What did you do to your other vehicle today?

Woodrow · Jan 6, 2025

Wildman said:
Now when you do it on paper tell us what it actually comes in at... But YES that is impressive. I've never been able to get above 18 MPG out of any of my Rams. And speaking of exhaust mods....

You're right about real math vs truck math. I just filled up and the calculation is 20.9. Not quite so impressive but still...
Pre-mod, the best tank I ever saw was 17 and 15 empty was more usual.

Wildman · Jan 6, 2025

Woodrow said:
Your right about real math vs truck math. I just filled up and the calculation is 20.9. Not quite so impressive but still...
Pre-mod, the best tank I ever saw was 17 and 15 empty was more usual.

We'd always jokingly called them Lie-O-Meters no matter which brand of vehicle or if it was a gas or diesel...

I'd take 20.9 MPG... Anything over 16 MPG in a full size truck to me is cake.

lBasket · Jan 14, 2025

Replaced the shifter bushings in the MR2 with spherical bearings

Yeah... no wonder if felt like ass. I don't remember if it was like that when I installed it and just didn't notice, or if it got chewed up from being misaligned. Hopefully the bearings can take it, they can misalign 12º. Nothing like buying a bracket specifically for aligning the cables just for it to misalign them

B1Toad · Jan 14, 2025

Put a 12 volt socket in the bed of my Superduty for a portable fridge. #6 copper wire to the back. Bought the Alpicool IR-42 on sale for $169 free shipping from Alpicool in Ontario and no tax. Normally $279. No it's not an ARB or a Dometic but I won't use it enough to warrant the price of those. Will see how it holds up. I think a big part of keeping these fridges working for a long time is to always feed them with enough voltage, compressors don't like low voltage. Will be using this in May when I travel to a remote part of New Mexico. In past years my ice would be gone after 3 days. Tested this one 3 days on 120V and 4 days on 12V, works great so far. Waiting for hot weather.

lBasket · Jan 14, 2025

B1Toad said:
Put a 12 volt socket in the bed of my Superduty for a portable fridge. #6 copper wire to the back. Bought the Alpicool IR-42 on sale for $169 free shipping from Alpicool in Ontario and no tax. Normally $279. No it's not an ARB or a Dometic but I won't use it enough to warrant the price of those. Will see how it holds up. I think a big part of keeping these fridges working for a long time is to always feed them with enough voltage, compressors don't like low voltage. Will be using this in May when I travel to a remote part of New Mexico. In past years my ice would be gone after 3 days. Tested this one 3 days on 120V and 4 days on 12V, works great so far. Waiting for hot weather.

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That's a good price... I could almost be convinced to stop eating soggy food while camping for that

B1Toad · Jan 14, 2025

lBasket said:
That's a good price... I could almost be convinced to stop eating soggy food while camping for that

Pretty sure it was because nobody was buying the red ones. It also comes in gray but only the red one got marked down to $169.

lBasket · Jan 14, 2025

B1Toad said:
Pretty sure it was because nobody was buying the red ones. It also comes in gray but only the red one got marked down to $169.

That's silly, who cares what colors it is. I guess it kinda has an Iron Man theme which is gooby but whatever. Is that a built-in bottle opener too?

My friend has an Amazon special fridge like that and he's happy with it

B1Toad · Jan 14, 2025

Yep, bottle opener. It has bluetooth control and monitoring too so I can keep tabs on it from the cab. And a light inside, and the lid is reversible for opening in either direction.

WestCoastDan · Jan 14, 2025

B1Toad said:
Pretty sure it was because nobody was buying the red ones. It also comes in gray but only the red one got marked down to $169.

Just consider that theft deterrent.

Zorba · Jan 14, 2025

WestCoastDan said:
Just consider that theft deterrent.

Snort! When I worked IT, part of my responsibility was to keep a fleet of loaner laptops available for people to borrow for up to 30 days. Women would always bring theirs back on time, a lot of guys wouldn't...

UNTIL...

I put all the loaners into bright fuchsia carrying cases. After that, most of the guys would bring theirs back on time as well!

Rickyd · Jan 14, 2025

B1Toad said:
Put a 12 volt socket in the bed of my Superduty for a portable fridge. #6 copper wire to the back. Bought the Alpicool IR-42 on sale for $169 free shipping from Alpicool in Ontario and no tax. Normally $279. No it's not an ARB or a Dometic but I won't use it enough to warrant the price of those. Will see how it holds up. I think a big part of keeping these fridges working for a long time is to always feed them with enough voltage, compressors don't like low voltage. Will be using this in May when I travel to a remote part of New Mexico. In past years my ice would be gone after 3 days. Tested this one 3 days on 120V and 4 days on 12V, works great so far. Waiting for hot weather.

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That looks like a decent size. What portion of the interior is taken up by the refrigeration?

B1Toad · Jan 15, 2025

Rickyd said:
That looks like a decent size. What portion of the interior is taken up by the refrigeration?

Not too bad, about the size of a regular shoebox. In total the useable space is 42 Quarts. Considering you don't have ice that's a pretty decent amount, about as much room as you'd have with an 80 quart 1/2 full of ice.

I get their newsletters so if they have anymore gonga deals again I'll post it but really this is the best deal they have had in a couple years and it was only for a few days.

B1Toad · Jan 15, 2025

Here's the dimensions specs, doing the math it looks like the compressor compartment is 7.16" wide and 6.89" tall.

lBasket · Jan 16, 2025

Somehow, it was in the 50s today, so I decided to get some painting done. Got the frunk repainted in the MR2 for the 4th time. Sure hope I'm done dumping brake fluid in here and this is the last time!!

Doesn't look perfect but the battery will cover most of it anyways

tworley · Jan 17, 2025

Boring old oil change on the F150 during my lunch break.

Tranz Zam · Jan 17, 2025

More panel fitment, first round of bodywork, and spoiler fitment is coming along well. The fender spoilers are original and the center is a GM replacement from way back in the day.

lBasket · Jan 17, 2025

Tranz Zam said:
More panel fitment, first round of bodywork, and spoiler fitment is coming along well. The fender spoilers are original and the center is a GM replacement from way back in the day.

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Been doing a lot of sanding huh?

Looks like there's a layer across everything in that room...

bbaldwin237 · Jan 20, 2025

Finally finished up the brakes on my truck. After having a caliper that was seizing up, I went with a full PowerStop Z36 (extreme truck and tow) kit. After mixing up the front rotors at the end of a long day, I decided to park it and pick back up when I had more time. Today I got the calipers switched, bled the system, and used my new tool to purge the ABS system. Feels pretty good but may need to bleed them again in a week or two after driving it a bit.

The factory brakes were pretty rough. Decent life left in the pads, but lots of flaking and deterioration from salted roads, mud, water, and salt water at the beach. The rotors all took some heat and a decent beating with a 3lb hammer to get off. The rear park brake shoes fell apart on the passenger side when I got the rotor off.

If I get another 85k miles out of these, i may never change brakes again. I figured up that I've driven the truck about 5k miles in nearly 2 years. (Edit: make that 6k miles in more than 2 years)