introducing my No Runner

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word. Yea, i'm just riding shotgun this fall crawl.

Be sure not to lose any of those injector electrical connector locking clips. I had to make a few out of paperclips not too long ago.

Yea, nothing more motivating than driving it around and having some fun. My project sat for months for lack of motivation.
 
I got a 99 suburban with electrical lighting gremlins and im real tired of haveing to fix stuff. my goal is this 4 runner has to be winter ready by the end of the month. Need to remove the running boards even tho they look nice. i see alot of ground clearance to made from there removal. need to get some lift blocks or new springs for the saggyass syndrome it has. wana replace all the colant in it. The front looks like its never been cranked lower controls sitting dam near flat. so im probly gonna tighten them up alittle when i do the rear. I got 6 32 11/50 bfg At tires for it. Question where does the spare go on a 4runner under it? if so that sucks.

Truck has new muffler and tailpipe. beleve it has new front and rerar brakes and master cyl. new fuel filter gonna buy a second one to carry as spare for the gunk in the tank. Motor was replaced 6 years ago it was drove two weeks then parked for 6 years and drove two weeks till the middle two injectors cloged up on my friend. I originaly planned to buy this truck 6 years ago but the owner flaked on the day i was supose to hear it run and i bought a fj62 that night instead. Then took a friend of mine down and bought him the 4runner and he payed me back for it. put the motor in it and it just sat there. waiting for my return. it was destined to be mine. i just didnt no it at the time.
 
Yep, spare goes under the rear between the leaf springs. Look up under the rear just behind the bumper. There should be a lifting mechanism mounted to a cross member that lifts the tire into place. I can't remember how big you can go in the stock location.
 
this means im gonna have to be real nice to one of my friends and get them to build me a bumper and tire carrier for it. that sucks. i saw the chain looks real rusty
 
I've heard of people putting a 33/9.50 in there.

I removed my stainless running boards a few weeks after i picked up my runner last year. You get a little clearance, but you can really see how low the transfer case and the gas tank sit on these things. I'm dragging them across rocks that I never noticed in my 40.

I think that the running boards share a couple bolts with the crossmember, so be sure to pre-spray them before cranking on them.
 
was thinking saw zalling the tubes off to be honest
 
WckedMidas said:
this means im gonna have to be real nice to one of my friends and get them to build me a bumper and tire carrier for it. that sucks. i saw the chain looks real rusty
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I picked up a home-bullt bumper from a junkyard. Kind of interesting. It is a piece of 3"x3"x(1/4)" angle iron with a spindle in one of the corners. The top part was missing though. Maybe an idea if you have some cheap steel around.
 
got a friend with a bender and welder another friend owns a weld shop hes only good for geting metal form he to busy to build me anything. and another friend who built custom jeep bumpers and rock rails for a few years gonna ahve to buy some beer i think and get my metal together
 
got email from mr injector tonight. Said my injectors were realy cloged up but they cleaned up nice. and there back in the mail. 50 50 shot i will have them tomoro if not they will be here monday. Im as happy as a witch in a broom factory right now
 
got my injectors back now to go install them in the rain.
 
it runs. anyone local to baltimore that no how to adjust the valves on a 22re ? other then valves makeing noise runs smoth as hell tranny acts funny for the first 5 or ten mins till it warms up. if its in drive it slugish as a mofo movein but u throw it in first it takes uoff. then once it warms up it works fine in drive any ideas? maaybe cloged filter in it:? its a auto
 
pretty easy to adjust valves. Pretty similar to the F-Series of engines.
run the engine until it warms up.
pull the valve cover
disconnect the ignition coil.
Pull your spark plugs.
turn the engine to tdc by the crank(17or 19mm) with the transmission in neutral or put the transmission in gear(standard transmission only) and use the bump method-rocking the truck back and forth on level ground to slowly turn the engine.

you'll need a flathead screwdriver, i think a 14mm box end wrench, and some feeler gauges.

look up the specified lash on particular valves at specific in the fsm. Some people adjust them tighter than spec for quieter operation, but there is some argument that factory spec increases longevity of the engine. It should sound like a sewing machine. when you're done
Think the fsm goes through the process fairly well.
you set specific valves at tdc, then I believe others after one revolution of the crank.
Needs to still be warm when you're fiddling with the valves.
If you haven't used feeler gauges before, you insert the metal end inbetween the arm and the valve stem end. if should have slight drag and resistance, but not a grinding feeling. You break the locking nut w/ the 14mm wrench and turn the adjuster bolt with the flathead. when you're happy w/ the valve lash, hold the adjuster bolt in place and snug the nut down. You don't need to crank on it, just snug.
I like to brake all the nuts loose first, then insert the feeler gauge inbetween the arm and the valve stem until it is tight, then back off a little bit and check the drag. Check them all a couple times.
IF you haven't changed the valve cover gasket in a while, now would be a good time to do so.

there should be a few good how-to writeups floating around.
 
btw, to my understandings you need to have the proper coolant temp for the auto tranny to work properly.
It is supposed to feel bad until you are up to temp.
I'm told that there is a specific coolant temp sensor just for the auto tranny.
 
12mm wrench on the tappet locknuts. I'm not that great at it, but the guy I bought my truck from is a former tech, I call him the Valve Whisperer. I just call him when I need it done.

Intake is 0.008"
Exhaust is 0.012"

The FSM has a nice detailed procedure.
 
dam that means i cant do it like a old chevy where u leave it run and adujust till the noise goes away lol. and realy the trans supose to feal like crap till it warms up. my landcruiser didnt had fj62 auto. i figured it should be like every other auto trans they just work or they slip jerk bang blow up lol.
 
mechanic friend came by last night looked and listened to it. he thinks the valve tap im hearing is exhust manifold leak. So ima go buy couple exhuast bolts i belev its missing two. in the exhuast manifold. and see what happens. probly do that today.
 
hey question wheres my fuse panle. my rear power window was working fine. and now it stoped also my dome light not working i think i got blown fuse. dont no where fuse panle is in this thing
 
figured the rear window out. the wiper arm wasnt up all the way . back to the transmission. I discoverd when i firs tstart it and put it in drive . It goes into 2nd instead of first. but if i manual shift it into first first works. then once trans warms up drive works fiine goes into first liek supose to exc. like trans mission should
 
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