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Your compression can be perfect or close to even if 1 or more oil rings are shot.

Check your tail pipe is there a lot of heavy black soot in there, and I mean heavy it will feel "oily". If there is your rings may be shot and your cats will be going basically they will get clogged with oil.

10 lb Sledge hammer -that's how I "adjusted" mine to get at the bolts after I dented it

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I have had mine in for about 3 years no squeaking and nothing has broken yet. Lubed them up pretty good before bolting them up. My last set of rubber lasted 1 year (lower rears) that 's why I went poly. I get 2-3 years out the uppers so they are still rubber.

I always change the fuel filter a couple days after using injector cleaner - I figure if I need to run that my filter should be changed out.

I have had a Via air 90 (?) for about 4 years get used a few times a year has stood up well. Airing down is very much a terrain issue, I almost never air down, but I am on the West Coast and most of the roads are hard pack dirt, gravel or stone. Be aware of though I have seen more torn tires on trucks that air down and are aggressive on the gas, when they are on sharp rock. So adjust your driving accordingly. Your last line is says it best and remember the road ends where you say it does. Getting out and walking for 5 or 10 minutes can save you hours of digging, if in doubt walk down the road and see what it looks like. Line is everything look for the easiest way, not the "coolest" way. More gas is rarely the the best solution to any problem. Finally beacuse this drives me nuts, be prepared to walk out, have good foot wear, a warm jacket and long pants even in summer. Just toss it all in a day pack with some water and energy bars and always toss it in the truck or just leave it in there. If you travel with otheres they should be equally prepared to walk.

Just a question to start - runs fine under load but dies at idle - basically

I agree the Hawairish there is something very wrong those nuts should never come loose, I have done uppers twice, lowers once used poly bushing on the bottom. I do 10 to 15 days of long run off road a year never had one come loose in 10000 Km of logging roads. You need to determine what is wrong, but even the poly bushing required some grease and pressure to seat. It sounds like the the metal housing for the bushing is missing. That is a thin tube of metal inside the mount. See the red arrow in the image below, stock bushings need to pressed in they should not just 'drop in'

It is literally a 10 minute job. I bought a used one and resistor from a wrecker put it in it the parking lot. - seems like there a million different resistors for these I could not find a single on that looked like mine. Just went with the same dash controls seems to work ok.

Gentle pulls help and direct front or rear pulls so as little off angle as possible. Basically do all the work ahead of time before you start winching/pulling, dig if you can, try raise/level wheels. All hard work but reduces the stress on the vehicle.

Those came out good.

Sorry Dan rebuilding my systems was off line for a day or so 245/75/16 on Toyota rims (free) - got them at my local Tirestore here in BC $600 a pair installed balanced, I don't know if that is high or not but I have not paid for a flat repair or re-balance in years on the wife's car or my Pathfinder.

I run Cooper Discoverer S-T MAXX, on my second set they held up well and got me to and from everywhere I have gone offroad. Pacific Northwest so mostly, hard packed gravel forest service roads. Lots of wet and rough rock not much mud, I travel solo and mud is bad.

Nice pic, but is it with the gold step rails in BC

Above Yalakom FSR west of Lillooet in BC Below China Head FSR off the Big Bar FSR in the same area

Check the torque on your bearings/hubs as well, I had an annoying vibration after putting new tires on - I assumed it was a balance issue the tire shop rebalanced all 4 and swapped around the vibration would not go away. Into the shop my mechanic checked the front end and found the right side was loose. Tightened it up problem went away,

Could be cats if they get really clogged they literally glow red, which is a bigger issue because they should not get that clogged. If you are in the Fraser Valley give Mission Auto tech a call, Andy there is an ex nissan mech really good at a reasonable price.

Where are you located, I have gone just about everywhere basically stock. Oddly the Whipsaw is one I have not done yet. I don't rock crawl, but R50's are not really the best choice for that kinda of thing. If you are out of Vancouver/Fraser valley there are lots of FSR's you can poke around but regardless of your location the Backroads Mapbooks are your best friend - just get the current edition, 4 I think.

May this year, just down the road from Sandon BC

4 screws in the back, but you will likely not get them the out, I just bought 4 lights at the wrecker for 20.00, and swapped lights.

Love the pic. That is the opposite of what I found mine loves high altitude and hot went from 200K at 1/2 a tank to 300+. But performance never changes loaded, unloaded my fuel mileage is pretty much the same.

I had that once myself I was sure it was the tires, but I have a very good tire store they doubled checked the balance all round no charge. Turned out I had an incorrectly torqued wheel bearing light tire no problem heavy truck tire big problem. Could be the same issue for you.

I have a transmission sitting under my deck with a stripped 1st gear no warning the gear just went. I got lucky and got a used transmission for 560 tax in. I understand money being tight, I would suggest taking it really easy on your shifts. In winter and fall the shift to 1st can be really hard once it gets cold so take your time. You need to baby that thing until you can get it looked at.