Shop Time w/T.W. Friends. Deleted your text. What was it you wanted again?

I have never had a vehicle wear out, they rust out from under me.

 

I would like to see an under hood picture to back up the "Supercharged" decal on the dashboard.

 

Reducing friction is always a bonus!

 

That looks like a better deal than a 4runner posted the other day sold for 31k!

 

I wanna see the frame!

 

Not a fan of the flare side….

 

A Quiet Place 2 downloaded! I thought the rental was just 48 hours but it's like 28 days left?? Better than first so far! Lol, I'm a bit of movie nut.

 

When I mention here, reference to Ziebart post I meant no one specifically on this thread but other threads.

 

More observation than fact:

Years ago I used to do a lot of recreational junkyarding back when Ziebart was really popular (remember the "It's us or rust" commercials) it seemed (to me) that it did work to preserve the rocker panels and lower fenders/quarter panels and such. But I also noticed the treated vehicles would have rust in odd places higher up on the vehicle than usual.

Just some old memories from a time when you went looking for 4 barrel carburetors in the junkyard.

 

With a 3.slow that was troublesome from the factory.

 

Can confirm the importance of rust/rot checking. Mine just got reframed.

 

It still got in under the recall?

 

One of the local guys just found this recently on their '08.

 

That's right..mine is a 2010, originally put into service Sept/Oct 2009 (I forget the exact date, bought used but it was on the paperwork).

Found the exhaust hanger on passenger side near the TACOMA door badge falling late April and found 2 holes the size of a quarter..bottom of that rail and outside. Pushing with my 2 fingers on the outside one caved in a 1x2 inch hole.

I got the first inspect and CRC 3 years ago which qualified me for the final inspect before 12 years of first date of use, I called the dealer and explained what I found. Told me bring it right in. 3 months of waiting, I just got it back 2 weeks ago to the day.

 

Mornin' friends

 

Morning alll

 

Good morning
I enjoyed the movie. Was thinking on my drive into work this morning, if we had alien visitors, well...that would be everyone's worst nightmare, any kind of not friendly alien, especially a real nasty looking one...with lots of teeth.

 

Yes, higher up where the coating didn't reach. Possibly a poor job of applying the stuff but also just as far as they go with application.
The old Ford my grandfather had all those years did develop a small rust spot up high like that but they had it repaired free. Deal was though, I think you had to take the vehicle in yearly for inspection and touch up. So basically keep a truck 20 years $100.00 a year paid the repair bill. Who knows, I still think it helps.
The areas on my wifes truck that need attention are the bottom of rear leaf spring plate where gravel roads have knocked all the coating off.

 

In lieu of our glorious leader, I'll post some pictures of my hydraulic adventures today. This has been a four day saga now, we finally said f*ck it and pulled the whole pump and motor unit.

on edit: we pulled the filters, here's what came out of one.

 

That should help pump performance greatly. Wonder what the reservoir looks like, possibly time for drain, clean and fresh fluid?