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Because if you are, I finally found mine. It's really hard to find and neither the factory owner's manual nor the Chilton manual I got were any help! Location is behind the fuse block in the lower left part of the dash - but you can't get to it without disassembling the dash cover (at least...

Well, after my little fender bender back in March, I now have my new bumper on. Looks a little odd, but then I knew it would be like that (lots of "exposed" mechanical stuff that the factory bumper covers up.) I'll probably take some snips to those liner pieces that are hanging down...

After my recent trip (see trip report) I've decided I need to use my roof rack more (right now I only use it when I carry the canoe.) Three questions: 1. Where can I get the end caps for the factory rack tracks? All of mine broke off when I was trying to remove the rack a couple of years...

First off, let me just say thanks again to Scott (ScottB on the forums) for putting this together. It was a great trip and Scott, Sib, Ted, and Mike were great guys to be on the trail with. Second, I wasn't on the Mojave Road portion so I can't comment on that. Sounds like it was a good...

One thing I dislike about the 3rd gen 4runner is the one piece lift gate. Now it's true, the liftgate has some advantages over the drop-gate of the 1st and 2nd gens (for example your lift gate is still usable even if the rear window won't roll down) but I miss having a tailgate for cooking or...

...or as Homer Simpson would call it, "Crisi-Tunity." :sombrero: Although in this case the "danger" was pretty minimal. We had a forecast of snow yesterday, 3 - 6" in the metro area (which turned out to be wildly pessimistic - it was more like a trace) but I decided to drive the 4runner...

Just curious about where people have mounted mag lites. I picked up a simple set of mag lite mounts (which I was disappointed to find were plastic, not steel, but for $3.89, I guess I shouldn't have been surprised...) and am now trying to think of a place to mount it. Right now the 3 D-Cell...

Just curious what the consensus was on Taco/4runner IFS ball joints and how vulnerable they are. Over on http://www.t4r.org there's a scary thread about a couple of guys who had ball joints break while driving down the road, needless to say, causing a lot of damage to their front ends. I...

Sorry if this is a repost, I didn't see anything about it in a quick scan of the topics in the Nissan forum, so I thought I'd post it here. The good news: It appears we're finally getting the Patrol in the US. :wings: The bad news: It's badged as an Infiniti (same way Toyota badged the...

Just got back from my long awaited trip to Vegas for Thanksgiving weekend. We left early on the 23rd (Tuesday) for Flagstaff as my wife had never seen the Grand Canyon before and I thought it would be a good stop. The original plan had been to head straight West on I-70 to Moab and then...

(Cross-posted from http://www.t4r.org) Okay, I got my Ultragauge in the mail yesterday (ordered it last Friday so that's pretty quick shipping.) Installed it last night and here are a few pics and first impressions: Installed in the recommended location near the A-pillar. The suction cup...

This past weekend was the first of what we hope to be many "Triumphs in Taos" event. I went with a group from the Erico Motorsports RAT (Riders Association of Triumph) club and we had a great time. No pics of the first day, unfortunately: While riding down a scenic highway at ~75mph my...

Just wondering who here has installed aftermarket gauges and how you'd rate the difficulty level. I'm still looking for a permanent solution for my desire of an outside temp gauge. My little $9 cheapie still works but I hate the way it looks. Thinking of going with an A-pillar-mount gauge...

For my Alaska trip, I purchased a very nice, fairly inexpensive DSLR. It's a Fuji Finepix S1800. First SLR I've owned since my Yashica FX3 35mm that I bought in 1980 and which 'disappeared' from my household goods shipment when I left Germany in 1989. Question to the group: How do you...

(*Also posted in http://www.toyota-4runner.org*) Just finished a simple sleeping platform/extender for the 4runner, figured I'd share it with the group. I was able to make mine from stuff I had at the house (actually, parts from the last sleeping platform I made for my Taco last year.) For...

Does anyone know? I'm the proud owner of my first ever trailer, but of course over 23 years in the military I had plenty of opportunity to drive vehicles with trailers: M151 Jeep with a 1/4 ton trailer M35A2 "deuce and a half" 2 1/2 ton truck with 3/4 ton utility trailer M1008/1009 CUCV (Chevy...

Well, I just got my first "restoration project." It's not an "adventure trailer" like the ones a lot of you guys have, but I'm sure it's going to be altogether a different kind of "adventure" bringing this trailer back to life! Trailer was purchased Saturday from a fellow ExPo member...

Okay, I've teased you guys long enough! Here's a report from my recent 2 1/2 week trip to Alaska. The trip was about a year in the making. Wife has wanted to go there for years (for one thing, she's a fly fisher, and Alaska is like mecca for flyfishermen.) We'd discussed it, talked about...

I'll post my pics up later, but I couldn't resist this teaser, which should inspire drooling and/or longing by the ExPo folks!

Because apparently I haven't suffered enough in life, I'm contemplating a motorized vehicle project. As long as I can remember I've always loved the look of the classic Jeep. I never owned one because I always needed a more "practical" vehicle like a pickup or an SUV for a DD but there's...