Recent content by rommelrommel

Replacing the bags is easy, get the arnott/continental ones from rockauto and don’t think about it for another decade.

Mine came with outers. It was not a reman rack.

I have a 2006 with no issues currently, is there a compelling reason to go gen 2 over gen 1 for a preventative install? We have no emissions or inspections here to worry about.

I run techstream on an older apple laptop, virtualbox and run a VM. Supposedly there are some good and cheap scanners these days, I've seen this mentioned a few places: https://www.amazon.com/Scanner-TOPDON-ArtiDiag500-Transmission-Diagnostic/dp/B08XK3DJ42

I have one, he's a good guy and supports people that have install problems and such.

I have a factory locker, felt it money well spent. If I ever get a front locker it would be an eaton, agree the wiring is a lot easier.

Wil Oberdick at Dark Illusions Fabrication (Best found on Facebook) makes a harness that uses the rotary Toyota factory switch which fits into the black square dead plate to the right of your steering column. That’s about as factory looking as you can get.

Doesn't hurt. Places that do it have all the little nozzles to get in the various frame holes but I could see it helping.

It's six total: 2 front 2 rear at calipers 2 rear at body to axle

If there is visible heavy rust it's likely the frame has very little strength left somewhere, so who knows how long you might get. And yes, lots of people have posted their trucks over the years or ones they went to look at that had either catastrophically failed or were right on the verge.

There are actually four. Two near the calipers, and two up where the main hard lines come out near the axle. Each pair is the same part number.

Could you give a less zoomed in pic?

You could have a a failing water pump given all those symptoms. How much coolant have you put in it? Could even be a head gasket leak. There are a few other places known to leak that could be dripping down there.

Almost every GX with air suspension will have a tiny leak somewhere that the compressor has to run occasionally to top up the system. Leaving it off doesn’t allow this to happen. Turning it off is only really for maintenance.

Yeah... rust belt vehicle I dunno. Maybe some areas got better attention for undercoat over the years? I would be concerned some of that rust is inside out instead of surface.