geekhouse23's "LIFE'S WAITING TO BEGIN" #EAF Overland & Adventure build

Have wonderful day for the anniversary of your manufacture sir.

 

Thank you sir

 

NTD #2

 

Happy Birfday Bruv!

 

Thanks Bru

 

Happy Birthday Man!!!

 

Happy birthday. Assuming you got some kind of tacoma gifts?

 

Thanks man.

I got adventure related things, yes

 

- oil change done.
- tire rotation done.

Got to use my Tekton big torque wrench to torque the lug nuts. A nice piece. Really happy.

Went to synthetic oil, too. My buddy is an Amsoil dealer:

 

Got the retrofits adjusted and aimed better today. Took about 20-25 minutes.

Used them last night on the way home for the first time and they were a bit off. They should be much better now.

Got more lighting to do:

- new license plate lights
- fix the Sasquatch lighting
- install new rock lights

 

Getting ready to change all the fluids in DP again.
I'll have to snap a pic of my workbench when I do....

 

Hell yeah bro. Looking forward to seeing it.

 

Tried to be productive this evening:



- UNI filter cleaned and drying
- wiper blades changed
- MAF sensor cleaned
- glass cleaned

Paused there. Found some very tiny chips in the windshield while cleaning it; about 5 or 6. VERY small but still there. Can't drive the truck tonight with a wet UNI.

Going to AutoZone tomorrow during lunch for a windshield repair kit. Then going to reclean the windshield and seal it.

It's always fucking something..

 

This build thread sucks.

 

House mods!! Mostly taking care of the MUCH needed lighting (or lack of lighting) in and around the house. No Baja designs or rigid here:

- Converted the garage lights to work off of the switch next to the door so I don't have to turn on the switch on the ceiling each time. VERY pleased with this.

- converted the 2 outlet to 4 outlet under the TV. Very happy about this. No more daisy chained power strips.....*cringe*

- Exterior garage lights and a slimmer porch light. There were no exterior lights on the garage before and the front screen door hit the old porch light every time the door opened. Took the liberty of sanding the mailbox and respraying it with some hammered finish spray paint:



- upgraded the patio lights in the backyard to match the garage lights and upgraded from just one light to two:




- converted the low hanging light in the kitchen (typically for above a table) and made it a can light to match the rest of the kitchen:

BEFORE


AFTER



- installed a light above the sink. I had a battery operated light before. This one is hard wired and has 3 settings of brightness/Kelvin:


- pool table chandelier; FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY have a light above the pool table in the front room. Lesson learned here; buy fixtures made in America. This one was sold overseas and is not designed for our 120V system. It works and was VERY inexpensive, just not nice as if it was on their 240v system. It's fine for now, but I'll be getting another eventually:


About 2/3 of the way done for now. I need to have 3 more fixtures put up (ceiling fans in each of the bedrooms). One bedroom is wired just need to hang the fixture. Two bedrooms need to be wired and the front doorbell wiring needs to be configured.

Happy with the results for now. Just ready for it to be all done.

 

Great work! Adding more outlets is the best money I've spent in a good while.

 

This 31M was worth it's weight (literally) in gold. Was gone for a week, got home and the truck fired right up!!

Excited to be back though. Weather still sucks ass as it's about HALF as warm as it was where I came from yesterday. Bullshit.

Front end rebuild coming in a few weeks!! Ready to get back on working on the truck.

 

Got a lift kit to install this weekend. My best friend got a lift kit for his 95 Cherokee and dropped everything off last night.

Man, do Jeeps like to keep everything interesting...these rear shocka mount in a ridiculous way; especially at the top. If you slam down super hard, you're going through the rear sheet metal pretty easily:



Thought the rear would be an hour tops like ours since it leaf springs in the rear. The bottom shocks mount onto a threaded sleeve and if the bolt breaks, it's another hour or so before you're good. The leaf packs will probably be the easiest and the fronts actually might be the easiest part of the kit install.

I'm just glad to be in the garage and helping a good friend...

 

NTD..



Selling my WORX trimmer/edger tomorrow to a co-worker in order to consolidate my chargers and batteries and move to a single (mostly) ecosystem.

Ordered up the Milwaukee string trimmer with QUIK-LOK attachment capability.

 

You know I keep that fucking thang on me: