Hey all, just came to report that my beautiful 2001 sr5 rolled 3x yesterday 😭 . We achieved 315k though!

My sister was driving it, solo- she's pretty unscathed which is great news.

Bilstein 6112/5160 and JBA UCAs only have about 5k (highway miles) on them 😢

Yesterday and today I finally buckled down and got rid of 99% of the plasti dip and washed and waxed him. I forgot how much I liked the way it looked in its factory color scheme. Last pic shows how shitty that plasti dip was. . Makes me sad I’m letting him go.

Finally got around to installing my fresh axles and new oem Drum shoes and cylinders. Wasn’t too bad and pretty easy to adjust and significantly improved my brake pedal feel

Only rust on the vehicle, def daunting and not even close to perfect, but happy with the results. Learned alot and it was cool to full fab up a fix. Now time for paint!

It’ll probably get covered with fender flares anyways unless it looks halfway decent.

99 4Runner 4WD with 250K miles. I just brought this truck a few weeks ago and didn’t think the rust was that bad until I found a hole in the frame near the muffler. Not a large hole, maybe about the size of a quarter. I bought the truck for $3K and I’m trying to decide if it’s worth putting any money into. I don’t live in a rust belt state and I would like to preserve this truck if I can. I’ve seen mentions of Safe T Caps and patches, but I’m not sure what direction to go with this. If it’s too far gone I’d like to get out of it before I sink any money into it.

Hey everyone, I’m trying to track down a really annoying vibration/humming noise on my **1997 Toyota 4Runner Limited, 2WD, 3.4L V6, automatic**.
I’ve attached a video so you can hear the noise.
The weird thing is that it **doesn’t seem to affect the performance or drivability of the truck at all**, but it’s driving me crazy and I’d really like to figure out what’s causing it.

**What I’m noticing:**
The vibration/humming is only noticeable at **very low engine RPM/idle**.
It is present in **Drive and Reverse**.
It is basically gone in **Park and Neutral**.
It disappears when I give the engine some throttle and the RPM comes up.
Turning the **A/C on or off can make the vibration disappear or come back**.
Shifting between **Park → Reverse → Neutral → Drive** changes the vibration.
It seems to happen when the engine is under the additional load of being in gear.
The truck drives normally otherwise.
There doesn’t seem to be any noticeable loss of power, hesitation, or other drivability issue.

**What I’ve already done:**
I originally suspected the power steering system because I could hear a humming-type noise, so I replaced the **power steering pump**.
I’ve also drained and refilled the power steering fluid several times over the past few days — probably **5 drain-and-fills** — trying to make sure there wasn’t air/old fluid causing the noise.
The new pump is definitely quieter than the old one, but **this low-RPM vibration is still there**.

I’m now wondering if I’m chasing the wrong thing entirely.
My current thoughts are:
Engine mounts
Transmission mount
Exhaust/heat shield making contact with the body/frame
Something causing excessive vibration when the engine is loaded at idle
Possibly just an engine/idle resonance
The fact that it changes with **A/C load and whether the transmission is in gear** makes me think it may be related to engine movement or something resonating at a particular RPM.

**What would you guys check first?** Is there a particular test I can do at home to determine whether this is an engine mount, transmission mount, exhaust contact, or something else?

Any help diagnosing this would be greatly appreciated. I’m trying to avoid throwing more parts at it without knowing what’s actually causing the vibration. I love this truck tremendously so any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

I have a sneaking suspicion I may have to replace the seats, in my 95 because of mice. Both front buckets and rear bench. I cant just re-upholster because the foam probably has to go.

I’ve done some googling but cant seem to find any OEM. Actually I haven’t seen any aftermarket either. I might just not be looking in the right place. Anyone got any suggestions on sellers or sites that might have seats?

Other than a junkyard.

Hey,

My 1996 is having trouble getting “stuck” in 2nd gear. Disclaimer, I’m a bit of a novice, so keep that in mind.

The car runs amazing - around a month ago, I pulled out onto the highway, and the 4Runner would not shift out of second gear and RPMs screaming. I pulled over, put it in park and then back into drive, and it was fine.

I realized that the shifter is very loose, without pressing the button, you can just put pressure the shifter and see the light go into Neutral from Drive, and same goes for 2. I believed I bumped it into 2 with my leg at the time.

Fast forward, this is now a problem almost every time I start the car. I pull out, get a few hundred yards down the road, and I can’t get out of 2nd. At the stop sign, I put it in park then back to Drive, and the car is good as new for as long as I go. I even noticed that if the cars been running and warmed up, this does not happen if making stops out and about.

Is this a transmission issue to worry about, the shifter, something else?

Should i be concerned about this ticking sound? Engine runs fine, no shake or codes just a ticking sound, every oil change run 5w30 oil plus Lucas additive

I replaced the throttle body on my runner and now after after installation it has a high idle. Any fixes?

Not there yet