Recent content by MatthewMcD

On the 31st it'll be at AJ's Yotas at 9:30 am.

Replacing my door window track weather stripping runs with new track from City Racer and window felts. The biggest pain is removing the glass, but boy is it nice and snug now. Also got to evict a few more bugs and treat some rust spots. Unfortunately, they only had one of the outer felts, so I...

As I was relearning how to use body filler, I discovered this product Clean Sheets for mixing body filler (and epoxy, spackle, and anything else). Makes mixing and clean up super easy.

Interested for sure. As they say, timing is everything. I would love to get my '40 out on trails.

Did you hold your throttle open when you did the tests?

As @RevISK told me "It goes 0-60 in 3-5 business days." :) What I run into is the typical Austin Tesla driver going below the speed limit just about everywhere. Then, the other day, the jerk who just has to prevent anyone from merging into the lane in front of him. So, I have to speed up and...

Finally made time to make a few 500+ mile adjustments. The idle climbed a bit so I set it back down to 675ish. Decided to check my compression as a baseline. I am pleased. Mileage is hovering around 10 MPG. I need to stop racing Teslas. :)

Is that the one on 620?

Looks like you are missing a lug nut.

Totally agree! 😍

I am working on squeaks and rattles too. I am considering the Energy Suspension parts before I go to crazy. My inspections have discovered a lot of rot on the body mounts. My tailgate rattles too. I have to lay down the weather stripping to quiet that down.

Educate me please, Prado? Is that a factory paint job?

I love using practical Spanish. Plus, they have banana leaves.

Been driving a lot lately, mostly out getting groceries in my wife's absence. Crossed the magical 500-mile mark on the new engine, so tomorrow I will run through a tune up again. The idle has been creeping up. I am eager to check the compression numbers too. Got the door windows channel gaskets...

Out getting groceries for Barbacoa (and the so called "optional" Modelo Negro). Crossed an important milestone today too. 500 miles on the new engine.