8cam's 97 turbo
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It's 3/8 and rated at 21k pounds, weighs maybe 4-5 pounds vs at least 25 pounds of steel cable. Definitely happy with the switch.
You wouldn’t happen to have a link to this kit would you? I searched amazon and came up with nothing but later model stuff.
Swankstar here is a link you might find helpful. New Italian Leather Steering Wheel Covers in Toyota Grey
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Perfect, thank you
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My wife and I are going to Cruise Moab this year, which will be the first real outing since I bought the turbo. I've got a lot of basic maintenance to get done before that trip, and it started this weekend. I've got a leaky power steering pump, leaky oil pan, leaky shocks (there's a trend here), a full brake job, along with some other more basic stuff like replacing the high beam switch, fixing the cruise control, and a few other odds and ends.
Yesterday afternoon I planned on power steering and brakes. Boy was I wrong. I started with the power steering pump and didn't get any farther. 20 years in the desert was not kind to all the fasteners I had to get to, from the skid plate to the pump itself, and the holy-crap pressure line. I had to use an impact to bust loose a couple of the screws on the skid plate, which was no big deal. Then came the nuts on the pump. With no room for the impact, I had to get creative with leverage, using a big box wrench on the end of the ratchet and finally broke them free. Did I mention I used liquid wrench on them too?
But the absolute worst was the top fitting on the pressure line. I could get my flare wrench on it, but with limited leverage there was no way to break it free. Since I'm replacing the line anyway, out came the giant bolt cutters. I'll cut the bastard and put a socket on the fitting. I have a lot of leverage with that thing and wow it still took a lot of effort. That hard line is much tougher than I thought it would be. I had to cut it once, then hammer it down and cut it again because I couldn't get close enough to allow a deep socket on it. I finally got it cut down enough, and used the socket itself to bend the stump back mostly vertical. But could I move the damn thing? Nope. Out came the impact again and finally the fitting was out.
The last task was getting the two clamps off the pressure line...which by the way were also frozen in place. I got one of them free, but the one closest to the front has the screw head facing forwards with almost no clearance in any direction. What moron thought that was a good idea? I can barely get a box end wrench on it, and could turn it maybe a 32nd of a turn at a time. At that point my hand cramped and I called it a night. Yeah it's Sunday morning and the pump is STILL not out, but I'll have it out this morning. My hand still hurts.
Yesterday afternoon I planned on power steering and brakes. Boy was I wrong. I started with the power steering pump and didn't get any farther. 20 years in the desert was not kind to all the fasteners I had to get to, from the skid plate to the pump itself, and the holy-crap pressure line. I had to use an impact to bust loose a couple of the screws on the skid plate, which was no big deal. Then came the nuts on the pump. With no room for the impact, I had to get creative with leverage, using a big box wrench on the end of the ratchet and finally broke them free. Did I mention I used liquid wrench on them too?
But the absolute worst was the top fitting on the pressure line. I could get my flare wrench on it, but with limited leverage there was no way to break it free. Since I'm replacing the line anyway, out came the giant bolt cutters. I'll cut the bastard and put a socket on the fitting. I have a lot of leverage with that thing and wow it still took a lot of effort. That hard line is much tougher than I thought it would be. I had to cut it once, then hammer it down and cut it again because I couldn't get close enough to allow a deep socket on it. I finally got it cut down enough, and used the socket itself to bend the stump back mostly vertical. But could I move the damn thing? Nope. Out came the impact again and finally the fitting was out.
The last task was getting the two clamps off the pressure line...which by the way were also frozen in place. I got one of them free, but the one closest to the front has the screw head facing forwards with almost no clearance in any direction. What moron thought that was a good idea? I can barely get a box end wrench on it, and could turn it maybe a 32nd of a turn at a time. At that point my hand cramped and I called it a night. Yeah it's Sunday morning and the pump is STILL not out, but I'll have it out this morning. My hand still hurts.
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Oh and one more thing. When I was pulling the return line from the reservoir, it wasn't coming off very easily. Just a little more effort and rrrriiiiiiippp. It tore in two. Dry rot. Well I hadn't planned on replacing that, so now I get to source a new line today.
id just source out generic line from napa or somewhere like that, ive been running that for a few years after my cooler peed the bed one night
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Finally got the pump out, which was much more difficult than it should have been. Quick impact on the gear nut and then impact again on the gear puller and it was off. The strap wrench worked great to hold the gear both taking the nut off the old pump and installing it on the new one. Hopefully the rest of the job isn't nearly as bad.
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That's exactly what I did, trip to the local O'Reilly's and they had 5/8" power steering hose in stock. Two feet and $5 later and I had everything I needed.
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Al lI can say is every single fastener was a battle, from the tiny screws on the pressure hose clamp to the nuts holding the pump on. The pressure fitting in the gearbox was the worst. In fact, the easiest one of all was the gear nut! Who knows for sure, but I've been wrenching on cars my whole life and this one is putting up a fight.
I will say this. This is the first vehicle I've ever owned where I can use my comfy creeper without jacking it way up in the air. That is really nice.
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10-4 good buddy!
But a CB, seriously? I don't have the required thunderchicken on the hood. I've got Motorola radios and ordered a Baofeng Ham I can use to monitor until I get my license.
Technically a receiver (scanner etc.) would be legal to monitor the radio traffic but the Baofeng is a transceiver capable of transmitting not just a receiver and as such a "Licensed Control Operator" must be present for you to operate the radio for it to be legal.
I put 125’ of 7/16” /21.5K synth on my M12K Warn. I still have an easy 1” of spool available if someone thought 125’ isn’t enough.
Here’s my 80 rope:
11mm (7/16") Classic Winch Line - 21,500 lbs
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To those who need to justify, my total bills for my tibia/fibia break (unrelated accident) - topped $22K by the time the titanium was out, and 5yrs before I was walking / slow run anything close to pre-break.
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And it's stories like that, and the nasty, kinked, poorly spooled steel cable in the pic above, that made it a no brainer for me to switch. I'm 50 years old with bad knees, and I don't need any additional handicaps!