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Well, the throwout bearing is done. Good thing it's summer- the hubby can drive the Volvos (we live in the salt belt and his V's are prissy things) and I get to drive the 99 which isn't too shabby.
96 4Runner
Got the tranny down, the flywheel resurfaced and it's ready to reinstall, install and button back up 'cept I'm trying to decide whether or not to replace the rear main seal. Thing's dry and happy but it does have a few miles on it.
The friction plate was almost ready to replace, if the throwout bearing hadn't been toasty toast I'd prolly have been doing the clutch in the next year or so.
Also replaced the fuel filter since there was all that room to mess with. A little over 100,000 miles...it was time. I still don't get how Toyota lists that as a non-service item.
Toyota lists it as a non-service item because if it clogs it fails to a free flow device.... not the best solution granted but there it is... also the couplings tend to corrode to a solid mass and the thing becomes literally unserviceable lol... I swapped mine over to a GM part... reminds me that filter is due for a change... the GM part is sadly not unserviceable...
Clutch done! Got it all together and drove it a few miles, works a charm. Actually, I've had clutch shudder when taking off in first the whole time I've had the thing, now I don't. Thanks for the link, space-junk. Super bonus points, nothing has exploded.....at least, not yet.
Tundra brake upgrade. The calipers are grey this time, instead of pimpin' gold like the 96's. This truck has those snowflake Taco wheels, the brakes fit without spacers, no problem.
Mostly the Fart Face, er...husband, though I was driving it while waiting for/working on my clutch. It's way too pretty inside to lug a kid- or pigpen ol' me- around for any length of time. I am glad to be back in old familiar, let the hubby keep this one pretty.
96 4Runner- 233,300
Changed fluids in:
Front diff
Rear diff
Transfer case
Transmission
Clutch cylinders
Engine
Everything was easy to do 'cept the engine oil, but that's usual. Did take a little bit to find the dirt covered front diff fill, the only bolt that was flush with the housing and needed a hex wrench. Luckily I happened to find a Mac hex socket on the road while I was out biking one day. It's the only one I own and it fit perfectly.
Next up: steering rack, inner and outer tie rods. Oy.
96 4Runner- 233,300
Luckily I happened to find a Mac hex socket on the road while I was out biking one day. It's the only one I own and it fit perfectly.
It's things like this that bring a smile to my face. Makes you wonder doesn't it?
I might've forgot to mention it.
Both the 96 and 99 have the 231mm. The 96 needed spacers for either the split spoke it originally had or the Land Cruiser rims it's got now, the 99's taco rims cleared the calipers without spacers.
It's things like this that bring a smile to my face. Makes you wonder doesn't it?
Prolly something a local mechanic left in a customer's engine compartment- it happens all the time. I LOVE finding sockets, wrenches, vise grips, etc on the side of the road. If I knew where they came from I'd give 'em back but nothing ever has a name or number on it.
96 4Runner-23something something thousands of miles. It's raining. I might melt. I'll check later.
Rack and Pinion, came with inner tie rods
outer tie rods
This actually went ok. Hardest part was the stinking lines, not easy to get to. Put back together it wasn't perfect but drove relatively straight. Of course it got an alignment, but not bad for pulling it all apart and sticking new stuff back in. No more floppy tie rods and leaky, clunking rack. Went ahead and drained the old fluid, put new in.
That's it for changing fluids and hopefully parts, too.
Apr 10, 2011 | 05:48 PM
