PennSilverTaco's "Perfect 5-Lug Regular Cab" Build, Aspergers, and General BS MegaThread!

Are you doing that car show in Limerick this weekend?

 

What's the address?

 

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/these-little-piggies-to-museum/

 

My mom got me this exact shirt for Christmas in 2005, when I was 16...

You can't really tell in this picture, but the attendant's nametag says "Stinky"!

 

And what time does it start?

 

This is about an issue my friend has been having with his 2010 F150 Lariat crew cab long bed 4x4; He bought the truck used in 2012 with like 50K miles on it. The truck now has well over 100K miles on it and has been reliable, but the A/C recently started blowing warm on the driver's side; It blew ice cubes on the passenger side until last year, and now it isn't blowing cold at all.

My friend believes the problem lies with the truck's automatic climate control; Having just had a similar probably with my Tacoma less than two years ago, albeit where the A/C blew warm on the passenger side but still ice cold on the driver's side, I disagree...

My truck ended up having a leaky evaporator core, and once the evaporator core was replaced, the problem went away; The A/C has been holding a charge so far!

My Tacoma has a much simpler HVAC control panel than a loaded F150 Lariat of the same year, but I think that the system developed a leak and now is completely out of R134a.

What does everybody think?

 

I don't think there's any issue with the control panel whatsoever, and he's been putting off getting it fixed because it costs so much to tear into the dash just in labor alone...

 

The UV dye worked wonders in my truck!

Also, the truck was a bank repo with relatively high miles for being just two years old at the time (50K on a 2010 in 2012); The truck was in great shape when he bought it (and my friend paid cash so he owns it outright), but after ten months working in a detail shop, I can tell you from experience that just a few hours work can make a poorly maintained turd look a mint condition deal of the century...

 

One time, we got a typical creeper van in the detail shop, and there were blood stains in the back...

A logical explanation would be that blue collar worker who traded it in cut himself by accident, but it really makes you wonder!

 

And I found a weeks-old rotten apple under the passenger seat of a 2010 Jetta destined for the wholesale auction

Have you had any experience with working on automotive A/C systems? I've worked on residential units, but never in a vehicle...

 

Did you ever work with R-12?

 

I'm guessing before you needed an EPA certification?

 

Everything is for sale if the price is right

 

One of my impulse buys today

 

Sold a right hand drive 1970 Mini Cooper at the bottom of the Highway in Hawai’i to a guy who was following me

 

Sweater may look familiar

 

When you going to have your wheel covers charlie

 

It snowed here a little also, thankfully its supposed to start to warm up again on Sunday, not too far off from Springtime too!