95.5-2004 Tacomas & 96-2002 4Runners 4th gen pickups and 3rd gen 4Runners

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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 11:57 AM
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Finally!

Finally! People would always point out my hood shaking. When I first got my ride I even pulled over on the interstate because I thought my hood was going to fly off. I just went outside and unscrewed the black rubber stoppers in the front and now the hood doesn't shake at all. Lets see, since joining this site I have changed my spark plugs and it was easy because I found instructions on here and now I fixed the hood shake. Fixing things myself makes me feel good. Does anyone else get that feeling when they do something themselves?
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 12:06 PM
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I'm sure we all do. 1. You have learned something new. 2. You didn'y give the evil stealerships and of your hard earned money. good job!
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 01:06 PM
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I've got hood shake issues too, only at high speed high wind situations.

Did you take the spacers completely off?

Just yesterday I screwed with mine but screwed them out so the hood would make contact earlier at each side. Have yet to drive in the problem situations though. I have a hood deflector if that makes a difference.
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 03:34 PM
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I didn't take them all the way out. I just screwed them out a little bit. I haven't driven yet either but I cannot move my hood up and down with my hands anymore so hopefully that fixed the problem.

I did save a lot of money. A couple of months ago I was having a problem with misfires. I took it to somebody and I got charged 100.00 just to replace one plug. 60 of that was just to diagnosis the problem. When I replaced the plugs yesterday, the one that the guy replaced was not gapped. I think that was the cause of my misfire this time. We will see.
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