Recent content by TexasCW

Hey all, Going to a customer's house from Homey Despot with a full load of lumber on the trailer I rounded a blind curve at 60 and found a overturned, half full 5 gal. bucket of Hydraulic fluid which my Nitto Ridgegrapplers grappled and crushed. Either the rim or the tire is now screwed up and...

Two things jump to mind beyond the scope of "normal". There's a (I believe) 40 amp fuse in the under-hood panel labeled AIT or something. I had that pop once and found out the truck won't run without it. It's also hard to see if it pops which wasted hours of time for me. Sorry for the vague...

Just a thought... Maybe there's something for Lexus that would work? Don't know but may be worth some research.

Gave her a big hug and kiss for being so good to me and generally awesome on her 25th birthday! She gets a spa day on Sunday.

At this point I can't get to the headlights. Nothing beyond the lights without the key in (cabin lights, alarm flasher) and even then it's hit or miss when I insert the key. sometimes it dings telling me the key's in, sometimes nothing. Guessing the ignition switch or the actual lock cylinder at...

Went out and tested the batteries. Both were good. Just for fun I put the key in the ignition and everything was normal. Turned it and it went dead again. Key cylinder or ignition switch is my guess at this point. Always seems that crap goes wrong at 5 pm on Fridays...

About to get into it. Failed to mention a couple of things last night in my piss- offedness (25 miles from home with a HF tool kit, some basic hand tools I use for work, and 2 1/2 females in the truck). Before I called for the tow, I did consider the battery and went in to Wallymart with the 3...

Problem with Ignition, or lack of. Gentlemen, I need help. I'm completely in love with my '99 Limited for over 10 years after she was gifted to me by my Dad (with 120,000 miles), who bought it new. Minor problems and minor upgrades for my daily driver/work truck until today when she hit 244000...

Another option is to take a measuring tape out to the truck and order from these guys: Quality Copper Battery Cables Made in the USA! - BatteryCablesUSA. I did the Big 3 on my '99, my F-250, and my Integra for under 100 bucks total. 2 ga./1 ga./4 ga. respectively. I replaced the terminals with...

A little tip for an alternator failure: Over the past 8 years I've had the battery terminal fail (stalled randomly), the cable corrode (stalled randomly and did occasional goofy things), and the alternator poop out (The first time it happened I thought my poor little Dusty ('99 LTD) was...

Figured I might try to reignite this thread since it's humorous and nonsensical. My '99 is "Dusty". No matter how much I wash and clean, something always has dust in or on it so the name was appropriate and endearing.