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I haven’t hit my shins on a hitch in a long time. I think pushing buggies when I was in high school gave me anti hitch radar. After you smoke the same shin a few times in the same week it changes you?

Always stays in. It has saved me twice from damage being rear ended. One time my truck received slight damage years ago. But the guy who fled was found by the police not far away. Hitch took out his radiator and transmission cooler.

I tow my Sundance DX20 20-30 times a year. I have a 2.5in leveling kit installed with 265/70/17 Cooper Rugged Treks. I am towing my boat 1200 miles round trip in 2 weeks to Captiva. I think I posted the hooked and unhooked measurements in a post a while back when someone asked about towing...

Changed the battery on the wife’s Durango. The battery was under the passenger front seat. What a pain lol.

That’s interesting. I wonder what the difference is between our towing tunes shifting wise. I did notice a considerable difference in shifting when I changed out the part in the bucking surging thread. It smoothed out the shifts so much. Before I changed that part out the shifts with the 93...

I don’t think the downshift is aggressive at all. I wish they were a little more aggressive. I think we are after the same in between downshift shift strategy lol.

IdahoRanger is spot on. I have the tow/tune installed currently. But I tow weekly. If I’m not towing for a week or 2 it’s back to the 93 performance tune. When not towing the towing tune shifts at 3k plus rpms. Even when being easy on the throttle.

My recommendation is Acrysol. I have been using it for close to 20 years. It’s not cheap but I’ve had the same can for at least 10yrs. It takes dried pine sap and everything else I’ve had on my vehicles off. It may take some time but it works. I spray wax the area once I remove the substance.

To add to the mix. When I worked in NASCAR our target torque during pit stops was 35-50ft lbs. Including road courses. This was even in the era when we were only hitting 4 lug nuts. Less nuts you have to hit the faster the stop. It was playing with fire but that’s the name of the game. Granted...

I am a Corrosion Engineer for an OEM. I am responsible for Seam Sealer, Underbody Protection(what is pictured) and Cavity Wax. My professional advice is don’t mess with it. The risk vs reward factor is not there. If too much is removed you will compromise the pinch weld on the flange as Phil was...

I went with the cheap option. It took 15min to get the old one off after fighting the clamps. Putting the new one on is about 3-5min. Side cutters, new part, 8mm socket (I think), ratchet wrench, nut driver for the hose clamps and 2 5/16 hoses clamps is all that was needed from what I remember...

A pair of side cutters. Twisted it back and forth till I could the part of the clamp sticking up. It was definitely a man up moment squeezing down to cut it.

I didn’t notice any moisture in the hoses or sensor. I have the old sensor still. I might cut it apart to see what it looks like inside.

I bought the KA1Z-5L200-A sensor only for $12.00 online. It’s a Ford OEM unit. It fixed my problems. I installed it this morning and have driven over 60 miles today and the jerking/hesitating is gone. It felt like a manual transmission in to high a gear before. The truck drives noticeably better...

All I can speak for is mud. I live in the low country of SC. It’s super flat and on the coast so rock climbing isn’t a thing. I have an FX4 and never needed the locker. Going from the stock Dynapro tires to the Cooper Rugged Treks was a game changer. I had to get some firewood last weekend at my...

I have had the same can for over 10yrs. So that makes the price hurt a little less lol.

Acrysol made by Kent Automotive. It works great. I have been using it for 15yrs. My wife parks under pine trees at work. I remove sap at least 20 times a year from her Durango. Plus it doesn’t hurt the paint. I clean the area with a spray wax afterwards. Not sure if it helps but it makes me feel...

To me towing is the combination of pulling capability and stopping capability. Not just the pulling part.

This is an interesting thread. I have surge brakes on my boat trailer. Not sure how well the boat dealership dialed them in. Sunday I had a truck load of firewood and the boat loaded down with camping gear, fishing gear, large coolers and lots of other random stuff plus 3 people. I would like to...

I changed the diff fluid around 35k miles. It was really dark. Way darker than I would have thought. I wonder if there is a difference with locker vs non locker on how dirty the fluid is? When I did the rear diff fluid change at 50k on my wife’s Durango it was very clean.