2007 Toyota 4Stunner

[Senor_Taylor]

So, I've got the 4runner back and the following has been done in the past 2 weeks now.

-265/60/18 Goodyear Wrangler Duratracs, checked my spare and it is a new tire in good condition
- New cooler tube for the PS system to fix the leak, flush and bleed of the fluid
- Greased up the driveshaft using an entire tube of grease in my grease gun to get rid of the annoying 4Runner clunk when coming to a stop or leaving in first gear. (Drive shaft slip yoke slams into the end of its slot without grease in there)
- Cleaned up some rust and spot sprayed rust converter on every rust spot I can see and find on the underside. It's good piece of mind to at least have the rust covered with something that claims to stop rust until I can really get into some places. The issues I have found is not really the frame or subframe, but it's the fasteners to Toyota uses seem to rust quickly and then spread the rust to the surrounding metal. It makes working on this thing a PITA
- Put a bandaid on the suspension clunk I get when going over bumps by tightening the passenger sway bar link (I loosened it to work on the Alternator a while back), and cleaned and flipped the passenger side way bar bushing around to stop the sway bar from sliding back and forth. The plan was to order new bushings, but of course the driver side bolts were sold corroded that I couldn't get a socket on there and when I finally got the right size hammered on, it immediately rounded off. Another task for someone I'll be giving money to on another day.


Towed the E30 to Summit, and it was smooth and uneventful. My sister pointed out how rough this thing rides for such a nice plush SUV and I can't stop noticing it. Another thing that will take getting used to is how you can feel every bump and shift of the hitch in the receiver much more than you do in a real pickup. Other than that, the trip was very nice and easy. The V8 has the power to pull decently without having to downshift much except for the mountain on 7 which made the motor stretch its legs a bit. The brakes worked well and there was minimal squat on the rear end. There may have been some claims on Facebook about me loading the trailer improperly, but that's simply incorrect. I have a 4" inch drop hitch and that's way too much, so a NASA guy is going to give me a hitch with less drop so that should solve that issue. Over the winter, I'll grab a trailer brake module and hook it up since the 4runner is pre wired for one to prepare for whenever I do get a trailer.

Plans for the winter, have Jason install a new header to replace the cracked one, trans drain and fill, diff fluids, fix the burned out bulb in my HVAC screen, and replace the rest of my PS lines for added insurance. Possibly in the spring look into sanding and coating some rust and replace rusted fasteners with new ones.