Recent content by Rednexus

I certainly get the $$$ issues and have been there as well :). But, from my experience, a GX is NOT over-geared with 4.56s, and I only have 33s on my rig. I also hemmed and hawed over the gear ratio, including making lots of tables, and was very worried that I'd be over geared. Since...

I would never due to pressurized "flush" on a machine. It's not hard to DIY a full exchange at home. I do one every 30-45K by dropping the pan, cleaning the pan and magnets (it will be full of crud), replacing the screen/filter (after all, a new one comes with the pan gasket), topping it off...

Perhaps you find unsuspecting salvage yards to get them at a cheap price, then flip them in the future :). Wish I had held on to mine as I'm pretty sure it only cost $33 or so new, and I sold it at a slight loss on eBay (considering seller's fees). I would have unloaded it for let's say $40+...

It seems like the bracket must have changed between the 03-04 model runs and the 05-09 model runs. So in theory if you get a 05+ bracket, it should work. But, my GX is an 07 and I have not personally examined the back of a 03-04 GX to verify. The bolt holes certainly look the same though. You...

I don't agree with the CCN and what he is saying does not match my experience at all. IMO the "don't change all of your transmission fluid" is an old wife's tale. I certainly like many of the CCN videos, but he catastrophizes on fluids, non-OEM parts, and other weird stuff like transmission...

I'd suggest mounting w/o the center bracket for now (it will still be stronger than the Curt hitch) and then getting the bracket from an '05+ V8 4Runner or GX out of the junkyard. I can't imagine many people are harvesting that bracket. If there is a V8 4Runner or GX in a junkyard somewhere near...

You keeping the 8.0? If you are going through the effort of a re-gear and locker, I would strongly (no pun intended) advise an 8.2 swap instead with 4.56 gears (this is the highest aftermarket gearset offered for a 8.2). By far the best money I've ever spent on my GX. It rips with 4.56s and no...

That's an unusually complicated TSB for brake squeal. Grease at 10 different spots on the back of the pad - but only those spots :rolleyes:. IMO it seems likely that a tech will not follow it exactly and, if it's really that sensitive to grease placement, it will squeal again. Squeal is pretty...

Lots of folks on here have run a BMC, myself included. It's simple and easy and solves the problem. I didn't need a BMC with a 265/70R17, but did with a 285/70R15. You might be able to skip it with a skinny tire like a 255/80R17, but it's not guaranteed. If you want to run a 33" or larger on...

Not trying to ambulance chase, but I do have a good 8" 3rd member sitting around (removed from my GX a couple months ago when I did a 8.2 upgrade). PM me if you have any interest in it, as I'd rather sell it to a forum member than eBay it.

Coolant was probably super acidic at that point. Still, I'd be happy of my GX470 makes it to nearly 500K miles. That would be about ~23 more years of me driving it, and the rig would be over 40 years old at that point. Seems a long shot that I'll still own it in 2048, but you never know :).

I'm just being snippy as the owner of a little brother 2UZ-FE :). A few of the very old 2UZ-FEs have also had head gasket problem. IMO the best way to avoid those is routine coolant flushes to keep the coolant form becoming acidic. I'm not seeing any coolant changes on the service record for...

My GX has developed this issue in the past month. When I put it in reverse, the passenger side mirror tilts downward all of the way (like it normally has). But, the driver's mirror only tilts down about 1/2 as much as it should. I've tried adjusting the positions of both mirrors (wtih the rig in...

They probably also don't have a lot of data to compare to. Can't be more than a GX or two a year with that many miles with which to build their pricing model on. Being that the dealer didn't send it straight to auction, perhaps they picked it up at a very low trade in price (say $2-4K) and are...

That's the right bracket. Your bags look good as well, although my opinion is online-only :). You could always buy a spare aftermarket bag or two and throw them in the camper, so you aren't totally screwed if one craps out on you in a remote area. Looks like aftermarket replacements are around...