1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

yeah that's the other thing I do, I cover the fuse box and alternator with plastic grocery bags haha. Don't want to take any chances.

 

Tag me when you go dual battery

 

yep, super cool...hood wants to lift itself when you pull the handle inside the cab lol. Just have to pop the latch with your finger and give it a little push, up it goes.

 

i just go full send. my tundras alternator is at the bottom of the engine bay and it sees water whenever i hit puddles and dont have the skidplate on.



granted that alts getting weak.. but i have the 150 amp sequoia alt waiting to go on

 

when I first got the snorkel I did that at the self wash station, but I don't bother any more...I just don't blast the face of it with the hose and it's ok lol

 

im tempted to go dual battery.... but thats because i have 4 toyota panasonic batteries just sitting around =/

 

Oof.

Similar experience; I had detailed the engine bay in my RX7. Well I had a single turbo setup so the big ass filter was there on the big ass turbo.

I removed the bags and fired it up only to forget the tightly wound bag on the air filter

I shut the car off cause it sputtered immediately and when I went to the engine bay, I saw the filter had collapsed in on itself.

It was a brand new K&N too.

 

You get to pick how high you want the hood to go up too, depending on where you mount the struts to the hood, which is pretty cool. Can keep it at the stock prop height or go another ~6" higher. The hood eventually hits the cowl under the windshield so of course you don't want it to go that high, but mine stops just before that.

 

Need to work out the electrical asap - from what I've read you definitely want your connections correct. Nothing special required but done right.

Oh yeah, you'd be surprised how many people I've come across with that in their heads. At most, I go with (hate to say it - @BartMaster1234), simple green. lol.

Might try this... will definitely cover up the MAF but

 

the maf? thats got weather seals.. the key is to keep your distance with the water. dont go poking it in everywhere. let degreaser do its job. agitate if you need. dont use the water to agitate

 

Simple Green is good for everything, have tons of that stuff at the house

 

Truer words have never been spoken

 

I use Simple Green diluted 1:1 and use a garden hose. Avoid electrical connectors and cover computer components. Nothing has failed yet. Scrub everything with a soft bristle brush

 

I think the common place for the 2nd battery in our engine bay (where the ABS module is in ABS trucks) can interfere with installing the hood struts...just FYI. I'm not 100% on that but I remember in the instructions it said that people with dual batteries and other accessory boxes mounted might have to relocate them for the struts to fit.

 

i keep them on a battery tender.. the panasonics are great batteries. i just cant bring myself to get rid of them.. because with my luck i'd need em.
i also have a prius auxilary battery... its tiny sealed AGM battery.. thought about using it for lights or something.. fuckers small enough i can hide it anywhere

 

$13 SuperClean Multi Surface All Purpose Gunk Remover Aerosol Degreaser, Biodegradable, 17oz by Super Clean

https://www.amazon.com/Surface-Purp...words=aerosol+degreaser&qid=1578099617&sr=8-1 this works wonders.. just dont let it sit too long.

 

https://www.delcity.net/store/Batte...B1eM5D4RjsRLYQk-18q0KqMhFXIk0mXBoCTzYQAvD_BwE

secured in the bed

 

https://www.interstatebatteries.com/products/mtx-s46b24r

its this. but with a truestart sticker.

 

i keep eyeballing a northstar for the tundra... but i really DONT need it..

https://www.batteriesplus.com/productdetails/battery/sli/bci-group-27f/sli27fagmdp (yes its x2, but its local to me and the same price.. just a different sticker)

 

Transition pieces?? Ewwww. i kid, they have their place.
I'm familiar with transition pieces. Done flooring for 20 years. This customer didn't want transition pieces and was willing to pay extra for me to install. I'm pretty good at flooring. I do a couple floor jobs a year it seems, but pops had a floor covering install business growing up. So I grew up in the biz