1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

1992 Toyota Land Cruiser
http://www.ksl.com/auto/listing/5842714

 

it seems that most science anymore is geared towards some sort of political worldwide agenda of those in power to keep in power

i heard at one time that scientists drilled ice core from the arctic or antarctic and measured the contents of the air bubbles from eons ago and found the world was much hotter then

the cornfields are a real pain to drive 8 hours (65mph) just to get to the great Colorado and Wyoming, everybody complains of having to drive through here on i80, its a bore!

 

Well said

 

Ohhh I haven't seen Reservoir Dogs yet.

Django was a really good movie

 

Running around pants on head on fire all week getting my shit together to load up the trucks and go camping this weekend

 

https://www.wlfi.com/templates/AMP?contentID=558351701
Well I learned something new lol apparently it's illegal to have speed cameras in Indiana

 

I say wrap

 

Yeah me too. I seem to have a 'fun' time balancing that act. And I'm a balance kinda guy I thought lmao.
Gosh I'm realizing I actually miss you guys on here...

Things are good man, got busy for a couple weeks and now gonna be road tripping to Waco in a few days. But all is well hermano

 

What's in Waco? Seems everyone I know is road tripping to TX in the past couple weeks.

 

The Waco Siege of 1993


oh and the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame

 

On the topic of black bears, we get tons of them further south here in the foothills of Los Angeles too. Almost every day they are in the news here the town of Monrovia where I live (since we're right at the bottom of the San Gabriel mountains). Black bears are always coming into the neighborhood and getting into people's trash and pools. Google 'Monrovia and bears' and you'll see what I mean lol.

Seen a few of them up close on the trail too. Actually saw a mountain lion for the first time in person about 2 months ago. For about 2 seconds before it was gone.

 

Hmm, wish this damn pic showed the bumper, it looks as high as the frame. That's what I want

 

I bet there’s some big shit wandering the woods down there, wish they’d open it up again

 

i have an upper radiator hose leak, or I would be near there in Plano soon at corporate meeting with someone intelligent to get to the bottom of it all
it would be nice for local dealer to change this hose for me for a 'reasonable' price so I could be on my way
now i gotta fill up a cart from Camelback with bits of this and that and wait for hose to arrive before any out-of-town adventures
a dude from Chicago approached me at the Shell pump interested in buying my truck, says he used to have a 2000 model, showed him the engine compartment to satisfy his curiousity and the thing is still leaking after I rotated the clamps 90 degrees, this must be original hose since its clamp indented the whole way around. Cannot risk a 200 mile trip and back to KCMO with a coolant leak, or is ok to drive with no coolant in the system

 

I risked a 1600 mi trip with a HG leak while towing, lol, but all my hoses are new and with fresh constant tension clamps. Just change the upper hose, it takes like 15 mins... the gates hoses from Oriellys are great, hell pretty much all rubber hose is made in USA still, it's one of the things we still do. Get some constant tension clamps and call it a year.

 

like this?https://www.wurthusa.com/Service-an...mp---Black---55mm-Nominal-Diameter/p/15470055

 

Those work fine and I like them but I like these more...

 

what the dealer quoted me would have me believe this takes 90 minutes to do lol
they suck!

 

That's just what the book time on the job is, they count the time to drain and fill the coolant fully, but you only need to drain enough that it's below the hose. The tech has to make money, at 90mins, thats roughly $150 in labor which to the tech is maybe $70 in their check

 

i was just gonna elevate the front end a bit and pull the hose off and see what can get into a catch pan and hose it all down, not sure how much liquid I am gonna lose, this coolant is all new from a couple months ago and approx 7500 miles

or is it going to make a big huge mess in the timing belt area, major leak (slow drip) is right on top of the cover