


Ya, it's a '92. And I don't think there are pics of the frame fail, I don't recall... I have a pic from when it happened though!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/tiedyedolphin/c7f18b31.jpg

[Crinale]

Dude. It won't be the same if you have a silver truck rather than a white one.

haha, im so sick of driving white cars... my BMW is white too.. I am debating on taking Maaco up on their $250 paint deal, not sure on color i want though.

very good eye Dan, its a 1992, with every option except Leather (im not evn sure if that WAS an option in 92). Oldest year i was looking for, as i wanted the newer front end. only things that dont work are the rear window (which i will take apart the tailgate probably next week to see whats up), and the clock. It needs a tune-up pretty bad, and that'll be taken care of first.

NorCal - you can have the side steps if u come down here for em, my mom probably wont want me to leave them around too long, as we have way to much stuff laying around already.. I am gonna keep the bumpers on for now, as I cant afford good ones yet. I'll see if i can get under it and take some pics for you.. but probably wont be able to til maybe thursday (remind me or i'll prob forget).

And no, the frame failure wouldn't really show up on pictures, i twisted the passenger side lower a-arm mount under a few inches (almost got it bend all the way back, but it was never the same), as u can see by the bend in that wheel, i hit that corner REALLY hard, and my LT a-arms were stronger than the frame :P

[Crinale]

Well got the diagnosis from the shop today on the rough idle (indcator why i said it needs a tune-up bad).. apparently the EGR is completely failed, and it needs new wires/cap/rotor.

EGR's are expensive! cheapest i found around town was $256.. I'll prob just pull the one from the old 4runner for now.

Wires I am definitely gonna buy NGKs.. found em for about $35 online.

On that note, does anyone know the oem part #'s for cap and rotor? and what brand they are? i cant seem to find them online.. or should i just order them through the dealer? I dont really wanna throw on parts store crap if i can help it..

[Scuba]

Shane, is that your diesel 4Runner, or are you fixing that up for someone else?


Disease. Disease.




:D Nice one!! FYI..it's a disease! ;)

[DHC6twinotter]

Shane, is that your diesel 4Runner, or are you fixing that up for someone else?


Disease. Disease.



:D Nice one!! FYI..it's a disease! ;)




LOL...I knew I've been needing glasses. I thought the exclamation point was an "L".

[Obi..]

Dan, I didn't want to clutter up his thread..it's a family member's we're fixing up a little. It has the wing windows. The :flipoff: was b/c we actually have an import diesel and trans w/ a complete harness that thanks to California's new laws is just stuck in storage for sale to anyone outside the state.


..On that note, does anyone know the oem part #'s for cap and rotor? and what brand they are? i cant seem to find them online.. or should i just order them through the dealer? I dont really wanna throw on parts store crap if i can help it..


Kevin, factory electrics often were Nippon-Denso..let me find the OE Part Info Page for you..it's a 3VZE or the rarer 22re-c?

**You all really should get the manuals in paper and digital form. I've all mine even stored on a flash card for trips. Here are the 3VZ-E #'s let me know if you want the 22re and re-c pages.

[Crinale]

I actually ended up ordering one from "Beck Arnley" which is made by the same factory that makes 555 which is a very popular company in the Toyota community. should be here by the end of the week. Yes it is a 3vz-e.. I hate how underpowered the 3vz is, i cant even imagine driving a 2nd gen with a 22re >.<

[Crinale]

Shane, looks like you were right on the clogged EGR tubes under the intake manifold. I couldnt get in there very well, so i took it back to the shop, and they just told me that was the problem. Good news is the egr from the old 4runner tested good, so i dont have to buy a new one! hopefully by tomorrow ill have a working 4runner again, and i can get to work swapping chit over :smokin:

I was really missing my 4runner yesterday.. wheeling a Subaru is just not the same :screwy:

[Obi..]

All good Kevin, glad to help. As far as wheeling a Subbie, I gotta disagree, it's almost exactly the same, just faster..I took the one on the right out and had the sales guy smiling the whole time showing him some fun today. Too bad I'm a broke a55'd student, I'm "forced to keep the Runner". :D

[Crinale]

Its not the same when your wheeling in soupy sticky mud and snow :P open differentials and "all weather" tires just are not a good combo for that situation. And when there are rocks on the road, and large dips or rises, they are actually slower, because you have to slow down a lot/go around where with a 4runner you can just drive over whatever.

[04 Rocko Taco]

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Shane - if wheeling THAT Subie is exactly the same as wheeling your 4runner, I have to say it man..... I think you're doing something wrong. lol. I would pay anyone 100 bucks that could get that Subie more than 100 yds following my 4runner down the first trail we hit here in the southeast. :)

[Obi..]

:ban: :tongueout: El problema es que estamos en Mxico en este momento y que est olvidando que no rueda una subbie, que hacen flotar a la deriva y charcos, que no iban lo suficientemente rpido!

LOL. Que poco hombres que la lnea de anzuelo y plomada. :)

M-Kay? ;)

Kevin, where are the pics of this rig anyhow, I'm considering calling b.s. on all this thread has, even my technical credibility. Maybe it's just the tequila getting to me, I dunno. Like I said, happy to help man, BTDT.

[Crinale]

there is a pic in the first post! lol. and its at the shop right now, so i cant take more pics of it.