Venting

Perhaps the general venting thread already exists but if not, we need one.

My specific pain. Needed to replace the fuel filter on a 3rd Gen 4Runner. Undoing the nuts is a challenge but I was expecting that. Next comes the bigger challenge. In the installation procedure they recommend that you mount the fuel filter but don't tighten the screws. Next you screw in the couplings. Well the coupling threads are really really tight (why?). You can only hand turn the couplings by one turn before you have to use a wrench (why?). Well I followed the instructions but ended up cross-threading the female end of the filter on one side (curse it). Had to buy another filter. This time around I did not mount the filter. With the filter free I carefully aligned each coupling, did a full hand turn and used a wrench to make 2-3 turns, installed the filter and finally tightened all the couplings. By not installing the fuel filter, you have a much better chance of getting the couplings lined up. Now why would Toyota come up with a design that makes it so challenging? It is so unlike Toyota.

 

When I mounted my Bull-Bar. I used my neighbors 18volt Impact gun. These things are powerful and dangerous. I thought well “I will leave the tow hook off the frame cause it will save weight” or some stupid idea like that. So I installed the bar bolt into the frame and start to tighten it but the threads only go half way up the bolt so...,,,I tried to reverse it and it cross threaded. Destroying the bolt and the threads. My neighbors brilliant idea, “ just put the bolt in and stick a wire in the hole with it. This worked beautifully but I’m sure we can’t use the tow hook anymore. We did weld the mount yo the frame....

 

You think the 3rd gen is hard to change, try a 1st gen sometime. THOSE are HARD to reach, hard to dismount, hard to mount, hard to tighten the lines on...AND they're mounted backward.

Other than all that, piece of cake.

BTW, don't over tighten the lines. There's torque specs for them in the book.

Have fun!
Pat☺

 

Well in that case I am glad it wasn't a 1st gen that I was working on. I made the nuts guten&tight as the say goes. One needs a crow foot attachment to set the torque which I did not have. They're around 20 ft-lbs I believe. I am still pissed at what should have been an easy 1/2 hr job at most.