What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

No idea?!? Was under the truck and noticed it. I swapped the gearing over a couple years ago, no issues, re-torqued a couple times. Had one of the top studs backing out but never any issues with the one that broke. I use lubelocker gaskets at work but never on my POV. Glad I did though!

 

Loaded her up to go surf fishing before church!

 

Catch anything?

 

Over 4 years old battery. It happens with the extreme temperatures. Look at it this way it happened before you were on the road.

 

While it's true a 4+ year old battery can just randomly fail, I would be willing to bet (assuming your truck is AT) the tech left it in neutral to set up the truck on a lift and never put back in park leaving the key in the accessory position the whole time which was enough to drain it down. Yes, it dying to the point of not being easily jump started from that short period is an indicator it was getting weak to begin with, but it just wouldn't surprise me if it's exactly how it went down. It may also be why they were able to justify giving a big discount realizing it was in fact ultimately caused by their negligence but that way it wouldn't actually have to be said or cost them anything.

 

Maybe it’s just me, but… I’ve noticed that there isn’t a lot of excess battery capacity on these trucks, maybe Toyota in general.

(No harm or insult intended, just something I noticed). Anytime I have accessory power on for more than a few minutes, there are several indications that the battery reserves are strained.

 

Little flex session in Moab!

 

What a nice rig! Love the functionality of the topper.

 

Replaced the B-Pillar vinyl today because it was faded (2019). Yes, I like the black. I used Toyota vinyl. Removal not hard but takes patience, a heat gun, and goo gone. Install was pretty straightforward. Used a putty knife to hold back the rubber trim.

 

Blacking out the chrome on the stocks. I'm not gonna lie .. grabbing black lugs and I'm not even sure if it needs the center cover... I like it!!

 

Back in the Harley riding days we had a saying "Chrome wont get you home, but it might get your laid". Ha ha

 

I own a crotch rocket .. also removed every millimeter of chrome on that piece of machinery ... lol!!!

 

25k service (oil, engine air filter, cabin filter, tire rotation) gave me chance to also wash the backside of all the wheels.

 

I like some chrome on vintage motorcycles...like my 1982 Suzuki GS750T.

It's not over-powering/bearing in chrome, per se but just enough for vintage look.

Crotch-Rocket...not so much on the chrome.

 

Nothing worth cleaning or to write home about! Just smaller weak fish, croakers and whiting. Sons had a good time so all in all a success.

 

That turned out nicely.

 

Did a map update. Got it from Amazon for like 30 bucks.

 

Yep, that sounds about right. I’ve had nothing but bad experiences at dealerships spanning numerous different car manufacturers (not just Toyota). Worst one was when my elderly mother called me and told me the Nissan dealership told her that she had an oil leak and they wanted a silly amount of money to fix it.

I took her car to my mechanic and he said the dealership spilled oil on the engine cover when they were working on it and there was no oil leak. I have many other stories from Toyota, Ford and Dodge dealerships but that’s the generic theme. I haven’t gone to a dealership in years because of it. I know there are some TW members that work at dealerships so I don’t want to generalize but it sure seems that most dealerships are not to be trusted.

Sorry that happened to you.

 

Finally got around to pulling the bed rail covers off and putting aluminum tape to seal up the holes. Then put Sikaflex 505 under the rail covers. Didn't take a pic of that as there really isn't much to see when it's done and I was more concerned with cleaning up the couple areas I put too much on before it set up. Would have been an even bigger pain to clean up I'm sure. Prepping for hopefully being able to pull the trigger on a camper cap here in the next few months.

I clearly should have waited to take the pics til after I wiped the inside of the bed. Looks dirty as hell in those pics. Which...it was. Would like to think this'll go a good ways to keeping it clean(er...ish)