Recent content by Marianne W

We've been rebuilding our 06 SR5 and can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. (We started a year and a half ago.) There is an electrical connector in front of the A/C condenser and I cannot for the life of me figure out what it is for. It is the grey one on the left. It isn't for...

The only time it is ever turned on in our 06 is when the dog steps on the button...

We replaced ours with copper nickle brake lines. We used the existing connectors and flared the tubes.

The brine used on the roads in Ontario is atrocious. It eats metal. I've been told by a body shop owner that he had to replace all of his brakes on his new truck after its first winter on the road. The tailgate on our 06 looks like swiss cheese. It's a mess inside. With everything that...

We had the same problem when we replaced our alternator. We just used a file and took a little off at a time until it fit.

I did it by squeezing the spring with a pair of vise grips and then tying it up with dental floss. I then tied the piece that goes on the spring with another piece of dental floss. I thought I was going to go insane. It took the two of us a day and a half to replace the parking brake cable...

I was wondering what that was... We're almost done rebuilding our 06. I had to take the centre console out to replace the parking brake cable (wow what a job). I reached along the back of it to grab the bottom to lift it out and the plastic piece swung up on its hinge. I thought fleetingly...