Anathollo's build

[Anathollo]

My buddy did the factory pickup of his XC90. He loved the experience. I think he did the castle tour afterwards.

Yep! We are gonna drive around Sweden for a few days, turn the car in to the factory and then hop on a train to go to Stockholm for a few days. Then we'll leave Stockholm and fly to Germany so my family can meet my daughter for the first time! (This is all subject to change based off what my life event planner feels like at the time ).

 

[Anathollo]

Got some new 285/70/17 Toyo A/T III tires put on at 225,000 miles. They are a lot quieter than my wore out Toyo R/T's.

 

[CowboyTaco]

You got some miles on that truck!

 

[bakerla]

You got some miles on that truck!

It's an OG

 

[Anathollo]

You got some miles on that truck!

Yep, got it new off the lot in 2007!

 

[Silverback]

Mine was purchased off the lot in Jan 07, only has 121k on it. Don't expect it to rack up a lot of miles any more. Nice to have a DD as MT's (and AT's) are $$ tires!

 

[Anathollo]

Mine was purchased off the lot in Jan 07, only has 121k on it. Don't expect it to rack up a lot of miles any more. Nice to have a DD as MT's (and AT's) are $$ tires!

Yeah I can't wait to start daily driving my wife's car and be able to tear into my truck. It'll be nice to work on it over a long period of time rather than frantically trying to finish everything in a weekend so I can drive it again on Monday since it's my DD. I have a lot of wiring to clean up or finish installing, re-paint my sliders, get my front and rear-bumpers re-powdercoated and shocks to rebuild.

 

[Silverback]

I need to do all that stuff as well... I have a bunch of new parts for it but lack the "give-a-fuck" to get to it.

 

[Oswego]

Yeah I can't wait to start daily driving my wife's car and be able to tear into my truck. It'll be nice to work on it over a long period of time rather than frantically trying to finish everything in a weekend so I can drive it again on Monday since it's my DD. I have a lot of wiring to clean up or finish installing, re-paint my sliders, get my front and rear-bumpers re-powdercoated and shocks to rebuild.

that can also have adverse effects

like this....

I need to do all that stuff as well... I have a bunch of new parts for it but lack the "give-a-fuck" to get to it.

and me

Stopped drinking and hit the sack early last night so I could get out this morning and get the truck moved and ready to go, but now drinking coffee watching the rain come down in sheetz.

 

[Anathollo]

I have two spare 17" steel Tacoma rims and I kept the best two Toyo R/T's tires to put on them from my last set. Got a little tire shop down the road to put them on. These tires have at least ~30k miles on them and barely needed any balancing weights. Those Toyo R/T's are a damn good tire.
My steel rim that was under my truck for 10 years had a bunch of surface rust on it so I wire wheeled it and wiped it down with 3M rust converter. This is hour 3 of the 12 hour dry time. Looks way better than it did before. I'll prime and paint it tomorrow.

I also changed my oil. I'm about 75% sure that my drain pan bolt is stripped out now. So in 10k miles, I might be replacing the oil pan and bolt. Guess we'll see...

 

[Silverback]

Stop using a Milwaukee impact on the drain plug.

 

[Anathollo]

Stop using a Milwaukee impact on the drain plug.

Ironically that's the one bolt I have never used an impact on because I was worried it was gonna strip out.

I've been changing my own oil for 10 years and today the fucker would just not thread past a couple of turns. I wiped out the threads in the pan to see if any foreign debris was in there but nothing came out. Fucking bolt just wouldn't go halfway home without a fight

 

[Taco Loco]

Ironically that's the one bolt I have never used an impact on because I was worried it was gonna strip out.

I've been changing my own oil for 10 years and today the fucker would just not thread past a couple of turns. I wiped out the threads in the pan to see if any foreign debris was in there but nothing came out. Fucking bolt just wouldn't go halfway home without a fight

I replaced mine years ago with a fumto valve, takes longer to drain though, the Ferd got one on it’s 3rd oil change and once the LX is out of warranty it will get one also.

 

[Anathollo]

I replaced mine years ago with a fumto valve, takes longer to drain though, the Ferd got one on it’s 3rd oil change and once the LX is out of warranty it will get one also.

Might have to buy one of those and cross thread that sumabitch on so I don't have to replace the pan

 

[Taco Loco]

Might have to buy one of those and cross thread that sumabitch on so I don't have to replace the pan

 

[Anathollo]

I replaced mine years ago with a fumto valve, takes longer to drain though, the Ferd got one on it’s 3rd oil change and once the LX is out of warranty it will get one also.

Just bought one. The new F133 series is supposed to drain faster than the old F103 series valves.

 

[Taco Loco]

Just bought one. The new F133 series is supposed to drain faster than the old F103 series valves.

nice.

I don’t even use the lisle oil drain lift reservoir on changes, on a hot engine, remove oil filter, open fill cap and the open valve drain, that seems to be the fastest way to drain, I use clear vinyl tubing and drain oil directly into old jugs/5gal hydraulic bucket, no mess.

 

[Anathollo]

nice.

I don’t even use the lisle oil drain lift reservoir on changes, on a hot engine, remove oil filter, open fill cap and the open valve drain, that seems to be the fastest way to drain, I use clear vinyl tubing and drain oil directly into old jugs/5gal hydraulic bucket, no mess.

I usually undo the bolt and come back 10-20 mins later when all the oil has drained out of the oil filter. Little to no mess when swapping oil filters that way.

 

[Anathollo]

Ha I wasn't the only one today!

 

[CowboyTaco]

I replaced mine years ago with a fumto valve, takes longer to drain though, the Ferd got one on it’s 3rd oil change and once the LX is out of warranty it will get one also.

I didn't even think about a fumoto valve on the Ford. I have watched the YouTube videos showing to take out a plastic stopper to drain the oil...seems like a dumb design. I guess I'll do it once and see if the valve would be better.