Recent content by HAL75057

Hi folks, This is a legit offer to save a rust free 3rd gen that's likely to be headed the crusher on 6/20/22. I've fallen upon hard times and can't afford to fix her but I can't bear the thought of her being crushed. She's almost made it back from the moon with ~436K miles on her. 1997 SR5...

Sorry but I don't have pics. Managed to get my Original blower motor working again with 430k miles. The brushes are in sad shape and while trying to separate the motor housing from the plastic frame I broke the plastic. I really just wanted to clean up the brushes for the motor but I was too...

Project Moonshot I'd love to be more active on here but I think I'm still waiting to reach the magic number of posts that proves I'm not a bot, spammer, etc. My 97 SR5 has 430K miles on her and you can have the keys when you pry them from my cold dead hands. She's my DD, works very hard for...

Your truck looks pretty sweet for 200K miles. I replaced the water pump, timing belt, and a host of other parts ~1 yr ago myself and the biggest pain was the tensioner for the timing belt. Someone had rounded the head of the bolt off and it took forever to get it off. Did everything go smoothly...

From the pic it shows that Caster and SAI (Steering Axis Inclination) are both out of spec on the left side. It doesn't effect tire wear unless drastically out of spec but will cause you to have both hands on the wheel to make the truck go straight.

423K and yes the ball joint appears to be original.

You read my mind about the lottery I was thinking I should buy a lottery ticket because no damage occurred other than closing the gap between the hood and right fender lol. Here's a YouTube link to my dodged bullet. YouTube

Houston we have a problem... I had to replace my Right Lower Ball joint today because it failed while backing out of a parking spot at the 7-11 by my house. I feel really lucky because had it failed at speed I might be in the hospital or morgue. I know it's a known issue and I was planning to...

I desperately need to either reupholster or replace mine. If you don't mind me asking how much did it cost and can you recommend a vendor?

She's looking like a very nice rig. I wish I could say the same for 'Artemis' my 97 SR5 5spd 3.4l. She's got 420K on the clock, and is a daily driver as well, but new to me. I named her after Apollo's twin sister because she's on her return trajectory from the moon just like your rig. May both...

I know the feeling, we've all done it at one time or another and paid the price in time and money. I spent a Sunday morning cleaning up after a tech that was too lazy to clean a customers Jeep after installing a new power steering pump that leaked all over his freshly painted garage. I tend to...

Project Moonshot I drove Artemis, my 1997 T4R SR5 5spd, to work today ~100 miles round trip. She's on a return trajectory from the moon with 419K on the clock. Just replaced the water pump, timing belt, tensioners etcetera on Thursday. Full disclosure: she's new to me so I can't claim...