On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Phil Nase <nases@verizon.net> wrote:
> Does anyone on the list have experience with a 2004 Tacoma factory tow
> package?
>
> I bought a 2004 Tacoma from a Toyota dealer in 2006. B The window sticker
with
> the VIN listed on it showed the optional tow package was on the truck.
>
> I now have need to tow a trailer with a car on it and find that the truck
does
> not have the tow package. B The dealer is willing to install an oil cooler
at
> his expense. B This sounded fair to me but I have some reservations. B I
thought
> the factory package also included a larger radiator, alternator and
battery.
> I can't seem to find out whether this is true.
>
> The dealer says that there was nothing else included in the factory package
> other than the trans oil cooler. B All I really want is to be legal and
safe
> towing up to the factory tow package limit. B That is what I paid for and
why I
> purchased a Toyota certified truck.
>
> Does anyone know what was included with the tow package and have an opinion
on
> whether the oil cooler is really all I need to be legal and safe? B I
usually
> keep my vehicles a long time and would like the truck to give me good
> service.
>
i have no experience, but Toyota truck owners are as fanatical about
them as any other brand's fans are. These days, that means there are
web fora with people who can answer the question for you.
(Actually, I take that back about "no experience". I know that there
are different fan viscous
couplings for that generation of Tacoma. Maybe whole different fan
assembly, too. )
--
David Scheidt
dmscheidt@gmail.com
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