Well I just thought if you guys wanted to know what I have been doing to my "project" here you go. If you don't then I'll stop typing <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />. to start, I bought a 89 4runner for 1700(mistake #1) (I put the racks on from my 1st runner, should have never sold it! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> )


the Bad:#1 some rust. all over the rear wheels, very little on the inside of the door up on the windshild area
#2 The tranny pops out of 1st and 3rd, clutch makes noise, and leaks fluid.
#3 the # 2 spark plug hole on the head was stripped out completly
#4 Tires are old and rotted
#5 the interior is not that great.

Sounds like fun, just remember all the good things about having a sweet 4Runner. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I'll bite; 22RE or 3.sl0w?
Try the shifter bushing fix for the tranny first.
Check the sticky in the Runner section for jury-riggin' it for antitheft. You west coast guys are thief magnets unfortunately.

Might make a list this weekend and go shoppin' in the F/S section.

Here's my write up on the shift seat replacement. That's a good bet as the cause for the shifter popping out of gear. Easy fix if that's the cause.

http://www.brian894x4.com/Shifter.html

I did try the bushings and it help alittle in 3rd only. now it just pops out of 1st and only "sometimes" 3rd.

Well there are good things too, but they come at a cost <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />
#1 It is a 4runner <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
#2 22re which I can work on and I love doing project myself.
#3 There is no rush when building this, because it is my 2nd rig. That takes a lot of the pressure off when you have the motor stripped down. It makes it a project worth it.
#4 It does seem to be a soild truck , not a lemon or engine that will go out some time.

So far I have put alot (to me)of money in it. First I bought all the stuff for a tune up and that is when I realized that the #2 spark plug was stripped. so next I bought a head from eb. The street rv with a 268 cam. the water ways in the engine needed to be cleaned bad. a lot of corosion. So I bought new water pump, oil pump, timing cover, timing kit (steel backed).
First I had to drill the head just slightl to get the dowl to fit in(I was scared to do that!! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" />) Then everything fit on nicely.

$1,700? Thats a deal. Might try removing the rubber accordian from around your stick shift to see if it's pushing the stick out of gear.