Recent content by tshandonay

what rust?

Exactly what I used to do

I suppose I can't downplay the original lasting 22 years and 272k

Yes....Simplicity is the main goal.

I'm facing brake hard line and hard fuel line replacement. How much of a pain in the ass was it? Did you replace fuel with new metal hard line or hose?

I just pulled mine out today for the same failure. Corrosion on my terminals was not quite as bad as that but not great either. 99 with 270k. Brake fluid was dripping from somewhere as well, fuel line is corroded and wet just below so I've got that to figure out too. Very close to a full on...

I'm curious if anyone has done an ABS delete using the parts referenced in this thread: Poverty Pack Modifications / Feature Delete Thread - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/poverty-pack-modifications-feature-delete-thread.1166613/ My accumulator pump failed recently and while I was pulling...

I've made some adjustments to prevent the carbon buildup. Working on dialing the suspension now.

Any BMW guys here with an appreciation for the 335d with the M57 diesel? I've spend absurd amounts of time and money wrenching on that thing in the past year.

For its age....that's pristine. Here in Michigan people scrap cars after 10-15 years due to frame rot.

I'm going to be brutally honest...but this shouldn't come as a surprise. You stated that you're a car novice... If you're not going to do some work on this yourself its going to be expensive to do the necessary repairs and whatever it needs down the road. These rigs are easy to work on in my...

by midwest standards that looks really good

Some of you might take this the wrong way or possibly say Hellll yeah.....but it seems like the folks attracted to the LC and this forum have what I would simple call having a high standard for proactive maintenance. My 300k unit probably has bad CV's and flanges, rides horrible because all...

I watched a YouTube video a few weeks ago (Mustie1 is the channel) He had a rough running Tundra with the 4.7. He pulled the timing covers and discovered a pancaked mouse that got caught in the belt and caused it to jump.