Howdy! Come watch me polish a turd.

Cooler? Ya dunno what’s going on there, but one nightmare at a time. I pulled the center radiator support out to mash it back into a straight line and none of the hoses are leaking on the cooler. Might hit it with some brake cleaner or something to get the paint off, it can’t be making it run cooler.

 

I straightened the top of my radiator support and now the hood pops up juuuuuusssst enough that I don’t have to put a pine cone behind the hood release in the cab to lift it. Next is trying to figure out why the safety latch rod is like 3 in too long. It has a metal handle instead of plastic so I’m assuming it’s from another vehicle.

 

MOAR POWERRRR

 

Here's the PN for those brake lines. I'd double check them, but they work on my 02.

 

Dude yes! You guys rock, thank you!

 

Really cool.

 

Awesome..

 

So I have a line on potentially free cloth seats for a DC, but I don't think they have the SRS airbags. I searched but can't find anything about whether that will be an issue or not. Also, speaking of airbags, I looked and I have the Claymore Takata airbags and they haven't been replaced. Anyone know offhand if Toyota is still doing that?

 

After you buy the truck (or sometimes before):

• Register for an account at the Toyota Owner's website: https://www.toyota.com/owners
• Plug your VIN number in and assign it to your account so you can check for open recalls, register yourself as the person to call/email in the event of a recall, and see any dealer-performed service history, including any frame inspections, recall work, regular maintenance, etc. This could give you a good idea of what the truck's had done already, where it lived, how regular the maintenance may've been.

 

Oh I did that before I bought it, I just didn’t know if Toyota was still honoring the recall. The answer is they are, they just have to order parts and no one knows when they’ll come in.

 

In this industry it's referred to as "Intergalactic Backorder"

 

I need to make a bumper sticker that says “Don’t hit me, I’ll die” with a big Takata logo under it. I need driver and side curtain.