tragic.. i have crack and look forward to finding someone to do it right. you're not the first victim on this issue...we love you ,try some warm milk and rest..
Im with the op, sounds like a little bit of "resting on their laurels" cuz its just small pennies.
We are all frustrated with our dollars buying less and less quality and that is one of the reasons we go to these "boutique" vendors. One expects better quality all around (both in product and...
Congratulations on both a nice truck and being aware (at such a tender and green age) that paragraphs are actually a thing. A little verbose though don't ya think? :slap:
Nice to see your enthusiasm, you've picked the proper platform to spend that on. The rig should last you at least another...
don't overvalue service records from the dealer, do value receipts for parts and extensive knowledge of the seller.
i wouldn't dream of letting those monkeys at the dealership touch my 80...the parts manager there salivates over all the parts I've bought and knows what its about but the monkeys...
well, in a less than functioning society or in a pinch i can see gettin er done. salvage some alloy from a burnt out car, fashion a fire with bellows, and work out the details.. nice to see this kind of mastery even if it wouldn't totally pass Toyota quality assurance, ha--
i bought napa re-mans after trying to rebuild with oem kit...seized and marred pistons..work good enuff i guess . i cannot recommend auto zone.
steel brake lines from slee ,they work fine.... my 2 cents
Well now then there..no brand cuz i made my own.
Run some appropriate good hose with a cheep fuel filter on the end, one of the tiny old school ones..
I ran it with various rubberized hose clamps and mounted it on the firewall next to the booster, up high.
Its not convenient to post pictures...
Well there are a lot of options on what you can mess with as some have said. I went all oem on everything that came apart whether it needed replacing or not, except for the nitro axles.New brakes and rotors and steel lines too when i couldn't get the old calipers rebuilt.
I did red locktite and...
Now I've heard that armor all foam stuff is a good product. Not to make yer tires shine (tho it do) but to recondition the rubber from time to time.
I spray that gunk real thick and heavy on the sides and just let it dry. It seems to penetrate and "re-rubber" the side walls quite nice like a...
The sound is obvious to me.
When they built these rigs they always sent in a final inspection mechanic to fill out the quality assurance forms before shipping the vehicle.
Unfortunately Toyota required that the work be done in isolation in a sterile environment.
Sometimes (very rarely) the...