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2006; 197k, last fluid and filter at 180k Yesterday morning headed out, truck was cold (well as cold as a truck can be in Atlanta in July) and... - Backed out of the driveway, stopped, shifted to D, pushed the throttle... and went nowhere. Just...

This week's glitch: At startup, the system doesn't connect, it tries, then crashes, restarts, tries to connect - doesn't, then crashes, restarts, tries to connect - doesn't, then crashes, restarts, tries to connect - doesn't, then crashes...

One of the things that you've already done correctly - in my opinion - is making your base plates large and covering the body mounts. Most aftermarket "sport" cages don't even do that, so you're ahead of the game.

I really like where you're heading with the design. I like the 2nd version also. But, I've only done a handful of cages. My general view has been: It will not be the absolute safest it can be... but it will be exponentially safer no cage. The...

i built a hand throttle out of an electric cruise actuator and window switch. 🤣

@littlevulture I had a similar setup on a Jeep - a bike brake lever, on the trans shifter, as a hand throttle. It worked well for that poorly thought out build - a V8 with a lumpy cam and difs that needed to be regeared. For some reason, I burned...

Might be (am) stating the obvious here, but trucks sag over time and use. A 25-yr-old 5,700 lb truck with 200,000 miles is not going to be at the original ride height. I think this is part of the reason we've all see those reactions: "I installed...

Not directly truck related but I put a mini split in the shop the other day. It’s replacing a 50 year old natural gas mobile home furnace that’s on its last legs for winter heat and also gets me AC in the summer. It has a dehumidify mode I can...

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Nope; they're just Tundra steel wheels - usually found under the bed as a spare. They're tough to find on the east coast - Tundra's got a different (5-point star) steel wheel over here. Idaho might be far enough West to make finding these easier.

There was also a fuel leak which confused the &#%@ out of diagnosing the leak... leaks. When I parked the truck in the garage it made the garage smell like being inside of a gas tank. Like, I really thought lighting a match might blow the roof...

Congrats on scoring a 100 in the best color ever offered. Okay sure, I'm a little biased. While I'm a big fan of bronze wheels, your point about the gray accents kept me in the gray family - I didn't want to introduce a 4th color, i.e. garnet...

uhh... dropped it off at ACC Garage. But the tech said it came down to cleaning the splines and flange adding some RTV.

Hard to get anything done with this kid trying to steel my truck.

The weird "flaps" on top are to keep mud flinging off the wheels from getting up under the headlights.

Funny you mention the smell. I was baffled as to what those lines were at first - because of the smell and the look/feel of whatever was coming off the line(s). It smelled more like gear oil... but that made no sense - our trucks don't have "gear...

Definitely fuel/evap - had a leak/repair in that spot last month

Remind me, Mosely doesn't accommodate side/seat airbags, right? Edit: Answering my own question: Yes, Mosley's seats are airbag compatible.

I took the time to paint (and clean and lube) the used hubs when I did my front disk conversion on my 40.

I thought my Aisins looked fine. Dugan (owns ACC Garage) disagreed. Patty was there for something unrelated. Dugan said "Your hubs looked like crap and I was bored." So, some media blasting, some powder coating, some paint, some new hardware...

Not a fan of Black just because everyone else seems to use it. I like the gun metal gray idea.

This week my 2000 LC became a member of the 500,000 mile club. It is all original. Engine, transmission, seats, even the windshield. Everything works, including the sunroof, and it is a pleasure to drive. This is my daily driver and I've owned...

Love it! Such a cool use of a useless (for me anyway) hole in the truck!