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AUinHsv

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  1. Maybe not on antenna. Usually it is just the plastic chain that drives the antenna that needs replacing. Don't go cheap - get the OEM. Cheap ones are not the same size. I had to replace the chain and then the entire motor later on. The motor is easy to get to BUT good ole Toyota saved a few pennies on the antenna cable. It does not disconnect from the motor so you have to thread the new one all the way to the radio. I gave up trying to follow the factory path since I would have to remove AC vent structure. On the 3rd gen 4Runner there are really only 2 or 3 preventativre maintenance things to do. Replace the radiator or move the transmission cooler external. If the internal hose connection fails you get antifreeze in transmission. Second is lower ball joints. Third is rear axle seals. These are hit/miss. The truck isn't going to quit working if they start leaking but ten years is a good guide on them. Finding a new/better seat is tough because of the age. I had mine redone by a guy off Mopac and they only lasted 5 years. I then just went to seat covers. You can get an entire new leather kit but it is for all the seats. The clearcoat was a known issue on that color. A body shop visit might help but usually it requires a respray. and I just saw the post above me mentioning radiator and LBJ
  2. No clue I was going to start a war here
  3. Picked up a new Lexus Rx350 to replace the old one. Wow - that thing has more setting than the Apollo moon shot. I literally am stunned at the cruise control. I finally got it to work but you have to hit some secondary button that seems to be related to distance from cars in front of you for both regular and adaptive. Otherwise you get a message that says to check the manual. Yep - let me do that on the interstate at 70.
  4. On my 01 4Runner it was called the nutblaster
  5. Bears just got added to my personal rules about alligators. Don't care what the rulebook says. I am dropping about the same distance without penalty but on other side of fairway.
  6. Was going to say you never saw Janice Joplins but after searching for pictures - it's a 356. Obviously you meant factory color not her psychedelic paint job. On the other hand it sold for a armored car full of money.
  7. Makes you wonder and stand in awe of how they did assemblies like that on the assembly line. And that paint looks awesome
  8. Not to rub it in but very glad I labeled my doors. The previous owner, for some odd reason, put about 15 cabinets at the top with doors about one foot square. I would never have gotten 30 doors back without a label.
  9. Still mad about missing an absolute one of a kind around 2015. I was in Austin and it was back here in Huntsville. 1995 Limited with 40K. Price was about 4500 - which was reasonable back then. Tried to get it at Thanksgiving but it was "sold". Apparently they didn't follow thru. At Christmas I saw it still there and went in. Salesman said a guy was coming down in an hour but I was next. Missed it again.
  10. That classic Cherokee was absolutely bulletproof. Had a 93 Cherokee and bought the 89 Commanche (pickup version) twice. The same vehicle - sold it to Dad and bought it back a few years later. I miss it. The issue I can remember was around 98-00. The straight six was bulletproof until Jeep botched the building of the block somehow. There was a know issue where the block cracked because of how it was made. Jeep still hasn't found a real replacement for either the Cherokee (4 door Wrangler is closest) or that 4L engine. They could bring the 2000 Cherokee back right now with only a couple of mods (touchscreen etc) and probably sell every one.
  11. Yeah that is cool. I haven't seen dual color cabinets and those look good. Any reason you didn't use the original backsplash tile? Seems like it would look good wiht white cabinets
  12. Repeating - if you are going out of town just run off water at street as you drive away. No need to worry that way. If you time it right - have new regulator when you get back. Don't have to turn it off twice
  13. It was good to get up there and see it. I did not realize how much minor detail stuff remains. The piping has to sit for several weeks or it will bunch up. Need to polish the gauge surrounds. I knew the cockpit rails and dash need recovering and that is a real pain. Lots of curves and angles done just right so it doesn't look like I did it. I am doing the interior when it gets back
  14. To be fair I haven't read the policy in a year or two. They might have changed it
  15. AUinHsv

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    Ditto the comment on dreaming. I told them I had just started a cool dream when they woke me up. Guy laughed and said they shoot for REM stage.
  16. Interesting - I have Haggerty on the MGA and they require a garage
  17. It's a new harness and will be one 12V positive ground battery. Also original grill - a replacement by the guys doing the work. All my chrome is or will be original except hubcaps. Everyone wants 150 per cap I can buy 4 new ones for 150. Also the wing mirrors will be Lucas clones since OEM is unobtainable. I definitely what what you are talking about. Back in college on my first one the starter switch - it is a pull cable to the switch that sends to starter - shorted out while eating lunch. The arc was similar to an arc welder until battery drained. Melted about a foot of the harness. Luckily I got to Sears and bought wire and crimps. Car was running by dinner. had to crank start a few days until a new switch arrived.
  18. Still amazes me how different the blue paint looks from picture to picture. However I am happy with how it looks in person. Also it never look like the factory job- this is 2 stage versus one stage cellulose paint
  19. Only because I had not seen it in 3-4 years - I drove up to Michigan where the work is being done. It getting closer to finished. Probably late summer.
  20. Not in SA or even Austin anymore but first question is what type? I put in Palisades in Austin and saw Troph did the same. My research came back with Palisades was the best option for the heat. I did not have shade worth anything and the back yard faced west. I let the #$&!!!! St Augustine die in the previous summer inferno and put zoysia in April. Here are a couple of pictures from June/July. Also added 10 feet of gravel to avoid maintenance on that section. Also no comments on why I had a rain gauge - optimistic.
  21. Lower humidity - better plan for a Christmas paint job
  22. One up you with HP41C - I have two Also several of mentioned IBM keyboards. Those things rock And box of about 5000 IBM punched cards. Use them all the time for notes
  23. Still have but haven't used lately - B/O Beogram turntable Use - old ATT land line phone, old ipod for travel
  24. No kidding. The previous owner put black cabinets in kitchen and I wanted white. Plus for no good reason he put small cabinets around the top with doors about a foot square. Fourteen of them! I sprayed all the doors and rolled the surrounding stuff. It took 4 coats. If i were to do it again I would have sealed off the kitchen and sprayed instead of rolling. I thought it might take 2 coats to cover but 4 was a real pain
  25. They will have a lot more problems. Luckily there isn't an entrance on that side. They would have to go thru the hedges. I agree knowing about it helps but the brain does odd things. If I am at the yield sign and see someone turning left I "forget" about them when they are passed my vision field because I am looking hard to the left for "legal" drivers. Taking the foot off the brake and then turn back to straight ahead and the car that turned left is now sideways to hit the entrance. As I mentioned the really goofy part (other than an entrance in the merge lane) is a second entrance 20 feet farther to the same lot.
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