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You hit the nail on the head for the reasons I don't like a hitch carrier, and not a fan of the barn door with the dogs along with other issues. Will also add that a hitch carrier sticks out far enough that at night camping in the dark it is...

Yep, we have one for when we’re just car camping and seem to bring our whole house with us. It serves a purpose and I do like the storage it provides but it’s limiting in a lot of ways. Such as, can’t open the cargo door without removing...

As I mentioned in my build post regarding the transmission service, my transmission guys says as long as it stays under 300ºF, no worries. Low to mid 200º'F is very normal and acceptable.

I'm 4500 miles into a cross country roadtrip. I have the OEM aux cooler and I've pinned the thermostat. The tranny pan temps have remained under 190F for most of the trip and crept into the low 200s under heavy load, even with ambient temps of...

Is it so hot where you live that the asphalt is melting?

Apparently my Mickey Thompsons yearn to be off pavement so badly that they have removed the pavement from the road beneath them. This is very annoying problem.

20 or so years ago I was heavily into quads. Had one for me, the wife and two boys. Real good times. Bought a toy hauler which lead to a Duramax to tow everything. My buddy bought a Polaris 800s and let me borrow coupe times. Real nimble...

I have about 123k miles on the clock presently and did a fluids drain at about 80k. We do a lot of off roading, and out west, there's a lot of sand, dirt and grit. The transmission guy said that's probably the issue with the drips. Note, I wasn't...

A good trans filtration system, and yet you had enough "sand and grit" to require $2,000 in repairs. How many miles do you have? Have you done any transmission drain and fills?

Unless I am towing, my transmission fluid temps rarely reach the point to which fluid is circulated to this exchanger. The system as designed, works great. Towing a 4k load from MD through SD and MT to YNP gave me 238F+ temps. My under $100...

Aside from the topper, if you have a hitch, there are those flat carriers for a hitch that can accommodate a large cooler/totes/??. Only issue is you have to be careful backing up. You usually can't see how far back that attachment is, although...

I too am a '50's baby, albeit, the very end. But I remember almost anything you turned upside down had a, "Made in Japan" sticker on the bottom. But as you mentioned Dr. Deming, with him going to Japan in the mid 1940's and helping develop the...

Well you obviously aren't farting dust yet and that is a good thing :) I was born in the 50's and remember well when something broke the common response was it must be made in Japan. Then Dr. Deming took care of that after manufacturing in the...

Just got back from the transmissions shop with the 'ol girl. Ed say's it really needed the pan to be dropped and it all cleaned out. Came out to a scratch over $2,000 (CA prices) to replace ALL the seals, pull the trans pan, new filter, oil...

Good point. I think that is likely the reason so many of us chose the GX460's "older tech" rather than newer models. I know it was a big part of my choice.

Although, I've heard rumors, and please correct me if I'm wrong, that either Hyundai or Kia has pilfered engineers from Toyota, hence their vehicles are beginning to stand up to Toyota products. With Toyota losing some of it's engineers, that...

Agreed. But their track record is quite good!

Mine was 120K and the only thing available was an O'Reilly Radiator that is now giving me headaches. It was a week before I was supposed to move and I was using the truck to move important things, like my all original 65 y.o. tube amp built in...

At least the up-side is, if you need to replace a hose/tube, it's not three or four figure cost! It'll be about as much as a BigMac, fries and drink.

Still no idea as it's 70% humidity and no condensation out back. I did find this but I can't see there being three drain tubes? Oh maybe it's for the cooler under the armrest? I don't have that.......

I had to replace my radiator at just shy of 100k miles. The plastic was cracking.

I run the pink SLL coolant in my GX. It still had a pH of 7 with 40K on it. Regardless, I did a complete flush with new SLL coolant when it got to 50K. I'd never run coolant for 100K in any rig, that's just begging for trouble. FYI the SLL is...

Yes, I'm reading some radiator failures around the 10-15 year age for the 460. Perhaps the 470 is better quality. Mine is only a 2019 and 73k miles, but I want to proactively replace the radiator when I hit 100k. Richard, apologies this is...

Since the OEM has the 2 ports, I assume that any direct fit OEM style radiator has to have it. Mishimoto, another popular brand also has it. They even state it's a liquid/liquid hx...

The CSF was a direct bolt-in for my rig. Everything hooked up in the exact right spot, including the OEM trans lines, fan shroud, etc. I honestly think it might be possible to avoid an oversized aux trans cooler with the CSF. IMO it's a worthy...