Recent content by LJE

Running a compression check should tell you a lot, and probably ought to be the next step. If you do determine that it truly has a bad headgasket, then any 2UZ can be made to work (Tundra/Sequoia/V8 4Runner/GX470) - you'd just need to swap exhaust manifolds, upper & lower oil pans (and oil...

I'd be remiss if I didn't mention this here on 'Mud - I'm running a sale on my 2UZ fan clutch wrenches through next Friday, 11/7/26. Use the code "TIMING" and save $5 to make your next timing belt job a little easier!

Hey! In my personal truck (shown above), I've got a KG1000 radio faceplate on the front of my ashtray. That mount isn't available on the website (I actually think it was the *first* thing I ever designed for my truck), but, if that's of interest just let me know! If there's another radio with...

Whoa whoa whoa - who made me the adult in the room here?!?! :rofl: I'll just say that managing communication in the modern day of social media is hard. And incredibly time consuming - I've had over a year and a half of doing it to practice, and I still feel like I spend more time talking to...

Check it out! I really thought this guy would end up in the way of the passenger - but, at least for me, my legs pretty well avoid it entirely. It's available on the website now!

New product! With @Anarchy's excellent HVAC controller/NAV Delete, I don't need to keep my phone screen in view for maps anymore... But I did need somewhere to stash it! Check these out: They snap in nice & tight around the side trim - they're not going anywhere! But wait. . . Storage for...

Check it out! Assuming @rjones still wants a set of 4x, that leaves 3x sets of 5x flat caps available in "grade A" condition, and one set of 5x caps that have a few dings into the aluminum (gotta talk to the anodizer if I ever do more of these) that'll be available for a discount. There's...

Just chucking this out there - you OEM shaft may have some small vibration that's canceling out the others. @fussychicken - I believe you've pulled the front drive shaft without the same results as pulling the rear, correct? (i.e, vibration is still there).

I mean, he high centered himself directly on the skid plate so that he could change a CV axle... 🤣 The revisions are mostly an ease of manufacturing thing, along with reducing snag points at the frame rails. The crossmember has a brace that runs all the way out, and that was with the intention...

My guess is that's because you probably avoided nailing the t-case skid, haha. IMO, the ASFIR front skid is definitely underbraced for moderate-to-hard wheeling, and the T-case skid is even worse. They have their place, but not for people that plan on dropping their truck on the skids. Tested...

Thanks for the photo! Are you rocking the little threaded rubber plugs for the old spoiler bracket holes? (I did remember to include those, right?) Here's a quick project before COTR later this week - since I ditched The Wedgie© when I removed the tape deck for the Alpine Siege HVAC module, I...

You know, that's really not that unfeasible. The circled holes on this photo are to interface with my (current) coastal offroad transmission skidplate. Punch a couple new holes in your current transmission skid to meet up with these holes, or if someone gave me really good measurements I could...

Working on a beefy transfer case skidplate design! Replacement crossmember with a skid plate that bolts to it - I wanted to be able to drop the skid without needing to support the transmission. (not shown is an additional brace that runs rearwards) Big Skid Plate in Little Press-town! The...

That's exactly it! $2K "all-in" for the conversion. $1,200 for the HVAC module from Anarchy, $600 (ish) for the kit I'm putting together with the amp/amp bracket/amp-to-speaker harness adaptor harness/camera/camera bracket/etc, and then however much you want to spend on a head unit ($200 in...

Ah yes - I have the 10". Alpine also has a 10" version of their display too FWIW. But, I think Anarachy posted links to both 9" and 10" bezels in one of the first couple posts.