Recent content by squidmotion

Matagorda. The surf back in Quintana was so much fun. Surfers in Texas had an epic weekend. The truck was full of sand.

Just found a non Denso coil on mine. Turned out to be the problem of a cold idle issue. These things can swell up and seal the gap, once they get warm, I suppose. I was surprised it never gave a CEL. If you have a good reader, or Techstream, you’ll notice an ‘intermittent’ misfire on a certain...

Brother, you are a boon of information. I tend to follow your word on these things. You said early on it was a coil or misfire. Thanks to everyone on this forum. This is why we have the internet, as far as I’m concerned. BTW, the surf in Texas last Saturday morning was incredible.

I thought I should do a follow up on this post. It’s fixed! Cleaned the throttle body again. Also installed a new pcv valve and grommet. Did a much more comprehensive search for a vacuum leak. No love. While I was changing the plugs, I inspected the coils, and they all looked fine. However...

When people say ‘Built, Not Bought’ …. this is the kind of rig I think of.

After suffering a stress fracture on my foot the last few weeks, was finally able to get out there and reboot this brand new axle. I went with the factory band clamps, with the idea of learning how to crimp them with the tool, as I hadn't tried that before. One interesting thing... When...

As eveyone suspected:

Yep, this is probably my issue.

Thank you all kindly for the replies. I think my next step is inspecting that boot with my good glasses, and look for any damage that may have happened either in shipping, or something i did wrong during the installation. This thing took a beating in shipping, so who knows? When i inspected...

Took the boot loose again, cleaned everything as best as i could.... put back together. STILL SLINGING GREASE. I don't know what to do at this point. It's a brand new Toyota axle, so I'm assuming there are no tears or holes in the boot. It seems to be leaking around the end. I didn't over...

Got the band off easy enough.It was loose and able to be rotated around, and it was easy to pop off. Packed in some new grease, and installed the McMaster Carr suggested clamp. STILL SLINGING GREASE! What is the suggested level of tightness of these type of clamps? I feel I may have over...

I feel like a moron, I’m new dealing with CV shafts and joints.I’ve searched the forum, couldn’t find answers. What is the preferred method for removing the factory type bands on the CVs? I don’t want to harm the boot on this brand new OEM CV shaft, but i need to replace the band (mcmaster-carr...

actually, a fair amount of grease…. please, let my luck change, just for a bit.

latest drama.. outer cv boot, hub side band appears to be slinging grease. I guess either the band was improperly installed, or damaged in shipping as well. nothing like a brand new OEM part that needs repair and possibly rebuilding. I guess i’m going to be removing the band, tightening...

“Def not great to beat in the actual tie rod end, looks like you did maybe? Always works for me to just support the tie rod end with a jack, turn that castle nut around, screw it down just enough to cover all threads and give it one or two decent wacks with a brass hammer.” I should have just...