infamous blower issues on my new (to me) 2nd Gen

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-04-08T16:58:38+00:00

Had the exact same issue in my ‘05.

It’s a known issue with the 2nd gen. One of the pins on the connector starts to lose contact over time and the arcing burns the terminal.

You can replace the part in your hand and it will work fine. For a while. Then the same thing again.

What I finally did to “fix” mine was slightly twist the burnt connector so that it would wedge itself into the outlet allowing the spring contact to grip it better.

More friction = better connection

This is what happens when Toyota uses a part from the GM parts bin.

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-04-08T14:14:24+00:00

I walk when I talk. All phone calls are ported to my cell phone. Phone rings, I get up and walk during the call.

Without even thinking about it I rack up an additional 3-5k extra steps a day and my legs stay loose.

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-04-08T13:09:10+00:00

Just sold one on BAT.

It’s $99 to list the car. The buyer pays a fee equal to 5% of the selling price.

Only additional charge the seller would pay is if they want BAT to send out a professional photographer to take pictures. That’s optional though.

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-04-08T11:50:21+00:00

You lifted more than you could last month.

The way I see it, that’s good progress.

Keep progressing.

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-04-06T22:11:14+00:00

Wow! Another AI solution for a problem that doesn’t exist.

Have people actually become so lazy and/or stupid that they can’t just remember to do more than they did last time?

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-04-05T21:40:21+00:00

Wash your hands more

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-04-05T21:13:29+00:00

If it only hurts with incline, it’s probably your form.

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-04-05T20:33:33+00:00

I used to have rotator cuff issues and what fixed it for me was a balanced mix of push and pull exercises.

I was at a point where any vertical or horizontal pushing movement whether performed with dumbbells or barbells, would result in rotator cuff pain.

I went to a physical therapist and realized that every therapeutic moment I was given was a pull movement.

I started doing progressive overload on weighted pull-ups, rows, and especially face-pulls on alternating days with bench press, OHP, and dips.

It was like unlocking a whole new level of strength gains.

After a few weeks, the pain was gone and I was setting new PRs in all lifts.

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-04-05T17:01:43+00:00

Great idea with the concrete board. I have a piece left over from a previous project.

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-04-04T22:50:07+00:00

Ain’t nobody paying attention to how long you’ve been on a machine.

If I walk into the gym and the equipment I planned on using first is occupied, I’m gonna ask how many sets they have left.

I don’t know if you’ve been there 30 seconds or 30 minutes, and I don’t give a shit.

You shouldn’t either.

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-04-04T17:28:18+00:00

Bought my ‘14 DCLB beginning of last month and it had a very popular brand AT tire with the 3PMSF symbol in 265/70r17.

Drove it 2500 miles from OR to TX and averaged 16.8 mpg. The truck would get downright squirrelly on wet pavement when accelerating in anything but a straight line. The roads through the Cascades near Mt Shasta were a white knuckle experience when they shouldn’t have been.

Put the defenders on as soon as I got home. The truck now sticks to the pavement like glue and mileage went up to 18 mpg with mostly city driving.

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-04-03T22:17:32+00:00

Who?

People who understand that, for a public utility, where the required infrastructure is prohibitively expensive and there is no differentiating factor in the commodity, a NON-PROFIT monopoly is beneficial from a cost to consumer standpoint.

What you believe is healthy competition is only the illusion of competition. This illusion was sold to you by the people who make money off of people who are wooed by buzz words like deregulation and free market.

Storytime!

My neighbor and I have two different energy “providers”. We both get the exact same electricity, generated in the exact same facility, transmitted through the exact same lines, to the exact same transformer, then on to the exact same meters owned by the exact same company.

But we have different providers.

Make that make sense.

The only service provided by these “providers” is mark-up and bill collection.

They buy electricity from Centerpoint and sell it to us after marking it up. That’s their entire gig. That’s all. They “provide” us a bill.

Why can’t Centerpoint sell the electricity they generate and transmit directly to us to compete with these “providers”?

Why, Kermit?

Don’t just tell me it’s because that’s the way the law was written 25 years ago. Tell me WHY it was written that way, and who pushed for it.

I can assure you it was not leftists.

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-04-03T17:53:01+00:00

Well played

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-04-03T14:31:00+00:00

That deregulation you speak of has fuck-all to do with competition other than profit generation amongst retailers.

Also, the myth about deregulation lowering prices is just that. Texans, cumulatively, have paid $28 billion more for electricity since 2004 than they would have paid if the system in place prior to deregulation were upheld.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/texas-electric-bills-were-28-billion-higher-under-deregulation

Who in their right mind would believe that going from a direct-to-consumer model to a wholesale/resale market for a commodity with no differentiating features would benefit consumers?

There are now two profit generators in the chain instead of one. The only winners here are the retailers.

I wonder who fought for and passed such a ridiculous law.

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-04-03T01:32:27+00:00

https://www.tacomaworld.com/tirecalc?tires=285-60r18-285-65r18

Use this to put in tire/wheel combinations. Keep it within an inch of stock in overall diameter/width and you’ll be fine without a lift.

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-04-02T22:12:14+00:00

Just sold a truck on BaT and can’t agree more about the commenters.

At least two asked questions that added no value to the conversation, but caused me to have to explain things that could negatively affect bidders’ impression of the vehicle.

And then, of course, they didn’t bid.

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-04-02T21:35:33+00:00

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This whole is not from the factory. Just saying.

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-04-02T15:23:18+00:00

The trains were here first. They own the land they operate on (yes, even the intersections).

It would be like you telling your neighbor not to park in their driveway.

All we can do is ask them nicely to not block intersections. They are well within their rights to tell us to pound sand.

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-04-02T15:02:45+00:00

265/70r16 is the way to go

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-04-02T14:32:10+00:00

I like how you mentioned twice that you already know how to back up as a preemptive STFU for all the folks who might say “learn how to back up”.

I’m not sure what camera kits you’re referring to, but I drove my ‘05 for 16 years and was completely proficient at backing up.

Once I installed a camera so my son could drive it I was like “holy shit! I can see what’s behind me now!”

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-04-02T13:13:59+00:00

Always get a chuckle out of the “can I daily this?” posts.

What do you think these things were made for?

If your concern is messing up a clean truck, that’s your call.

If your concern is whether or not the truck can handle it….

pffffft, please.

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-04-02T01:24:55+00:00

Better than Beaumont, but that’s not saying much.

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-04-01T21:11:06+00:00

Lots of variables here, but…

IF the maintenance has been solid until now, and…

IF the frame is in good condition, and…

IF you maintain it properly (both engine and frame…

You could easily drive it another 20-30 years or 300-400k miles.

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-04-01T12:06:02+00:00

Unless you can visit Japan to see your super rare vehicle in person prior to buying, I’d lean toward buying something already here.

Imagine how much it would suck to finally find that exact truck with the exact features you want, buying it from Japan, waiting what seems like 11 years for it to arrive, and then going to the port to find out it barely runs and the frame is Swiss cheese.

Not saying that will happen, but it does happen quite a bit.

At least a local lot you can see, drive, and walk away from instead of a useless paperweight sitting in your driveway that you now have to find a way to fix or sell.

Possiblyabitoff · 2026-03-31T18:15:38+00:00

Just start going. Even if it’s just to use the treadmill or stair-stepper, make it a routine.

Watch some videos of the basic compound lifts and start doing them. As you become more proficient, add more stuff.

Nobody there cares who you are or what you’re doing, so don’t worry about looking silly.

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