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Haha, I was…briefly! Tuesday was All Star Game and festivities, and Wednesday seeing J&L and my bro and his fam, then back on the road Thursday. Super short visit. Thought about you when we were flying through Medford, wish we could’ve stopped but we had a long drive ahead of us. Hope you’re well!

The Lokka is doing great. Just as good as the day I installed it. It's taken my rig through some incredibly challenging trails and never really gave me any reason for regret. Having driven HawaIrish's fully air locked rig, my Lokka equipped rig and a stock rig, an airlocker is hands down the best performance for trail use but may not be what everyone needs. A proper line choice, good spotter and quality tires will get an open differential truck through a lot of challenging terrain. The Lokka is the best bang for your buck if you want a huge gain in trail performance on a budget but comes at the cost of a substantial change in the driving requirements and limited street use. When it snows here I use 4WD on the street and highways without issue but that's the only time it sees use on pavement as my hubs stay unlocked and the truck in 2WD the rest of the year Still need to install my super packed LSD. I think HawaIrish set it up for 200-ish ft lbs? When compared to the OEM LSD it should be very nice improvement. It's been shelved with the 4:1 t-case gearset, 4.6 diff gears and my rear disc brake setup. I plan to get those installed for the next trail run in Colorado. Moab trip was a perfect example of where air lockers reign supreme but I'd wager the front Lokka and rear super packed LSD would have done well.

The misfire is worth sorting out sooner rather than later. If it's an ignition problem, it's throwing unburned fuel into the catalytic converter, which isn't great. If the coil pack is accessible, I would try swapping it for one from a cylinder that isn't misfiring. If the miss follows the coil, it's the coil. If #4 continues to misfire with a known good coil, pull the #4 plug, see if it's obviously fouled or damaged. If it's not a spark issue, might be compression or fuel. I haven't messed with VQs enough to know how much of a PITA their coil packs are to get to. The torque converter clutch circuit might be a little more complicated for a beginner. I would look for any obviously loose or corroded transmission wiring underneath. There should be troubleshooting for both codes in the service manual, which you can download for free here. AT section for the converter clutch code, EC section for the misfire. Might help decide whether it's something you're comfortable with doing. The later manuals show a lot of hand-holding for a scanner you don't have, but they still included some useful information here and there.