i got 2 questions, and i didnt really wanna put them in 2 threads lol.

okay on my 1995 4runner, when its cold out, my spedometer whines... it bounces all over the place and sucks! i live in cali and it doesnt get too cold, but in the morning, it does it sometimes, and its getting annoying

we took it to a mechanic, he changed the spedo cable, but the problem was still there.....


okay, my next question...

my headlight points down. the whole thing. looks ghetto when i drive. the lamp is in place, just feels like a spring or something is missing to hold it up.

what can i do?

 

check your lamp assembly housing, there should be 2 screws on each one, one on top and one on the side. thats for adjustment. sounds like the top one is VERY loose, or gone. heres how it works.. top one is for up and down, side one is, you guessed it, side to side.

 

may i ask how i get to those screws? do i have to figure a way to pull out the whole lamp for this?

 

no.. umm... let me go take a pic of my setup, ill post a pic of where the screws are. theyre actually quite easy to get to. you can do it without taking anything off. on mine anyway. yours should be about the same way

 

great man i would really appreciate that!

 

. the circles are where my screws are. the top one is in the same place on either light. on the driver side the side screw is on the left side of the lamp. on the passenger side the side screw is on the right.

 

okay, ill have to check on that tomorrw. i mean if it were just some screws, i dont see why i wouldnt have seen it earlier. ill look again though for sure.

 

heres my lights i found an old pic

 

get a close up of the light thats pointed down. with yours you might have to take off your grille, i dont know. im pretty sure the screws are in the same place, since my moms 01 expedition's lights screws are in the same place mine are. lol.

 

alrighty, ill get back to you on this tomorrow when its light outside

 

ok sounds good.

 

okay, so i just got back from my chemistry lab, and i took some pics. i dont see any screws, except for the ones on the turn signals. maybe i do have to take the grill off, but i have no idea on how to do that either lol!!!

 

Yeah on that year you have to either take off the grill or do like I did and drill a small hole just big enough for a screw driver in the grill. I'll try and find a pic for ya.

 

any ideas on how to get that grill off?

 

You have to take a small screw driver to those plastic clips, but be prepared to replace about half of them. There are about 8-10 of them and they break pretty easy. The dealer has them for about $1 each IIRC. I guess you don't want to drill your grill huh? To hillbilly for ya?

 

hehehehe, yeah i dont think i wanna do it. my truck looks too good for that. no offense, yours looks great, but im a ˟˟˟˟˟. damn clips? really. man, now i dont wanna take it off, but i want my lamp fixed.

 

well where are these plastic screws?

 

On the '95, you likely have an electronic speedometer. Look back at the transfer case and see if there are wires coming from it or a screwed in cable.

On the headlights, you may be missing the springs, I found some at the hardware store to firm up my headlights:

 

would i still have to take off the grill to get to these springs/bolts?

 

On my '85, no. Not sure on the 2nd gens.