What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Noticed a couple neighbors standing around my other neighbors Corolla with the hood opened, I finally walked over to find out what the heck. By then other neighbors left, turns out even with a new battery he was getting nothing turning the ignition key. Nobody could figure it out, thanks to quick search on youtube, (none of them have knowledge of using a smartphone), I tell my elderly buddy to hit the ignition and maintain. Meanwhile I tap the starter with a 1/2" drive handle and whalah it starts. Hehe took me 13 minutes to diagnose another 20 to drive buddy in my truck to O'Reilly car parts to acquire a new starter, and about an hour to remove and replace. Haha he was amazed.

Jeez, $136.00+ for a tiny little starter. It fit in the palm of my hand.

 

And you probably saved the guy $500+ it would have cost to have a shop fix it.

 

Ha, I like the cigarette lighter dummy plugs. Would want one that said “warp 9 engage”

 

For sure. Seriously, dam, how can folks afford that. Glad I can DIY... He is 80 this year, I'll help him anytime I can get a chance.

 

I think voilà is the word you're looking for lol. It's a French interjection meaning 'there it is'.

 

Dude, nice!

 

Good on you, so many times God’s hands are at the ends of our arms. There a place up here called the Gospel Garage, he fixes folks cars for free if he can and within reason. Our church helps with the cost of parts.

 

Could run around naked shouting "Eureka!" like Archimedes.

But the neighbors might not like it. The old man would, however, laugh. Guaranteed.

 

So after swapping to the urethane hangers and driving for a few days I have noticed that they have added a decent amount of exhaust volume both inside the cabin and out. I've only ever installed urethane hangers before when installing a new exhaust system, so I haven't noticed the differences just based on the hangers themselves and I am pretty surprised at the change (though, now that I think about it, I did notice the same change on the Supra after adding the other one of these). I really didn't expect them to do much except be red, so this was kind of a shock to me. I am really liking how much more aggressive it sounds outside, but not loving how it sounds inside, just a little bit too noticeable and I really don't like having a truck that is annoying to be in. My options were to revert the hangers back to stock or install the Helmholtz chamber that MF includes with the kit that was sitting on the shelf. It seemed faster and easier to install the chamber than to wrestle with removing urethane hangers (even with the fancy Lisle pliers), so last night I threw that on and then went on a test drive to see how it was. As advertised, this addition cancelled out about all of the new droney frequencies, but I can still hear the exhaust at startup and while accelerating. The truck is much nicer to be in with that extra resonator in place so I think this is how it will stay. I really like having a quiet and comfortable cabin, and it might even be quieter at cruising speed than before which is a welcome change. I am still on board with swapping out the last few hangers, but still on the quest to find a 3-hole hanger that will be suitable for the rear as it is a somewhat unique design.

 

Laa tee dah! I’ll bet you know how to say fox pox an grand pricks in France too

 

This is awesome. I’m a “non-participant” if you know what I mean. But I do appreciate the community, charity and a sense of humanity in general. I would absolutely volunteer some hours at a place like that if there was something around me.

I saw my 83 year old neighbor on a ladder cleaning gutters a couple weeks ago and had to go save him from himself. He’s a tough old guy but that’s too risky for him. I’ve seen how he moves. He has an awesome sense of humor about it though so I just yelled at him to get his old ass down before he kills himself.

 

I have used the banging on the starter solenoid trick to save the day many times. Nothing better than walking up to a dead car, wacking it in just the right place then having it start right up. Makes you look like a total badass

You don't have to hit it while they are cranking. I usually give it a couple good wacks then try to start it and it usually starts right up. You will usually get 1 to 2 starts before it gets stuck again. On my Jeep I spent a couple of months doing this with a railroad spike I found on the side of the road before I finally swapped the starter but there is no guarantee that the next start won't be your last.

It is getting harder and harder to do on newer cars. Last one I did had a plate that I had to unbolt to even see the starter then I touched the solenoid with a long socket extension and hit the other end with a hammer because there wasn't room to hit the solenoid directly.

 

You’re gonna end up living in a Tacoma down by the river!

 

voilà

 

You are an expert at this with a long history of true ability of solenoid-whispering. Even carrying the Jeep Ankh for months, truly a sign of a Guru.

And you're so right, like a badass, I was laughing so hard (inside) when his car started, he was so amazed, that when the other neighbor finally came back over to get the 'status' update, he picked up a tool to recreate the motions so the other neighbor could really understand what happened right before his amazed eyes.

 

So I never called xm. I am getting it so cheap these days. One car two phones. I figure leave it alone complain when the price goes up.

 

Okay how much you paying? Best I ever got was about 5.95/month, one truck. (SiriusXM)

 

I think I’m at 15. Hang on.