Am about to buy another Bighorn - 3.1 this time - and mod it some for light to medium offroading/hunting. Question is how reliable is TOD in later Bighorns for this work - I'm not familiar with this model.
I am used to 2.8 bighorns with manual hubs, manual 4wd controls, and few electronics to corrode, get wet. But they are no really available any more. The 3.1 TOD model has what kind of hubs - auto which can pop out at embarassing moments? Are these replaceable with Aisins - doesn't look like it. And how reliable is this 4wd Hi TOD - I'm seeing net comment re sensor unreliability issues and I cannot afford to have a transmission ecu/ sensor system that will not take some offroading conditions - esp with Canterbury rivers. Easy enough to go with the 92-95 Bighorns which don't have TOD, but the later 96-98 3.1 TOD models often have done a few less ks.
Don't see how the TOD model will be reliable enough for what I want - appreciate some experienced thoughts on this one.