Everyone loves their AGMs, but if you have a stock electrical system it was designed and optimized for charging a flooded battery.
No batteries I've had have lasted as long as the stock Toyota/Panasonic flooded batteries that came with Toyota SUV's in the 90s.
I imagine battery quality has gone...
At this point, OEM lockers that have not been used in a number of years are pretty much worse than not having lockers at all.
Without lockers, you can throw an ARB locker in and be done for relatively cheap.
The OEM lockers will most likely at least require new/fixed motors which alone could...
I had one shipped from Texas as it was a lot easier to deal with that than to fix the rust!
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I'd also say if you are driving it in the winter on salted roads, you are much better off with ARB (or nothing), those electric motors do not last long when driven on salty roads.
with that description, if it's not "extremely cheap" than it's not worth it.
And it's only worth it then if you have the time and know how to attempt to bring it back to life.
If you just need a light, could you simply hack in an LED on the dash and use that? Put an ABS label beside it.
Seems like you're asking for trouble taking apart the gauges, but it would look a lot better if you did it correctly.
This is key for me. You say 22k is your "limit" so if you need an extra few thousand in repairs (which almost any 20 year vehicle can require at any time) you will be well over your "limit"
I once filled up some oil, closed my hood and didn't put my oil cap back on.
I then drove 100kms to my girlfriends house. I then thought "hrmm, did I put the oil cap back on?"
I opened the hood, there was a bit of an oil mess (not as bad as I was expecting) and the cap was still in the place I...
I went to a 2005 4Runner and I've had a 98 and 2000 in the past.
As long as you aren't too big for the runner, you'll have no problems with it on road or mildly off road.. unless it's rusty.
this has happened to me on several toyota trucks
it was the brake pedal on my 80 and the clutch on my 4runner and tacoma
The bushings are worn, so when the pedal is "resting" it's not all the way up and the sensor thinks it's engaged.
The "fix" is to put your foot under the brake pedal and...
that seems like an odd bug, the scan gauge is just reporting what the ECU says, so is it possible the ECU has it wrong? I'd check with a different scan tool if possible.
Full disclosure, a scan gauge showed me my alt was wired wrong and that my alt was dying on a different truck, the voltage...
that FLIR stuff is great, when the price comes down it could do really well for helping avoid wild lift at night, a little heads up display and you'll see the moose long before he decides to run out in front of you.
If you are planning on driving your rig in the winter (salted roads) with your winch on it, you may want to consider a cheaper winch (or more maintenance)
I suspect the guys running winches without issues for years do not have them sitting on the front of a truck that gets blasted with...
my mechanic suggested things we call up here "Crazy Carpets" that are used for sliding.
Just a rolled up piece of plastic you could cut in the shape you wanted.
This is really cool. I have a few Adruino boards I had planned on doing something with, but I'm sure whatever I do would not be this good.
Excellent job.