1st Gen. Lunch Table - General Discussion

I use it on my steering clevises and my lower ball joint bolt because they have no mechanical locking devices. It makes checking them a 2 minute affair, which sounds like something a dodge owner would be familiar with!

 

Clearly some oil on the threads here. Porcelain yellowed
Most coils had a smidge of oil on the side, near the top
Where do I go from here to investigate? I'm assuming I should be..? Not burning or losing oil, no apparent leaks that I can see (I am still learning) Open it up for valve cover gaskets? Stuff like that would take me much longer than avg - limited tools, newborn and 2/4 year olds keeping me busy
All new

$4 Denso K20R-U Denso 3122 Spark Plug

Denso K20R-U

 

She’ll be alright. Mine have looked like that in the past. Can’t say for sure, but my new o2 Sensors seem to help that oily thread. I’ve been swapping every 4-5k Plugs and the oily has not been as apparent as before. Seems mostly normal for our engines to have the oily thread.

Coils donuts might be letting in a hair of oil. VC Gaskets job is about 6 hours with basic tools (10mm, pry tool for donuts). Brake cleaner, and new gaskets/donuts, FIPG, and some new 10mm Cover Bolts w/Washers.

If not experiencing rough engine/CEL then I’d say just run her without worry until the kids get into college.

 

They’ve been fine for me. Tow great. I kept the overload.

 

Why are you swapping plugs so often?

 

I smell a solution!!!! 100% them!!!!!
So glad I happened to address the driver side before hand!!


Also oem gasket, F*** you!
Those aren’t tears from a gypsy.....

New thicker gaskets are arriving Thursday, tomorrow I will give those problematic block offs a stern talking to......

 

I thought everything was good. Did you have a leak after all?

 

I mean it was all good, from the get go I heard a tick while driving, but not reving or in neutral. But I thought it might have been a resonation from the bed and the road? After a trail ride a buddy said yeah dude you definitely have a leak. Sunday I took a leaf blower to the tail pipes, and could easily hear wind/ air pressure coming from the head area on the passenger side, no where else.
The passenger side is the side I didn’t modify the air injector port block offs. My OCD turned into No-CD on the passenger side.....

 

One dead little bastard.

 

Men’s bathroom? Maybe they are dipping them in vodka and keestering them?

 

Women's. Nothing hanging from the ceiling in this one.

 

https://youtu.be/XNB49IWqHbw

Maybe yall will recognize this interior.

 

I went with red.

 

Bold strategy Cotton, let’s see if it pays off

 

I run Red on my LBJs and my spacers. Don’t see why it would be an issue, it’s basically their highest strength.

 

I just remember doing service for McDowells, the electric grills had 3 different heating element blocks on the grill surface, the back one would always overheat and short out a wire going to the element; but supposedly your supposed to torch the stud/nut then remove the nut to remove the eyelet and replace the eyelet with new wire. The space is already super limited, greasy and sharp and greasy. And if you broke the stud you are you royally screwed.

so anyways, I never really wanted to play around with red.
I do know my friend uses red on his wheel spacers like you said with no issues

 

im probably going to pay the extra for the air injection capable ones.. dont want to deal with what your dealing with. i'll just run the pump till it dies. which seems to be doing fine so far.

ideally i'll tune it out and just lock the valves shut for good

 

https://youtu.be/j4FwMwSKEn4



Bean

 

I do make a LOT of videos, but all those get edited down into something less massive than originals. Terabyte should still e good. I'll give it a look-see.

I'm not too sure on a budget, but I know how expensive trying cheap things can get in the long run. I'd rather spend a little more up front than continuously buying cheap ones.

Reading/Writing: I'm figuring at least once a day. Download pics, and videos from other sources. PS4 compatible would be nice, but I can use a jump drive for transfer to/from there.

File security: I'd say a strong eight. Not the end of the world if they do go poof, but it'd suck pretty hard. Like trying to get a golf ball through a garden hose.

Big girl is having a "Deal Day" on a few hard drives. Never heard of "WD" (western digital.) Any insight into them?

Obviously as an android guy I'm leaning that ways anyways.

 

Western Digital has been around for a long time, not a terrible choice.

For data security buy two, and back up to the 2nd one weekly. Replace them both every 5 years.

 

For cleaner air and water. Our resources are precious so fresh feather dusted plugs help with things. Seriously, my truck had those Platinum Tip ones in there which when replaced I went back with the Spec’d NGK which are Copper Core and le$$.

Being inexpensive, I bought two sets to swap as needed for visual inspection of the engine health since taking over maintenance. You can check my build page for pics or go back several hundred pages here for the comparison shots of the plugs. I’ve done so much fine tuning with new sensors, coils packs, Vc gaskets etc its hard to tell what has helped exactly but the plugs before seemed like a couple were darker than the others and now they seem equal in color. In other words, they are become woke.

Pic is from same hole #5 (previous problem dark hole) but different plugs. I’ve numbered them so they go back in the same locations. I have no pics of the older plugs as they’ve been erased like cancel culture but they are here somewhere on this site. I also was having a few plugs become loose (hand loose) with the older Platinum plugs when I checked them especially the first time since taking over maintenance. They leaked sludge up in to the tube on some.

Now, I just swap in the spare set with a tune up. These Coppers are rated 20k miles but you can see the gap widening at 10k so I’ll just buy a new set on the next go around. They look clean when compared to the others. None are loose. Don’t see any difference really with 5k miles extra. Seems something has corrected, but unsure exactly as I’ve done about 12 Paragraphs of Maintenance when I last checked my log.

 

Percy Gaskéts?

 

@Tundra2 "36 D batteries" lolol

 

@Darkness

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/san-diego-bs-thread.124945/page-2535#post-25432635

 

FYI- Advance has Seafoam on sale for $7.00. Normally, the cheapest I ever see it is around $9.99.

 

Awesome! Now I just need to know how many gas fillups I need with each can to clear out the carbon buildup in my engine. I can now see the carbon residue around the spark plug holes. I’d rather use this method than something more aggressive like using the vacuum lines with sea foam or just redlining my engine to burn it off.

 

If only I had the room for it. There is one exactly like that around the corner that I eyeball as I walk by.

 

I've got to remember to post a plumbing story about signs on the women's room later. It involves a time share organization, a romance with the secretary, a lust for the senior VP, and an ambush.

 

Anybody got a bulb number for the footwell light and vanity mirror lights on a double cab?

I can find cheap kits that have them as an add option but no number.