20 Most Recent 2000 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner - Page 2 Questions & Answers

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Grease the Ball Joints, three per side (upper control arm, lower control arm, steering tie rod. if there aren't any grease zerks, its time to replace your ball joints. You can do this yourself with the parts from AutoZone or O'Reilly or Napa. I suggest you rent the ball joint tool as it will make your work a lot easier.

Replace the hood release cable as it is probably jammed and not allowing the hood latch to return to the correct position

belt is loose to P/S pump or fell off. or engine is idling below 800 rpm , IS IT? parked against a curb? Nah.

Try turning the parking brake handle and pressing it in. If that does not work then replace the under dash sensor on the parking brake (not the brake pedal). Hope this helps.

mines black. why worry color.? my other car has new cables ones black (minus) and other red, Plus. on many cars the schematics show , NCA,. no color assigned. that way the factory can use many brands. if really curious.....???? read the FSM or login to alldata.com. like us.

Check the cylinder compression first, they should be more than 95 psi, if low check the timing and the valves. If normal, plug in a scan tool to see any code present.

scan it. plug (USA:"?) any scan tool crank for 5 seconds, stop relax key , not off see scan DTC errors, i bet YES no RPM scanning? yes, that means CKP is dead. the ecu can see no spark cause. most

Remove the screws at the top of the black fascia that is in front of the clear plastic cluster lens

Pull the fascia off

Remove the 4 screws from each corner of the instrument cluster

Pull the cluster out, unplug all of the wire connectors

Do not disassemble the cluster; no need.

The bulbs are accessible at the rear of the cluster; twist to remove the bulb holders

Reassembly is easy, the connectors only fit one way.

Hope this helps.
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as long as things are running correctly, and you have the right hose there, you should be okay. It sounds as if you maybe didn't have the right hose when you replaced it the first time? Or maybe a cheaper, possible faulty hose? if you have replaced that hose with a quality, somewhat pricey hose, and it does it again, you may have to take it to a shop to look at the diaphragm, because the hose should be able to handle whatever normal pressure the pump, or injector has.

Look on top of the charcoal canister, which is just forward of the gas tank.

well there is several things it could be if it shakes when you apply the breaks could be your pads or your rotors are bent from heat if you ever got them wet while hot there bent .replace and you should be fine . your truck could be out of alignment.