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I put some 85-140 on it, it does seem to be alright, new shaft should arrive Tuesday, just thinking I might need to drive the truck on our trip this weekend. I hate to, it gets enough miles.

RIP, I always liked his stuff.

Congratulations to all of you!

My new shaft arrived damaged, so it’s getting returned, I jacked it up, full droop, put Kroil to the joint, cycled it back and forth 5-10 times and re sprayed Kroil, I just took it for a test drive, it was free as a bird for a mile or so then it seemed to stiffen up, I may put some gear oil on it in hopes that some actual lubricant gets into it until the new shaft arrives. I have a 16 mile trip home so I will see how that goes.

This has lane alert, that doesn’t come on unless it’s turned on. It doesn’t have lane assist

No, it’s got something going on.

This morning it’s absolutely fine. 🤬

I hadn’t thought of that, I think it’s turned off, but I will double check.

Sign me up.

Shake them, see if they fluff up.

Run what ya brung.

I know there’s a lot of science behind rod choice and application based on many many factors. I can grab a stick of 80TAC+ which comes from Airgas and is rated for DC, and I can lay a good bead vertically or horizontally. So I figure if it looks good and the penetration is good, it’s better than a bird turd mess with the “correct” rod.

My wife has a 2020 SR5 that we bought new. I don’t drive it much, but I did the other day and it had some strange steering behavior, it was stiff from center, sometimes left, sometimes right, sometimes both, it seemed like if you turn the wheel against the stiffness it was okay that direction for a little bit, but then it came back. My first thing was steering stabilizer, I have had something similar happen on my Jeep with a RANCHO 7000, but this doesn’t have a stabilizer. I thought maybe ball joints, I haven’t popped the drag links off the steering yolk yet, but it still feels hydraulic. There’s no complaining noise from the pump, and the fluid is up. The intermediate shaft is rusty, I have a new one coming as a matter of course, I have read descriptions of the steering feeling notchy when the steering shaft joint is bad, I suppose this could be described as notchy, but it comes and goes. I had it today and did pads, rotors and calipers all the way around, it didn’t fix the problem. Not sure if this is something common to these or if I have something unusual going on. TIA for any thoughts.

Happy birthday!

The news is pretty bleak, no matter where you look. Data centers, riots, fuel prices through the roof, I finally turned off my steady diet of Fox and Daily Wire, and turned pandora on and this was the first song. It made me feel a little better, hopefully it helps someone else.

She just woke up 2 hours from home and has no idea where the **** she is.

Neighbor mowing his lawn.

That dog loves absolutely everyone, and has special affinity for delivery drivers. But the amazon guy today in a new white Mercedes really flipped her out.

he’s a snow bird. We bought at less than market value, the property, he’s down south much of the year, we share the sugaring operation and some of the equipment, so it’s not a straightforward thing, he’s also a hoarder, some stuff I just deal with as needed, but it’s a complicated family situation, and a 28’ sailboat lands over the line of my comfort zone just hauling it out and burning without his blessing. I just keep bringing it up

Oh, I have already done some of that. I filled a shipping container full of his stuff, paid for the first few months, then handed the bill to him. It’s been sitting here for 6 years full of nothing valuable@ $1200 a year, but hey, that’s his deal.. I may order another here soon

That’s the pizzer, I have to pay rent to store my camper over the winter. 🤬

It doesn’t.

Man, I could go broke..fast.. I already offered (repeatedly) $1,000 for the “Ark” a plywood/fiberglass sailboat he kept in his 1979 divorce, that he has never had in the water and would need a full and complete restoration before it could ever float again. It has a hole about 3’ square in its stern.I’m considering upping my offer to $1500. I would add that I am being courteous, because at this point I am storing His boat.. and other stuff.

I am positive they aren’t worth much, it’s a complicated situation with my FIL, but I feel better saying to him I gave them to someone who was going to try to use them than to say I threw them on the scrap load.