All right folks, I’m really handy, but I’ve never done anything with exhaust. Am I even barking up the right tree on this? It sounds like my exhaust is all F’d up. When the car cold starts, the sound is really bad, but once it warms up, it goes away, except for whenever I accelerate the sound happens again.
Im beginning to work on rebuilding the suspension on my Sequoia (currently at 286,000mi) i am going to be going for toyota OEM parts only since all i see online is the constant back and forth between how nearly every aftermarket option lasts hardly any time so i figured toyotas last as long as they do with oem so i figure i squeeze out another 200k-300k miles by continuing to use only toyota oem, denso etc. i just do not want to get raked over the coals on price to roughly. Where do you guys buy your toyota genuine parts?
Hatch on my 2001 SR5 won’t open when the handles pulled nor when any of the levers are manually pulled when I have the rear panel taken off. Is there a way for me to reach and disengage the lock manually? I was thinking about taking an ankle grinder and cutting out a slot in the metal to access the actual lock mechanism from inside the Cab. YouTube has been completely unhelpful, every video is about replacing the lock and how to get it open assuming that the cable is the thing that’s the issue. Nothing talks about the situation where the cable is fine and the handle is fine and how to unlock the physical latch mechanism manually. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I’m looking to get this truck lifted 3 inches and need help doing it. What did you guys do to lift your five lug Tacomas? I plan on keeping this truck as it was received as a gift from a close friend, so please avoid just commenting “go to a six lug”. Its a 2000 Tacoma 2.4L 5 lug manual. I won’t be doing anything except very light trails and just drives between Post Falls idaho and Seattle.
OK, here’s the TLDR on my life, when I turned 18 I took on serious debt in order to fund stupid things in my young life that put me in a bad financial spot. I turned 20 and started to turn my life around fast-forward to now I am 28 and I make about $150,000 per year. I have two kids and a wife. I bought a house and right now when I’m focused on is building a government contracting business and wanting to begin planning for retirement since I haven’t put any emphasis on that until now.
So I am in about $65,000 in debt that is my car, credit cards, and personal loans.
I realize I could ask ChatGPT to scour the Internet on the best methods to plan for my situation, but I want to hear from real people. If you were my age making the money I’m making in the position I’m in, how would you bring your credit score from the low 600 to high 700/800 and what would you do to secure a self sustaining retirement by 50/55?