What have you done to your ride lately?
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tex
That's Mr Asshole to you
Oh, you mean before the tire shine gets put on? Haha.
PSU Taco85
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Got the GR up on the lift for the first oil change I did after the dealer included ones.
Tough getting the lift arms on the body with such a short wheelbase so I had to use the front subframe mounts to be able to get a good stable lift on it.
Picked up a few cheesy Etsy finds for it to add some bling, some GR aluminum valve caps
Some GR inserts for the cupholders
And found this OEM add on, had to order on fleabay some guy got them shipped in from Japan, some Toyota seat belt covers. Apparently not available in the states as an add on but overseas you could get them. They add a little bling and a little comfort. Waiting for the snow to melt to be able to take it out on the roads again. It's AWD but the ground clearance is shit and the tires are made for track racing not snow
Tough getting the lift arms on the body with such a short wheelbase so I had to use the front subframe mounts to be able to get a good stable lift on it.
Picked up a few cheesy Etsy finds for it to add some bling, some GR aluminum valve caps
Some GR inserts for the cupholders
And found this OEM add on, had to order on fleabay some guy got them shipped in from Japan, some Toyota seat belt covers. Apparently not available in the states as an add on but overseas you could get them. They add a little bling and a little comfort. Waiting for the snow to melt to be able to take it out on the roads again. It's AWD but the ground clearance is shit and the tires are made for track racing not snow
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Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
You probably added 25 horse to it. I heard the GR valvecaps are good for 4.25 horse per cap.
PSU Taco85
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that’s being a little conservative. 4.25 at the crank but the dyno shows only 2.5 per cap at the wheel
tex
That's Mr Asshole to you
Those look like reverse threaded Icelandic caps that @fsbrain03 has a patent on.
This place I am hunting this mont has ranch road that is straight up mud being compressed and made worse by a big John Deere pulling a dairy waste wagon to spray the field. It is as bad as it sounds. I am going to have to wash the rig every single week.
PSU Taco85
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Got the new alternator installed on the Ferd, she's working good and charging once again.
Was chasing a misfire on my tacoma on the #2 cylinder. I had swapped coil packs and that was not the issue. Next it was to check spark plugs. Put a new one in the #2 cyl and the codes cleared and it ran fine. I took that as an omen to change the other 5 as well. These plugs only have about 30k on them but I think they said that's the recommended replacement time? Here's the one that failed causing the misfire, doesn't look too awful. All removed plugs were about .02 wide on the gap but that shouldn't be any issue for a misfire.
Also replaced my Kubota's battery. I noticed it was slow to turn over this last snow storm even being on the tender. This was the original battery so it lasted 10 years, not alot of complaints there. I threw in a Wallyworld battery.
Was chasing a misfire on my tacoma on the #2 cylinder. I had swapped coil packs and that was not the issue. Next it was to check spark plugs. Put a new one in the #2 cyl and the codes cleared and it ran fine. I took that as an omen to change the other 5 as well. These plugs only have about 30k on them but I think they said that's the recommended replacement time? Here's the one that failed causing the misfire, doesn't look too awful. All removed plugs were about .02 wide on the gap but that shouldn't be any issue for a misfire.
Also replaced my Kubota's battery. I noticed it was slow to turn over this last snow storm even being on the tender. This was the original battery so it lasted 10 years, not alot of complaints there. I threw in a Wallyworld battery.