Recent content by motormayhem

Less cash to fly out open windows

When we headed out this AM there was a little blue smoke on cold start but gone within 5 sec or so. Guess it’s just normal 220k mi stuff.

I was out on the rubicon this weekend and in one of my videos I noticed the truck was smoking under load. You can see I was accidentally in neutral and revved it initially (no smoke), then under full throttle reverse it smokes, the last time reversing maybe less smoke? Before this the truck was...

Yea I was surprised it’s falling apart on the opposite of engine side.

I am trying to find a replacement washer fluid bottle and seeing a few PNs. I believe the two below are discontinued. Parts Souq has it as 8531560071 The PN on the bottle I have is 860141-244 I am also seeing 85325-60061 mentioned as a bolt on replacement that might be a little smaller? Looks...

I have a leak / crack in the header pipe where the two cylinder banks come together. When I pulled the assembly to weld the V I noticed the cat appears to be damaged when looking thru the outlet side. It just passed CA emissions and such. Should I weld the pipe and re-install it or get a new...

Yea I submerged it in a glass pan and left it on the roof for a day to give it lots of sun. I rotated it a few times to keep it even and check in on it.

Wow that worked well. This is 1 day in 3% over the counter hydrogen peroxide. Rotated a few times to keep the sun exposure even.

Hmmm the peroxide idea is interesting...I might give it a go and see how it comes out.

I'm looking for the bracket for the sun roof control panel. Is it supposed to be gray or the more tan color in this photo? Mine seems to be this discolored tan. From the parts drawings it might be 6318460020, but that doesn't list a color so I think it's the bracket behind this one.

They are a bit dirty and droop, but I figured I'd post them up before I tossed them since they are Toyota. Make me an offer. Ideally local pickup, but I can ship them. Located in Sunnyvale, Ca

From some research it looks like ER309L is a good option for TIG rod so I’m going to give that a go.

What alloy do you use for rod? Are the header pipes 409 SS or something else? How to they hold up with regards to cracking after you weld them?

Yea I was debating on if I pull it and weld it. I’ve got a tig, but looked too tight to do it in place.

Anyone know why the 380 PN is almost double the price of the 400? I'm assuming the 400 is for a diff locker housing? Would that work with a non-diff locker 3rd member?