High yesterday was 115, thinking it's going to beat that before 11.

 

Missed it by 12 minutes.

 

FedEx emailed the tire was delivered, I went to Firestone to drop the rim. I had already dropped the spare from its mount and put it with the empty rim in back.

I went & said you just had a tire delivered for me & said I wanted to drop the rim & old spare that are in the back of my truck, I handed him my Simple Tire receipt. He looked confused, said what tire, asked the other guy if he knew about a tire also confused. Guy2 went through the door between the service area & the lobby & said I guess this one, I said Cooper AT3?. Crickets. I repeated the location of the rim & old spare in the back of the Sequoia

Guy 2 then asks if they need to remove the rim from the truck, having said that 3x now I said They are in back, I am just trying to drop them off, I have said that 3x now. I had pointed to my visible through the window truck 4x, & guy 1 asked where the truck was!

We walk out, I get the tires out & we walk to the new tire & he asks again what I want.


WTF???

 

Lexus light just came. It's not blue but not amber. Plugged right in. I like it!

 

Picked up the wheel/tire. It's 119.9, it'll go on in the morning when it's only 95

 

Tire is on, I need to change the location of the spare/front tire in my Kenwood, it is done in the Maestro menus & would not let me.

iDatalink is in Canada, I think they only hire mean Canadians as I have never spoken to a nice one.



2k mile used one & the new one, hard to see the wear.

 

Firestone mounted the new tire, with weights that did not stick. I literally drove home (a mile at most) and had numerous hanging down. I removed the ones that were unattached & made an appointment for Yesterday (Sunday 7/30) at 8am when they opened. I drove less than 10 miles and when I got to Firestone they were all gone.

Guy said the alignment tech did not arrive until 9am but they wore rebalance the tire prior and the truck would be ready at 9:30. As I know they never meet the stated time I returned at 10. It was neither ready nor on the alignment rack.

Why? Stuff happens, the tech did not see my ticket. FUCK YOU!

I took my truck & got the fuck out of there.

 

A company in N.J. makes mics for aftermarket head units for the stock location.

 

Thoughts on the 295 70 18 spare up there?

I shoehorned this in the spare location, this was attempt 12, it's better than 1-11 but not by enough I'm afraid.



It is shoved into the subframe & then the hitch crossmember, chain is cranked as far as it would go.

Is it too close the the exhaust?







Short 2 mile trip, Current ambient is 99. Numbers are as follows. Resonator is 250, spare closest to the resonator is 125, tires I was driving on are 123-130. thinking I'm ok.

 

I doubt it'll be an issue. The exhaust should get hot enough that far back to do damage to a tire, especially with an air gap. You could always get some header wrap for that section of pipe if it bothers you.

 

I asked in the Tundras Az group, that was the general consensus, I posted this.

Short 2 mile trip, Current ambient is 99. Numbers are as follows. Resonator is 250, spare closest to the resonator is 125, tires I was driving on are 123-130. thinking I'm ok.

 

88mm TB incoming!

From an RC-F & adapter, 22% bigger, people see up to 2lbs boost increases!

LKQ does not make it easy. Called Oregon, verified they have it, then had to call Phoenix to order. I have to go pick it up when it comes as they do their own deliveries & do not do residential.




https://www.prospeedautosports.com/c...pro-18-03-1001

 

I took the truck to Firestone for an alignment, when I picked it up, they said my 23 month old X2 AGM was dying & showed me the report showing it had 329CCA of the rated 930. I took it to Batteries+ & they replaced it. I have until 9/26 on the free replacement warranty although he said it was a max of 2 free replacements so hopefully I don't find out what that means.








They had this 1300.00 battery.

 

I like FedEx. If they can, they deliver early.

 

Every time I use the Autel, it is a hassle. I finally got it to give me the report.

 

Not shockingly, the throttle body was not available yet when I called to see if I could go get it, they said late in the day delivery, available for pickup tomorrow.

 

Throttle body came, looks like it was never on a car!

 

Seems new.




Really seems unused, I see no evidence of coolant.

 

TB going on, It is on the SC but it's 116 & 60% humidity, I was sweating so much I could not see from the sweat in my eyes, had to come inside.

 

It is done, started right up, revs normally. Hope to get a read tonight.

 

Wash day, got both done between 6-7am while it was "only" 90& 60%.

 

Reference of TB size difference.

 

How's it perform?

 

Great!

At first, it was not revving as well all the time but after a bit of relearning, it feels great!

 

I had totally forgotten about this remote start I put on offer up 2 years ago

https://www.12volt.solutions/produc...art-kit-key-start?_pos=4&_sid=c243029d2&_ss=r



I am asking 200, guy offered 50. WTTF?? how bout I pay you????

fuck off

 

Just met & got 150.

I really need to go through the tons of stuff I have back to before the CL S taking up space & gathering dust.

 

Same. I've got about 15 years worth of parts sitting in my garage spanning pretty much every car I've every owned

 

Neighbor replaced his backyard including a new pool (replaced old one) so we had jackhammers & concrete demo recently. The deck people damaged the pool pebblecoating & they are doing it again. My entire house is shaking.

Happy I am not.

 

Throw rocks at them.

 

I finally got my 2k mile after the SC Blackstone report. High silicon is from resealing the timing cover I assume & Amsoil has Moly.

 

Drove to L.A. this morning.



Saw 10lbs boost.

 

Gotta love L.A. 138 for 20 gallons.

Gas buddy limits 100 per day.

 

Went to L.A., Across the street from Beverly Hills City hall. Is there a loan officer there?

 

And I was complaining about the $3.849 I paid for 89 yesterday.
More upset at the 14.8mpg than the fuel price though.

 

I averaged 12.8 freeway, 9.8 city Guess 295/70/18s & a SC= the need to calculate smiles per gallon.

 

Ouch. I imagine the stock MPG on the tree-truck isn't too far off the Denali.
When we took it to Pensacola, best I managed was 18.8 almost all highway.
The MiniBus [Expedition] got a best of nearly 24 on the round trip to Denver last Dec.

 

Is the Expedition diesel?

No mods, the Sequoia got 15.6, I think it just drinks gas, on these trips I'm 2wd. The Tundra got high 17s (it was a 2wd truck).

 

TT V6 3.5l EcoBoost in the Expedition
I4T 2.3l in the Explorer
6.2l N/A V8 in the Denali

Haven't done any long distance in the Explorer yet to know how it does on the highway, but wouldn't be surprised to see upper 20s to low 30s.

 

I forgot about the TTV6. I rented one in early '21 before I got the Tree to Move Mom to Santa Monica, it was very nice.

 

Big improvement over the 5.4V8 IMO.
We've had 2 at work, an older 5.4 EL & currently a EcoBoost V6 SWB. I'll take the V6 every day on the Exped.
Now, had they offered the 5.0 Coyote, who knows.