Recent content by Manhattan

I... I just can't. This thread is currently sitting just above @aztoyman's thread. He's hand-making parts, re-engineering fuel and cooling systems... He's probably got GA Tech and MIT engineering grad students stealing ideas for their theses. In three pages, my thread made my truck go from...

Thanks @gnob. The horn(s) now sounds like a modern (regular) truck!

The color won't matter... once anyone sees what's going on UNDER the sheet metal!

I got one of the new horns to work... but not the other. And worse, at one point I was sure Hella had mislabeled their relay. Yeah... that's when you know you've strayed. Quick question @gnob - what's the red arrow pointing to? Also, if the OE horn's two wires are hot - high tone and low tone...

Thank guys!

Reviving (my) old thread. I mostly ignored the anemic horn for the past two years. Yesterday, some guy in a blacked out Hellcat Durango on 20s drifted into my lane on the highway. Patty's horn vs. the Durango's stereo wasn't a fair fight. So, I bought a two-piece (H&L) Hella horn. Is there a...

Now, that’s better.

I think sorting out a rough ride on a stock, low-mile '07 qualifies for tech - tires, bushings, globes... I'm in the "might be the tires" camp. When I bought my '06 100, it was stock with 39,000 miles... it didn't have squeaks and rattles (that came later with SPC uppers) but was loud and...

Slight change of plans. I decided that a used 4Runner made sense - since I might buy a '25 Land Cruiser in 18-24 mo. I bought a 2020 Limited 4WD yesterday. I wanted all the Limited lux stuff but that came with those big 'ole 20s. Those may have to go.

I might buy a new or close-to-new 4Runner. I think (?) I want a TRD Off-Road Premium. But, that's based solely on "passive" info, i.e., me reading online. What I'm missing is the input from owners - "category-involved" owners - to say "Wait, don't buy ___. Just buy ___ and then buy the ___...

^THAT^ is going to be awesome!

am I reading the trim level specs correctly - the TRD Pro is the only one that gets a rear locker? This isn't like the FJ Cruiser where the e-locker is in there and you only need a button, is it?

Damn... back to thinking I need to pillage a complete, in-tact system from another '84 - to make sure I get the top plate, hard lines, brackets...

At some point, I have GOT to put AC in the '84. Assuming I can find someone parting out a compatible truck with AC - which parts are worth getting? The easy answer is "all of them." But these are parts that A. May be shot. B. I'll be paying to ship. I know I want all the brackets, dash...

The headlight assemblies and LED bulbs arrived just now. The headlights look plenty vintage. I'll try to remember to do a before and after set of pics - the classic beams on the garage wall.