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That is freaking most AWESOME!! Would love to do that at some point and also Alaska. Thanks for sharing.

We went for a remote border crossing between Chile and Argentina in deep Patagonia. No road for about 50 miles, river crossings. Fun! Hope you enjoy the video: Chris

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Hit a less impressive round number on the way to work:

My vote replaces the radiator and new cap, if it is the original unit, you are on borrowed time. The 04 that I bought from a couple blew the bottom section of the radiator and didn't pull over right away and it cost them an engine failure, which...

or heat up the bolt with an oxy-fuel torch. that always works.

I wrestled with one on a 2jz engine recently. I bought the car cheap because the mechanic chip couldn’t get the crankshaft pulley bolt out. I went through 3 breaker bars before I figured it out. For anyone else that ever wrestles with this...

MB tech.....when will we see an OM6xx swap?

That truck appears to possibly be cleaner than most. The rust looks superficial to me. I would wire brush or needle scale the frame and coat it with Fluid Film. As for the surface rust on the roof, CLR and a Scotch Brite pad to knock down the...

Few more areas that need some love

Is this a custom cut by an upholstery shop? it looks different from the usual pre made replacements. I just back read, how much was the total bill?

I picked up the 100 yesterday and I couldn't be happier. The first thing I had to do was adjust the mirrors. I knew the old foam - 20 years and 200,000 miles - had collapsed a bit. Since it was my ass in that seat for 15 of those years and...

Pulled a plug and got spark, I've got a buddy who is loaning me a compression tester so that will be the next step

Ugh. That's an hour each way, but I'll call them. Used to be very slow, maybe a few drops over the course of awhile. I have a bunch of Fill Plug gaskets and check it every few months and never even had to top it up despite the very small amount...

How bad is your leak? I have the same issue with my wife's 03. I bought it that way and contemplated on doing it but for now I just top it off every 3 months and call it good. Did you even get an estimate?

Pull all the plugs and check compression. Before that is pull a plug and coil and see for sparks if that's ok do a compression test.

I say make the kid ride an electric bike until he can "mature up" a bit on vehicle treatment. But fix the 100 maybe as a graduation present.

You seem to be a cool dad and you want your son to have a good transportation but there are plenty of car/trucks out there for his age, you have to get a good car and have him slowly fix it up with his money (if he works). My son crashed a 2009...

Any 4.7 VVTI will work - LC, LX, Tundra, Sequoia, GX. The good thing is you have the original engine with the correct accessories to swap over. I passed on a low mileage LC a while back because it had no engine - as you’re finding it’s hard to...

Your kid has no skin in the game. You aren't a bad parent making your kid buy his own car and pay for his own insurance. A Cruiser of any kind is not a first car for a kid. I bought my 100 from a college graduate that learned real quick a...

Ha! I forgot about this part. My 20 year son’s insurance comes to $4300/year. I bought him a mechanically perfect Outback wagon that he insisted on getting comp and collision for, plus he’s had one minor claim, but even minimal liability coverage...

Yes, there should be a SET sale coming at the end of the month, starting 8/25. I believe it will “only” be 15% off though. Of course this assumes I have good intel, but pretty confident in this info.

Anybody having an upcoming sale? I have a laundry list of large items. 🙏

I doubt anyone here can empirically tell you that one is better than another. I’d love to see a teardown or cutaway like people do with oil filters. It’s common to see posts like “ _________ sucks!” because one person had one failure. If you want...

Cutting aluminum tailgate lids and quarter storage panels most of the week.