Well, finally got my s*** together and installed the Webasto. Waited until AFTER our -40 cold snap naturally, but whatever.
Took out my relay box holder thing.
Cut up the relay plate and made new mounts for it where the old 24v switchover relay was living.
Built a plate with mounting...
Not related to the truck, but another fine day for unexpectedly spending money. Went out to the van to go to work and found that some dirtbag cocksucker drilled a hole in my tank to steal gas. Got a brass plug with some ptfe sealant into it and that's holding for now, but not a long term fix...
Planning on squeezing it into the passenger side, like where the master cylinder would be on an lhd vehicle. Lots of room there, I just hope my relay box isn't taking up too much space.
Figured out my clunk. Was just a loose nut on the sway bar link mount, stupid me.
Something came in the mail today... I probably won't get to installing it for a month or two, but I'm pretty jazzed about it.
They are where the JDM aftermarket spoiler mounts to the hatch. I kinda wanna get rid of the spoiler, but then I gotta fill holes and s*** so I'll live with it for now.
Finally got around to replacing the glass. I coated the entire thing in vapor barrier tape both sides and that held it together well enough that I drove like that all over the place this summer.
Cutting the glass out of the old Lexus gate sucked. Cutting the broken glass out of my truck...
I'm on year 7 and 55,000kms on my Duratracs. The only time I've needed to add air is after I take it out on purpose. Drive pretty decent in the Canadian winters too, better than most other offroad tires.
I got some other basic stuff done a while ago, just haven't really posted anything about it.
Drain/fill the trans
Drain/flush/fill the radiator
New upper and lower rad hoses
New power steering reservoir, with a drain and fill there too
New axle side sway bar bushings (but an annoying clunk is...
No fancy bleeder here, all old school. Clear hose into a bottle and a wife that knows the drill with the pedal.
****ed off from work a little early and got this in. Raybestos reman calipers, OEF3 rotors and Aisin pads were in stock at 4Wheel Auto.
Cleaned/lubricated/adjusted parking brake...
When I bought the truck, 50k/6yr ago, it got new everything all around, but then at some point in between I put new 100 series pads in the front. It's here in this thread somewhere. At the time, I didn't touch the rear.
Front look good still, but I'm gonna get some new front pads soon and...
Whoops, ****.
Apparently I've neglected the rear brakes. I thought they are looking ok, but was wrong, or they got stuck at some point.
Started seeing some metallic dust accumulate on the rear left wheel, so I knew I had to get to it. Had a big other project going on in the garage so...
Really? These had no info of the sort, just here they are folded up in a box.
And yeah @FMC80 , taking the knife and heat to them as soon as i got them was a bit.
Starter has been working good so far. It's been pretty warm lately, but we just got -25c yesterday and I had parked it outside for a few hours. Still fired up almost immediately, I'm sure if it had been overnight it would be more of a struggle, but this is good.
Fed up with my "universal"...
Starter is in and working. The wiring is still a little ugly, but now that I know what works, I can make a plan to clean it up optimally. I've got a Redarc battery isolator on the way (with two shipping delay notices so far), and no plans to bother with a marine bypass switch.
The 12v unit...