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Tested out my new $15 TPMS system during today's commute, and I'm happy to report it works flawlessly. The sensors screw onto the valve stems and lock into place with brass nuts, hopefully preventing any loosening of said sensors.

Pressures reported match two separate analog gauges to a tee, and the temperatures reported were +/- 1° of ambient before driving. Pressures and temps rose slightly over the course of my 23 mile commute, just as one would expect. The sensors are serviceable, which is a great feature, and take 2x 1632 cells.
 
2018 4Runner: engine oil change and new cabin air filter. Impressively, the nest didn't fall into the blower motor even once the filter was removed. Those mice know how to pack a nest!!
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Re-booted the inner CV joint on a '99 Taco. I wanted to replace the entire shaft with a "heavy duty" unit with TPE boots, but I was surprised to find nobody offers one for manual lockouts, which this truck has
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The 3.4 has 315k freedom units, which is kinda cool
 
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Tested out my new $15 TPMS system during today's commute, and I'm happy to report it works flawlessly. The sensors screw onto the valve stems and lock into place with brass nuts, hopefully preventing any loosening of said sensors.

Pressures reported match two separate analog gauges to a tee, and the temperatures reported were +/- 1° of ambient before driving. Pressures and temps rose slightly over the course of my 23 mile commute, just as one would expect. The sensors are serviceable, which is a great feature, and take 2x 1632 cells.
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What system is that and do you have a link or brand name to search for?
 
This week, so far, I've done further modifications to the super duty CV driveshaft joints and yesterday I started making sleeves that got into another part. Sorry for the lack of details on the sleeves, I haven't had time to ask what they are actually for, I just have the blueprint and know what needs to be done to make the part.

I've got someone coming tonight to look at the Sonoma and do a quick test drive. I've sold vehicles to him before and he's not a tire kicker. Last night a large tree fell on the backside of the property, so later in the week I need to get the chainsaw ready to do some cutting this weekend.
 
Taking my Ram truck to the collision shop for an estimate☹️
Was rear ended yesterday at a stop sign by my kid's school principal. Rear bumper is all bent up/pushed in.
Need a new rear bumper & brackets at minimum, maybe some paint for the tailgate as I see at least two scratches from where their grill hit it.
Stopped, then pulled up just a bit to see beyond the trees and for oncoming traffic. They thought I went and then bam.
First claim in 13 years on this truck outside of windshield rock chip that was filled with the epoxy stuff they don't really count.
 
So on 1st Gen Tacos apparently the plastic inner fender is also a gusset for the bedsides. This '99 had the two bolts behind the rear wheels removed, and this allowed the bedsides to flap, eventually causing metal fatigue.
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I had a come-to-Jesus with the owners about the level (read: low) of body work of which I am capable. They said they just wanted the cracking to stop. To his credit, he had tried to drill holes to stop the crack, but that failed miserably.

The truck has 315k and they use it as a country truck, so perfection not required -- thus making me the perfect guy for the job! ;)

Here's the after, and depending upon angle and lighting it ranges from INVISIBLE to TERRIBLE because I didn't sand/feather the paint I sanded away for welding.
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Then I grabbed some donor gussets from an '08 F350 from White Trash Land (the amusement park behind my shop), and modified them. This adds considerable rigidity. And if you're thinking it looks like they were hastily sectioned, overlapped, and joined together with a fat bead....you'd be right! Function was the name of the game here.
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The vehicle also got new front brake hoses, because:
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Worked on the Farmstiva this morning, kinda been neglected. Changed the oil filter and topped it off, tightened the belt, added gear lube to the trans.. axle popped out a couple months ago. Cleaned up with the tractor and chainsaw after.. the new chainsaw works really good.

Finally won and got the last of the ugly stump pulled out. It was short lived.. tried to take a log out of the timber line with the bucket mistake!!. First it almost clubbed me, landed on the hood and dented it, hit the front guard bent it also.. it wouldn’t get off! Barely got it off without tearing up the hydraulic lines. First dent sadness.

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This week at work was primarily more link bars. Yesterday I also clearance cut some axle shafts, and Wednesday (?) I clearance bored a pair of unit bearings for clearance for 35 spline axles.

Wednesday night I sold the Sonoma and it was picked up Thursday morning while I was at work. Today I'm going to be cutting on that tree that fell the other night.
 
Well more work continued on the 2014 mommy missile. I changed struts, sway bar links, pads, rotors, calipers and hoses on the front end. Took a little longer than expected. Blessed by the Midwest rust. All done now and the brakes are bedded.

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