[Jsfucttruck]

Well everything has gone to hell, but I am slowly getting a handle of it all.
Kids have been sick with a fever and cough since Thanksgiving. This morning my wife called me as she got off her 12hr night shift, that her 00 3.4 4runner quit running on her way home.

We get it home, and inspected everything. Timing belt let loose. Thankfully it is not a interference motor. I guess I got something else to do now. Truck has 245k on it. I was told it was changed at 150k.




Any way. Back into the Burb repair. All of the options I wanted to go with were either too $$$ or I was going to void any warranty on modding one.

Lifetime warranty and the price was right.


I already regret it.
I got a spectre 850 unit
Aluminum and plastic.
I stood it up next to the old unit and it looked good. Until I went to install it.

The saddle mount area is slightly shorter and narrower. Rad was loose in the mounts.

Fitting for the coolant temp sensor was the wrong size. Same fitting was missing the o-ring and leaked. Went to reinstall the adapter and it broke off in rad fitting.

Oulet for heater core hose is very short. I am worried it might pop off.

Upper trans cooler line fitting is loose fitting and weaps through the threads of the inverted flare fitting.



But. It is back for now.