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Next day 30 inches, drove out no problem

Skiing at Sierra. 12 inches of snow no problem, but stopping is terrifying. Cooper ST pro.

I placed the truck on 4 jack stands and ran up to 3k rpm. No vibration noise. Stopped at a light, in neutral, rev to 3k rpm, no noise. Start moving up to 1800 rpm vibration type noise, same on the way down from 1800 to idle. Been almost a year, maybe has gotten a little worse. I haven't...

I will try on the jack stands. I have the 22 ton type. I did check the muffler heat sheild by tugging on it. But worth another look. Thanks The noise starts right off, cold operation.

I have a noise that sounds like a heat shield vibrating against the muffler. I can hear it when starting out around 1000 rpm up to 1500. Then when coasting back down it hits around 1250 rpm and stops around 800 or so. Sounds like the rear of the truck. Makes the noise in drive or neutral. I...

Changed the idler $98, and tensioner assembly $95 today (toyota parts). Took me about 1 hour once I figured out how to compress the new tensioner before the install. Used my pool fence holes in the ground, they lined up perfectly. So you mechanic will likely take 2 hours of labor.

Replaced the Idler pulley and Tensioner assembly. This is the third tensioner, averaging 30k each.

Big Bear day trip. Gold Mountain Trail. Gate 3 is now just for the big boys. Glad for the bypass.

Spent the day at Big Bear. Friday's are usually empty.

I'll scratch that trail off my list. I would never do John Bull either. I've watched folks coming down John Bull and it is awe inspiring.

I added dense foam to the face of the bracket for dampening. Framing bracket I found at home depot

Finally got around to relocating the front camera on my TJM bumper. I did a hybrid between Atwalz and Mcgaskins. I did the wiring splice to extend the harness length, Found a framing bracket at Home depot and placed it inside the bumper. I wanted to place it on top of the bumper like Atwalz...

I did my oil change yesterday. I gave it 10 minutes to drain, easy to see the oil draining inside clear hose and when it stopped. No muss, no fuss.

Oil Change, 5-30W. Fumato oil pan drain worked like a charm. Also relocated the camera to the TJM bumper.

I accidently bought a case of Mobil 5W-30 with a case of 0W-20 at Costco about 10 months ago. I was waiting to take it back until after I got the Vaccine shots, but now I'll use it for the spring/summer driving. I've been looking forward to using the 1/4 turn drain valve I installed last oil...