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Did a dryer and vent cleaning for a friend replaced an open thermal. The Culprit
What are you working on today?
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I opened my thermals once, but it resulted in a restraining order.
Rotated the tires on the wife's Durango, 88,454 miles on the Michelins and the original three gauged at 7/32" surprisingly (6249 miles on this rotation). A couple weeks back I did have to swap out a plugged tire, for another Michelin it has 10/32" on it. Probably replace them all in the winter timeframe I suspect and keep the good one for back-up. Got to use my new Astro Pneumatic Digital Tire Inflator when adjusting tires pressures. Made the kids vacuum out the Durango for their Mother to clean up their mess.
Burned all the branches and tree limbs I trimmed a last week. Split some dry wood for bonfires coming up. Rinsed the fins off on the A/C unit to clean the build up off. That was enough as the humidity was getting to me and temp's were rising.
Burned all the branches and tree limbs I trimmed a last week. Split some dry wood for bonfires coming up. Rinsed the fins off on the A/C unit to clean the build up off. That was enough as the humidity was getting to me and temp's were rising.
Slapped new Auto Extra rotors on this '01 4Runner. Was trying to save the family $ and the pads are still good. Was going to have O'Reilly turn them but my store has been severely understaffed and I lost confidence in their ability to do them quickly so my lift isn't tied up.
I finally just ordered two new closeout rotors from RA for $49.63 delivered and turning would have been $25x2
What's worse -- whatever rotor is on there now at 230k miles cut a touch thinner, or new, inexpensive rotors? I figured it's a wash with no clear winner.
Apparently this gen 4Runner is notorious for warping rotors regardless and the Tundra upgrade is popular.
I finally just ordered two new closeout rotors from RA for $49.63 delivered and turning would have been $25x2
What's worse -- whatever rotor is on there now at 230k miles cut a touch thinner, or new, inexpensive rotors? I figured it's a wash with no clear winner.
Apparently this gen 4Runner is notorious for warping rotors regardless and the Tundra upgrade is popular.
I had fun with Ford's vacuum issues and IWE's. We run lots of F150's (hence my disdain for anything Ford) and had several with vacuum issues right out of the gate. In 2wd, they would intermittently grind, usually fail completely before getting an opening in the shop. My truck was bad so I jerry rigged the vacuum lines so they were default locked. It was a neat concept but built Ford tough......
In between helping at the team penning event today, I decided to tackle the 7 pin connector in our new to us baby 3 horse bumper pull.
Last month, I went through it, serviced the brakes and connector leads. Brakes worked better but nothing to write home about. The 7 pin had road rash and visible copper corrosion. I pulled it apart and found what is likely the source of the power issues. New connector went in and will test it once the diesel is home from the show.
In between helping at the team penning event today, I decided to tackle the 7 pin connector in our new to us baby 3 horse bumper pull.
Last month, I went through it, serviced the brakes and connector leads. Brakes worked better but nothing to write home about. The 7 pin had road rash and visible copper corrosion. I pulled it apart and found what is likely the source of the power issues. New connector went in and will test it once the diesel is home from the show.
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Went to take a look at our new car that came in on Thursday. Not going to pick it up until next Thursday, as I need to get a bank check from an internet bank. Since I had no idea when it would actually arrive, just an idea around 8/11, I didn't want to have the money not earning interest. It was not shipped on steelies as I had expected? I dunno if the salesperson is correct, she said they do that on optional rims.
