Help please again guys.
1998 3.4L
So the 4runner was finally fixed has been behaving nicely until a few days ago.
Suddenly and instantly started running rough all the time and shuddering when you give it a little gas.
Code said crank position sensor. Friend tried to swap it for me since my hand is broken and he made a muck of it. He didn't just bust the head off the rusty bolt, he broke the side out of the mounting tab where the bolt goes in. The bolt is still frozen in there. You can see the length of the whole thing from underneath. The hole for the sensor itself is fine.

So what now? How would you fix this? Is that mount thing


even a part I could order and replace fairly easily?

 

The good news is that bolt isn’t under a lot of tension. With that said, you should be able to fix this with some JB Weld. There are a few ways to repair that are closer to by the book and some that are definitely cutting corners.

the text book method is to remove the remain long bits of old bolt, mix up some JB Weld and build up that broken ear, allow to dry, grind the face flat and tap the threads for a replacement bolt.

Personally, I would do most of that above. With the shortcut that I would put a piece of all-thread in the remaining threads and JB that into place. Then once it’s all dry I would secure the sensor with a nut.

 

This.



Andreas

 

Thanks very much guys. I’ll let you know how it goes.