Recent content by jasonoflivingston

In regards to spacers in the rear, give some thought to extending your bump stops equivalently. If you don't, you can over compress your coils causing premature wear and sagging. Getting some junkyard bump stops from an old Jimmy or Blazer and cutting them as needed is a great way to do it on...

I live pretty close to this guy. I saw the ad the other day and thought I might check out what he has.

Being in Ottawa, we see some pretty cold days and seriously cold nights (-37 Celsius with the windchill the other week). I am running a seperate cooler for the trans so it doesn't get any associated warm up from the coolant. On what I would call "cool" days (-10 Celsius), I let it run for a...

The loading up and popping feeling can be caused by the transmission not downshifting properly at stops and then trying to get going in a higher gear. It essentially ends up revving up to get rolling and then tries to lock up the clutches with the revs high. I had that problem with my trans...

Ok, so I just finished installing my new exhaust (Walker Quiet Flow SS) and tailpipe and replaced the downstream O2 sensor in the process. First off, I would not recommend the Walker setup. The flanges did not line up very well and leaked pretty bad without some modification, the O2 sensor...

I plan to do just that. I found it very hard to find useful info on these in winter conditions. Almost all of the info I could find had to do with either wheeling in the snow or winter driving in places that don't reach the frigid temperatures that I get where I am. I was running the same...

I have been doing a lot of work lately. Plugs, wires, rear drums, shoes, hardware and bellcranks, re-torque valve covers, grease driveline, extended rear swaybar endlinks, new tires..... To come, exhaust, O2 sensors, CV boots, bump the 5100's up a notch in the front..... And because it is the...

I will be copying this setup soon. RAM Mounts' X-Grip ~ Living Overland I will post pics and thoughts once I am done the install (I am waiting on one last part to come in on Tuesday).

The lift you are referring to is indeed for the rear only. There are lots of options for lifting the front to match. Read the following if you haven't yet. It explains the most common lift options for these vehicles, including the use of Tundra TRD coils for lifting the front to go with the...

That's what I want to hear. I will keep praying for you guys.

Just to add my experiences, I have had a similar experience (with Tundra brakes for reference, not that it is relevant). The cause of mine was a seized piston in my driver side caliper. It was not completely seized, but with light braking pressure, it wouldn't move, giving both poor braking...

This hits a bit close to home for me. I won't get into the details of my experiences, but I can understand the strain that can be caused by health problems. I will certainly be praying.

It is mostly the gasket that is the issue, but there is some pretty sketchy rust buildup on the muffler side (lucked out on that one). I only have one cat for reference. I will be doing some tune-up work shortly as well as replacing that horrid muffler, but I am trying to isolate the main...

I have been watching my vehicle's engine performance slowly crap out here. Well, the other day, it went from a little lost power to wanting to hunt, stumble, and die at idle as well as run rough under throttle. I went in today and went over all of the hoses looking for a vacuum leak and found...

I would take a copy.