Recent content by drb77

It was an 'in-your-face' to the DA, and the Harlem crowd loved it.

So right Tacojoel, and just in the last couple of months I received threats from "dark-web" criminals that hacked my doctor's database and got my ss#, DOB, & who knows what else. They wanted to be paid off to remove my data from their sales offerings. None of the online database systems are...

It's the only way 'they' have to control the narrative, I suppose.

'Banned again (on that other forum) for daring to share the above picture & video!

I'm sure John Stossel would approve.

My new 4th gen has this sticker.

Since '91 I've chosen 5 Toyotas for their logical design, quality construction, and overall reliability. But now it appears that they are trending in a different direction. I think the video does a good job of pointing this out. And there's little doubt that government interference has forced us...

Has Toyota chosen the right direction for its loyal customers?

Rough lease roads w/ 30 degree pitch.

It's a bit hard for me to imagine, but quite a few people out there shouldn't be changing their vehicle's oil and filter. When my brother first tried to service his '60 Biscayne, he drained the manual transmission 'grease' by mistake (ignorance). Some folks simply have zero mechanical ability.

When I recently replaced the center support "carrier" bearing on my 170K mile 2 gen '12, I didn't think twice about also replacing all 3 u-joints. I used the best quality Spicer u-joints I could find ($58/3). 12 years of wear & tear on u-joints calls for a full replacement when the drive shaft...

It was a 6 cyl, but it's quite possible my oil filter memory back to the early 2000's is a bit upside down.

I always pre-fill the new fuel filter on my diesel tractor, to prevent an injector airlock. But never tried to do that to a new oil filter on my 2nd gen 4.0 V6. As Jay said, the oil filter is upside down so it is rather impossible to attach it full of oil to the engine. I do remember my old '01...

I never said I didn't like the Tacoma that I bought, only that I am disappointed that a quality car maker like Toyota has instituted a plethora of downgrades following record sales in 2023.