Recent content by oakback

What did you attach to the 80/20 rails to act as a platform? Or do you have a enough rails that your boxes/bags are strapped down to those?

I used a bolt threaded into the splined shaft and pulled. I had one that was real stubborn, so I had a helper run the engine, hold the brakes, and shift between D-N-R while I pulled. That worked wonderfully.

Transmissions, differentials, and other parts of vehicles have air inside them. The air can heat up and expand, or cool and shrink. These parts need vents to let air in and out, otherwise fluid would blow past seals, or other problems would arise. Folks who like to drive through deep water will...

I'm envious of how clean your engine bay is. Not enough to clean my engine bay, but still envious.

I've seen the same one on marketplace, I assumed it once had a topper that was removed. Otherwise it seems like a lot of work for more light.

Are the seals new?

Do you have a long socket extension or screwdriver? Something metal. Makeshift stethoscope. With the engine running, touch it to each fuel injector, other end to your ear, and see if one isn't ticking like the others.

Nope, I'll add that to the wrench list for this weekend. Replace fuel filter Clean MAF

Good thought, it has been taking a bit longer to start, a friend mentioned it could be the fuel filter. I should give that a shot, I haven't changed it since I've had the vehicles, 10 years now.

I drove 5 hours towing ~900 lbs., picked up a ~900 lb. motorcycle, and was driving 5 hours back. I'm not sure if it mattered, but about halfway we went through torrential downpours. Toward the end of the trip, when I accelerated to go up a hill or pass someone, it would downshift, but then lose...

I'll prioritize based on my own opinion as a shadetree diy'er with questionable maintenance habits, 1-4 highest to lowest, or DIY. I'm sure others will have very different opinions. You can drive with pulsing brakes, but it's annoying (I'm currently driving with pulsing brakes). If you're...

Don't most cars run the a/c when heater is on? To remove the humidity before it's heated.

I recently did it on my '99 LC in a parking lot in the dark, took maybe 2 hours. There are a few walkthroughs on here, but it's pretty straight forward. Look at post #2 here. I didn't disconnect any power steering or coolant hoses. I did have to squish the lower radiator hose to the side a bit...

I dropped the coin for the new master cylinder, and took my time swapping over the booster components. Installed everything, no problems along the way, it went smooth. I didn't remove the inner cylinder, I left it as it was from the box, nothing looked wrong. I bled the brakes thoroughly...

It was the alternator. When I started it on my last post, it died a minute later. Help arrived, we got it swapped, and it cranked crank and got us the 1.5 hours the rest of the journey. OBD scanner showed 13.3 volts after the install.