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    removing the egr and pair vsv's

    i left all of those vsv in place and just looped the vacuum lines up top back to themselves or used caps to finish the delete
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    removing the egr and pair vsv's

    93-94 have the pair system, the pair pushes air into the exhaust system to help heat up the cats quicker and this is done via the exhaust manifolds. you can see where the ports are just by following the hard lines coming off the pair valve. those ports are also the same size as the o2 sensor...
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    Throttle Body Mounting Bolts?

    i always used some electrical tape around the joint to keep them from flopping around and dropping a bolt. 1 or 2 wraps is enough to allow it to still flex pretty easy
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    Hairy Situation - Couple questions re seatbelt release and oil indicator light

    for the seatbelt theres not really anything that you can do, its doing what its supposed to do. theres a mechanism in the seatbelt assembly that is supposed to lock it if your rolling over. easy fix is to try to pull out a little more seat belt and use something like this to keep the seat belt...
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    Brake calipers: rebuild/restore or replace?

    i had the napa eclipse on my truck and had no issues with them for many years, it was way more cost effective even with my price from the dealership and lifetime warrantee. i was working at a dealership at the time and my price was 10% over cost and that would have been the second time replacing...
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    Just won an 80 series at auction. Looking for advice.

    wouldnt even trust them to do that, they would probably try to pick the truck up by the body and not the frame. seen that before depending on what the max pressure for the tire is i would recommend going to 40, higher tire pressure will give a little bit better mpg and tire wear but slightly...
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    2002 prerunner in Norcal

    https://forum.ih8mud.com/forums/tacoma.317/
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    Issue with lower door card trim

    the cards easy to take off just be kinda gentle as its only particle board so if ya yank hard you can crease it pretty good
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    Back with another rust check up

    rust wise looks good wouldnt worry about that. i would want to know why theres a chain around the exhaust, and it looks like either the trans or t case may have a leak as the case skid plate is looking a little wet. what you circled was just a heat shield dont even worry about that till it...
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    Spilled Oil in the Cargo Area. Help!! 😬

    degreaser and lots of scrubbing will help but youll always have that stain there. keep the caret and use it like a shop rug in the garage
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    Advice on running power to the rear

    i would plan on going with a bigger feed wire and breaker then what you need now. one thing on the circuit will turn into 2 then 3 and itll be easier to just do it once. Online Wire Size Calculators & Tables - http://wiresizecalculator.net/ you can calculate out the needed wire size with this
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    HJ60 Wont start with hood open, but will start with hood closed.

    any sort of aftermarket alarm or remote start installed?
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    LSPV Delete

    https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/write-up-toss-the-lspv-and-install-a-manual-proportioning-valve.782430/ theres your delete thread, i kept my abs in the truck and it still worked after the delete. i think most of my posts were on pages 8-9 with p/n for what youll need
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    inner tire wear after greasing front spindle bearings with slee grease tool

    my money is the wear was already there and you hadent noticed it before. the alignment would have to be very far off to cause wear in 20 miles
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    Cracked Gearbox fill hole

    you could take it to a welder to have the end of the crack drilled then tig the crack. or try jb weld or something similar to repair it, just clean it really well and scuff it up to allow better adhesion
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