60+ year old thread.

Sorry, no one over the age of twelve goes by "Cooldood", uses that kind of pic, or uses the name tete d'etron.

Come back in fifty years or so.

(I should talk about pics, right?)

 

Can't like that Kevin Glad your preparing. Be safe and stay dry.

 

Whoa! there was no pic when I hit like! That's impressive!

 

Glad you had a great time Ken. Maui is a beautiful island. Planning for the next trip adds to the anticipation of going and gives you something to look forward to. Enjoy and safe travels.

 

Holy Cow, Batman!
During my little project, I finally gave in to the fact that the driver side fender flare was going to just be removed by the next car wash. I remembered that the Antenna Mast project had the clip part number:
75396-35020.
Once I managed to type it correctly in a search, I found the motherlode available at Amazon!

$13 120Pcs Fender Flare Clips, Xislet Retainer Fastener Rivets for Bumper Fender Liner 90189-06065 Compatible with Toyota 4Runner Tacoma RAV4 Replace 75495-35010 75397-35010 90189-06013

Amazon.com: 120Pcs Fender Flare Clips, Xislet Retainer Fastener Rivets for Bumper Fender Liner 90189-06065 Compatible with Toyota 4Runner Tacoma RAV4 Replace 75495-35010 75397-35010 90189-06013 : Automotive

 

I wish I had a good left rear flare to put back on. That kit is awesome.

Anybody have any advice on an aftermarket flare kit? When I brought my Taco back from the dead the only thing I couldn't save was a flare... and I'm not springing for an OEM flare from Toyota. I tried buying a set on Amazon and the hardware in the package wouldn't work with the flares they were sent with. It would be nice if the truck looked complete.

 

Do you have a local/state for sale site - or want to buy. You're probably going to have to paint it. Or, actually, check on EBay because you can get many wrecked parts cheap. We've replace most of the underneath panels on my sons Prius that way. And it's now a coast to coast to coast car!

 

And third generation kids that just try to cash in on grampa's hard work without doing any of their own.

 

Definitely my kinda old dude! Welcome!

 

Right. One of my pet peeves is that manufacturers grossly overstate the hp ratings on electric motors. The one in question did not have the decimal point before the 5.

5 hp would have required about 40+ amps at 120 volts.

I had a shop vacuum that had a similar over rating on the hp of the motor. The motor used (probably) 20 gauge wire and the size was about 3" diameter and maybe 5" long (as I recall). There is no way that could have produced the advertised hp.

 

Having just gotten back from the Big Island my review mirrors yours. Honey crisp apples were 7.99 a Lb. But Fish was so cheap! Still I will find a way to live out my days there.

 

Flyin' the kites! Chasing the bluefin or ??

 

sixtys/wannabes/haoles. I power washed the front walk yesterday:

 

Morning 60+

 

Morning Dave
Morning Bill

 

Kurt: Get better quickly. Stretching and a heating pad should help, if you are already not doing them.

Welcome

Today we are off to Ocean City MD. A fun day of helping family members and music.

 

26 out of the list remembered

 

Good Morning Porch Pals & Gal!

 

What a day. We had a wicked storm roll through yesterday afternoon and snapped off the fence post I just replaced what feels like a few months ago. I’m going to have to replace it again but I decided to defer that and gas up the truck and fill an extra 5 gallon can in case I needed it for the generator this week. I exercise the generator every year at the beginning of hurricane season but for some reason failed to do so this year. Not sure what happened but the foam air filter disintegrated and a wad of it got sucked into the carburetor. I sent hours cleaning the black goo out of all the orifices put it all back together and I can’t get it started to save my life. I’m not getting gas to the carburetor bowl and I know it’s the needle valve on the float because when I take the bowl off the float drops down and the needle falls out and gas comes pouring out. I’ve cleaned it with carb cleaner and throttle body cleaner when I ran out of carb cleaner. After sweating myself near to death in the garage for hours I found the carburetor with gaskets, fuel line, air filter, spark plug and hose clamps for $25 on Amazon. What a waste of time

 

Carbs are so cheap now I buy them 6 at a time.
I Don’t even bother trying. If it’s a emergency I’ll just swap one off my machines if it’s the same.