Gunshot's Taco Build and Washington Debauchery Log...

I do not. Ive had this one for 5 years and haven't had an issue on stock wiring and charging it.

Occasionally I would put it on a battery tender to top off and itd got green/full in 5 mins.

 

Whose doggo?

 

My sister's. We live quite close, so it's basically the same as having a dog, but I don't have to feed/board the pooch. Gives me a great stand-in now that I don't have Draco, without any of the cost.

 

Well, after replacing it on Sunday, it appears the intermittent non-start issue was some sort of developing defect in the battery. Cranks strong as ever, every time, now. My suspicion (that I've read is a possibility) is the terminal becomes separated from the battery plate internally. Makes sense then that twisting the terminal a little bit would often solve the issue.

*now that I've said that out loud.

 

yah jinxed it!

 

Yep!

 

That’s really interesting - and good to know aaaaaand hope you haven’t jinxed it !

 

...I jinxed it.

Swapping terminals next since if I just wiggle the positive, it fixes the issue.

 

Bad positive terminal connection? pftsh. that's such a niche.

 

At least your shower isn’t dripping.

 

Haven't had a house update since @RyanL was just casually snapping pics in my driveway a while back. May need to have a buddy swing by and snap me a pic for proof of life.

Good news of living in an apt is just having to fill out a maintenance request to get anything done instead of it falling on yours truly.

 

Yeah, it's a slee mount (old style) so it has a few connection points. I have the terminal piece that touches the battery but the secondary shoe piece is no longer in production so I'm hoping just swapping terminal and hardware fixes the issue.

 

I could. I am all over the valley due to work.

 

Got called out on my tires today. Apparently they're a little balder than I thought. I love my Cooper ST Maxx but damn they're heavy, and they've really gone up in price too.

Looking at Toyo Open Country AT3 and the Falken Wild Peak A/T3W unless there's other suggestions. Leaning towards the Toyos at this point based on recent feedback about balancing issues.

@Discount Tire is there a policy against mounting tires on SCS wheel? I thought I had heard of one spoken of around here before.

 

ooh, i've loved my wild peaks. can't complain about them at all. all tires have gone up in price. :/

 

I know multiple people with them and they all have good things to say. Seems there been a rash of recent complaints about them balancing though.

 

huh. i haven't seen issues in the 2? 3? sets i've had now.

 

I've been happy with the Cooper Discoverer AT3's I put on my wife's Tahoe last fall. They plowed through last winter like a champ. Gonna put a set on the Tundra when I have the cash.

EDIT: Wildpeaks would be my runner up if I couldn't get the Coopers for my Tundra.

 

also, note to future self:don't lag on projects. Have a front spindle I need to replace that I bought last August and put it off and now living in an apartment, no shop nearby will touch a customer supplied part (despite being a toyota part still in a toyota box) I get it from the liability standpoint, but sure is frustrating when I know what the issue is and have the fix, just not the facilities to do it.

 

@Gunshot-6A the only thing that might keep us from mounting a tire would be wheel width. If the manufacturer states that a 265/70R17 Toyo A/T3 requires a 6.5-9 inch wide wheel, we would not install them on a 6inch or 9.5 inch wheel.