Recent content by Bama_Kiwi

Cambelt, hydraulic tensioner, water pump, cam seals, rocker cover gaskets, radiator hoses, serpentine belt Yay, routine maintenance.

Welcome Mike. Sounds like you have a cool job.

Adding - this is the one I have. https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/miniware-ts101-smart-soldering-iron-review-lots-of-options

I haven't seen one like this that connects to a power tool battery (pretty cool), but I have a cordless rechargeable soldering iron not much bigger than a ink pen that I keep in my centre console. I've never had to use it and hope I never will, though.

"next challenge, anything Mitsubishi" :grinning: "from the 80s" :disappointed: I was briefly excited I was finally able to participate in this.

Used my foot to bend back into place my right rear mud guard assembly that I smashed on a river boulder over the weekend.

I've had 1-inch spacers on my car for 4 years, in conjunction with 33-inch tires and a 2-inch lift. Zero issues.

I keep a few Benchmade 556 Mini Griptilians stashed around. Typically one is in my pocket and one is in my center console.

Lose weight, exercise more. The vehicle, not me.

I have never owned a Toyota or driven anything with ATRAC, but, the SuperSelect system on my Pajero is similar to ATRAC and it works really well. The key is this sentence, "All had a common theme, they just snapped a tooth due while tires were spinning and grabbing traction on snowed in roads"...

I am a music lover, for sure. But, I tend to not listen to much music when I am out on the trails. Maybe I'll put some on in the car if I need to munch some miles but, otherwise, on the actual trail or at camp, I prefer no music.

Last thing I bought: replacement Hydraulic Brake Booster Accumulator Next thing I plan to buy: probably some better/higher-quality tools to replace the crappy/inexpensive tools in my tool roll

I love my Pajero. But... to play along, if money were no object and we're daydreaming, I'd love a Jeep Wrangler 392 or, a Rivian R1S. To be more realistic, Toyota made a short-wheelbase, two-door version of the Land Cruiser 120 Prado. I would really like one of these and have seen a few...

It's a shame that places get closed off or otherwise have their access altered. It's a struggle here in NZ, too. But, it's the old joke, "This is why we can't have nice things!" Ignorant people (maliciously ignorant or obliviously ignorant) do ignorant things that ruin it for people who don't...

It's amazing how much better the HVAC works now.