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I don't think it has to be all that dire. Plenty of vehicles do just fine in light trail duty. Subarus for example can be quite capable on mild dirt roads and light 'wheeling. The Subarus back when we still got 2-speed cases were danged good. Those were cool. The main issue I feel is when...

Shielding is good. That means metal that blocks RF. But it needs to be continuous and any openings have to be smaller than the wavelengths will be a place noise can leak out. But remember it works both ways, you can shield the solar but you can also cover coax and radio power cables with...

Man, I know how tough that is to deal with. He's a handsome one, best to you and him. There are two things you're worrying about here. Antenna placement relative to other antennas (and ultimately the affect this has on other radios). This is fairly easy to predict. Something to consider is...

Yeah, I get that a brake job on them is easier, especially with how the rotors float on the hubs now. But it's not something we are doing several times a year like oil. Doing rear drum brakes isn't horrible since it's something you do once every few years.

I have not seen them personally but AFAIK the GX has the same breathers as the other trucks.

Everyone complains about that. Why do you want rear disc brakes? I'm asking honestly, what improvement are people after? I can lock the rear brakes on my Tacoma so doesn't seem like I need any more power. And I like that that parking brake on drums is going to hold on the trail without very...

There is in fact a ton of me-too things available for the Tacoma. But when you boil it down are there really that many unique things? And since I tend to buy ARB front bumpers, simple rear bumpers and sliders, etc. there's sufficient aftermarket already for the Ranger. So I don't think that's...

Main thing is to check that the bump stops fully engage before the shocks bottom out. Beyond that you may want to stop the travel before the springs negatively camber too much or the tires rub the fenders but that's not a hard measurement like the shocks.

We had an 2005 SR5 4Runner V6 for about a year and a half. There was a VSC disable button on the lower left dash. I don't remember if 4WD High would disable it automatically or not but you could turn it off until the next key cycle in any mode, 2WD or 4WD Auto.

The 4Runners got was the center diff, otherwise the same. A couple of guys with manual transmissions have adapted the FJ Cruiser AWD transfer case to a Tacoma and done a 2WD conversion. A stick shift FJC doesn't have 2WD high (neither did the old V8 4Runners) while Tacoma does, but it's a...

What you've described is mostly a 2003+ 4Runner or 1998+ Land Cruiser. Lockable Torsen center diff and TRAC/A-TRAC/VSC and with some years having electric lockers. The stock low range on Toyota is around 2.28 for the most part, so not Rover low but there are aftermarket gear sets for 4:1 low...

Those are completely different, being front wheel drive vehicles that can vector torque to the rear wheels. Subaru's symmetrical AWD is kind of a hybrid in between. Rear wheel biased 4WD, auto 4WD or AWD can't ever work as well since the primary biased drive wheels aren't the steering wheels...

That's where the knucklehead in the operator's position has to predict things. You want to shift on the fly into 4WD before you need it so you don't slip. It's why I think there's more accidents now on snowy roads (the invincibility effect aside). All auto 4WD or AWD systems are reactive...

With the front hubs locked most manual cases have no trouble shifting on the fly at any speed. That's has been the case with Toyotas as far back at 1979. Momentarily letting up on the throttle and the shifter will move the front drive collar basically effortlessly. It's not as quick reacting...

iPads and iPhones since about 2012 have had the ability to locate using both GPS and GLONASS. Most devices (not just Apple) use one of the Broadcom BCM475x variants for location, most of which can see all types of GNSS (including Galileo and QZSS) to 5m accuracy. This is typical of any other...

Of course low range has almost no purpose for driving on snow packed and icy pavement. I guess if a buyer doesn't know why they'd want low range they probably don't actually need it. However a truck destined for use off highway it's not really a nice (ETA: meant to say critical) to have...

Some trucks do, Toyota 4Runners have had a multi-mode transfer case. Regular 2WD high, full time 4WD, locked 4wd high and 4wd low. They have a differential in the t-case. Land Cruisers since the 80 series have been full time 4WD with a center diff lock for true 50/50 4WD high. Aren't some...

And you can get Carling switches that look basically stock and fit in the blanks with all sorts of descriptors on them here: https://www.ch4x4.com

What does the MVUM for the area say?

Where did you learn that? The acceptable criteria when I was taught was wicking must stop at the insulation. That's per NASA, though, so their workmanship standards were pretty specific and connectors are almost always crimped. I'm just curious who recommends that since the underlying reason...