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I'll be honest, I thought you would have turned that around 180degrees (radio backed up against the rear wall). Does that block access to the transfer-case shifter?
I'd hand them a matching Android to mine and run circles around them... (I just don't play games, a life choice). And when their precious iCult device breaks they'll have to get another one, versus having any idea how to troubleshoot or fix it. That's the part of the new generation that will...
The ride is much nicer now :), but for the immediate term, I need to get a lug wrench and jack handle for the OEM jack.
Only did the front two tires and did Korean brand Laufenn (a sub-brand of Hankook), but I'm also going to replace those with Michelin LTX M/S2's later (Fraunch tie-airs mon...
Nope, but they are all tire code "1904", which is 19th week of 2004. So they are 11 years old... It is definitely borrowed time, and they don't look like they were run often so the rubber got stiff (all this new driving is flexing stiff rubber parts - This is why replacing rubber that sat is...
Tread separation, about 6-8"around the outside where the tread meets the sidewall. Nothing spectacular during the failure, just started shimmying a bit as I rolled to a stop at a light, really shook a bit when the light turned green and I started rolling again.
I was in a 45MPH zone with no...
Awww...
And then I took a closer look at the jack, awww... doesn't work :(.
And then I remembered I hadn't inventoried tools... tripple awww... No tools.
Well at least my phone is charged. Looks like this evening is going to be a bit longer than planned.
Received the parts from Kubotaman (THANKS!!), I need to get a new dashpad to replace the replacement dash pad (grey) that's cracked - only the dash radio mount will be installed, and only so I can mount the non-standard Panasonic LCD display. I played with the front passenger parking light and...
eplace, seller stefan.zheng (no affiliation) - if you don't see what you want listed as available in his buy-it-now listing, send him a PM he'll make it for you (there is a lead time of about a week).
I also found another seller (and again, no affiliation, and actually no experience with this...
1157 for front/rear turn/park/brake
1156 for backup
194 for markers.
Just did mine a week ago, using LED replacements. Let me tell you it's nice to have backup lights that throw enough light to see behind a truck...
Check your grounds and sockets while you're working on the truck. The...
Look up Dorman 924-526 - it's the modern winch/hoist they use, much easier to use. Also for a jack in backwoods, look at the HiLift, and if you get it learn how to use it correctly. And think about that mud - will the ground support the load of a small jack footprint on the soil with a loaded...
Good reminder to pay attention to our own driving (because it's not us we need to worry about, it's the other people, right?), and well done 98G on the evasive maneuvers to avoid becoming directly involved in the collision, and letting him live to learn something from this.
Another reminder we...
Willkommen from California! A nice German family lived down the street from me growing up, they run the local German Delicatessen shop. I always know where to get the best Düsseldorfer Löwensenf mustard in the tube :)
And for reference as to how much work and difficulty there is in that gauntlet throw, the most efficient solar cells in ideal lab conditions are about 45% - put those in a panel and it drops to below 32%. The typical internal combustion engine is around 30-37% efficient.
"A fool and his money are soon parted..."
Cold radiation my @$$. He's using a standard clamp-type ammeter WAYYYY outside its design voltage range (good thing he used a jacketed wire on the HV lead). And measuring a highly reflective ceramic insulator with an IR thermometer that needs a...