Dude that sucks, I'm sorry to here.

 

I cant believe they have to go that far up to get your wound healed. That would be a lot to comprehend. Hope all goes as well as it can be. Hoping for the best for you on that.

 

its because my foot is at its limit they cant remove any more if they did it would collapse an with a chronic hole it wont close trying to patch it is like patching a rust-out at the door handle with bondo it'll look good for a bit then start failing from the pushing an pulling on what at that point isnt a load bearing area anymore so they go above the ankle to provide better attachment for the artificial limb

easy to understand no so easy to accept an just do...

got several things coming headlight harness couple LED fog lights couple aluminum door lock pulls ill have to run the tap down to make metric for the rear seat lock pulls one of mine is broke (the plastic pull)

still need rear sheet metal been looking at new front pass side fenders on ebay several have shown up around 92 bucks

 

Best of luck with the leg!

 

so today was a collection of not quite fits got my new frameless wiper blades an they wont work unless i modify the locking mechanism which is not like the older version i have so that will come later

then also got the aluminum door lock pulls which as i expected didnt fit the seat back locks on the rear seats but we can MAKE it work! since one of mine was missing an the other was stripped out


so here they are the aluminum needs shortening way too long they hit the bottom of the pull up seat



it looks like its too big its not the aluminum is threaded smaller down inside an a non metric thread



cutting to length



drilled out for the larger metric thread which i will explain more in a moment



tapping threads, the thread pitch is right for the stem inside the seat but not the diameter its a odd thread for plastic i guess i didnt have anything i could use like it



the fix squishing the aluminum a bit to oval the threads surprisingly this makes it fit perfectly!



they thread right on an tighten puling the locks is easy an they wont strip out an were cheap to get

 

head light harness upgrade was today (with a loss of ac idler pulley parts) i tried to get a picture of the difference tween through the new harness an the old but they didnt come out clear cut but in person! this was a HUGE difference like between yellow paper an pure white paper

laid out the harness see where its goin an routing stuff



relays an harness partly tucked in behind engine bay fuse block pulled my battery an its plastic tray moved the washer bottle an thats when i was gona put my ac compressor back in in prep to get AC working an found my idler pulley was missing....the zip tie is holding the old headlight plug an the new harnesses connector to it with a wrap of electrical tape around it (not in the instructions but im electrical OCD)



bit better shot of the connections the new harness has ceramic connectors for the headlights so they can handle them HID upgrades



the rest of the harness tucks in front of radiator then front of coolant catch bottle each headlight gets a new ground so you have to find a spot to attach those easy really the main positive i hooked up to the battery direct as per instructions

the following 2 pictures are of the left side on new harness right (drivers) on the original harness





overall i think this is going to be excellent upgrade for anyone with headlights run on the stalk an not via relay easy to install the high beam indicator works headlights brighter the amps of the 2 halogen headlights i run are now NOT running through the stalk switch but through relays an not through the harness into the cab into the column ..you get the drift

i have to go out after its dark to realign them as they will now be way to bright at their current aim

 

Looks like a good investment, the factory set up is not the best for sure. And the older they get the worse they are.

 

got mine for 39 (sale) i think it was a great deal and i took it out for a quick spin yep had to adjust the headlights too high very white light now from them an i was able to open the width a bit to get more of the passenger side of the road as the center now has a huge white patch lol

also realized my tags are expired since may 31st ...eep...i didnt get a renewal notice! yeah like a cop would believe that...

 

Might look into that if I can ever get mine running and keep it that way. I drove my pickup for 9 months with expired plates once even got pulled for a seat belt violation and he didn't catch it, not complaining about that tho.

 

The knobs turned out great. I am someday going to do the headlight upgrade. Looks like a great deal on that.

This look like a different style of ac pulley. Starting at the top and going to the bottom is how it disassembled. I will see if I have another set up, that has the power steering style pulley.

 

thank you terry, i can apparently get a replacement with spacers an the bolt portion for around 45 off ebay likely gona have to do that costly mistake of leaving the pulley loose while waiting for better weather an other parts :-(

 

4wheelers save a RV motor home from the ocean
toyota 4x4 pickup included
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/84200711/

 

I seen two yotas in there. Good idea that they used to get it out.

 

ok i know i made a post about my AC / fog light install i know i did...

ok i did something wrong? shakes head
so i will redo it

ok AC braket sans the missing bits got the pulley but ehh bought a new one its on the way


ohh the stuff you have to take off to make sure your system is sealed up i had to take so much off left fittings off intentionally so could replace o rings good thing too some were pretty squashed and the receiver/drier is smaller than original bit longer (white box in bag on radiator)


AC compressor in yay progress



that concludes yesterdays post which has mysteriously poofed.....

 

ok today we got several of the hoses an connections made in the ac system we flushed them out bit by bit with ..a gas you ..never mind (epa) an then promptly didnt have ONE last darn o ring of the right size AGH so AC gauges all hooked up to the previously converted R-134 the drier left sealed up so it has NO chance to get moisture from the air will get one from local napa tomorrow so system can be drawn down total vacuum oil added an wait for the idler pulley

i started on the fog light install in earnest yep i took the MAP an air box off too on top of valve cover



ok this is where im working on my mad plan of the fogs only work with head lights low beams on


bit of wrangling the switch harness into the truck then out the window for testing the switch im gona put in the cruise control blank its replaceable (somewhat)


switch (replaced the cheap junk they put on the harness with a good solid one)


bit of testing to make sure it works only hooked up one light an its on a body ground in final version relay will be run like low beam head light off the old drivers side connector again a relay an the LED lights bright as they are nothing like a headlight or worse halogen one on the stalk switch


an AHHHHH im blind

 

oh an something cute i picked up had to have it
wait till ya see the two mud flap girls i found for a side window Rowwr!

just noticed this was my 2k post **yay**

 

Thats funny

 

That is the way it goes for me. Should be a simple job and winds up having to disassemble the whole truck. Urghh!!! You got the lights working like you wanted and that is progress.

 

Great stuff! You're killing it buddy!

 

thank you

yep! always been that way even my 79 had to take half the truck apart to fix/do something

nono i think its killing me but i digress