1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

@Tour991 acorns in the blower, all fixed now!

 

Never been. Need to head out to Abilene and rip a bunch of 4Runner parts out of their yard again and grab some C10 fenders for my buddy. Could stop there on the way back. The website makes me think I'd need to liberate at least three or four 01-02 4Runner throttle bodies to afford the steak though.

 

Make it five throttle bodies so you can finish it off with some jalapeño cheesecake



Definitely one of the best steaks I ever had.

 

Oooh $250 covid scholarship


To be responsible or to not be responsible

 

Would you fix this? A car spinning out of control on I-20 in Atlanta hit me this morning. 1996, RWD, 2.4L 342K miles. I drove it 200 miles home after the wreck.
I'm turning to the interweb for objective opinions - Assume some insurance $$$ for totaling the truck and I'm willing to bring $$$ to the table for repairs.

 

I would fix it or drive it as is

 

Shouldn’t be too hard to find a bed and a door in a yard.

 

Even just a bedside like @BartMaster1234

 

if you have basic wrenching skills and it's a reliable vehicle, why not give it a shot?

 

I'm gonna have to buy a new washer and dryer this month... The tenants at the new place took both when they moved out despite saying they intended to leave them. Must have decided they were gonna lose out on some money

 

Got my dryer at Sears outlet, which is now American freight. Worked out pretty good so far

 

I've always bought used older Whirlpool or Kenmore and hjave never had issues keeping them going, parts are cheap and plentiful. My parents unfortunately have had newer fancy washers and dryers that fail regularly.

 

Yeah, the new fancy shit sucks. I went for the least bells and whistles I could get.

 

That's what I was thinking. Grab a plain old pair from a reputable brand

https://denver.craigslist.org/ppd/d/denver-ge-top-loading-washer-and-dryer/7374108211.html

 

You guys are the best - totally objective! At a minimum you cheered me up! Thanks BTW, I retire in two weeks, looks like I have a project.

 

I looked for 2 months for a washer in town. Nothing older came up and I didn’t need a set since I scored a cheap dryer.

Ended up grabbing a Maytag commercial (not the fake commercial models at Lowes/Home Depot) that’s just missing the coin slot. Hopefully it works out. A friend has had one for 7 years without an issue.

 

My parents still got the set they bought back in like 1993 for their first house. Still works great. Just a few cheap parts every now and then.

 

You can tell it's actually commercial because the fasteners are visible for easy service.

 

Yeah it’s not quiet or pretty but shoot if I was going to buy a scratch and dent washer I wanted it to last. Controls feel like it belongs in a dorm laundry room as well.