NW WA Meet / BS Thread

I didn't realize that's what was happening, his sentence was weird and it made it sound like he was confusing me with someone else. Also seemed to be an out-of-the-blue request.

 

@Navelfunk : Name of the game around here for offroading is nimbleness. 2nd gen or above is pushing the limits of what can get around on these trails, and it's the one factor you can't change.
I went SB because I can't match the bed capacity or weight capacity of my dad's easily borrowable Dodge diesel. If you don't have such nice abilities, consider your truck to be either a toy with light work use, or a heavy work vehicle with light toy use. Trying to be everything doesn't work. Have the interior serve what you need of it. Don't expect to do long trips with 3 of your buds in an AC. Don't bother with a DC if you own a commuter car. That sort of thinking.

The reason for a TRD package in a 2nd gen, if you are strictly eliminating/after-marketing all other things, is seats. Me likey the TRD seats.

 

I drove nearly 6 years on that RC bench, and cannot wait for an armrest & a bucket seat! Alright, I've got some good advice here, it should definitely help me spend in the right places from the start.
Thanks guys!
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Sorry for the interruption, I'm done for now, carry on...

 

fyi, you can use the @ symbol followed by the user name, and it sends us a notification that you mentioned us. Also easier to make sure you have the spelling

 

Yeah, I forgot about the @. I copy & pasted for spelling...

 

Oh shit! We gotta swap brake lines... yeah we're not making gallagher.

Edit: I know I'm not alone here... for some reason it seems next to impossible to get a good bleed on the taco brakes without a power bleeder.
You should set up an appointment at les schwab for saturday morning.

 

Les Schwabby-Barber in Cle Elum???

 

You cando it at my house on the 13th. Got tools, jack stands, jack and 3 car garage to work on it

 

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Les Schwab is, well, Les Schwab and more of a question if there is one in Cle Elum.

Schwabbie-Barber is my less way of describing a savory job title of a rickey recruit in the military: (swabbing the deck means to mop and an ASVAB score of greater than zero, barber is just that and ASVAB of slightly higher)

Did I lose ya yet???

 

Have to google ASVAB....

 

Lol gotcha.... sorta. No les schwab in Ellensburg. Cle elum doesn't have one.

 

Roger that...

 

So my buddy and I are leaving Friday morning and heading up to Greenwater to hop on NF-70 and go up Naches Pass. I know there are roads that you can take to get to stampede pass or quartz mountain but im having a hell of a time finding them. Does anyone have any experience getting to quartz mountain from naches? and does anyone want to join us?

 

You seriously think bleeding brakes is hard....not sure if joking or not. Get a bottle (20oz pop bottle works), get a ~18" section of clear tubing (want to say its 1/8th ID?), use a turkey baster and pull as much fluid out of the master cylinder, put that fluid into bottle. Fill master cylinder with new brake fluid. Put wrench on bleeder valve, attach hose to bleeder valve, put other end of tube in bottle ensuring it is below the level of old brake fluid. heres where it differs for tacomas. Off-roads have it easiest, just open the bleeder valve, turn truck to ACC (or on if i remember right either works), press down on valve for 2-3 seconds. Get out and check fluid level in the master cylinder and the fluid in the hose. Repeat till the hose is showing solid new brake fluid. Wont take long to do. If not a off-road (or a different car)...well open bleeder and start pumping the pedal and getting a work out, check master cylinder then check hose. Repeat till hose is solid with new brake fluid.

Easy to do especially with two people. Just make sure you tape the hose in the bottle so it stays under the old fluid. That way each time you let off the pedal its not sucking in air but rather old fluid. So all you are doing is pushing a big air bubble (from the new brakeline and hose) out.

 

Real last minute but I am heading up Chumstick Mountain Friday evening and hanging out for the weekend if anyone and to join. Shooting guns and relaxin is what is in order.

 

Get a friend and do it today. 2 people, and not enough time to kill a 6 pack together.

As velillen said, but with 2 people, one person sits in cab, truck off, press and hold brake, other person opens bleeder valve which lets pedal go to the floor, then before pedal is let back out, close bleeder. Repeat until new fluid at every point you replace a brake line. Figure 20 minutes for the whole thing.

It's either 1/4 or 5/16 hose, pretty sure 1/4. The bleeder valve I want to say is 9mm. Just put the box end of a wrench on.

 

Just did my extended rear lines, had to flush about a pint trhu until it finally burped! Power bleed on both sides at the same time finally did it.

 

@GSPRunner (trail leader) + 1 (W)
@Greddy + 1 (E)
@Smar969905 (E)
@velillen (W)
@JDAM + anchor I mean Jeep (W)

Do any of you guys have a working winch for our good trail buddy Justin Case? Best I have to offer is the poor man's version which is to say a come along (2 actually, a 2 ton and a 6 ton). I am leaving home tomorrow for camping, so if you can let me know tonight or tomorrow early, that would be appreciated.