What have you done to your 1st gen Tundra today?

Those are the only kind we get. If you see one, there’s a hundred more hidden nearby.

 

Damn, beat me too it!

 

So... under the carport, next to the house, overnight is a bad idea?

 

I didn't pick one up with the diff washers because planning a full flush through the cooler lines....

 

I think it may be shadows accentuating the body line, casting a shadow. Or the sports grille making the front have less lines, look more angular. Not sure.

I have a great bait solution that will fuck em up. But best course of action is to never get the damn things.

I wouldn’t personally do it. I would take it to the backyard, tarp it, and bomb it 3-4 times, every other day. But pin the tarp to the ground so they can’t escape, and move to your house as their new residence. Fuck German cockroaches. Those things are evil as hell dude. And screw the storage place, they really screwed you!

 

Damn. Wild.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEig1D4sJdI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKyCLX5eb10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVNApo5li58

 

The vanity mirror LEDs arrived and I installed them. Holy smokes, they're bright! You can really see the difference in the second photo where the passenger vanity still has the incandescent.

 

The Tim Conway show? Damn. That was a looooong time ago. I barely remember it. I remember seeing him more on the Carol Burnett show.

 

Well... I'm at work, and not shit I can do about it now.

I'll get a tarp, and bomb that sum bitch. Any reccos on bombs?

 

Love me some Dorf. We had the fishing one and the Olympics one on vhs.

 

Costco battery, unfortunately no pics but it is hands down the heaviest battery i've replaced

 

Just to give you an idea of how bad those little fuckers can get, check this from Reddit. That can happen in just a couple months once they get inside a house that's heated. Here's the OP's explanation on that, does this story sound familiar?

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This is why I say, "don't even give them a chance to get in your place and get started". They are aggressive breeders, are really thin so they can just hang out/hide in cracks you can't even see, and reproduce up to 48 per female, per time. They live up to 6 months as adults, and I want to say they can create several eggs per adult lifespan? It can get bad, quick. They can't survive without heat like @Jack McCarthy mentioned. Which is why, if cold/freezing weather comes, they'll recloate to the house. So if you have cold weather snap coming, you don't want it near your house b/c they relocate to heat, but bombing prior away from the house may deal with the problem, and prolonged freeze may kill any eggs in their egg capsules. I dunno what the hatch cycle is on these guys, but you'd want to bomb, leave it tarped outside, then bomb it again in 4 weeks to kill off anything that was still in-egg (and is now nymph) when you bombed the first time. If I were you and intent on getting that stove into the house, I'd grab any bomber/fogger from the store from Raid, HotShot, whatever.

Look, I'm not a specialist here, I recommend deferring to more-expert folks, but I do handle my own pest control. We do have roaches periodically, but we've thankfully never had German roaches. You're in your 1st home now. You may want to get hip on insect control, especially if you intend to eventually move the oven inside. MGC makes some of the best products you can buy. I typically use Vendetta, it's cockroach bait ("IGR"/growth regulator, not insecticide) that prevents roaches from reaching adult stage, so they can't lay eggs. Here's the stuff I buy, IGR for the long-game, which is not what you need for the oven, you need insecticide for the oven. But it's something you can safely apply today in nooks behind appliances, cabinets, under vanities, places you see roaches or roach poop in the house. Note where you apply, check back every so often, reapply if gone.

MORAL OF THE STORY: Seal anything with lots of cracks and crevices before putting in storage. You can buy the big rolls of visqueen/saran almost anywhere, and easily wrap stuff airtight. I do this when I store appliances that won't fit in the kitchen, like my dehydrator.

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I had the city pick up the whole oven this morning and throw it in the dump

It was fairly cold at the end of the house that it was nearest too. I hope those mother fuckers didn't relocate like you said they do

 

Either way, good time to start with a treatment regimen. It's never too late to get started on an IGR bait system. Honestly, the link to that Reddit post on how to deal with roach infestation is also a great guide to get started with your bug control regimen, where you do an initial treatment with Alpine WSG, and applying Vendetta IGR baits around the house to nerf stuff.

 

I don't think Advics makes drums, or I haven't seen them.

 

Yup, you're right. I looked, and it appears the only drum part they make is the OEM drum brake wheel cylinder. At least for our '06es. Interesting they (Aisin/Advics) make the diff actuator(s) and I also noticed they make the window motors and regulators too. Who knew?!

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They also make the door latch for certain models of our trucks. I bought the bottom door latch for my AC off Rockauto (made by Aisin). Pretty good quality obviously.

 

Well this happened. Thinking it might be time to upgrade the front bumper. Was looking at the 80percentoffroad model, which seems to be the only one that is clean and available.

https://80percentoffroad.com/products/1st-gen-tundra-bolt-on-hybrid-front-winch-bumper

Hoping they might have a sale this week...would get it powder coated to match my sliders.

 

Hit 79k this morning

Literally ran a hose over it, needs a good cleaning...
Need to hit the mirror arms with a little flat black, it's on the list.

 

Decided to put my skid plate full of rust/holes back on in the event of snow tomorrow. Still waiting on that new skid plate…

 

Your good..... maybe even, too good.

 

To each their own, but man I hate it

Did you see this part?
"Center section will come fully welded. Wing tubes come bent and notched will need to be welded to the sides of the center section. Center section need to be welded to the mounting plates."

Not sure what your welding/fab skills are like, but this will be added cost if you plan on having someone else do that part.

 

the first gen support is definitely lacking in options, but I also think the stock frame horns are a terrible mounting point for a front bumper. I specifically looked for a weld in cross member type to get rid of that weak point. (Old tits)

 

Really for a good mounting solution there is no other way. There's always going to be some welding/fab with this sort of thing, but shipping a bumper in pieces seems a little silly when the end user has to figure out who and how to assemble. Paying for shipping is easier than finding a competent weldor.

SOON

 

Hey would you send me a PM about this. I like what you did here.

 

Finally drained and filled my transmission.
Back story:
222K miles, truck is on it’s 3rd radiator and as you guys know, the trans lines run through the radiator and I wasn’t sure how much trans oil I actually lost per radiator swap as well as I’ve never checked the trans fluid so I wanted the piece of mind knowing it was at the proper level.
Drained the old stuff out and it didn’t seem too bad actually which made me happy. Was cold out but I let the fluid warm up to about 70F before draining.

Only drained about 1800ml (946ml in a quart), so 2 quarts which concerned me a bit thinking I heat most people draining 3-3.5 quarts. Filled back up with 4 quarts to make sure I had overfilled it. Then couldn’t get the pan temp above 80F sitting there and going through the gears.
Went for a drive around the block in L and 2nd gear but still only got the temp to about 100F. Parked and opened the checkport and it drained about a quart out.

Put new crush washers on the drain and checkport but didn’t get the black o ring for the fill plug. Figured I’m ok since it’s way high anyways and it looked good to use again since it’s really not holding any liquid back.
Here’s hoping all is all. Overall it appears I was about a quart low though.