lunchhoney777
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There is no way to reset it.
Thanks though!
Thanks though!
What Did You Do To Your 3rd Gen Today?
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scrapper
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Your wife isn't pleased with your truck (who's is right?)
& you have 384,000 miles worth of shit to deal with.
This is good shit. Song lyrics? :gossip:
lunchhoney777
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THANK YOU! Pulling my truck into my shop now to try this!
ToyotaBrah
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Finally got the motivation to take another stab at attempting to drain and fill the front diff, after doing the rear diff and transfer case.
I would like to personally thank the bafoon mechanic who went above and beyond his job to torque down the drain and fill plugs to 250 ft lbs. It was an absolute joy when the plug finally broke loose and my hand hit the pavement at 50 mph. Hats off to you sir.
I would like to personally thank the bafoon mechanic who went above and beyond his job to torque down the drain and fill plugs to 250 ft lbs. It was an absolute joy when the plug finally broke loose and my hand hit the pavement at 50 mph. Hats off to you sir.
Leverage is your friend. That and mechanix gloves and impacts. After 12yrs of smashing fingers breaking bolts loose and slicing skin off my knuckles I manned up and bought gloves. Now I hate to wrench without them.
ToyotaBrah
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Here's the kicker and where I deserved some of the pain...I actually have those gloves, but I wasn't wearing them. I was wearing latex gloves. I felt like I was positioned where I wouldn't hit the ground, but murphy's law proved me wrong. I should have used the heavy duty gloves
Hindsight is 20/20, right?
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serpentinium
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Drove my truck with zero issues today after changing my spark plugs yesterday, the biggest maintenance task I've attempted by myself so far I have extremely limited mechanical experience and am still quite intimidated by working on the engine, but reading this forum for the past year or so gave me the info and confidence I needed to give it the plugs a shot instead of forking over 200+ dollars to the dealer- yay!
...Even if it took me FOREVER to get everything done
I have extremely limited mechanical experience and am still quite intimidated by working on the engine, but reading this forum for the past year or so gave me the info and confidence I needed to give it the plugs a shot instead of forking over 200+ dollars to the dealer- yay! ...Even if it took me FOREVER to get everything done
ToyotaBrah
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:heh:
Drove my truck with zero issues today after changing my spark plugs yesterday, the biggest maintenance task I've attempted by myself so far
...Even if it took me FOREVER to get everything done
I always try to do work myself for two reasons; one- you spend more time on the job ensuring its done right, as oppose to a dealer/shop which works on a fast turn over method. And two, money is saved as you mentioned, which can be applied to more car parts.:biggrin1:
0xfded
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More bonus points for "it works" than for "it was fast".Drove my truck with zero issues today after changing my spark plugs yesterday, the biggest maintenance task I've attempted by myself so far
...Even if it took me FOREVER to get everything done
Separately, got some goodies in for the holiday long weekend:
Time to bake some headlights!
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Each job will give you more confidence.Drove my truck with zero issues today after changing my spark plugs yesterday, the biggest maintenance task I've attempted by myself so far
...Even if it took me FOREVER to get everything done
Welcome to the beauty of this and other forums
, always happy to see posts like this [emoji3]
TheDurk
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And don't forget, dollars you don't spend on mechanics are tax-free dollars, the best kind.
MyHigh
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Drove my truck with zero issues today after changing my spark plugs yesterday, the biggest maintenance task I've attempted by myself so far
...Even if it took me FOREVER to get everything done
Good job!!
I admit, finally getting enough courage to do maintenance on your vehicle is a big deal. The last thing you want is to screw up and either break something or worse cause an accident on the road because you did something wrong. But the knowledge, and confidence is priceless and with every new task you perform you'll learn more and more. Little piece of advise, do away with those 12 sided wrenches and use mainly the 6 sided ones. They of course only offer limited spots to attach the wrench but rounding the heads of bolts is a pain in the ass!
Rock_Rat
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Real good points. Most of us who enjoy wrenching do it because we're tactile learners and are mostly logical thinkers. It's a natural. When I do the work I'm 100% sure it's done right. You see a lot of engineers on here and very few creative types with arts majors, comparatively speaking. I applaud those that attempt their own maintenance that aren't "mechanically inclined." For most of us it's hard to fathom not understanding which end of a wrench you can blow bubbles out of but it's true. For those guys to change spark plugs and to do it correctly is a major accomplishment. And of course a residual benefit is the money saved.
I used to care about doing my own maintenance. Then I got an adult job making adult money. Now I only do it if I want to. Find a good mechanics shop around your house. I'll gladly pay an extra $10 or so and take a nap or drink coffee while they change my oil. Saves me the hassle of storing and disposing and all of that running around. Only time these days I'll do regular maintenance is if they charge some stupid amount to do it. Like $150 for a trans drain and refill. That's ludicrous.
Unner
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Well said, everyone has to start somewhere. Most start with something small like spark plugs and work their way up. Now there's not much I can think of that I would take my truck to a mechanic for if anything. Alignments come to mind and press work like the rear wheel bearings. That's because I don't have the equipment for it though.
I can actually get my oil changed for cheaper than it costs me to do it myself, but I'd rather do it myself and know it's done right. I've got too much into my truck to let a careless tech somewhere ruin it too. I don't like other people driving my truck either. I wreck it fine, that's on me. If you wreck it I sure hope you can run faster than me...
I used to be that way. Older I've gotten the less I care. It's insured and if it gets totaled I'll go buy another one. Last vehicle I cared about that much was my very first one I got when I was 16. After 10yrs and 220k miles and $35k invested in it (over the cost of the truck) I sold it. Ever since then vehicles have just been a revolving door with me. Got burnt out always spending money on it, always working on it. Guess my folks were right. Priorities change as we get older.
jeremyc74
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I wrapped up a few projects today.
I finished up installing the small Alpine amp in the dash to get a little more volume out of the system, and I have to say I'm pretty happy with it. Also swapped out the rear door speakers with a set of 5 1/4" Pioneers because I didn't want the amp hooked to the factory speakers. They're down so low on the doors they don't really do much for the whole system, but at least I don't have to worry about them rattling.
After that I put in a new power distribution block and installed an inverter in the storage area in the hatch. I bought a hexcoptor for aerial video , and I've found myself wanting to be able to plug my laptop in when a leave a location so I can pull the files from the GoPro while I'm driving. This should do the trick.
I ran 8 gage wire back, which is overkill for this inverter, but I may want to bump up to something a little larger later on and didn't want to have to pull another cable. The stereo shop was out of red, so I just used black and I'm glad I did. It looks a lot more OEM.
Also picked up a new Rigid box to haul all my recovery gear and other junk around in, and it fits perfectly beside the sub box.
Now I just need to figure out a way to haul the hexcopter and support gear around without it taking up half the cargo area. :nono:
And after all that I cleaned her up and got everything read for a long road trip. I'm headed to VA tomorrow for Turkey Day, and the 4Runner probably won't see FL again until spring.
I finished up installing the small Alpine amp in the dash to get a little more volume out of the system, and I have to say I'm pretty happy with it. Also swapped out the rear door speakers with a set of 5 1/4" Pioneers because I didn't want the amp hooked to the factory speakers. They're down so low on the doors they don't really do much for the whole system, but at least I don't have to worry about them rattling.
After that I put in a new power distribution block and installed an inverter in the storage area in the hatch. I bought a hexcoptor for aerial video , and I've found myself wanting to be able to plug my laptop in when a leave a location so I can pull the files from the GoPro while I'm driving. This should do the trick.
I ran 8 gage wire back, which is overkill for this inverter, but I may want to bump up to something a little larger later on and didn't want to have to pull another cable. The stereo shop was out of red, so I just used black and I'm glad I did. It looks a lot more OEM.
Also picked up a new Rigid box to haul all my recovery gear and other junk around in, and it fits perfectly beside the sub box.
Now I just need to figure out a way to haul the hexcopter and support gear around without it taking up half the cargo area. :nono:
And after all that I cleaned her up and got everything read for a long road trip. I'm headed to VA tomorrow for Turkey Day, and the 4Runner probably won't see FL again until spring.
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