Recent content by LCH21

The OEM Panny in my 2004 4Runner lasted 9 years, replaced when it did not start the 4.7 V8, requiring a jump. Its failure was sudden. Replaced with a DieHard Gold AGM. That battery was still in (8 years) when traded in for the LC. The Panny in my 2008 Tundra was replaced in 2018 due to slow...

For what it is worth, The Car Care Nut has a new video on the head gasket issue. I did my first coolant change just before 60,000 miles on my 2021 LC. According to my service advisor, the new recommendation is 60,000 and then every 50,000 after that if I remember correctly. He even showed me...

Just got back from my Montana trip to Glacier NP. Trying out my new inflatable 6-person tent! Leftovers from a fun thunderbumper. Tried to catch the Blood Moon partial eclipse coming up over Parke Ridge. Had to hand hold the camera as I forgot my tripod.

Just got back from a 3000 mile trip on new KO3s. No problems. Quieter than the KO2s I had, handled heavy rain with no issues. Several hundred miles off road were as expected. They do collect rocks in the tread though.

Last year, when I drove back to Pensacola, I drove I-10 to and from for a total of 4355.5 miles per Garmin TreadXL GPS. I used 245.9 gallons for an overall 17.7 MPG. Best tank was coming back through Arizona at 80 MPH with 268.8 miles and 13.6 gallons for 19.8 MPG. Worst tank was driving...

New tires: And an alignment: Seems to drive straight. This LC has pulled to the right since I bought it. I have had five alignments. I had a long conversation with the alignment guy this time and he had it for an hour or so working on it. We will see. He said there is nothing that can...

I try and run a bottle of fuel cleaner such as the Amsoil stuff or Techron every few thousand miles or so. The last I did a few days ago at 80,000 miles, was the Amsoil cleaner. I then hooked up my scanner to see what the live data would say. The fuel trim for both banks was 0.0, right where...

Mine had that decal on the access door and the shop monkey still broke the air dam hinge. Just because that decal is there, do not assume the shop monkeys can read. This is what I did: I also now lock the glove box and take the key with me.

My wife and I began a couple of months ago discussing making this trip to Deadhorse (Prudhoe) next year. It will be 3900+ miles one way. We will have about 30 days for the trip. I have been doing some research on what is necessary so I find this thread very helpful. I wish I had an...

From your photos, what is broken is the actuator arm off the servo motor itself. The pin fits into a slot on the re-cerc air dam operating lever. From this picture, you can see the part that you found - the white part attached to the orange repair from Oakleyguy. The pin on the part in your...

There's a car load of trouble! My one is more than enough. She is the third husky I have had. As for the split gate, I use it all the time. I have had lift gates, swing-outs and now the LC, and and the LC's split gate is by far the most useful.

I just did the Oakleyguy's fix earlier today and yes, it will work just fine on a completely broken door hinge. The most difficult task was getting the servo lever pin into the slot on the new actuator arm. The door now works just fine. You can clearly see where the bottom half of the door...

I ordered the ONEngineering re-circulation door fix on June 24th, it arrived on July 6th and I installed it today. The most difficult task was getting the servo lever pin into the slot on the actuator arm. I was thinking only pure thoughts as I gingerly flexed the servo lever far enough to...

Avalanche Lake is a beautiful hike! Glad you made it. While you were there, did you get to do the Trail of the Cedars? Nice little walk through the woods. On a sunny day...

Don't remember if I have asked before, but where in Georgia are you? General area good enough. I'm from Atlanta. Used to live on Oxford Rd., near Emory. Went to Druid Hills HS. Now that I just turned 69, I am hearing a little voice in my head telling me it's time to go back home. My family...