What have you done to your rig today?

[Yota_addict]

Basic maintenance on my 2004 V8 4Runner. Oil change and coolant flush.

 

[KC Masterpiece]

Basic maintenance on my 2004 V8 4Runner. Oil change and coolant flush.View attachment 109965

Those v8 runners are so nice. My parents had one when I was growing up. It made it through two teenage boys without ever having an issue and I remember the power to weight ratio felt almost perfect. I think I only drove it one year but my brother beat it up pretty good.

Mold ended up killing it. Sunroof gasket failed and Florida rain and humidity turned the inside into a science experiment. It was beyond recovery in our opinion but carmax still paid out pretty well for it.

 

[Yota_addict]

Those v8 runners are so nice. My parents had one when I was growing up. It made it through two teenage boys without ever having an issue and I remember the power to weight ratio felt almost perfect. I think I only drove it one year but my brother beat it up pretty good.

Mold ended up killing it. Sunroof gasket failed and Florida rain and humidity turned the inside into a science experiment. It was beyond recovery in our opinion but carmax still paid out pretty well for it.

I drove a couple 100 series land cruisers with the same motor and decided to buy the 4Runner because it just felt better, lighter, faster. A friend has one with 500K miles on it. Still runs great.

 

[BritKLR]

I still can't explain it but, almost two weeks ago my poor old (53 years old) plow truck just stopped and wouldn't restart. I spent days tinkering, installed new points, condenser, rotor, cap, plugs, etc....spent hours on the internet. spent hours testing electrical, cleaning contacts and still couldn't get it started! Anyway, I finally ordered a re-manufactured original "F" motor distributor and dropped it in today and BOOM.....it fired right up! I can only guess the 30-40 year old Delco-Remy aftermarket Distributor just died.

Now I'm ready for the snow storm coming!

 

[RicardoJM]

New radiator in the LX470.

This is the first time I have had to replace it. Truck has 265k miles. The old one was showing signs of leaking along thr seams.

 

[Inukshuk]

4th day of wire wheeling and flap sanding rust. The material in the middle is all bondo with some residual adhesive. It will get a general sanding. White is just to prevent rust as I work. We have a tentative plan for how to add reinforcement metal to the gutter. Been thinking to spray bedliner on the roof but now leaning back towards a DIY rollon.

 

[Notyourmomslx450]

What an undertaking Daniel!

 

[subzali]

My white 80 started puking all over the driveway and garage as soon as I started it. Thankfully it held in until I got home from my work trip and was literally just starting it to pull it into the garage. Once again the Land Cruiser showed excellent timing.

Found the problem to be one of the low pressure power steering hoses. I thought I had a spare but I can’t find it, but will replace the low pressure hoses.

 

[Notyourmomslx450]

Bought a battery maintainer for the 80.

 

[fyffer]

Well, decided to do some sound deadening and still aint done with that part, doors and quarter panels left ( other parts pending).
One thing again, leads to another.
Found some rust, pretty common on the 60 is my understanding ( you might want to check yours) around wheelwell and rear passenger seat belts. Fixed with my poor skills, but I am satisfied.
Top of deadening added more insulation and a new carpet.
Still have lots to do ……

 

[KC Masterpiece]

Carpet looks awesome!

 

[Cruisertrash]

Damn @fyffer that looks great. Really interested in how the sound deadening panels work after you get the truck back on the road. That and the carpet are on my long list of projects.

 

[fyffer]

Carpet looks awe

Thanks, another POV with seats and …..

 

[fyffer]

Damn @fyffer that looks great. Really interested in how the sound deadening panels work after you get the truck back on the road. That and the carpet are on my long list of projects.

My advice would be, do NOT cut and install deadening with Temp over 55 degrees. It will drive you mad and pissy. Just sharing.
Yeah, I can't wait to try it on the road and trails and hope for a difference.
But got some more projects in the works so it will be a while.

 

[Corbet]

Installed new vanity plates.

 

[rushthezeppelin]

I've noticed for a while my CV boots looks old and cracked. Also noticed one of them had a tear on the outer end of the inner boot right at the clamp when it was in the air for the axle seal recently. Well yesterday the other boot finally let out a little squirt (I'm guessing as I was rounding a cloverleaf) and I decided to just get both taken care of. Got the dust cover off on the first side, looked at the axle nut and realized I hadn't double checked whether I had a wrench that could do the 174 required for it. Check the wrench I bought last week, sure enough it only goes to 150. Had roommate to drive me and I pick up a wrench that goes to 250. All in all the first side took me 4.5-5 hours. Triple checking everything along the way. The procedure was burned into my brain then and plowed through the other side in 1:45ish. Would have been quicker but I lost the ball joint castle nut for ten minutes when it was literally right at me knees where I was working. Also found out that whoever filled the diffs last must have done it with the truck pointing downhill. Axle seal job I lost a bit of fluid and yet it weeped right away when I opened it to fill it. Front however I barely lost 2-3 ounces between both sides and definitely had to put more than that back in. Also found out that my spacer nuts were put on backwards for some silly reason. I've definitely run into a few things on the truck where someone didn't quite know what they were doing. Still not entirely sure if the old CVs were OEM or not. If they are they were definitely rebooted on the outer boot with a neoprene at some point. If they are OEM I will keep them and perhaps decide to do the reboot job one of these days and I'll have two spares. Also huge props to my roommates. Kept having to bug them at various points of the day to hit the brakes for me to loosen and torque my spacers and axle nut.

 

[rushthezeppelin]

Just wanted to say in general I was excited about getting my 3rd gen because I knew it would be a chance to work on a vehicle again. Last one was a 2017 Rogue with a preowned bumper to bumper and I was too scared to touch it anyway because of all the electronics. I didn't realize just how much I missed it though. I enjoy every moment of working on it no matter how frustrating things might get (which nothing has been frustrating yet because of the vehicle, all of it is me). Just realized today I forget about nicotine even when I'm wrenching. Only downside is when I'm just working on jack stands my back and knees are killing me by the end of the day. Wish I made enough to afford a shop with a lift lol.

 

[Lastresort576]

whats nice is those axles are totally rebuildable because you got to them before total boot failure and the joints filled with dirt etc.

 

[rushthezeppelin]

whats nice is those axles are totally rebuildable because you got to them before total boot failure and the joints filled with dirt etc.

Ideally yes. I'm hoping they aren't cheap Chinese remans of the OEMs. I've heard mixed things about those. As long as some shop did the reboot though I feel pretty good that these axles could yet live another day when I snap the duralasts I put on there while wheeling. And now I know how to do this job to where I feel pretty confident that I could trail fix this. At the very least I know I could remove a snapped axle to get off a trail with ease. Definitely going to prefer to keep one spare with me though so I don't have to deal with stuffing a rag in the diff/spindle to keep everything from leaking out/getting dirty. How many people keep a pretty full set of tools with them when wheeling? I'm kind of thinking about doing this. I guess the big trick is keeping the boxes secured but at least a good chunk of my tools are in one big box.

 

[Lastresort576]

. How many people keep a pretty full set of tools with them when wheeling?

I could be better about that, but I mostly carry a basic kit and a handful of spare wrenches I no longer need taking up space in the garage tool boxes. one day ill add a 54mm socket to what i carry in the 80.