Pj Benn's Hawaiian time maintenance and build

[Pj Benn]

Also from Y-Pahu check'en in. Cuz, I miss the aina plenty, I appreciate your pics wheeling around, get to see the aina small kine.
Bruddah, da yards have to get back to u on the vc?! That's strange.
I forget how much moolahs the yards charge up dea for it. Don't know if might b worth it but leme know if i can help out. Ups/usps might deal breakah with cost though, cannot get away wit da paradise tax.
I remembah ordering innah fendahs for my Chevelle. $150 for the 2 parts, $150 to ship. Da business was laughing at the shipping cost wen they quoted me. But I told them no businesses in oahu had dem, and I needed it.
And I agree, usps, fedex, ups dea must play games wit the packages cause even my stuff wen I was dea was cabbage.

Get a yard in sand island that has all the parts ready to go. Guy just double checks to make sure they have in stock and figure out a price. They never have and the yard down the road wanted to sell motor whole. Needed to finish and never like put um back together to pull apart and redo later. Paid Servco paradise tax $438 for brand new valve cover. Thanks for the offer though appreciate it

 

[Pj Benn]

Nice truck Bradda PJ. I 2 get 1 98 Limited and same color. Had mine fo 6yrs now. Get choke [emoji385]&. Keep up wit da preventive maintenance. Bought mines at 176K & I now have 346K. I reside in WA fo 12 yrs now and plan on coming home 2 moa yrs. I from Y-Pahu born and raised. When I come back home, I’m shipping my truck home and can shoot da Cruz. Aloha Bradda. [emoji1686]


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Thanks braddah. Kinda hard to keep spending all this money for maintenance and no fun stuff yet. hopefully it pays off and I get close to mileage you been able to get. Stay safe out there in wa and look forward to see you And your runner at a cruise in a couple years

 

[Pj Benn]

Brand new cover taped off and ready to paint

Small kine rush job. Might touch up little bit with a brush. Ah who am I kidding I’m not gonna do that lol

 

[busmup808]

Thanks braddah. Kinda hard to keep spending all this money for maintenance and no fun stuff yet. hopefully it pays off and I get close to mileage you been able to get. Stay safe out there in wa and look forward to see you And your runner at a cruise in a couple years [emoji1687]

Brah befo I started fo buy Gude
Kine stuff, I put anada $2K of preventable maintenance. Kinda sickening, but das how goin last long. If u like buy stuff from Haoleland, let me know. Da Manager at Honolulu Freight in WA iz my friend.


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[Sweetlilme]

Nice job, looking good sitting on the beach

 

[G_Raw]

Nice truck Bradda PJ. I 2 get 1 98 Limited and same color. Had mine fo 6yrs now. Get choke [emoji385]&. Keep up wit da preventive maintenance. Bought mines at 176K & I now have 346K. I reside in WA fo 12 yrs now and plan on coming home 2 moa yrs. I from Y-Pahu born and raised. When I come back home, I’m shipping my truck home and can shoot da Cruz. Aloha Bradda. [emoji1686]


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Also from Y-Pahu check'en in. Cuz, I miss the aina plenty, I appreciate your pics wheeling around, get to see the aina small kine.
Bruddah, da yards have to get back to u on the vc?! That's strange.
I forget how much moolahs the yards charge up dea for it. Don't know if might b worth it but leme know if i can help out. Ups/usps might deal breakah with cost though, cannot get away wit da paradise tax.
I remembah ordering innah fendahs for my Chevelle. $150 for the 2 parts, $150 to ship. Da business was laughing at the shipping cost wen they quoted me. But I told them no businesses in oahu had dem, and I needed it.
And I agree, usps, fedex, ups dea must play games wit the packages cause even my stuff wen I was dea was cabbage.

Chee Waipahu raised over here too. Moved to Kaneohe now the Bay.

 

[HiLife]

I can see Servco Toyota is still soaking their customers at $438 for the valve cover?!! List for that part is only $331.
In all honesty though, because of Matrix pricing (that's what stealerships call it here), that's what it will go for around here too. I ask for some help with the prices and the parts guy quoted and sold it to me for list price.
Toyota parts guys laughs when I ask, I think matrix pricing is commission for the parts guys.
Good to see locals chiming in, [MENTION=455277]G_Raw[/MENTION]!

 

[Pj Benn]

Social distancing

 

[2ndhandyotaman]

Great job on everything. That last pic is just awesome! I hope to see that in person one day.

 

[Pj Benn]

Tried adding Sonoran steel rear sway brackets today to keep the bar from contacting my locker. With my lift it put the bar too close to gas tank so I put it back in stock location for now.
Cleaned blower fan motor.
Replaced some cracking vacuum hose.
Messed around with rear dif lock while it was in the air. Could not get it to lock. Will have to troubleshoot more later.

Anyone know what this thing in the glovebox next to the light is?

 

[Pj Benn]

Was hoping to do some maintenance this weekend but waiting till Monday for some parts to be delivered


Hit the beach today and snapped a quick pic. ugly safety barrier killing me though. Anyone good with photoshop? Lol

 

[Pj Benn]

Replaced drivers side cv today. Refurbished Toyota brand and did the ecgs needle bearing replacement while I was in there. Kinda regretting not doing the seals because I think passenger side might be leaking. Lmk if anyone wants the ecgs special tools for the bushing but doesn’t want to pay retail

 

[busmup808]

I thought Kaena pt shut down. Gotta have permission from DLNR?


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[Pj Benn]

I thought Kaena pt shut down. Gotta have permission from DLNR?


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Yes need permission now. Can only drive along designated routes. need to apply for pass and have sticker displayed. New gate lock combination weekly

 

[busmup808]

Kinda gude, but not gude fo da ada guys who r respecting da aina. I rememba drunk guys goin in and jus trashing da place. Bottles and opala jus thrown out da window. Sad dat kine.


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[Pj Benn]

This guy checking out the runner on the trail this morning

 

[Thebeastlives]

This guy checking out the runner on the trail this morning

I heard that you have a huge wild pig problem on many of the islands. They love destroying native plants and killing native species of all types. Just like in places like Texas they don't seem to have found effective ways of controling them.

 

[Pj Benn]

Damn. Anyone got a spare locker backing plate they want to sell?

 

[Pj Benn]

The cracked housing isn’t causing these issues is it?
Issues engaging e-locker

 

[Pj Benn]

Finally did an upgrade in between maintenance. New radio with CarPlay and Bluetooth. Got a motorized one so the screen sits up higher but can still access ac controls when I need to. Doesn’t fit perfect but it’s close enough. Now I want to start getting parts together to swap in
steering wheel with controls to work with it

Backup camera

Changed oil and took a sample to send off for analysis. Verified that front diff is slowly leaking out passenger side seal and topped it off. Noticed a few bushings were shot when I was down there :|