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All, It's time to let my current rig go, but the story and adventures will live on in my next build. I will be sad to see it go, but hopefully, it will go to someone that will love and care for it the way I did. For sale is a 1999 Toyota Tacoma 2.7L 4WD XtraCab with a Manual Transmission. Just...

The repainted grille, new clips, and repainted emblem & license plate frames are back on. The grille was painted with rattle can automotive paint and clear coated for durability, then I took some polishing compound to it to blend any missed paint spots. I also took the time to use polishing...

October 2019, the radiator leaked. It was leaking from cracks in the upper plastic assembly and initially as a workaround to keep me going (I was traveling overseas A LOT at the time and the airport is 60+ miles each way) I had put some JB Weld to hold the cracks. Needless to say, it did not...

With the military chapter of my life coming to a close at the end of 2018, I found a job in the DC area and had to move. One more post and we'll be caught up to April 2020. Lots of things changed between 2018 and 2020, some of which are solemn and I'm still working with or managing now. But...

At 180,000+ miles my catalytic converter finally decided to call it a day. My engine light came on and my diagnostic tool was able to get the error code. P0420, Catalyst System Efficiency Below Threshold. I was hoping it'd be an oxygen sensor but tested those to Factory Repair Manual...

Well, it would seem after some time that my automatic door locks had decided to fail on the passenger side, or so I thought. After pulling off the door panel and opening up the moisture barrier I found a much simpler answer to why it wasn't working. The screw that holds the aftermarket actuator...

If you've made it this far, guess what, here's a sneak peek at the next rig I may be buying from my father some time this year. I'm not sure what I will do with my current truck once I christen the new one in, but I'll certainly keep all of you posted!

Prior to this, I had an aftermarket stereo from my previous vehicles that had kind of traveled with me, car to car. My dad happened to get a Kenwood DNX5120 out of another vehicle and sent it my way. After ordering a wire harness adapter from Crutchfield and connecting everything together, I had...

You may also notice I swapped CB whips out, from my old white Firestick to a new black Firestick. The previous one decided to give "good game" high fives a full team of concrete cross-members in a parking garage and split. ✋

After 17 years of weather abuse, my headlights had started getting pretty dull, and seeing at night became pretty difficult. While I was searching for replacements I had planned to keep an OEM look to them as I was not a fan of many of the aftermarket headlights. Once I found these though, it...

I stopped by Starbucks one frigid day on my way to work to have the realization my center console was in the dishwasher and the boot having its cover cleaned. Shifting, holding a drink, and getting out your wallet to provide ID to the guards can prove to be difficult.

After some nearly 50,000 miles on the BF Goodrich KO's that my father had gifted to me, it was time for them to be replaced. They had seen a lot of road wear and weather had gotten the best of the side walls. However, I did much appreciate their performance over that time and bought another set...

The suspension upgrade couldn't have been better timed. My previous stock suspension, specifically the struts, was pretty much shot. At around 120,000 miles that really wasn't a surprise to me. But then I got to thinking, I do regular oil changes every 5,000 miles, but how often do I look at...

The next upgrades didn't happen until 2014, mostly due to not making a whole lot of money. The military gives great benefits but depending on what you do the private sector can certainly pay a whole lot more. For my birthday I decided to gift myself and my truck with its new facelift and legs...

So, it's been a long time coming, almost two years since I have joined OB and said I was going to start this. Things have been a bit of a roller coaster and lots of major and minor life changes delayed my plan to write most of this out as I went. But without further ado, I suppose it is time to...

Two bugs I've found this far while using the app. Operating on the OnePlus 5 with Android OS (see attached for kernel version) The first it seems that when I type beyond the boundary of the text box on my screen the app tends to freeze (intermittently) and ask if I'd like to close or wait for...

Good morning, new member here, name's Trevor. It's a pleasure to finally become a member and I finally found time to post. 1) Picture: 2) Location: Dependent, Active Duty AF, stationed on the East Coast for now near Hampton, VA. As you can see, my plates are WA state and Camas, WA is home. 3)...