1st Gen. Lunch Table - General Discussion

I'm not a Costco member but that's a really good price.

 

keeping the pimphand strong.

Hahaha, at least then we would have known the real cause. She had a very rough childhood... constant fight or flight... I think her body got smoked with cortisol, just my opinion.
Thanks man, she's doing great

 

Yeah, my situation isn’t work related (or at least shows no evidence of that) so I can go through my health provider with my disability insurance paid for by work and PFML authorized by state law. (Not sure who exactly pays that or how)

I’ve dealt with worker’s comp for another injury in the past, and they can quite brutal unless you get an attorney involved. Even then, getting an attorney willing to represent you is a whole other matter I found out the hard way. If there’s no significant money to be made, they may provide some initial advice but are typically unwilling to represent I’ve found.

Also, yes you typically need pre-approval if going for a treatment or having a procedure done. I typically find a provider who take worker’s comp and falls under my health care insurance in case worker’s comp denies the claim.

 

What’s your experience on how long they last?

 

I would go with an OEM Toyota battery or a Costco interstate battery. The Toyota OEM is an interstate battery, with a toyota sticker. At a little over $100 a battery, I don't get running one until it craps out. I replace them every 3 years no matter what, they honestly don't last much longer than that for me in Texas. It just doesn't cost that much to keep a fresh battery, and reduces the chance of getting jammed up. All this being said, battery went out on my dad last week that was only 2 years old and he replaced it with an ever start max

 

I like agm and booster. More headlight output that way.

 

Does your clock stay bright or does it dim with the headlights on during the day? That’s typical behavior for regular lead-acid battery. I wasn’t sure how it is for a more advanced AGM battery.

 

I ended up finding a 27F Interstate replacement for $202 after tax. I got the MTP which is a slight upgrade from the bottom but not their best either. Unless I'm missing it, the Costco link doesn't show which 27F they sell.

 

Great question. Not sure yet. But planning to mod it to a voltmeter per the TW thread on that since my radio has the clock and syncs to the phone so no need to set it.

stand-alone clocks are not as useful as voltmeters these days.

 

My ‘05 Tacoma w the same setup (agm and voltage booster) does indeed dim. Both radio and clock. Airbag indicator is quite noticeable.

 

I was wondering if they make a dynamic dc/dc converter that allows the input to fluctuate from 8-14vdc but always puts out 12vdc. That would solve that issue.

Unless the booster already does something similar.

 

8 would be pretty low. Booster just charges a bit higher than lead acid charging.

 

Guess I'll have to measure the voltage drop at the dash clock when it occurs.

 

Start issues solved now?

 

Yep. I had them test the old battery and it confirmed it was on the way out.

 

This cap is on the bottom of my positive battery cables. Is this actually required?

 

Nope

 

Yesterday while blowing off the back driveway, I found half-circle of a brass-coloured bushing that would've been about the diameter of a nickel when whole. Looked like it could've been a thread out of a brass spigot or something. But dammit if I'm not paranoid again

No clue where it came from. Guess I'm back to looking around, see if I can figure out something

 

@BroHon - add me to that PM.

 

who ran over the hose & split off the end?
Or is it from the neighbors' leaf blowing activities?

 

This is funny because we have a recently-arrived family of masked bandits who've taken up home nearby and I keep catching them on the rear Ring flood cam.

Or from my truck? Who the hell knows

 

Get a picture of the piece?

 

Today may be the day the Mustang died.

 

Oh, and my wife got screwed.

 

Insurance be like

 

Tapcon strikes again

 

If you were closer, I'd plug it for ya. I've had to plug 4 other tires with 5 plugs in the last 3 months. I'm a plug machine ... but I don't plug for nobody but youuuuu.

Ugh. That car has the worst f'n luck dude.

 

No, because like a dumbass, I put it on my bumper thinking, "I'll never forget to take a pic of this after mowing the yard!"

Then I finished mowing the yard, left it on the bumper, and remembered after dropping the 1st kid off at school and coming to grab the 2nd this morning. Needless to say, it was no longer on the bumper.

 

Already plugged and yeah, that was his first car. The learner. He’s had it 7 years. Paid $7200 for it. Not bad.