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1st Gen. Lunch Table - General Discussion

Discussion in '1st Gen Tundras (2000-2006)' started by NUDRAT, Jan 18, 2020.

  1. Oct 21, 2021 at 4:15 PM
    Tundra2

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    Nothing wrong with it, she just looked like dog the bounty hunter on a 3 year meth binge
     
  2. Oct 21, 2021 at 4:18 PM
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    Desert Dog Nobody rides for free

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    I kid, I look nothing like that image.
     
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  3. Oct 21, 2021 at 4:47 PM
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    I'd hope not because she was ruff. She probably has more testosterone in her big toe than I do in my whole body.
    [​IMG]
     
  4. Oct 21, 2021 at 5:14 PM
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    shifty` The Second Shortcoming of Christ

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  5. Oct 21, 2021 at 5:38 PM
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    I forgot to mention a woman I worked with back in 89 was known to pick up women in her LeBaron convertible.

    Not quite so butch, more like a Joan Jett lookalike though.
     
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  6. Oct 21, 2021 at 5:43 PM
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    shifty` The Second Shortcoming of Christ

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    Oh deer.
     
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  7. Oct 21, 2021 at 6:35 PM
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    Jack McCarthy Truck repair enthusiast; Rust Aficionado

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    I think I might be adventurous and try a McRib for once in my life. Supposedly they're returning on Nov 1st this year. I will probably have to triple my lipitor dose after eating though.
     
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  9. Oct 21, 2021 at 7:13 PM
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  10. Oct 21, 2021 at 7:54 PM
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  11. Oct 21, 2021 at 9:32 PM
    GODZILLA

    GODZILLA Hail to the King, Baby.

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    Then go old school and let the consequences happen. People don't learn when others protect them from the consequences of their actions. You chose not to protect your vehicle from a known threat that you have personally had wipe out 5 previous vehicles? Cool story. Let me know how walking and the bus routes treat you.

    To quote a song from a ways back "True friends stab you in the front; to keep you from getting what you want; when one more fix could kill you" Basically, enabling the behavior perpetuates the behavior, and sometimes the best thing you can do to help somebody is absolutely nothing.
     
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  12. Oct 21, 2021 at 9:33 PM
    GODZILLA

    GODZILLA Hail to the King, Baby.

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    Depends on the context. If somebody were to say they've not had good experiences with LEOs and so they don't like them, that's different than what that guy did.
     
  13. Oct 21, 2021 at 9:43 PM
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    Desert Dog Nobody rides for free

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    You have a point but the guy is talking about his father.
     
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  14. Oct 21, 2021 at 9:55 PM
    GODZILLA

    GODZILLA Hail to the King, Baby.

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    I know.

    That's the same mentality that helicopter/bulldozer parents have; "they're my child" and they go overboard protecting their kids from anything that resembles adversity. Then we wind up with trophies for nothing and entitled weaklings who think they are owed something in the world.

    Even family has to learn at some point. I've got a sister who didn't get her shit together until the whole family quit bailing her out and she had to serve her sentence in prison for check fraud. Until there were actual consequences she just kept doing the same stupid stuff, over and over and over. She almost didn't do it even after that, and I was about a month from pursuing custody of her kids. I didn't want to do it, but the kids sure deserved better than to have their mother's drug habits messing up their lives.

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  15. Oct 21, 2021 at 10:00 PM
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    Desert Dog Nobody rides for free

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    Um, yeah, but I don't believe that's quite the same as offering to continually assist your humble, perhaps even stubborn, father. You're certainly entitled to your interpretation of things though.
     
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  16. Oct 21, 2021 at 10:00 PM
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    Im getting a plate bumper. It took me 20 years and millions of miles to hit my first deer, but ill get plenty of use out of it. Might add some extra plating and ribbing for my pleasure.
     
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  17. Oct 21, 2021 at 10:09 PM
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    GODZILLA Hail to the King, Baby.

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    It is different, and by no means am I saying what I am lightly.

    Context matters, and nobody but you, @Tundra2 Noah, has that. It's entirely possible that my suggestion is overly cynical and extreme, but sometimes people need to be told that it's ok to not enable before they can actually cut off the help/money/whatever it is. They feel guilty, especially if the person using them is somebody they love, and so they feel obligated to put themselves out in attempt to help.

    I'm just providing a line of thought to be considered. Certainly not pushing for it, because I'm not actually involved in it. My comments likely came off harsher than I meant them too. My actual handling of the situation were it time to cut off support would be more like: "Dad, I love you and I want to help, but I can't sink myself to save somebody that is drowning. I can't risk what I've worked so hard to build up to cover your poor choice to not protect your rig. I'll drive you wherever you need to go, I'll help get your rig fixed/replaced, but you've gotta get on board with some critter protection. History repeats and this is becoming a cycle."
     
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  18. Oct 21, 2021 at 10:22 PM
    Sirfive

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    My dad is beyond help. Everything he knows is wrong, black is white, up is down, short is long.

    i’ll still try to help him, but i know it falls on deaf ears. The same way i dont listen when he tries to help me.
     
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  19. Oct 21, 2021 at 11:56 PM
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  20. Oct 21, 2021 at 11:59 PM
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    You're in the 1st gen forum. Tread lightly.
     
  21. Oct 22, 2021 at 12:07 AM
    GODZILLA

    GODZILLA Hail to the King, Baby.

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    Well aware of where I am. No disrespect intended toward anyone, and not speaking to a member that I'm not familiar with. Noah and I have conversed pretty regularly, and he knows that he can tell me to shut up if I'm over the line.

    Besides, the 1st gen members aren't generally dragging their feelings out behind them to be stepped on. Of all places, this is one that treading lightly isn't usually needed.
     
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  22. Oct 22, 2021 at 12:11 AM
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    My smart phone first said "thread lightly" but I felt it was too punny, given we like giving non first gens a hard time.
     
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  23. Oct 22, 2021 at 12:14 AM
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    GODZILLA Hail to the King, Baby.

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    Ah, the epic punnery! Totally should have.

    You guys just get your own "hard times' cuz my Turd Gen's so sexy! :p
     
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  24. Oct 22, 2021 at 12:17 AM
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    Yeah you may have been one of the rare cases where the whit weren't lost to the average exhausted minds on graveyards.
     
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  25. Oct 22, 2021 at 12:21 AM
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    GODZILLA Hail to the King, Baby.

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    Depends on the moment of the shift and how much is going on. Tonight is a little less dead than usual at work, so I'm slightly more alert. Entirely possible I would have been an acerbic jerk and called you on a spelling error and missed the pun.
     
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  26. Oct 22, 2021 at 2:56 AM
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    NickB_01TRD You don't need less cars, just more driveway.

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    To prevent making the 4,000th suspension thread I figure I'll just ask here. Planning to install 5100's on my 01 AC TRD and reusing stock coils. Planning for 4th notch to get truck perfectly level along with diff drop. Just wanting to see if anyone has any tips, tricks, or recommendations involving removing the factory 4600's or the coils specifically or just anything in general. I've rented a spring compressor and hoping nothing blows up in my face. Seems pretty straightforward but as most probably know, it doesn't take much for a project to go sideways. Truck just had frame done a few months ago so hoping for no stuck bolts.

    Going ahead and replacing the 10k mile Moog lower ball joints with OEM put in by previous owner while most of it is apart anyway.
     
  27. Oct 22, 2021 at 4:21 AM
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    Looks like a perfect candidate for full conversion into a buggy.

    Ew no.
    Have some self-respect.

    I ONLY SEE ONE LEBARON, FREDDY.
    (I fucking love that movie.)

    Lifting the truck by adding preload to the spring (anything above the bottom notch) will also induce additional harshness and decrease uptravel as the spring encounters spring-bind earlier.
    My .02 is to get actual lift springs for the front. There are myriad options available that will provide the lift without (or with) additional spring rate.
     
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  28. Oct 22, 2021 at 7:12 AM
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    shifty` The Second Shortcoming of Christ

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    Got it. I have no idea what they said, context is lacking but also realize you can't just repeat here w/o risk.

    I can tell you, as a late teen, I got railroaded hard by a LEO "having fun with me" because my grandma divorced his boss the first time he beat on her, not long after they married. He felt like this made him look like a clown when word got around (small town). So his buddies started messing with me and my small family.

    Like, I got railroaded in a life-altering way, which he & his cohorts thought was absolutely hilarious. It came after a couple years of constant harassment over something I had absolutely nothing to do with - someone in my family divorcing their boss. Complete and total BS. The first several times, things dropped quick, it took them a while to concoct something that stuck. Had I been smart I'd have GTFO before that.

    That said, I'm not stupid or naive enough to believe the actions of those few equal the actions of many or all. A simple concept I wish racists, cop-haters, <insert-something-different>phobes etc. could get hammered into their skulls. How anyone can be stupid enough to think a universal class of anything not inherently bad is universally bad is beyond me. Humans can be really f'n ignorant.

    I also firmly believe unusually negative events are either a boat anchor or a springboard depending how you process it. Tying this back to T2's dad hitting deer, what you do with negative experiences says a lot about you as a person or the severity of the event. When something really hurts, you change. That's one way growth happens - you either let it pull you down, or you use it as a launchpad to GTFO to better things.

    Makes me think those deer events haven't hurt T2's dad in an impactful way, may very well be why he's not changing his path. Me? Getting railroaded like I did hurt, bad. I made lemonade out of lemons. Knowledge acquired in the years of wake from my railroading enabled me to help our local PD's gang squad and act as a community liaison to our local precinct for nearly 10 years, for example (not the same LE agency, my railroading happened far, far away)

    Anyway, the reason I wondered and mentioned it in the first place. I've had extremely negative LE experiences as mentioned above, and we all see stuff on the news. But I also have family who are/were LEOs and know from experience most badges are good. Still, I don't want a comment I make about that or in response to that event sending me on a vacation, perma or otherwise, it's why knowing what was said was uniquely interesting to me.

    Anyway, I'm definitely not on of those 4-letter acronym slinging folks (starts w/"A" and ends w/the nickname for taxi), but given the lack of a dedicated Gen1 mod not knowing me or what I've been thru....

    Oh, and puns above intended, for impactful impact.
     
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  29. Oct 22, 2021 at 8:24 AM
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    shifty` The Second Shortcoming of Christ

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    Hey y'all if anyone is interested, I'm passing on this. It's killing me to do it, but ...

    https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?listingId=605098535

    $9.5k SR5 access cab, salsa red. All-south AL/GA its whole life. Lots of service records. w/212k miles (commuter), 4.7, 2WD. Looks great, owner fixed clearcoat fail on it. ARE cap, paint-matched. Recent TB/WP change. Hate the wheels but reckon you could get $600-800 on easy sale, $400-500 on the cap easy sale, recouping $1k. Maybe another $200 on whatever that chrome front bumper thingy is.

    I looked at the AutoCheck report, it's everything someone would want to see. I didn't go see the truck in person, so haven't checked the frame, but based on registration history, it's clearly been in central/north AL and GA its whole life.

    If anyone buys it, tag me.
     
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  30. Oct 22, 2021 at 8:57 AM
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    I just did my shocks recently. The OEM springs only required 1.5" of compression for the Bilstein 4600 shocks. I'm guessing the 4th ring is an additional 1-1.5" beyond that for a total of 2.5-3" of compression to get the top nut back on the shock? That's not something I would be comfortable doing myself with the Chinesium HD spring compressors. I hope yours are much better.

    You could also go the recommended route of disconnecting the LBJ from the LCA and using a floor jack to compress them safely although some here have mentioned having a difficult time getting the shock rod to pass through the top hat while others have had no issue.
     

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