Hey Ya'll, I am "914Runner" 's son. Sometime this week I will be picking up a '98 4Runner 5VZ-FE, 5-Speed, 4WD. It has 99K on the clock and will offically be my first rig. I was thinking of what I should do maintenece wise?

I was thinking along the lines of:

-F/R Diff Oil change to syn.
-Tranny/T-case oil change to syn.
- Oil change (unless the Toyota dealer did one when they got the thing? Do they do that?)
- Airfilter (again, unless Toyota put one in)
- Spark plugs?
- Seafoam treatment?

Mods wise:
- Remove runningboards
- 2 of my signature 100W backup "blinders" (I put 2 of these on the '91 and 4 on his '06 superduty)
- Extend rear diff breather up to engine bay
- Reloacte the already extened front breather to be with the rear one.
- Install my Marlin crawler Delrin shifter bushings (that I have had and been meaning to put in the '91)
- Front Huskey Liners
- New tires (Les Schwab Radial TXR's, same tire thats on the '91. I love them!)


Alot of what I plan to do to this rig is what I did to the '91. I did pretty much all of the mods on that, i.e. research and install. I researched the whole 5VZ-FE swap, and we installed that one together (too much work for one person lol).

So how does my list look so far? Would you add/remove anything?

Thanks!

 

Well we picked the thing up tonight! No pics because its dark, but I wll get some tomorrow.

Let the mods begin!

 

Where is the body or suspension lift? That seems to always be included in a list of mods, so I was just wondering if you had any plans in that area!

 

just run the rear breather up to the gas tank cap and put it right next to that.

 

Either Hoe's coils up front Franenstein, or OME. With OME probably in the rear. If need be, a 1" BL is the highest I will go.

 

Nah, Im going to run it how I did it on the '91.

Thanks though.

 

Woot Woot! Just went and picked it up from the auto shop. We had it looked at by them for things we couldnt see. Much easier for them on a lift then me on the ground on my back.

 

Alright, been driving it for a week and 1,200 miles. Husky floor mats are ordered and on their way.

I also picket up the fittings and breathers from Toyota to extend the breathers where I want. Now I just need the hose.

I have been looking at Addco sway bars. Where can I get a set? I want to run a set of these with some secret disco's I have been working on. I plan on doing a 2" OME or Coilover lift in the future, will the Addco's allow this? I would assume they would since they are shaped the same way as the stock bars.

Thanks

EDIT: On another note, I think my front rotors are warping like I have read they like to do. That Tundra brake swap might be moving up the list, and quickly.

 

Tonight I fixed the shifter boot that fell out of the trim piece. While I had the center trim apart, I decided to install my Marlin Crawler delrin shifter bushing's. What a huge difference! My stock bushing's werent too worn, but these delrin piece's make for alot smoother shifts. I am very happy with them. Total time to instal them is probably around 30 mins or less if you know how to pop the shifter out.

 

Sounds like you have been busy. We just have one question bro...

 

Pics are coming...sometime. I always for get the digi cam during the day.

 

Well tonight I decided to replace my tail light since the one that was on the truck had a edge broke off, I had the dealer oreder me a newone when I bought it. So I got a free tail light. When I pulled it out fo the box, I noticed it had breathers on it. I always hate it when I get water in tail lughts, so I decided to create a new mod: "Extended Tail Light Breathers" that way when you go through deep water, your tail lights wont fill up with water and kill the bulbs and look dirt inside. I took lots of pics of the procedure, the parts needed and the tools needed so I will be writing a write-up.

 

I installed 55/100W healight bubls tonight, what a difference on the highbeams the 100W makes! Next up is a custom headlight harness and Hella 550 fog lights.