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Shall Not Be Infringed |
You have a shop and a lift? I have beverages, will travel...  ____________________________________________________________ If Some is Good, and More is Better.....then Too Much, is Just Enough !! Trump 47....Make America Great Again! "May Almighty God bless the United States of America" - parabellum 7/26/20 Live Free or Die! | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
If only I'd have know that 10-15 years ago. Took my truck into Latham Ford one day for a simple job and they raped me. Didn't even get the common courtesy of a reach-around. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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When we built our house I had an attached garage built for parking cars, and a detached garage for parking a truck and tractor with a bay left for a lift. I finally bought the lift last year. I also have a roughly 16’ x 30’ shop area in that building that has mostly woodworking tools. My “shop” was as important to me during construction as the house lol. Stop by any time you’re in town! “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” | |||
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In fairness my house and shop is only 7 years old so I couldn’t have helped you back then. For what it’s worth, I have never been a fan of Latham Ford either. I always liked Jack Byrne and Orange Ford, both of which have been bought out by other companies now unfortunately. “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” | |||
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| Raised Hands Surround Us Three Nails To Protect Us  |
Ugghhhh. Wife has a 2015 Suburban that just rolled 93k miles. It has been the most problematic vehicle I have owned! I am praying I get 3 more years out of it and we can pick up a slightly used 2024 or 2025 Toyota Grand Highlander to replace it. Won’t be in a place to get one when they are released later this year plus I like to buy slightly used.
One day, one day!! I have a nice place to work on my vehicles as we have upstairs and downstairs garages. The downstairs garage is my shop with a large pad out back. Unfortunately to low for a lift and the Tundra does not fit inside it either. ———————————————— The world's not perfect, but it's not that bad. If we got each other, and that's all we have. I will be your brother, and I'll hold your hand. You should know I'll be there for you! | |||
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| Shall Not Be Infringed |
^^^You could probably fit this in there --> https://www.maxjax.com/ ____________________________________________________________ If Some is Good, and More is Better.....then Too Much, is Just Enough !! Trump 47....Make America Great Again! "May Almighty God bless the United States of America" - parabellum 7/26/20 Live Free or Die! | |||
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| Raised Hands Surround Us Three Nails To Protect Us |
I only have 7.5 feet so not worth the expense. ———————————————— The world's not perfect, but it's not that bad. If we got each other, and that's all we have. I will be your brother, and I'll hold your hand. You should know I'll be there for you! | |||
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Stagger it out based on the hard use schedule I didn’t do them all at once on my 13 tundra Plugs at 30, 60, 90 Cases at 40, 80, 120 Main Tran at 50, 100, 150 Belt at 100 Im old school and changed all fluids at 2500 when I bought new. Overkill for sure, but still found stuff 185k when I traded it in on a 17 Tacoma Pro MT. Did same with the Tacoma got traded to a 2020 4Runner pro with 125K miles (yes I drive a lot for work) T4R at 80k and 2021 Tesla at 40k currently I also the person that changes the lower unit oil and impeller annually regardless of hours on my outboard motors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Live today as if it may be your last and learn today as if you will live forever | |||
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Caribou gorn |
I just fix mine when they break. I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log. | |||
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| Cruising the Highway to Hell  |
I’ll make the same offer in Central VA. “Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.” ― Ronald Reagan Retired old fart | |||
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| Raised Hands Surround Us Three Nails To Protect Us |
I am pretty good with vehicles however Motors, transmissions, transfer cases, and differentials are all well above what I can overhaul myself. And all would be at least 2k to fix or replace I’ll spend $3-$500 every 3 or 4 years so I don’t have to fix them. However, one day I will successfully rebuild a T5 manual transmission. ———————————————— The world's not perfect, but it's not that bad. If we got each other, and that's all we have. I will be your brother, and I'll hold your hand. You should know I'll be there for you! | |||
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Shaman |
I've done several T-5s. THey're not that difficult. A GOOD set of synchronizers are expensive.  He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. | |||
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Raptorman |
I only replace plugs when they misfire. The Frontier has 300K on it and it got plugs and wires at 250K. Now water pumps only last around 150K miles on it. The rear brakes have never been touched. The last I checked they had over 75% lining left. The fronts last well over 100K. The belts got replaces at 200K because I did a timing belt. ____________________________ Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick. | |||
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Truth Seeker |
I do absolutely as much work as I can on my 2002 Chevy Z-71 truck. At 100K miles I had absolutely all fluids changed in it along with spark plugs. I decided not to do the plugs myself as two are hard to get to and if the shop screws it up then they have to fix it. I have done so much maintenance myself that has saved me money, but some things I can’t or don’t want to do. The next thing I have to do is fix my oil leak. I think I have to change the oil pan gasket, which is a pain in the ass on a 4x4 truck as you have to lower the front differential to get the pan out. I will save a ton of money if I do it myself so I am researching it. I am not a mechanic, but I can do it if I research it. Preventative maintenance goes a long way in my opinion for the life of a vehicle. I just try to do it all myself as going to a dealer or shop is what deters people. NRA Benefactor Life Member | |||
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| Raised Hands Surround Us Three Nails To Protect Us |
The spark plug closest to the firewall on the passenger side is a bit of a bear. I ended up going through the wheel well if memory serves me correctly. As for the oil pan gasket it’s really not bad at all. A good set of Jack stands and a good Jack to get it pretty high in the air. You then remove a crossmember and it’s 4 bolts to loosen the front differential. Just put the Jack under it. You only need to come down a few inches to slide the pan toward the back of the truck. ———————————————— The world's not perfect, but it's not that bad. If we got each other, and that's all we have. I will be your brother, and I'll hold your hand. You should know I'll be there for you! | |||
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| I Am The Walrus |
This thread reminds me that I have nearly 100,000 miles on my brakes. Will likely do the fronts soon. I change oil every 7,000-8,000 miles. Just changed the spark plugs 5,000 miles ago. _____________ | |||
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