Izzy's amateur hour
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- #322
Just went out to check, no water after all the rain. I will do the drains for sure, but hoping the gunk I put in the gap did it too. When I look on the passenger side lower inner gasket curve, I think the gap was there. Not Toyota gasket, and it looks shorter than it should
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- #323
Sun is shining, so got to do the cable in the roof drain. It went all the way to the bottom, I can hear the metal on metal, so that was good. Then I remembered another thread, there is a small rectangle slot on the body, just inside the fold weld, where water drains out. I started to find it by feel, and got wet fingers... Then I remember, I had been in mud up to my doors, so... used the same garage door cable and poked through it.... Niagara falls... did both sides just in case, water was trapped in there. It was a dirty deed...
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- #324
Yeah, it was time. Old and new keys, the old one was making the tumbler stick, new one works like, well, new. Thank you Town and Country Toyota
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- #325
Got a chance yesterday to add some insulation to the truck. Stripped all stuff out, vacuumed, and added 2 rolls of FrostKing Duct insulation to the passenger area, and one roll of the Reflectix to the cargo area. Used the remainder of the Reflectix to double up on the front by the transmission tunnel. Went for a drive last night, and it is amazingly quieter. I would guess road noise is 1/2 as loud as it used to be.
Got to clean out and then treat and paing this surface rust before adding insulation. I knew it was there, it was a matter of when to do it.
Got to clean out and then treat and paing this surface rust before adding insulation. I knew it was there, it was a matter of when to do it.
For the rust, better remove that tar adhesive insulation before treating it. The rust will get up under that tar adhesive stuff and rot the floor out.
I've heard great stuff about reflectix!! Why the frost king up front?
I've heard great stuff about reflectix!! Why the frost king up front?
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I decided to buy both, give them a test. Saw a few reviews and videos on both. The Frostking has adhesive in one side, and is heavier, denser. Seemed better for sound proofing and easier to keep in place when installing on the curvier, vertical areas. But only has aluminum on the upper side, which is why I added reflectix on top of frostking on the hotter areas.
I an testing, experimenting, "nothing is permanent". Seemed easy to remove if I don't like it or if it works poorly. The Reflectix is very very light, so I would imagine sound will not be muffled as much as the higher density (densier, need to create a new word) material.
I an testing, experimenting, "nothing is permanent". Seemed easy to remove if I don't like it or if it works poorly. The Reflectix is very very light, so I would imagine sound will not be muffled as much as the higher density (densier, need to create a new word) material.
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- #328
Replaced the koyo radiator with a Toyota one I got earlier this year, just didn't have time to do it.
The koyo is 18 moths old or so. Had a hairlcrack on the mood seam line that I had "repaired" with gorilla glue epoxy. Was holding fine, but it was a time bomb.
The job is not that hard, but had to remove drive lights to get to headlights.
Nice new Toyota with copper hose barbs below,the koyo where aluminum and when I pulled the rubber hose, the aluminum pipe came off with it too! That thing was worse than I thought.
All in about 3 hours, reused the coolant and strained through cotton cloth to remove anything. Burped system and no leaks.
The koyo is 18 moths old or so. Had a hairlcrack on the mood seam line that I had "repaired" with gorilla glue epoxy. Was holding fine, but it was a time bomb.
The job is not that hard, but had to remove drive lights to get to headlights.
Nice new Toyota with copper hose barbs below,the koyo where aluminum and when I pulled the rubber hose, the aluminum pipe came off with it too! That thing was worse than I thought.
All in about 3 hours, reused the coolant and strained through cotton cloth to remove anything. Burped system and no leaks.
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- #330
Just the one. When I bought the truck, it had a Koyo in it, Blue koyo sticker. It was slowly leaking so I replaced it about 6 months afterwards with this other one. Which was fine for about a year until the crack began.
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- #332
I complaint about it like a little bitch, so it probably felt like 3-4. Hard to find original online that would ship, and Scott Clark was $2x the one I got. Hendricks Toyota would have argued that land cruisers don't have radiators or that they would have to remove the body off frame to get the part number.
Anyway, these guys came thru back in February:
Toyota OEM Parts | EB TOYOTA PARTS | toyotaparts.bochtoyotasouth.com Was $327 for it.
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This still remains the funniest thread in ONSC.
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- #334
Got the window net, this one is 24x18, used an old aluminum stock bar to slide on top and captured that side with head rest. The packs seem to hang well from it, kept on adding loose things like hats, glasses, fire extinguisher.... will be heading to 36 Hours later, will report how it behaves. May add bungee on bottom row and pass it to the rear of the seat in case it moves too much.
Looping back to post #292 ... Seat covers worth having or no? Do they seem to stay in place well and hold up ok?
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- #336
They are doing great actually. When I remove the seats to cover the floorboards with insulation, I had a chance to do a little better install and make them fit a little better, tighter. So far they are great, and do not hold heat if the truck is sitting facing the sun all day. I should buy a spare set!
1-click Amazon purchase made!!! I will take your route and do the solid install when I go to town on the seat gears.
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- #338
Replaced passenger side lower rear control arm, passenger side. Wasn’t as easy as FSM states, shock has to be out of the way to remove rearmost bolt.
This old one was bent on multiple planes, vertical and horizontal!
This old one was bent on multiple planes, vertical and horizontal!
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- #339
New battery and starter motor. Upgraded to cold weather starter
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- #340
I have this power steering leak i couldn’t find, so cleaned up the area well let it dry overnight. This morning, all dry, power in and inspected area while turning wheels lock to lock for about 15 mins. Nothing leaked. Checked at noon and did see this wetness where the shaft enters the steering box, to the worm gear (looked up diagram). There are 3 teflon seals on the shaft, but not part of a kit. Any advise appreciated, leave it alone or replace the whole box I guess. The leak is minor, adds up over time. PS reservoir not showing much loss anyway.
Then, during a mild Sunday drive with my wife on the forest, a tree jumped out and smashed my tailgate! Hooligan trees, hiding and banging. I "fixed it" best I could, will live with it until find a donor green tailgate and hatch. I was able to get it straight enough and banged it from the inside. Now the truck is equally banged up on all sides.
Then, during a mild Sunday drive with my wife on the forest, a tree jumped out and smashed my tailgate! Hooligan trees, hiding and banging. I "fixed it" best I could, will live with it until find a donor green tailgate and hatch. I was able to get it straight enough and banged it from the inside. Now the truck is equally banged up on all sides.