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Kempert, a lift kit is the same one you can get at any Autozone, Advance Store, or Pep Boys for around $29.00 and install yourself. (Same one found on the typical hot rod to raise the rear end.) All it consists of for the most part is a couple of blocks that go under your leaf springs and on top of your axle, and two longer U-bolts with nuts. It raises yor TM for better clearance while driving in the back country. Hope this helps!
Happytrails........
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Maybe your elderly TM is different from the newer models.
My 2002 TM has trailing arm Torflex Suspension. That is, a tortion bar is used to absorb shock, rather than using antiquated leaf springs.
The Torflex system sytem uses steel torsion bars surrounded by four natural rubber cords encased in the main structural member of the axle beam.
The lift system for this system must be a pair of shims which move the frame (left and right) slightly more above the axle. It would merely require removing two nuts on each side, jacking the frame upward a small amount and inserting the shims.
I've owned 2 autos with trailing arm suspension, and flown a company airplane using the same principle on it's undercarriage. Tortion bar suspension is heads and shoulders above leaf springs.
Denny_A