Recent content by chrismenke

I only have about a 1" gap where I'm prying into my HFab tailgate storage. I'm gonna try with some extra long picks and then make some coat hangar tools. Fingers crossed...I'm supposed to be at Laguna Seca with this rig prepped for a weekend on the track tonight, and much of my gear is in the...

"I mentioned a similar issue here. Likely, the cable came off the mount. Try locating the cable and pull hard." It is this (thanks borescope). Now I need to fashion a tool to get in there and hold the cable housing collar through a very tight opening.

So my tailgate/lower hatch is stuck closed & won't release on the left hand side. Right side is fine. I can hear a click on the left, but it gives no play at all. Similar click on the right, but I can get about an inch of movement. I have tried the 80 series trick of moving lever forward...

Are you the guy on CL who just won't get back to me about the stock wheels for sale?

Nope

I think y'all know what my next post is gonna be...

I just lost my rear locker to holes in the muffler, and the FlowMaster was an easy ~125 replacement. Thankfully the wiring fix was only another ~100. Doesn't sound as throaty though now that the exhaust is going out the back of the truck.

I've only been on the high side of 400 a couple times. Only once with California gas. When I run Nevada supreme, I can sometimes eek out 430. Last time I really pushed it a few weeks back, I was a 415 and did manage to put 26 gallons in my 25.4 gallon tank. Quality of gas seems to be a...

Awesome info...you still had the Techron in the tank during the test?

I'm not sure if you've settled yet, but the lady friend's Tacoma went through a similar valuation process last year. It was in fact totaled, but the insurance company offered us $3757 and wouldn't budge. Comps were in the $10-12k range all day long. She said just sent me the cheapest Tacoma...

Yeah, California is ODB II testing from 2000 forward.

The every two year ritual is upon me for the first time and I don't do SMOG Checks much...most everything I own is pre 75 or registered at my vacation home in a no smog state. I know because I'm a 1999 I'm gonna get a sniffer. I know I should do an oil change first. I know I should drive the...

Capital makes a range that several of my chef friends have owned or endorsed: https://capital-cooking.com I have a Viking 60" hood with a remote extractions fan I've been very happy with. My range is an 80 year old Chambers & I have a Miele wok burner built into the adjacent cutting board...

You know if you've got room to move those seats outboard a bit more, you can drop a small fridge between them. Dometic CD30 or an Alpicool 15L might both fit.

Ummmm....it's got a battery, maybe even two.