Rear Hatch Window / Glass Replacement (3rd Gen 4runner)

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In this video, we show you how to replace the Rear Hatch Door Window/Glass on your 3rd Gen 4runner.
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Rear Hatch Window (Aftermarket options only. Toyota discontinued selling it.)
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[@benaldredge2671]

Tim, I always appreciate your humor. 2”😂

[@TimmyTheToolman]

Thanks Ben. It's nice to know some people appreciate my juvenile humor.

[@kevinmillones7360]

Hey guys! Good video this is gonna help me replace my rear windshield wiper! Can y’all do a heater core replacement?!

[@TimmyTheToolman]

A heater core replacement might happen one day, but probably not in the near future. Somebody local to us that needs this done has to contact us or one of our personal rigs has a heater core issue.

[@kevinmillones7360]

@@TimmyTheToolmanif you guys are ever in Long Beach, CA my rig needs one replaced haha!

[@williamtsol636]

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[@afrasyabkhan00]

Defroster wont work if the glass is not fully closed. I would check the Glass run if its fully seated.

[@TimmyTheToolman]

Thanks for the tip. It sure looked like the glass run was fully seated, but I'll pass your message on to Wei.

[@earth7551]

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[@Joe-Mamasixtyninefourtwenty]

Thats why you dont help people who are stuck. YOUR shit will get fucked up, or the asshole you "rescue" will sue you when their shit gets fucked up. The world is too litigious these days to actually help someone in need. Sucks you had to do this job. Thanks for the education in case something ever happens.

[@TimmyTheToolman]

You are right the world is too litigious, but I would still stop to help someone stranded. If I was worried about being sued, I would have never invited the dozens of total strangers to my house to perform jobs on their vehicles creating content for our channel. It's a risk I'm willing to take. The guy my buddy Wei helped ended up being a jerk though. He promised my buddy he'd help compensate him for his broken window and then wouldn't answer his phone when Wei called him. Total Douche. So, Wei did pretty much help an undeserving person. The least he could have done is compensate Wei for the price he paid at a PicknPull for the used glass. Oh well, at least we got this video to share on our channel. Thanks for the comment.

[@alataweel8954]

He has a 99-02 radio bezel surround which requires some wire modding. Probably why the window defroster doesn’t work.

[@TimmyTheToolman]

That's a possibility, but it was working before the glass replacement.

[@samh6761]

Did you check the fuse? (Sorry, had to ask). That said, I think I've used my rear defroster on my car once in 20 years.

[@TimmyTheToolman]

There's not a dedicated fuse for the rear defrost that we could find. It must be part of a larger circuit.

[@samh6761]

@@TimmyTheToolmanFWIW, on my old toyota it's a 30 amp fuse located on the inside, under the driver side dash. It's labeled "DEF". Good luck!

[@TimmyTheToolman]

@@samh6761 Yeah, we didn't see that on his rig unless we're both blind.

[@MrCalifornia1234]

What kind of vehicle did he have to help?

[@TimmyTheToolman]

I never asked him. Probably a jeep.

[@rudypurins5276]

I had to replace my hatch glass do to rust, it was literally falling out. Anyways, there was a wire for defrost that attached the the glass on passenger side.

[@TimmyTheToolman]

Yeah, we reconnected the wires but the defroster doesn't work.