Keystone State Thread

So yesterday turned out to be interesting. Finally got the gumption to finally clean the nasty throttle body in between bouts of rain. It was indeed nasty as seen here:



But upon taking off the plastic housing that the air filter goes on I heard a "Snap" when taking it off. I figured it might have just been it breaking free, yea nope. Turns out I forgot about the vacuum line going to the back of it and snapped off the nipple. Super glue didn't work so I grabbed some epoxy. Waited the hour it said to set up, got everything back together and still it broke off. Crap. Was going to tee into some other lines, but decided against it as the line was coming off the fuel rail. Finally went for it and drilled it out and inserted a rubber tapered vacuum fitting in there and was able to get the line on there. Buttoned it back up and everything is well. It did indeed run better though. What should have taken 30 minutes wound up being almost 3. That's enough wrenching for me for a while...

 

I won't complain about the rain since it seems to have cooled everything off for a bit. Makes for a good day to nap... or do school work. *sigh* 24 days to go!

 

Saw this guy up in Collegeville yesterday, anyone on here?

 

Sounds about par for the course. This is the first vehicle I've done any work to aside from brakes, rotors, oil. I mess something up every time I work on it. This site, particularly this thread has been a life saver for me. This is something on my list of maintenance, thanks for sharing.

 

Good afternoon folks. Went to breakfast with the son and DIL this morning. Nice to have some one else doing the cooking for a change.

Hi Kevin, your long way from home . Come to see how the folks up north are doing?

 

Yea
Cuz
It’s
Hot
Down
Here

 

When you say Down Here do you mean Texas or do you mean this down here . Hey be safe and have a good day Kevin.

 

You too

 

168f down here

 

What's this sound you are referring to. ? I'm have a sound issue with my rear end not sure if its brakes or bearing.

 

Thanks again to both of you for the help! No more rubbing tires, a sound I'll never miss!

A few small projects and should be good to go off pavement again soon.

Weldy pic to go with your grindy pic

 

Mine started with a slight roaring (like shitty tires) around 45mph and would go away around 55mph. Then it started doing it at 25-35 and 45-55. Shortly after it got louder and just groaned all the time. Mine was the axle seal that took out the bearing. Axle vent was plugged.

 

Welcome to another week fellow Pennsyltuckyvanians!!! Make it count!!

 

When I'm reversing I get a very loud grinding like groaning sound. It's highly annoying. And sometimes it happen just pulling out of my driveway but the sound goes away when I'm driving. Havent figured this one out yet

 

I got a 3 day work week boss is taking Thursday and Friday off. A well deserved 4day weekend. Probably gonna do more crabbing. This past Friday went crabbing with a buddy from high school that I havent seen in years. To catch up on things. Had a great time got about 17 crabs.

 

Folks.

 

I've had rotten luck with regular epoxy on plastic. There is an epoxy made especially for plastics that works a lot better. Not quite "JB Weld better" but pretty good.

 

@skatefreak282, just tried resetting my VSC/traction control since my dash light has been on since winter. Re-found the "touch a wire to some OBD connections" thread I mentioned sounded sketchy but eff me, it works. No more lights on my dash!

Now just to get my head and taillights to all work and we'll be ready to AOAA and break more shit I won't fix for a year!

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...ibrate-your-vsc-computer-the-easy-way.467485/

 

Good morning, fellow Pennsyltuckyvanians!! Had some rain - finally - over night. Be safe and enjoy the day!

 

Thanks!