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This is 3 levels deep since it 'defaults' to radio. There is an off button so it should have turned off.. but it clearly does not care when i ask. It also has "auto", which was off..
Computers should not be in cars. bring back carburetors.
Sun Mar 17 2024 21:15:36 EDT from LadySerenaKittyAll my HVAC controls are literally one tap away. Yes, I can turn the whole HVAC system off, too.
Related to the trip with the dog.. the zipper broke on my back window.. arrgh....
going to rain Monday..
Bleh, now the zipper on the roof broke trying to get this POS window on... cant get a new top here until Thursday.
And no, i have not fixed the little car yet so its safe to drive and not die. I was being lazy. now im paying the price. Could have just stuck a tarp on the jeep and drove the little car instead. But nope. grumble.
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new top arrived today. fight with it for 3 hours. thing just isn't 'right' and nothing fit like it should have. close but not right. but i made it work. Then putting in the back window as the last item.... and the freaking zipper broke.. on the roof.. now im back where i started, well actually even worse as to return this i have to take it off ...
Frustrated beyond words at this point.
And the ebay seller has ghosted me.
Guess i dont get a refund. Will go buy a 'better' one from Quadratec. ( for 2x the cost ) Who will stand behind the stuff they sell.
After running over a bolt of some sort with my Tacoma, I had to change a tire ... and boy was I thankful that I was doing it in my driveway and not on the road!
The spare is underneath the vehicle. I had to look in the manual to figure out how to lower it. And it was so unclear that I had to look on the Internet too. You have to assemble a bunch of rods together and stick the end in a small opening just over the license plate, and get it connected to a crank way inside of the vehicle. Every single site I visited, with no exceptions, was making jokes about "finding the hole in the dark" like clumsy teenagers having their first time in bed.
Once I got the spare out, I found that I couldn't break the lugs. But fear not! I recently came into possession of an air compressor, so of course I went right out and bought an impact wrench. And let me tell you, I felt like such an automotive guy when I hear the "ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-yyyyowwwww!" sound of the impact wrench unscrewing the lugs.
And then ... the whole wheel was seized on to the hub. Couldn't break it loose no matter how hard I kicked it. After even more research, I found the method that worked *immediately* was to place a block under one edge of the wheel and then let the jack down. It popped right off.
Now I'm back on the road, the tire is repaired, and I even got the stuck tail gate fixed. I love my truck. You can't buy a truck like this anymore, y'know, because Toyota has discontinued the 4.0L V6 engine in the Tacoma -- you can only get the new ones with a 2.4L I4 Turbo, either direct drive or hybrid. They claim it has an even higher horsepower than the V6 but I'll bet the torque is rubbish.
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Ya, that is about as dumb as putting the battery in the wheel well. i had a truck like that once, i took it out and tossed it in the back right away.
I stopped carrying a spare long ago. In the Fiero, its too low to the ground to be doing that safely on the road ( and its extra weight.. which matters ). On the jeep, its to high up. I carry a repair kit and air pump in the tool box, if that dont do it, its a tow truck. I'm not 25 anymore, why do it the hard way out on some road somewhere? Besides we have cell phones now, old days you were on your own or you walked miles.. and miles.. to a pay phone.
Sure, what you had was in the driveway, but save the trouble of fishing out the spare.
The spare is underneath the vehicle.
New jeep top arrived yesterday. From the 'real place' . 1.5 day free shipping.
Rain got moved until tomorrow. so i guess the POS one comes off this afternoon. Total waste of $ and time.
And the SOB is even tighter than the last.
But at least it didn't break. But its not totally sealed at the doors, yet. and of course, storms are coming.
Decent day today and im off this week. So took the little car apart. The caliper that caught on fire was soooo bad.. how bad was it? It actually melted off the pad and curled up the backing plate on the 'inside' pad. lol
If i can find someone to turn this rotor ill put it back together this weekend. But fewer people will turn them now, "only if we do the brake job $$$" and they are drilled. I know drilled/slotted used to be refused, but just drilled, not sure. Not that i cant buy more, as they are thankfully still available in the aftermarket world, but be nice not to have to buy them too.
And before someone says "just turn it yourself" . i did think of that but i dont think my the is big enough for that diameter. It 'looks' just a hair too small. And while its big enough, i dont think i'm talented enough to do it on my mill and not have it off balance.
Well that is annoying. Got ready to put the car back together tonight, seems the new calipers don't come with the pad retaining clip. I thought the last time i did this it did.. Now i have to find one of those, which may not be possible around here due to rarity of the car. Means ordering it and waiting.. bleh. i should have opened all the stuff up months ago.. guess ill find out in the morning, parts place opens at 730 guess who will be first in line :)
and a side thought, i wonder if that is what caused my problem in the first place. If the clip broke, the pad would no longer retract properly, perhaps even jam... same idea of a collapsed brake line which was my assumption ( and most common ). But other than where the fire melted it, the line looked ok... hmmm
ya. fail.
so now i wait longer. ( i blame myself tho, i should have opened up the new caliper when it came this spring and not waited until almost fall. But it was too hot this summer to even care about working on it.. its not like i *need* this thing on the road. Especially since i have not put the AC back in, its not a summer car for me. )
Also ordered a 2nd caliper, figured better safe than sorry. Replace both in the back. May end up swapping the fronts too come spring. i donno.
up. I carry a repair kit and air pump in the tool box, if
I never got around to learning how to repair tires. Is it as easy as the videos of the plug kits make it look? (Assuming, of course, that it is a puncture from something like a nail or screw, and not a tear.)
Ya its pretty easy.
up. I carry a repair kit and air pump in the tool box, if
I never got around to learning how to repair tires. Is it as easy as the videos of the plug kits make it look? (Assuming, of course, that it is a puncture from something like a nail or screw, and not a tear.)
"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is demanding wide sweeping new safety rules to combat a crisis"...
bla bla bla could save up to 70 passengers and drivers a year bla bla bla
wtf. "crisis" ??? Put your freaking seat belt on and problem solved.
I mis-read that, the complaint was they only worried about passengers and drivers. Now they are expanding it.. and still only about 70 a year.. for increased regulations and costs.
So aside from wearing seat belts, pay attention and don't hit people.. problem solved.
Wed Sep 11 2024 07:16:36 EDT from Nurb432"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is demanding wide sweeping new safety rules to combat a crisis"...
bla bla bla could save up to 70 passengers and drivers a year bla bla bla
wtf. "crisis" ??? Put your freaking seat belt on and problem solved.
2nd caliper arrived yesterday. Someone come over and install it. I'm not in the mood to screw with it and its going to be warm again today. ( supposed to cool off again this weekend enough to do it in the morning )
This stuff used to be fun.