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Joining Chuck From Albuquerque Looks like Heidi and I will be able to join the trip if there's still room. We'll head over with Chuck H. and anyone else that wants to caravan over. Howard L. Snell

Cracked Tank Is Replaceable I cracked the tank on one of the ARB compressors by over tightening the pressure fitting. However, all wasn't lost. I called ARB told them what I did and they sent me a new tank for an extremely reasonable price - I think it was less than $10 (plus a couple of...

Trailer Wiring Before or After Control Unit? Hello Will: Are you tapping into the trailer wiring after the control unit? If so, you might try tapping in to the source wiring before the controll unit (similar to tapping directly to the Tacoma's wiring). I don't have experience with the...

White Mountains Hello Scott: You mention going to the White Mountains after running the Rubicon. If you're looking for some challenging trails there I can suggest two. We tried both in July in our DC Tacoma but we were alone and probably more timid than we needed to be so we were unable to...

400W System At Costco & ARB Draw I've seen various systems at Costco. I think that the 400W system mentioned by Tucson T4R was probably sold with a 400W 120v inverter. Thus it could run a 120v 400W appliance, but it wouldn't produce 400W of solar output because the panels were probably...

ARB 40 Qt Fridge On Solar On a recent 3 week trip we did a "hybrid" system for our ARB 40 refrigerator/freezer. When driving we powered the fridge from our Tacoma's alternator via the starting battery. When stopped we powered it from an auxiliary battery. The auxiliary battery was charged...

Mixed Opinion Mitch: I have one of these axles on a small Aluma trainer that I use for paved and maintained dirt road camping (see photo below). The axle is really simple, light weight and seems able to handle a lot of weight so I like it for those reasons. The Aluma can carry 1,000 pounds...

Thanks! You guys are great. Brian - Thanks for the idea about the externally accessible bolt. I looked for something similar (I also have an 87), but couldn't find an obviously missing piece of hardware. Will - those are an awesome set of instructions. I'd been reluctant to tear into the...

Hello: Our 2004 DC Tacoma 4x4 has developed an annoying rattle in the driver's side window. If the window is up there is no rattle, but if the window is down it rattles. The passenger side has a much less pronounced rattle, but it is noticeable when the door gets closed with the window down...

Several Options One solution is Photoshop CS3, but that's pretty expensive for just converting. We used to use a great program called Bibble that could do the conversions in batch mode so that you wouldn't have to do each one separately. However, if you're going to be producing high quality...

Thanks - "Cure" and Aluminum DO? Thanks for the great replies about aluminum DOs. I've just purchased the GSI 10" - haven't used it yet, but the size and weight are ideal for our goals. The GSI stand wasn't available where I made the purchase, but I found a folding "DO lid stand...

Poor Memory? Mass of T-17 I actually weighed my new style T-17 out of the box, wrote it down and lost the scrap of paper.... If I remember correctly the bumper weighed 75 pounds (again, IF I remember correctly). The TJM USA guys could probably give you an exact weight. Their phone number is...

T-17 I'm happy with the T-17 TJM I purchased through Steve at Sonoran Steel for our 2004 Tacoma. I also have a T-17 on my 1987 4runner. While the two bumpers look alike they are significantly different. Older T-17's are thinner and lighter and the "ears" that extend back towards the front...

Experience with Cast Aluminum DOs? We've used dutch ovens in the past and we're planning of getting back to them again. I've seen some apparently well made anodized cast aluminum Dutch Ovens. Their light weight is attractive as we're trying hard to reduce the total weight of our overall...

Do You Travel Alone? We have two expedition vehicles - both with winches. We travel alone a lot and the winch is tremendous security (but not absolute!). So far we haven't seriously used the Tacoma's winch, but the winch on our 1987 4Runner saved our truck once. We went over the San Mateo...

Thanks Thanks for the input. We've reconfigured the rear passenger area of our Tacoma DC into a single passenger seat, refrigerator, and storage space. The Optima may go on its side under the refrigerator in what used to be the right rear passenger foot well. Now that I know this works from...

I'm considering mounting an Optima battery on it's side to exploit an available tight spot in our Tacoma. I've seen lots of references about how Optima (and other AGM) batteries can be mounted sideways, but I'd like to hear if anyone has had problems with Optimas mounted that way? Howard L. Snell

I have these springs I'm running an Alcan 8 pack on our 2004 Doublecab Tacoma. In general I'm happy with the springs but when we load the truck for a week and carry 3 adults they don't have as much capacity as I would like. Brief summary of gear carried: 6 gal extra fuel in NATO can, 10 gal...

Thanks Thanks - on one hand I'm happy that I wasn't overlooking something simple as I feared. On the otherhand, disappointed that I'll have to get drastic. The other alternative is to try making a stock rear bench into a 1/3 stock rear bench by cutting the seat frame just inboard of the hinge...

Hey - What's the trick to removing a front seat from the mounting (adjustable slide) rail? I have the seat out of the truck, but I can't figure out how to release the rails and slide the seat off of the rails. It looks like it ought to be simple.... I'm experimenting with different...