Recent content by 3TonMike

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Your correct. Some towing conditions will cause the trans to hunt. Meaning a lot of shifting from d to 4th (shifting back and forth every 3 to 5 sec) by the ecu. 5th is an overdrive. Towing increases the engine load. Plus the decreased mechanical advantage of the gear ratio. The ecu see's that...

Someday I plan on adding arb's in the front and rear. When that happens. The dac will be rewired to the dash. Beside the newly mounted compressor switch for the lockers. The center locking diff switch will be rewired to the center of the console switches. The two outer positions will be the...

You cant stop random from happening to you. The driving situation for the chl in Texas, was the lubys shooting. There wasn't a single person sitting in that restaurant that morning. Thinking to themselves, this isn't a dark alley in the bad part of town. I should leave before that deranged...

I think an off-roaders worst fear is that or wet grass. However there was a moment you can see he had rearward movement. He could have backed off that berm. May be he was wanting to try out his shovel.

Until drive shafts thumps cause conditions that lead to accidents and deaths. Toyota, will never "recall" them. They may issue a "tsb" that extends the warranty or resolves a known failure. To save repair costs on the remaining runners still under warranty. In reality about 70% of the 4th gens...

Its a gimmick. To get you in the door and into a car deal. If you had a rare 4runner they would offer to buy it out right. Without the whole you have to buy a car stipulation. Its kinda a slight of hand. They are going to get their money back from you in the fuzzy math of the deal. Regardless of...

Dude, details on that winch mount, please.

Its all about the tires. I have 2 buddies with similar z71's. We all met up a local lakes flood plain, uninhabited yet, open to the public. The area was Texas Red River clay gumbo. This stuff was slick, getting out with rubber mud boots you'd bust your ass. I did several times. I road in the...

Yes. A consumer must realize they control the deal. Car mfg build millions of cars. The same car exists on another lot some where. If the deal stinks, walk. I turned wrenches at various dealers for a decade. I hate to say, the yo-yo was rampant. One dealer even pulled it on the employees. At...

I dont know man on that one. Its awfully close to the airport. You have to remember, in Texas there's only about 2% of land not owned by someone.

When i was a kid. A friends dad and uncle took a group of us canoeing down the Brazos river. The whole time they kept making Deliverance jokes, totally over our heads. Then one weekend i saw the movie. Holy cow, i would have never gone, had i seen that movie prior. Now that i'm older, my buddy...

Na only need to disconnect one. The neg seems to be, everyones favorite.

Nothing guarantees the oil filter will last to 10k. Depending on operating conditions. It will by-pass when dirty. Say, in my case, you picked up a used 4r with 50k and the previous owner used conventional oil and changed it 7-10k. Resulting in light sludge. This is an unknown, I do not know how...

The gps is way more accurate. Its good though to see that the speed o is that accurate on your rig. For the most part vehicle manufacturers are allowed to have up to a 10% error in the speed o meter. I don't know which group set that standard, but it had something to do with cost to build a...