I am really glad I read through this thread. Tons of great stuff! Excellent work on the 4Runner Stanz, looks sharp and very clean!

 

Thanks man!

 

This week's mod/upgrade: New master cylinder install with a dual diaphragm booster off a 96 T-100. It's amazing how much the stopping power improved by only upgrading the booster.

The vacuum nipple off the booster exits at a different angle (slightly down). I found a heater hose at my local part store that had a 90 degree bend into a U. It makes for a perfect splice onto the factory hose.

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Looks good! Do you have v6 calipers as well?

 

Thanks! No V6 calipers. The booster is the only upgrade.

 

I see, do you have a part number for that?

 

I picked up the booster for $40 at my local salvage yard. No part number. I cleaned and painted it.

Napa's site provides dimensions for boosters for each vehicle. I've been told 96+ T100 dual diaphragm boosters will fit as will 1st gen 4Runners with Turbo.

 

Reviving this bad ass thread! You hook up the fj mirrors yet?!

 

This guy still out and about? His thread has a lot of useful information!

 

I'm still around. Been taking a breather from projects for a bit up until now. Front calipers and CV shafts are on the docket for this weekend.

I don't log in as much as I have in the past. Still have several other mods in the pipeline.

 

Updates?

 

Yes, the master is back!

 

I'm back! Here are some pics of the CV axle replacement. What a mess - I think I went through 20 pairs of latex gloves. The boots were split wide open. The shafts had tons of play and the driver side shaft even fell apart coming out.

I replaced them with new (not rebuilt) shafts from Napa.

Here's the before pic of the driver side:


Here it is out:




Some after shots:

 

I also installed 4crawler's diff drop & sway bay drop kit:

 

My next project is to replace my rusty heater pipes with stainless pipes from 22reperformance.com



I hear the intake side pipe is a b*tch to get to.

 

Was it a pain replacing them?

 

Which parts?

 

The CV's.

 

It took me a while but I learned tricks along the way. Could probably get it down to about 3 hrs per side now. The includes cleaning everything that came off and giving all the nuts and bolts a once over before reassembly.

 

Cool thanks, that's a project i'll be doing in the near future including the front diff. oil seals.