I've been less active than I have liked since our club meeting, life hits fast these days just trying to play catch-up!
The weekend finally turned out nice, so I figured I would take out the 4Runner for some errands I had to run. After jump-starting the truck (really should get a trickle charger for it). I rolled down the windows and went on my merry way. First stop was 45 minutes after start so the battery should have been fine. Little did I know my alternator was giving up the ghost. After another jump start and parked in the driveway. I did some digging and found that I'm out of my free supply of good alternators I've collected over the years. Amazon to the rescue and this morning the new one was dropped off just before my alarm to wake up. Installed and ready to boogy again! Also doesn't sound like I have a bad input shaft bearing in the transmission (which I thought was the cause of the noise I had not the alternator). This is also alternator #4 I've put in since I've started to wheel.this rig, none of them ever looked caked in mud so I'm not sure of the cause of the failure but should really dive into it....
Another fix I'm working on is getting the ride quality back for road driving. I had notice that the truck liked to kick one way on acceleration and then hard kick the other way on decel. I isolated the cause to the aftermarket lower rear control arms I had finally wearing themselves out. So for the time being I installed some stock links and ordered a set from front range to replace the old ones. Currently prepping them to install in the 4Runner in the next day or so.
The weekend finally turned out nice, so I figured I would take out the 4Runner for some errands I had to run. After jump-starting the truck (really should get a trickle charger for it). I rolled down the windows and went on my merry way. First stop was 45 minutes after start so the battery should have been fine. Little did I know my alternator was giving up the ghost. After another jump start and parked in the driveway. I did some digging and found that I'm out of my free supply of good alternators I've collected over the years. Amazon to the rescue and this morning the new one was dropped off just before my alarm to wake up. Installed and ready to boogy again! Also doesn't sound like I have a bad input shaft bearing in the transmission (which I thought was the cause of the noise I had not the alternator). This is also alternator #4 I've put in since I've started to wheel.this rig, none of them ever looked caked in mud so I'm not sure of the cause of the failure but should really dive into it....
Another fix I'm working on is getting the ride quality back for road driving. I had notice that the truck liked to kick one way on acceleration and then hard kick the other way on decel. I isolated the cause to the aftermarket lower rear control arms I had finally wearing themselves out. So for the time being I installed some stock links and ordered a set from front range to replace the old ones. Currently prepping them to install in the 4Runner in the next day or so.