@essextee This line from The Drive article got me
"Renaming the first corner of the Nordschleife is even better though. Now, whenever you cross the start/finish line at track, Sabine Schmitz will be ahead, and every lap will start with her sending you on your way."
Bought a truck! It’s a bit rough around the edges but it will be a fun relatively cheap project. 1984 Toyota pickup. Dx? 5 speed. 4x4. Sunroof. 115k miles and a rebuilt engine 2k miles ago. Going to work great as a second vehicle. First things to fix are a turn signal, driver side window is off it’s track and there is no passenger seat belt.
An 03 wrx wagon fits pretty nicely in a shipping container.
This is basically my garage now so I wanted to make sure I can pull it in and at least access the engine bay and walk around it relatively easily. I knew it would fit just because cars do come over in containers and not all roll on roll off. Luckily I’m fairly skinny and can open the door enough to get out so no weird rolling the window down and climbing out.
I've had the truck for several months now and I finally took it on some rough roads. It was an absolute blast other than the part where my seat is kind of terrible and I rubbed a small wound on my back hitting one of the metal seat bars bouncing around. I didn't even leave 2WD somehow. I briefly thought about getting out to lock the hubs just to tool around in 4Lo but it started raining and I wanted to get the hell out of there since my windshield is terrible and leaks.
I think the top fixes right now are still the passenger window. A new windshield that is properly sealed which is a massive pain in the ass. If I'm going to pull the windshield I'm going to want to sand and repaint around the edges. And lastly, of course, the driver seat. I don't know if I can find somewhere to try and re foam and re cover it.
Also found a fantastic patch of changing leaves.
So begins my first deep dive in to fixing the truck to my liking. I've done a couple needed rough fixes in the first month but I went ahead and started getting parts that I want to do for my own sanity. Brakes all around because I don't trust other people and need to know the brakes have no issues. It's an old truck with rear drums so I don't expect it to brake as well as the WRX but there is some sketchiness to it.
I didn't even get that far though. Today I changed the oil, filter, and oil pressure sender. The sender was reading quite low and kind of just sending the same level no matter what. All super easy, the oil just drips over the axle when you remove the filter to make things annoyingly messy. The dipstick was reading fine but I only pulled out about 3.5 quarts while putting in close to the full 4.9 quarts that it takes. The leftover oil actually fit perfectly in that gatorade bottle (old and rinsed out before I used it for oil)
I didn't feel like tackling the brakes quite yet so I decided to go for the clutch master cylinder that was leaking. Easy enough it seems. And so far, not too bad. Easy to take out and put the new one in. I didn't have help so bleeding it is slightly hellish. I'm using the "2x4 as a second person" trick.
A storm started to roll in so I got rained out and am bailing until tomorrow. I need to finish bleeding the clutch (almost there!) and probably adjust the bite point. Then I'll probably work on the rear brakes since it seems a little less intensive back there. Replace the rear shocks when that's all going on which I'm hoping goes smoothly. It's only two bolts (famous last words). Then it's on to the front pads and rotors. That seems like a process but straightforward.
Also found out that I am missing a lug nut and the wheel stud is rusted to hell with no more threads. Might be contributing to my shake and shimmy around 45-50mph. Luckily(?) the wheels studs need to be hit out to replace rotors so I can go grab a new one before I do those.
In case you were wondering, yes, my interior is super dirty. For some reason there is glitter in there. Yes, the seat is a mess. It's on my list to somehow find new foam and reupholster that. There is also a leak from the windshield dripping on the floor so I also plan to pull the seats and carpet to por15 the cab floor and recarpet afterward.
Bonus: Noticed my power steering reservoir, that has some part of the system leaking fluid everywhere, says Toyoda instead of Toyota.
And half my pictures are sideways. Too lazy to fix that. Turn your heads. Go Bills!
That's a waste of money when there a plenty of people out there doing it for free already.
@hfv The offspring of a Youabian Puma.
What a treat! The driver window one the truck was initially stuck up. It’s been hotter than hell lately so I ended up taking it out and found a broken tooth on the gear. Luckily the motor was still good so a week later, new regulator, and we are back to not putting a tarp over the window! Also a new regulator sans motor was about $20 vs $80.
So far I’m in just over $100 in parts on the truck and need to go through the brake system then one of these days seals on the axles. After that it’s just cosmetics. I’m pretty happy with how cheap parts have been so far
Broken vs new regulator.
I’ve been out of town the past 4 weekends and was finally home with nothing to do. Sort of nothing. I have been wanting to relocate my front turn signals on the truck so people can actually see them. Before they were zip tied up under he bumper and I hated it. Enter some corner brackets and some cheap fab work.
I broke my drill bit at some point so I had to head back to Home Depot, turns out the old one was super dull and he new made quick work on the bumper. Looking so much better to me now. Plus it’s more legal which is always good.
I also replaced the rubber fuel line that goes along side the filler since that was broke off for who knows how long.
Replaced a light behind the climate control so I can now see that in the dark.
And now for pulled pork that was marinated overnight and been slow cooking all day!
I took the truck to the store briefly and somehow it seems to be running smoother. Still need to get some mud flaps after both the rears fell off somewhere on the way to Moab last week.
Thank you so much to my secret senna! I haven’t put together legos in forever and can’t wait to dig and get back to something that got me interested in tinkering and working on cars in the first place! The “secret” over Senna was a nice touch as well.
The book is also extremely cool, though I don’t know if I can bring myself to cut it up to build the cars. I may have to scan pages and print those out to keep this relic alive
Ski the east stickers will go great with the other one that I have somewhere, maybe on a nalgene. I can’t remember.
@ttyymmnn He took that one. This is his plane, He is standing second from left
@ttyymmnn One of my uncles has been going through old photos and occasionally sends us some cool ones
@nickhasanexocet said in Chris Cuomo Fired:
CNN did this on a Saturday so that it wouldn't be widely reported
If that was their intention it certainly did not work
@mybirdistheword said in Marketplace Madness:
@powderhound I mean, it'd be terrible.
That part right there mostly. They are set up to turn one way so it would be terrible. If that's something they want to deal with all the time then more power to them I guess.
@mybirdistheword Why the hell did they put signals and try to road legalize a circle track car?
@hfv The offspring of a Youabian Puma.
@pip-bip I'm assuming that's hot hot dog water when made and you don't even get the hot dogs
@just-jeepin Is it the material or is this seat really dirty for 7,400 miles?
