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Been a bit distracted lately.

How are we doing?

 

It’s the one I would have wanted and she is tickled to death with it.
And I won’t have to do anything to it other than she already said she wants the step bars pulled off.

 

Happy Sunday, everyone. We got a break in the weather, only going to be in the mid 80's today w/ less humidity. I'm going outside in a minute to get some work done on the deck. I need more weekends to myself to get things done, I'm falling way too behind on projects.

@ Andy- did you ever figure out why the cat was staring at you?

 

afternoon boys.....

Hope everyone is having a good day....

 

Well, that was interesting…. Went out after lunch to go take care of a couple things, and the Taco would not start. Had to replace the battery. No inkling that it was dying before hand, just wouldn’t start all of a sudden. I was able to charge it for a little bit and get it going, went right to the store, got a new one put it right in in the parking lot.
Not what I have planned for this afternoon.

 

I’m in the same boat, original battery 2018, I know I am on borrowed time.

 

My original factory battery did me like that. It worked fine in the morning, but when it came time to go home I had to get a jump. That was like 3 months over the three years the battery was supposed to last.

 

What got me was I knew it was an old OE battery, but the suddenness of how it died. Glad I was at home and not off somewhere remote.

 

Crazy how it happens.

 

well sleep hates me..... so i go to bed late & get up early. lifetime of early work hours & then kids, sports & chores.

that made this morning weird. 8:45am before a dog woke me up needing to go out. highly unusual & i was totally out of sync.

got everybody fed, played with & settled, wife was still snoring. grabbed my headset & my phone, fired up the spotify play list & got my mow on.
did about 5 acres & it was getting pretty intense sun at that point. knew i was already burning my farmers tan in, so stopped there, cleaned up the mower, blew off the walks & driveways. took a break for lunch, grabbed a shower & headed to Rural King because im there as much as most people are WalMart.

finally made it back home because of course they are prepping for fair week & the fairgrounds are about 2 miles from my home with no way around it. everybody loading in their animals & parking campers. total f'n madhouse. traffic backed up & cops all over the place.

now its time to help the wife with dog baths & kitty boxes. it never ends. living the dream.

 

I hadn't noticed ... or

We are, hope you too.

The sensitive electronics in newer vehicles does that. Old school we'd notice slower cranking etc ... my understanding now is the volts drop to a a certain level and the ECU (or sumtin) just "says" NO. That's my layman's understanding.

@Tacoma Mike , please will you confirm and/or debunk?

 

I aways guess food

 

That gets me in trouble.

 

Low battery will blow codes like a chimney.

 

Thank you, Sir.

 

Well, no codes, but with a new battery, I had to clean the truck and vacuum the inside … of course.

 

That'll boost your HP back up another 5.