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...The seam there (it's at the bottom of the whole cabin air intake cowl is) is what started leaking on mine. I couldnt really get to it from above so I snaked my arm up there with some silicone on my finger and smeared it on the join. Dry so far *fingers crossed*



Yes, I think that seam may be enclosed from above inside the cowl. Hard to see how to fix that without taking the whole spot welded structure apart. In any case I've seen the spot your talking about. Anybody here in the rust belt has that problem if their truck or 4runner has seen a half dozen winters or so. -- Matt

'89 4runner SR5, 3.0, auto (fun)
'93 xtra cab, dlx,3.0, 5spd (work truck)