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6R80 is just a slightly different ZF 6HP. One of the finest transmissions ever produced, used in pretty much everything.

Sounds about right. Its just a stopgap anyway until they release the full electric one. Right now they need to big power motor to compete with other brands, so it was probably way cheaper to just use an existing motor than develop a new one. I'm sure there is some emissions reason they didn't...

No one's breaking Jeep transfer cases. Dana 35 rear ends? Yes. I agree on the "sum of its parts" thing, Toyota's build quality was a real marvel when the 80 came out, up and through the 2000s. Nowadays though, Toyota lags behind on innovation and every other manufacturer has stepped up their...

So... the motor with the timing chain driven water pump that when it leaks mixes oil with coolant? With the 4.0 SOHC most of those trucks out of their useable life when they are ready for chains (as long as they've been maintained). My parents had one with 185K on it and so signs of chain...

The whole "Its worth it because it's a Land Cruiser !!" thing on forums like ih8mud is pretty crazy to me. I get that these rigs are becoming collectible now and going up in value, but the insane baselining and OEM-only repair parts has been going on since way before that. And the big money...

LCs will always run forever, because since the 80 came out LCs have been expensive and (since the early 2000s) are also less competitive than their contemporary competitors in all nearly every category... luxury, tech, ride quality, power, etc. For that reason, the big wagon LCs have only been...

Thats just more anecdotal information. I guess I'm being contrarian just for the hell of it, but there are plenty of Rover V8s out there with over 300k too.. and those motors are not known to be bulletproof. So you need to do the head gasket every 150k on a 1FZ, but once every 80-90k on a Rover...

This sort of thread is exactly what ExPo was 8-10 years ago and we need more of. Every couple of weeks someone does it right, thanks for the writeup. Keep on truckin.

The original AEV Jeeps all used Nth degree suspension, which was a company started by a guy who was an engineer for Jeep and worked on/helped design the TJ. Eventually Nth went away, and AEV started selling it as their own stuff. Not sure where it all went from there, but that's the background...

Yea, simple definitely make things easier. But it isn't impossible to go just as long with vehicles equipped with newer tech.. it just might take some slightly more expensive parts, and different kinds of tinkering. That Volvo guy is from my hometown, I saw it once or twice at local car shows.

The service life for anything is infinite provided you keep throwing money and parts at it.

and after the package getting lost twice in customs, we gave up.

The GM autotrac in my Silverado was super clunky. It worked well, but it wasn't anything close to as invisible or smooth as other AWD or other "auto" systems.

Depends on the type of axle. Something like this: http://www.perfectcasita.com/casita-axle-lift-kit.html Escape and InTech both offer "lifted" versions of their axles/suspension from the factory.

Both Casita and Escape have models under 5000lbs with showers. Happy searching!