Recent content by Bugoutuniqueaux

Cheers brother!

Yep you were right. It was a bad battery. Got a brand new AGM battery and boom.. started right up. Removed the starter and battery, brought to local O'Reilly auto parts. They tested both. Starters good. Battery was 100% charged but only put out 450 CCA instead of the proper 600, therefore it...

@vipergrhd @splitshot Finished the job. Very disappointing results. After getting everything back together I turned the key to start the engine and it turned over a bit but just rattled and created smoke from the starter. I immediately turned the key off. I think I may have installed the...

Thanks, will do

I think it's fine. Installed new seal and Thanksgiving flexplate

Thanks. I actually removed the seal but may have scratched the housing. Is this big enough to leak? If so, anything I should do to fix it

Scratched the rear shaft of transmission while pulling the seal. Any suggestions to fix it? Or is it not a big enough scratch to cause a leak

Thanks for clarifying. I knew the one I had didn't look right. Time for me to take a trip back to the parts department. It looks like the diagram has different number than the part number

Possible two different part numbers for the same part? Or are they actually different... 90311-40007 and 90311-40001 3rd gen 4runner. I told the guy at the parts dept I need the seal for the back of the transmission, the part the connects to the t-case and he gave me 90311-40001 However in...

Haha ok I guess I read too many stories of having to redo the job. Will do, thanks. Gonna finish this finally

Rear main seal went in too far. Removed it and ordering a new one to reinstall. Used the wood-screw and wrench-pull method and it looks like the screw contacted the crank surface. @vipergrhd @splitshot Does this look like something that needs resurfacing before installing new seal? Or is it...

Did I press the new real main seal in too far? I hope not. Pic 1 is old seal Pic 2 and 3 are the new one.

Is it bad there's so much dirt/mud on the engine / transmission? / could that be a reason why the flexplate failed?

Actually I found specs online

Nice. I was actually thinking of replacing the transmission fluid in the torque converter and doing a full flush since it's at 310k + miles. I could use torque specs for bolts flexplate to crank, flexplate to torque converter and transmission to engine