3rd Gen 4Runner Maintenance Must Haves & Why We Did Them

If you listened through this, props to you! We want to provide some insight & updates on what we have done to our 1999 3rd gen 4Runner so that it's ready and able to drive cross country. A big thank you to Andrew and David for their knowledge and know how. Maintenance has been taken care of!
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[@jor5817]

2:45 Rear Axle Seal/Gear oil 5:20 Brakes/Brake fluid 7:20 Valve Cover Gasket 7:53 Timing Belt, Water pump, Thermostat, Spark Plugs and plug wires 10:45 intake boot 10:59 Radiator 11:59 Ball Joints/ Brakes 12:25 2006 Tundra brake upgrade 15:43 All Fluids

[@taigatapia7900]

legend!

[@marquijamison6106]

I did everything you guys did in addition fuel filter Trans radiator cooler Rear shocks & springs + torsion bar Rear upper&lower control arms All LED interior bulb swap

[@destroystreets1023]

that dudes hair grows quick

[@gregskinner9210]

I've had my Desert Dune '98 4Runner Limited since December of '05 and it just went over 200K. Decided to keep it and have been working on getting it back to a healthy baseline state since November and it's now there. I've been collecting parts to build it and will definitely be following what you do to this one.

[@dangottlieb726]

Really good content. Will definitely track your progress with this one. I’ve got a ‘98 Limited with 140,000.

[@mkiv1501]

Hey guys! Just found the channel and I’m loving it! Would you guys say you have to be mechanically inclined to do work on the 3rd gen?

[@filipshulikov143]

If I had a dollar for every time they say “right” i could buy a brand new 5th gen 😂 Definitely following along, keep it up.

[@ScienceHeckYeah]

Right?

[@ogopogohunter69]

Great video guys, take some footage of the work for the next one.

[@danielrogers4072]

Love that runner…I had the same 1999 Ltd in Desert Dune and wish I had never sold it! Beautiful! Good move in upgrading the brakes, mine were pulsating and crazy when new…Floyd Hill on I70 scared me to death!

[@njsfilm]

Looks great! Envious of that clean garage and how you guys knocked out all that maintenance! I have the exact same 4R. Picked it up late 2016 one owner 87k miles. Now up to 157k and still runs amazing. Have to get mine oil coated every fall since I’m in the rust belt. Makes it hard to know if that rear axle seal is bad

[@subtegral]

salt belt. rust belt is something else entirely.

[@edwardduarte7393]

valve covers get loose as well. like turn with your fingers loose. I had oil all over the exhaust I tightened them and it stopped leaking. still not leaking. I did a 2inch Lyft with bilsteins and started getting vibrations. I am replacing the drive shaft cause I don't want u joint to fall apart.

[@chrischillin5762]

i have a 2001 sr5 4wd with 98k miles. It looks and drives like new.

[@blakemanley7449]

video quality fire

[@jimshelby192]

Axle seal leaking that long will wash the grease out of the wheel bearings, which should also be replaced. Have to be pressed off and back on again along with everything else stacked on the axles. Reversing retainer orientation can help give new seal a better seal on it when you do it.

[@Light67057]

yall needa come out to Seattle, i may need a second opinion on things I gotta do to my truck lol

[@dissman1]

Found the tundra brake upgrade was still inadequate when fully loaded one early morning going fishing.

[@3rdgenbestgen21]

probably improper adjustment. Aint no way it’s not enough. I tell my back passengers to put seat belts cause i don’t want them to get ejected to the window

[@dannyv.6358]

Whats up with the stock bumper? Im local and looking for one.

[@triedandtrue1820]

I subscribed, you guys mechanics?