Recent content by daka320

Agree with both of the posts above. We pull our tt somewhere between 6-8000 miles per year for the past 5 years. During that time if we had not upgraded to a Tundra from a 4runner I am almost certain we would have had a few accidents. There are a lot of idiots on the road, especially around...

Battery Another cause could be your battery. We have had similar problems with our 4runner in the past. Now we know that the battery is weak and once replaced everything is back to normal. Living in the desert you have to replace a battery every two to three years. We have to replace the...

Been down this road!!! A few years ago we bought a 4200 lb (dry) travel trailer. Believing some of the towing fantasies I read about the 4Runner we upgraded it. Hidden Hitch so we could attach a wdh. It is a V6. Also increased the towing capacity to 6300 lbs and hitch rating to 630 lbs (I...

The manuals can be confusing. But, I did the above with the hitch and added an external transmission cooler. I could now tow our travel trailer that weighed in at 6000 lbs with a hitch weight of about 650 lbs. But, I ran into some problems. I was overweight on the rear axle weight...

A little trip this past weekend. Unable to do this in one of those hybrid cars. Any Arizonaians recognize the hills in the background? Especially Phoenicians!

Pic explains it. Bought it 7 years ago with 80k on it.

I basically did the same thing over the course of a few months. Some on this forum thought I was crazy by using oem parts on the lower and upper control arms. Figured if the new set will last 200k miles like the old set than it is money well spent. Nice thing is that she drives like a new...

Sent in my oil analysis to Blackstone Labs. Got a call from them today stating that elevated levels of potassium, sodium, and silicon are in the oil. Also, showing .48% levels of antifreeze which has increased the 0w30 oil to a viscosity of 15w40. He was familiar with the headgasket problems...

Came across the same question several mos ago. 200k miles, need new control arm bushings, cv axle seals starting to throw grease, etc. A few thousand to fix everything but fixing one thing at a time as really needed. Looked at new and used ones with sticker shock! Well worth the money to...

Last week I did my own 210k service. New plugs, air filter, changed oil, oil filter, transmission fluid, front and rear diff fluid, transfer case fluid, power steering fluid, greased driveshaft, new windshield wipers, rotated tires, repainted skid plates (they are black now instead of rust...

127k miles in the last 6 yrs. Currently at 207k. Only seen over 20 mpg a few times. 18-19 mpg winter and 17-18 mpg summer. Half city, half highway. Hand calculated.

We have 207k miles on our 4runner. Hopefully will last us another 100k or so, but some high dollar maintenance items have been or will have to be replaced. New upper, lower, and lateral control arm bushings front and rear. $2500 done. The 4wd actuator mechanism is seeping oil. $1k minimum...

202,000 miles. Asked advice of a few local offroad and suspension places here in Phoenix. Also read a lot of reviews. Considered replacing the bushings only, but labor basically was the price of the whole control arm. Considered doing all of the work myself but I do not have the time and...

It is my wife's dd, so only limited offroading. Also, willing to spend the extra coin on oem. Non-oem is about half as much but would have to replace them again in a year or two. I've read a bunch of the reviews.

Replaced all of the control arms front and rear. Used Toyota OEM parts. The front lower arm bushings were toast. The front upper bushings were still okay but figured replace those while things were torn apart. The rear upper and lower arm bushings were wearing out so those were replaced...