Recent content by 4x4mike

I'm just seeing this post after many years. Recently my rope broke twice in one outing and the sections that survived were pretty much destroyed by rubbing on the bottom of the cut out. I'm running a Warn M8000s but use an aftermarket generic billet hawse fairlead as the Warn version is too...

$800! I want to say my 30" Extreme LED bar was $150. Five years later, it's still going strong with no issues.

I installed a new factory thermostat and fan clutch and it seemed to do the trick. In hot stop and go traffic the highest coolant temp I've seen is 196 (at a stop) and it quickly drops to 194 and holds between there and 192. On the bench, the new fan clutch felt the same as the old as far as...

Thanks for the info, very informative. I've been told not to chase 10* but at the same time I don't want to over heat the engine especially driving in the mountains or offroad. At 122k miles, I figure it's time to put some PM parts on for good measure. It's been pretty warm here for sometime so...

Radiator is likely factory. The coolant and t-stat are 3-4 years old. I ordered a new clutch and t-stat after thinking about all of this so hopefully that will give me some better numbers.

I haven't checked my meter with boiling water but that sounds like a good idea. I've been using two OBD devices and they read identical and I'm assuming that reading comes from the coolant temp sensor. The dash gauge sits right in the middle all the time but the elevated OBD temps are what have...

I ordered a new thermostat so when I pull the old one I'll just replace it. Blockage is something I'm not sure about though so I'll have to look into that. I'll shoot the radiator as well but so far as I could tell the temps coming out of the top and bottom hose were consistent with cooling but...

I've got an '07, V8, 4wd, 275's, ~122k miles that's been running warm for the past year or so. Hasn't bothered me much until now as we're having daily highs over 100* (about 13 days so far). I've got an Ultra Gauge plugged in all the time and the coolant temps will get to 204-206 with stop and...

No kidding. Glad to see your 4Runner out there having fun.

It was a part number that was available when I bought the lift. This was 2 years ago and at that time the Dobinson stuff was new to the US. At that time I believe there were only 3 front coil options and maybe the same for the rear. Not long after I got mine two more rear coil options were...

I had an animal trying to take up residence in my engine compartment and found some chewed wires. So far, as far as I can tell everything still works, I have no codes, etc. but I am having a hard time figuring out what the wires are to. The wires go into the round, soda can sized, grommet in...

That looks like the one. Thank you. Something about the schematic made me doubt the one I was looking for. I realized I had messed the seal up when I found pieces of the garter spring.

Great thanks. You called it an oil seal but you meant dust seal right? There is no oil on the knuckle side. The only common seal I read about and replaced was the one on the diff side which I did. I'll look into getting this part. Glad to hear it's fit into the backside of the knuckle.

I re-booted my driver side CV this weekend and in the process of removing and replacing the outer shaft of the cv into the knuckle I chooched up a seal. As far as I can tell it's #10 in this schematic. P/N 43442-35060. In the schematic it appears the seal is between the backing plate and the...

Which winch are you running? Pounds? How is it's fitment in the bumper? Access to the freespool lever, etc? I'm shopping for one and had these questions as there isn't much documented. TIA