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Got two new second position O2 sensors. Hopefully this will help recover some mpg’s. Currently getting 9.75mpg Ouch..

Here is what my daughter looks like on FLIR lounging in a fold out yard chair for reference:

Was worried I had a high resistance short somewhere. Took out my trusty FLIR ONE infrared camera after letting the car sit inside the air conditioned shop overnight. We are having heat around 104F each day. I didn’t find anything out of the ordinary on either the engine bay fuse panel or the...

I’ll get some made up and put up on this site. I’ve got a vendor at work that make us custom polycarbonate (Lexan) overlays. Very good quality. They won’t fade or come apart. The adhesive is permanent. We’ve got thousands of these in the wild all the way back to the early 90’s and they still...

Found the under-the-hood fuse box diagram sticker

Also was able to track down why the driver seat heater didn’t work. Two inches of wire had been cut out. Soldered in a new link.

Got the new parking break cable in. Had to drop party off the gas tank in order to install the new cable bracket above the fuel tank.

Same house over at toyotapartsdeal.com https://www.toyotapartsdeal.com/oem/toyota~hose~no~1~for~idle~up~17030-50070.html

I think it might be this one: https://partsouq.com/en/search/all?q=1703050070

Check out this diagram over at Partsouq.com...

A follow up to this dilemma. The shift lever linkage could be disconnected above the broken thread and I knew I have to replace the assembly in the future anyway, I decided to just weld it in place. weld >= nut IMO

The horn wasn’t working AND I know that my baby girl had been in the cab when I had it off the chassis, spinning the steering wheel freely to her hearts content pretending she was driving. My 98 doesn’t have all the steering wheel buttons more modern LC’s do. If you find these steering wheel...

Here is what a typical clock spring looks like. Kind of a donut shape.