Recent content by shackley

Is ID dry?

You might be the winner! I just had to go about 450 (900 round trip) miles each way to Mountain States Toyota in Denver from Albuquerque, but it was exactly what I wanted: White Trailhunter with no options.

Albuquerque to Denver, about 450 miles.

I live in New Mexico about 200 miles north of the US/Mexico border and do fieldwork in Sonora and Chihuahua. Should I shift to 5w30 when I cross the border, or maybe use 5w30 in hot New Mexico summers? If I bought my Trailhunter in Ciudad Juarez about 200 miles south of Albuquerque I would be...

I don't think we in NM need to worry about dilution too much. My oil temp gets up pretty fast. If I was driving only a couple miles daily, I'd worry then. For those living up north, it might be an issue.

Note the beating a dead horse gif above.

I don't, but here in New Mexico (I live at 5500' in elevation) most use 0W20 in the winter and 5W30 in the summer. We do get to 100 degrees F in the summer, most days in the 90s. In my Trailhunter and previously in my Gladiator I used 0W20 as recommended by both Jeep and Toyota.

Thanks again.

A bit expensive, but pretty cool. It looks like you have to buy it in three parts, cables, and the other parts for the engine compartment. Is that correct, and do you have a link? Sorry for so many questions, but I plan on a winch and I'm getting tired of raising the seat to charge the battery.

So this relocation just runs from the battery in the back, and I assume you can 1) connect the winch to it, and 2) charge the battery. Correct? Did you buy their cables, or others? There are cheaper options unless they require their cables.

Thanks. That's what I thought. It also fits in our 2023 RAV4 Prime.

Sounds good.

With my Rubicon, I could change the diff ratio with a computer. I assume you could do that with Tacomas, but I've never done that with them. Otherwise, the mileage will be way off going from 3.58s to say 4.10s. Let me know what you do, and who in ABQ/Rio Rancho does that.

And why I chose the tire/wheel combination. OEM wheel/tire weight was about 73 lbs. With my Black Rhino Etosha at 24.6 lbs, and Nokian Outpost nAT at 46 lbs (Discount says 47) = about 70-71 lbs, and diameter about equal, BUT my MPG didn't increase measurably, but I only have about 1500 miles on...

I've had 6 Tacomas since 1999. Varying my driving habits on the 1 Gen DID make a difference, but then the computer contribution was essentially nil. I keep wondering if it's fighting the computation in these 4th Gen Tacomas.