StreetCreeper's Thread About StreetCreeper Stuff and Other Weird/Random Shit

PWD4R said:
I was looking for magic. Guess I am SOL


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No magic — just tragic.

The only way to keep these clocks alive is to sing Cyndi Lauper's "Time after Time" twice a week while dressed up like Lou Albano.
Afterwards, carefully collect the tears of horror from your passengers and dab it gently on the clock face.

This will ensure another week of worry-free time keeping.
 
StreetCreeper said:
No magic — just tragic.



The only way to keep these clocks alive is to sing Cyndi Lauper's "Time after Time" twice a week while dressed up like Lou Albano.

Afterwards, carefully collect the tears of horror from your passengers and dab it gently on the clock face.



This will ensure another week of worry-free time keeping.
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All that work for just a week? I was hoping for a more embarrassing "one time fix all" maneuver.


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PWD4R said:
All that work for just a week? I was hoping for a more embarrassing "one time fix all" maneuver.


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If you find one, let me know as its getting harder & harder to convince people to ride in my truck. Soon I'm going to have to paint it yellow and pretend I'm a taxi...
 
Why use the Water Wetter? If the cooling system has gotten you to 400,000 miles, why change?

I think the mix my friend's father got the best results in his 34 Ford was using a 75 H20/25 antifreeze mix. But it is a show/track car and did have a slight tendency to run warm (radiator used was too small).
 
LittleCaesar said:
Why use the Water Wetter? If the cooling system has gotten you to 400,000 miles, why change?

I think the mix my friend's father got the best results in his 34 Ford was using a 75 H20/25 antifreeze mix. But it is a show/track car and did have a slight tendency to run warm (radiator used was too small).
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You beat me to it.

I think the antifreeze bottles even say the mix ratio to use for hot climates vs. cold climates, at least the Toyota ones did. Although 75/25 water/coolant is a bit thin, it might boil over if you aren't careful. I wouldn't be surprised if this "wetter" product is only a thinning agent.
 
"Ahem"....I swear I wasn't smoking anything out at the river today, but when I took this pic — I think I heard angels singing softly in the background...

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LittleCaesar said:
Why use the Water Wetter? If the cooling system has gotten you to 400,000 miles, why change?
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At 405k on the original engine, I know a major killer of high mile engines is HG failures. Since the main reason for HG failures is overheating, I figure anything I can do to help my engine not overheat, is a good thing.

I didn't find any real evidence that Water Wetter causes any harm to an engine or cooling system and plenty of anecdotal evidence supporting the manufacturer claims that the stuff does work — albeit less so the more antifreeze to water ratio you run.

So the gains/benefits to me might be minimal or even non-existent, but for $10, it's worth the gamble. Those few degrees cooler my truck "might" be running during a high-temp adventure, may just be the difference between hitting 406k or 500k.

I know eventually something has to give, but I'm hoping that day is far off. I monitor my coolant temps closely and probably check my oil and coolant visually every day or two. It's my opinion that when the shit hits the fan with this motor, I'll know it long before it has a chance to catch me off guard.

Plus I'm weird and regularly do odd shit just for the fun of it.
 
Can't argue with that logic !

StreetCreeper said:
At 405k on the original engine, I know a major killer of high mile engines is HG failures. Since the main reason for HG failures is overheating, I figure anything I can do to help my engine not overheat, is a good thing.

I didn't find any real evidence that Water Wetter causes any harm to an engine or cooling system and plenty of anecdotal evidence supporting the manufacturer claims that the stuff does work — albeit less so the more antifreeze to water ratio you run.

So the gains/benefits to me might be minimal or even non-existent, but for $10, it's worth the gamble. Those few degrees cooler my truck "might" be running during a high-temp adventure, may just be the difference between hitting 406k or 500k.

I know eventually something has to give, but I'm hoping that day is far off. I monitor my coolant temps closely and probably check my oil and coolant visually every day or two. It's my opinion that when the shit hits the fan with this motor, I'll know it long before it has a chance to catch me off guard.

Plus I'm weird and regularly do odd shit just for the fun of it.
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I have run the water wetter in both the Camaro & the Balt. The Camaro has a dummy temp gauge setup similar to the runner, and I do not have a Scangauge, so I cannot say it helped.
It did not hurt, so it was a reasonable effort.

Your posts always crack me up, and have some good info, too.

I plan on swinging by Home Despot tonight and getting some of that coil cleaner.

I will probably use that on the 3 oldest vehicles and might just try it on the house ac, too.

Anyway, I am curious to see if you can actually record a few degrees temp diff after the wetter.

Britt
 
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I have run the water wetter in both the Camaro & the Balt. The Camaro has a dummy temp gauge setup similar to the runner, and I do not have a Scangauge, so I cannot say it helped.
It did not hurt, so it was a reasonable effort.

Your posts always crack me up, and have some good info, too.

I plan on swinging by Home Despot tonight and getting some of that coil cleaner.

I will probably use that on the 3 oldest vehicles and might just try it on the house ac, too.

Anyway, I am curious to see if you can actually record a few degrees temp diff after the wetter.

Britt
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I'll note the temps and conditions before and after, but I suspect I won't see anything initially. I think under normal driving conditions, there won't be any noticeable effects. It's when things get a little more demanding where I envision the benefits lie.

However, I'll likely not have any way to tell since I'm not going to subject my truck to any intentional situation that I know would overheat it as a control before I add the Water Wetter.

But I'm a nerd and I'll still take notes :nerd:
 
It was 107* today — way too hot for my fat lazy ass to do anything much to the truck aside from changing some reverse bulbs.

Since I installed tint on the front windows, I knew it would be harder to see at night when backing up since I only use the mirrors and don't physically look backwards. I could roll the windows down I guess, but honestly I'm too lazy to do that too. So I figured I would need some extra lighting to compensate for the dark tint.

Anyways, I upgraded the reverse lights to LEDs which are a BIG step up in brightness compared to stock.

Bought them on eBay $20

https://www.ebay.com/itm/331350178808

They are much brighter in person too.







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Nothing like waiting until 8:00 to start working on your truck because it's finally cooled down enough to step outside.

I finished washing mine in the dark earlier in the week because it was too hot to start earlier.
 
nc-grayson said:
Nothing like waiting until 8:00 to start working on your truck because it's finally cooled down enough to step outside.

I finished washing mine in the dark earlier in the week because it was too hot to start earlier.
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Yeah I still have to change out the dash gauge lens for a new one, hard-wire a GPS, dash cam and QI charger plus remove my old center console and put in the 99+. But I don't want be wiring shiz up in the dark, plus I also don't want to have my nose up under dash when it's 107* in the shade.

So I guess I'll wait...
 
ThomasGS4 said:
Waiting to hear StreetCreeper's analysis of water wetter in a certain smoke creation tool. :pop2:
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I put the Water Wetter in this morning. I have a 600 mile run up near the Oregon border to do tomorrow so it should be interesting to see if there is any noticeable effect just on the highway when pulling those grades in 108* heat.

Again though, I'm not really expecting to be able to see any changes since my truck typically runs right at about 186~193* no matter what I'm doing. But I'll be watching closely.

Which smoke creation tool you talking about? :D I have a few but my newest is a Flowermate V5.0s that I'm currently "testing"....for science of course... :pimp:
 
StreetCreeper said:
It was 107* today — way too hot for my fat lazy ass to do anything much to the truck aside from changing some reverse bulbs.

Since I installed tint on the front windows, I knew it would be harder to see at night when backing up since I only use the mirrors and don't physically look backwards. I could roll the windows down I guess, but honestly I'm too lazy to do that too. So I new I would need some extra lighting to compensate for the dark tint.

Anyways, I upgraded the reverse lights to LEDs which are a BIG step up in brightness compared to stock.

Bought them on eBay $20

https://www.ebay.com/itm/331350178808

They are much brighter in person too.







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Are all LED tail lights 'incompatible' with our 4runners or did the Sylvania ones I bought just suck? I had both go out on me after about 4 months. The LEDs were all Wally World had at the time.
 
Found just the place for Woody to retire...:reddance:
 

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