thanks again Mark.

OK...look again......drove to Allentown to pick up the other Craigslist finds......5 steel wheels and a 1st gen 4runner Smittybilt rear bumper....from a fellow YOTATECH member Jason ...gotta search his screen name (droptmazda or something like that).......drove the truck for almost 5 hours today.....booo and yaaay at the same time.

 

Damn man found some sweet deals there!!!

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ha close, its drpdmazda. it was good to meet another yotatecher that is somewhat close. also glad your kid was happy with the bumper.

 

thanks man.....get that gas leak figured out?

 

sorta but not really ha ha. i blew low pressure air through all of the lines and didnt seem to have any clogs, at least not anything that was a noticeable clog. ran all new lines anyway since i had them all off. so far the evap canister is not leaking anymore but i have yet to drive it enough to see if that fixed my crappy mileage problem. either it REALLY fixed my mileage or the float is now bad as well. i have 45 miles into a fresh filled tank and the needle has barely moved down. by now i would be a quarter tank low. thats where i am at as of now. we will see what the next days off and some more internet searches bring.

 

like i said, good luck with that. i have no clue.......but i'm sure alot of the others on here do.

 

small update......Joe and I got the itch today to paint......so we cleaned and painted the wheels. still debating if I'm gonna put the new(er) tires on them or switch Joe's tires onto here off the SR5 rims.....we will see.

 

OOPs...."what wheels?" you say?.........the ones I got from fellow member mentioned above.

no clue why I didn't post a pic.

so here's a pic of last week's grab.



and....today's pic again

 

the wheels are looking nice, alot better than when they were sitting in my garage ha ha. its amazing what a little time and a rattle can of paint can do. looking good

 

thanks man.
was hoping you would see that.
scrubbed them with oven cleaner, then primer then gloss black.
they look awesome now.
kinda wanting to mount up the new tires....possibly and probably on my other black rims, or these....not sure, gonna have to think it over.

that bumper is gonna take some heavy duty prep work.....but couldn't beat the price.

 

They look good, same paint as my skid plate? Which I still haven't put on yet. lol.

 

yup...went to Advance Auto to get the paint today.
gonna probably put on a few more coats and the spray with clear like your plate.

 

Nice Jerry & Joe!!

 

tanx bud....kinda thinking Joe's 4runner with black and black and black with just little bit of chrome here and there oughta look badass

 

they definately look awesome. the kids gonna have one sweet looking runner when its all done. skip the chrome and make everything black. did you ever figure out if you needed any other parts for the runner? i may end up buying that one up the road from my house i told you about, just waiting to hear back from the guy about it.

 

everything on his IS black already.....I just meant chrome lugs and centersand his chrome fender moldings and windshield trim.....otherwise he's all blacked-out.....the previous owner already did the bumpers....we will see if i'm gonna put that smittybilt on it or not.

definitely need a passenger's side fender.....keep your eyes peeled....88 4runner......let me know

 

i have two fenders, take your pick. how far are you from tamaqua? my parents live up that way and i am up there at least 2 times a month, if thats closer i could bring them with me next time and you can check them out. even if you dont put the smittybilt on you can probably make some money off it at the scrap yard, thats a heavy S.O.B. haha

 

my brother-in-law is a guidance counselor at the high school there......probably about 50 minutes away for me.......you could PM me a pic and a price

 

i will get some pics later this week when i get out to the garage again.