Recent content by Jetboy

My old 2F has actually been reasonably reliable. I don't think it's ever had any internal work. Not in the 20ish years I've had it. But I have had issues with the ignition mostly and the carburation has never really been right. I bought it with a weber carb and put it back to an OEM one, but...

Very true. But even a Suburban was around 10 seconds 0-60 and a Blazer was around 8.5. IIRC my old '71 Suburban was still significantly faster just by memory of the 350/TH350 combo in around a 4k lb vehicle of that era. Looking back at that era is so interesting now. The Suburban had 9 different...

A 60 was pretty close to the same price as a 2 door K5 Blazer or the full size bronco is my memory. Might be bad memory. Google tells me an 85 FJ60 was $15k and a Bronco was $13k. About 15% more for the LC60. But they were pretty basic vehicles too. Manual transmission, cloth benches, hand crank...

What I loved about my 5th gen 4R and would also fit the 6th and LC250 is the range of functions. It's something you can jump in and do 1,000 mile highway trip to some cool place and still tackle 90% of the offroad range of the side by side or LC40, with heated seats, confidence going out alone...

I think the 4Runner is definitely a better value on paper. Significantly more suspension options that are almost all better, except Toyota for whatever stupid reason withholds the SDM from almost all of them. Aftermarket will solve that PDQ I would imagine. Even the TRD OR trims have a pretty...

What's kinda interesting is it wasn't really that way if you go a little further back. Mid 90's and prior the Land Cruiser wasn't really a symbol of wealth or luxury. No one I knew back then who was driving a FJ62 or a FJ80 were considered wealthy or elite by any metric. They were basically an...

They are exactly that. I had family visit who rented one. 2025 Limited 4Runner. So I had a good chance to drive it. I would not be interested in buying one as someone how loved my 5th gen 4R and would buy one again. There's a lot of good - power is better than the v6 as is the engine noise...

I remember to test this out on my '16 Tundra. With the window lock switch turned on (locked) the driver's window goes up and down as normal and the rear glass goes up and down as normal. The both rear and passenger doors will not go up or down from either driver's switch panel or the door...

When it went on my '15 4R it was pretty noisy. And the wiper seal wouldn't hold. I think the shaft wobbles some even when new. It's not a very precision fit. But when mine failed the shaft wobble was probably too much without the bearing locating the shaft in the housing causing the seal to...

I'm thinking he may also have spent a side part of nearly an entire career designing the needle bearings in the front diffs - how on earth did that design last for something like 40 years and multiple generations of TSBs and replacements when a cheaper bushing would work better?

+1 on the oil change. The factory skid is so GD annoying. Same on my 4Runner. Why Toyota??? I swapped to a TRD Pro aluminum one on the Tundra just for the oil access door. It's about a strong as heavy duty cardboard. But I don't have to pull it off every few months. And I have a front hitch so...

HAHAHAAHA!! Thanks for sharing. We've all done something like that. It is odd that it will go down but not up like that. Maybe a safety system? I'll try in my Tundra, but I'm 99% sure none of the windows will not go down or up. I know in my RX350 they all work normally from the driver's door...

I wish they were all 6 lug for sure!! but the 16" wheels wouldn't fit over your brakes anyway, so those wouldn't work either way. :)

FWIW - The extra coolant is probably to fill the rear HVAC unit and lines and the radiator core is thicker. I can't seem to find a good spec for the LC radiator core. The Sequoia 5.7 is 41 or 42mm core thickness that would add volume of coolant over a Tundra that is about 36mm thick. Some...

I did use my high lift on Saturday. Went out to the local glacier in my side by side and something felt a little off with the trailer. Subtle, but could feel something. Checked the tires and sure enough one wheel bearing was loose. Like really loose. Grabbed the high lift off the sxs bumper and...