Recent content by Gordo

Hullyrollers and Saddles I have a huge Necky Amaruk (19' long) and came up with a creative way to load and haul it on my 4Runner. The kayak is heavy, so I had to figure out a way to get it on the roof without laying it on the rear fiberglass spoiler. I built a T attachment that mounts in my...

Mounts A bit late but I went with a Yakima - they had mounts that allow quick latching to the stock rack crossmembers (Thule may offer this as well). As far as the moon roof goes - my box covers half of it. Doesn't really matter - the wind noise with a cargo box (any I would think), makes...

Drivetrain Clunk A little more info related to this topic that I found very interesting/informative. I posted this a few days ago in the warranty forum, intended to post it here. The info below is from a Tundra forum, but the problem appears to be common among Toyota vehicles: "On the vast...

Best Explanation of Drivetrain Thump / Clunk I've Found From a Tundra forum, but the problem appears to be common among Toyota vehicles: "On the vast majority of Tundras that experience the thump or bump in the rear when you come to an abrupt stop, it is due to binding in the driveshaft slip...

Slide Yoke Lubrication I was confounded by all the info related to lubricating the driveshaft as I decided to lube my drivetrain recently. My old '87 FJ was straight forward and made sense - lubricate the slip yoke until it fully extended the driveshaft. This of course resulted in grease...

The land of commuters with SUV's Maha - My '05 V8 Ltd was a smokin' deal at the time and still is:thumb3:. In addition to the gas crunch, I bought it in an area that doesn't get much snow and is full of heavy stop and go commutes (4Runner drops to ~ 15mpg). I'm betting the original owner...

Travel To Buy Great vehicle, but I think you can find better deals if you are willing to travel and sort through a bunch of dealer BS. For ref, I bought my 05 Ltd with 38k for $22k (which was and still appears to be a great deal). It helped that I bought it 2 years ago when the gas prices...

Yokohama Geolander H/T-S Decreased 2-3 MPG My 05 4Runner is the first vehicle I've owned with a MPG read out. While I realize it's not accurate, I assume it is good enough to indicate trends. Last fall I put new Yoko Geolander H/T-S tires on the truck, replacing my OEM tires with ~ 45k on...

Canoe/Kayak I have a tandem kayak that I carry on my 05 Limited. My truck has the rear spoiler which really made it difficult to figure out how I could load and carry the kayak. I wanted to re-use my Yakima HullyRollers and and Mako Saddles that I used on my FJ60, but had a few issues with...

FOB Programming B - I bought a used fob for my '05 and was able to reprogram it. Unfortunately, I didn't save the instructions. Quick google on Toyota Key Fob Reprogramming showed the below steps; can't remember if this is what I did, but I do recall it was a wierd combo that made me think I...

Center Lock I have an 05 Ltd V8 with full time four wheel drive (H4 and L4 positions). According to the manual, I should be able to depress the center differential lock button and go, however I have found that the indicator light continues to flash sometimes until I put the vehicle in reverse...

Hey folks, new to the forum but thought I would pass along a few observations from a recent install of a Sirius satellite radio that I did on my 05 4 Runner Limited (with factory navigation system). I installed the Sirius Sportster 5 radio and connected it to my head unit with the Sirius FM...