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Does the eco-**** bring the fuel economy down? I'm seeing ~2005 Duramax's with ~100k miles still going for ~15k.

Duraturds? Are you suggesting there's a better diesel I should look at? :eeek:

During the colder months, do they need to be warmed up much before hand? I live within 5 minutes of the freeway, so they'd be hitting 60 mph relatively quickly.

Hi guys, I'm putting on my big boy pants and am thinking about buying my first diesel. I've got a '08 Tundra (I know, I know...) that does just fine towing my trailer w/ fj40, but has a shitty payload capacity that won't allow me to both trailer and have a camper in the bed. So, I'm looking...

Not a bad price, though you'll spend that ,uch building it up (ask me as one who knows, and also owns a 73 fj40). Get rid of the boat anchor of an engine, disc brakes, and you're good to go! Did you mention if it had power steering?

Gracias! It's a bit dicey getting into the parking garage at work now, but otherwise I'm loving it. I'll be able to enjoy the trail ride in Moab alot more now without worrying about driving home.

Heh, a day too late- just bought an '08 Tundra yesterday! I'll let you know about the trailer though, in case my buddy falls through.

There's always room for one more! :;

The drive down wouldn't be horrible in the '40, just not that comfortable. Plus with possibility of breakage, it'd be nice to have another way home. I thought about buying a tow rig just for the trip, and sell on the way back. However, for what I could afford it there'd be a risk the tow rig...

Cool, will look into it. David

I was looking at Uhaul, but they only seemed to have box trucks, not pickups?

Going down to Cruise Moab in April, and debating between a pounding ride all the way down in my fj40 or another option. Do you guys know of any rental places that will rent a 3/4 ton pickup, that'll let me drive out of state and back? Probably a pipedream.:booo: Cheers, David

"Only" have 115k on mine so far, but others are getting 200k easy. 3.4L will be another long-runnning engine like the 22RE.

I've got a softop on mine, seems to be okay. I think the only downside is that it's a little close to the passenger seat. I'm thinking about moving to my rear tire carrier.

Had good luck with both, though got put on hold with Marlin, after ~10 minutes of listening to Mario Bros. music, hung up and called back a couple hours later. MC sent wrong part, but was great about immediately sending out correct replacement within a day.

I built a custom mount for the bed of my fj40, uses the holes in the base, then mounts to the roll bar:

I got mine from "Badland Bumpers" locally, drove the rig down to the shop and he welded them on for me right there. http://www.badlandbumpers.com/page0008.htm

Teflon muffler bearings by far, gained 3.14159 HP. Oh, and getting an fj40 that will never be finished...:mad:

http://www.4x4review.com/feature/shock-genius.asp Here's another good link. Overall, if you'd rather have longer wheel travel for wheeling, mount at an angle and use a longer shock. If you wanted a real nice, controlled ride, buy a Lexus!

Hmmm...I think we're talking about the same thing. When you take a corner, you want to minimize compression of the leaf spring resulting from the force of the vehicle mass thrown to the outer side of the vehicle (ie., taking a left and turn, and body leaning right. That resistance to...