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She can sit on the fridge...

 

Can you point me to the blanket that runs off USB for phones? Seems ultra-low power compared to what I'd expect. But very cool.

 

Let me see if i can find it.

 

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With the truck off i can make 2 cups of coffee before low voltage is sensed. Sometimes i connect both battery's if i want lots of hot water. I have 2 optima battery's 1 red top d34 and 1 yellow top d34

 

4 batteries? Did you upgrade the alternator?

 

just 2 batteries

 

I had to go back and re read your first post. Clearly I’m having an issue reading today. Sorry about that.

 

This is gonna sound weird, but after driving a 79 cruiser for most of last summer in alaska....I hate the mirrors on my tacoma. They are just huge round useless orbs attached to the door. I want to go from this


To this

And just put some ditch light brackets where the mirror is now. What's yalls thoughts

 

only thing stopping you is having the courage to pull out your drill..

 

My doors are so scratched I could care less, one has a huge long dent where I slid off a trail just south of prescott and down into some trees while snow wheeling. Just worried it will look too goofy

 

Have you thought about just replacing the glass in your mirrors? TrailToys makes a replacement set that is a big improvement over the stock glass even if you are April foolin!

 

Well the goal here is to have something I can fold almost completely flat while off roading,

 

something along the lines of this:
https://www.amazon.com/Heated-Fleec...1522676423&sr=8-3&keywords=usb+heated+blanket

although if you look at the heated area vs the actual area, it seems small. I would do some digging to possibly find a larger heated footprint.

 

If I drove around a 79 LC all summer I imagine I'd hate just about everything about my Tacoma. =(

 

Ha, you’d hate having air conditioning? A rear axle that tracks the same wight as the front?

 

There's that. And the suspension flex. But I'd kill for that v8 diesel.

 

Modern desiels ain't all they're cracked up to be. They used to be great because they were so simple and reliable. Now, at least here in the states, they are way complicated to pass emissions regs and pretty finicky. One things for sure: the grass is always greener!

 

Uhh, it had air con, and it rode ok to me. It was a 1996 ute with the 4.2 diesel. It was at a mine. They imported them.

 

You drove a HZJ75 ute, not a 79 as you earlier stated, hence the confusion. I’ve got a HZJ77 with the same 1HZ engine.

 

Gosh dang it so many different numbers on those things lol