Recent content by Green4Gulf

About to tackle this once I get parts ordered. I might also just down the Lexus and tackle the valve covers, cam towers, timing cover, water pump, and anything else I can do while I’m in there. Was going to order today, but Black Friday is around the corner so I’ll probably wait and see if...

I know the pain 🤣

Gas prices be like:

It might have been last year I think. It was awhile ago for sure.

I ran into Jeff at a gas station in Auburn, CA while I was headed up to a trail in the Sierra Nevada. Cool dude. We talked for a sec a went our separate ways. His rig is definitely built up.

Was in Denver, CO all week for training with no GX. I’m kicking myself for not thinking about asking my job if I could drive instead of fly. Didn’t realize it was Labor Day either. Could’ve been an awesome drive back to Cali with some offroad side trips.

I not a Toyota tech, I’m a diesel tech, and I see cheap parts made across the industry. And diesels have serious vibrations so I’m constantly chasing down electrical issues from rubbing and terminal issues. I hope securing your harness works.

If all that has been replaced, I would run down your wires and see if there may be anything rubbed. These types of things are a pain to diag

I would check you actual MAF terminal pins and see if they have fretting or could be worn themselves.

It absolutely could be. Doing drag tests can help determine if the pins are spread. I know my sons 09’ Jetta is having possibly MAF connection issues. I haven’t dug into that problem yet, but if you are constantly buying new MAF connectors then it may not be the connectors. I doubt they all have...

When we have problems like this in our shop, we check to see if any terminal pins got spread or pulled back some. A spread terminal pin can cause all these connected issues. I would go into your dash again, unplug and check to see if any terminal pins pulled back or got spread. If they did...

It’s normal for you a/c compressor to cycle on and off. It’s summer and I’m running my a/c constantly. Also when I posted I was using my defroster a lot. I just noticed it out of nowhere and started questioning myself lol. But it’s normal.

Golden Eye 007.

I don’t know too much about the area since I didn’t live in California for a long time. But that whole Golden Lake area is beautiful and there are tons of campgrounds and dispersed camping in the area. I noticed a lot of little campgrounds next to the river as well. I just drove up 49 from...

Some more action as of late. Lower Sardine Lake Upper Sardine Lake