What Did You Do To Your 3rd Gen Today?

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Had a great weekend is what I did.

More pics and blabbing detail in my thread. I took advantage of the unseasonably wonderful weather and got outside.
 

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Some months back I installed a Sony head unit with some nifty functions like bluetooth and stuff. My main beef with it is that it always tried to autoplay music as soon as I plugged in the USB cable. It would always start with the first track in alphabetical order -- very annoying!

After some research I found there's no way to turn this off. BUT... I found an idea to made an MP3 that is just a few minutes of silence and title it "AAAAA" so that it always plays first. Sure enough, it works, and problem solved! Now my head unit will just play a silent track until I give it something else to play (like Spotify, etc.)

A minor tweak that is a major win for day-to-day convenience.
 
Got the repaired CCU installed and the center dash put back together. I didn't realize that I needed to order new back lights for the rear window button and the ECT button. Oh well, I'll get them and when I install a touch screen I'll change the bulbs.
 
What does that little clear plastic piece in front of the P do?

Allows you to shift the gear selector into/out of positions that would regularly require the key to be in the on position to supply power to the shifter control unit.

Ever notice how you can't shift into reverse from park until the brake is depressed? Pressing that plastic tab in would eliminate the need to do that.
 
Washed it post trip.

Quick question ... Does this look right?

Looking at my UCA ball joint I see that with the tires straight the Ball does not sit the same on each side. See pictures. The driver's side it sits in the middle, the passenger side it sits offset as if the wheel is compressed but it isn't. I got an alignment a month ago, perhaps they set something wrong?

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Finished cleaning up the engine bay and trans pan. Almost ready to start putting it together. Hopefully the new (to me) engine will get delivered tomorrow!
 

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First addition to the new (to me) truck. Added a cargo cover (courtesy of tjaguilar) since it didn't come with one from the previous owner.
 

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Washed it post trip.

Quick question ... Does this look right?

Looking at my UCA ball joint I see that with the tires straight the Ball does not sit the same on each side. See pictures. The driver's side it sits in the middle, the passenger side it sits offset as if the wheel is compressed but it isn't. I got an alignment a month ago, perhaps they set something wrong?

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Could the upright be bent?
 
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