u/blue_arrow69

Getting ready to piece my long block back together. What sort of gasket material should I use on the upper oil pan to block surface?

I bought this bike to try out the whole dual sport thing. It has been a very fun bike and I'm incredibly sad to see it go. It was never the 'best bike' for any one discipline but it sure did a lot of things well. I'm now fine tuning my interests and, unfortunately, the XT just doesn't have the umpff I need for long distance travel. On the bright side, I got a great deal on a low mileage DR650. Have fun out there.

Scooped this '12 up for a song. Only 1900 miles on it. The PO put Moose Racing lowering links on it and I'd like to return it back to stock height.

Does anyone have a set of stock links and a stock length kickstand lying around? I'd be happy to buy them or trade my lowering setup. Thanks!

I'm doing a head gasket on my 2.7 and when I pulled the exhaust manifold, I found a pool of oil inside this port behind the manifold gasket. I can't, for the life of me, figure out where this port goes. There are two of them that are covered by the gasket and the other is clean.

I can only think of a cracked head being the culprit but this is a very off place for it to crack.

164k. Needs a head gasket but it runs good and there are no weird noises. And it has a recalled frame. Couldn't pass it up!

The bike will only run with the idle screw nearly all the way in. Seems like it's starving whenever I turn it down lower. Valves are correct and it's timed. I was going to replace the intake seals next.

Any pointers?

I currently have 1.5" Rancho leafs on the back but they won't support my 250lb dirtbike without sagging. I'm looking for some spring recommendations that'll keep me around a 2" lift without squatting like one of those stupid trucks.

Looking at this truck as a project. 08 4x4 2.7 w/ 164k on the clock. Frame was recalled 12 years ago and is super clean aside from these two spots. The rest of the body on the truck is also clean. $2k is the asking price.

Realistically, is this frame past the point of no return? Is there any mitigation for this scaling? Is it safe?

But they want 10k so it ain't going to happen

If you know, you know.

UPDATE!!!!! Original Reditor confirmed they sold the truck to a dealer for a very reasonable price and this new ad is from the dealer themselves. The OP in this case is VERY innocent and and nice guy!

The pics that were attached to the thread revealed holes in the frame in multiple areas. OP and I had been messaging (I won't provide the name) about the truck for parts and I was sent pictures of the truck so I can confirm this is it (we're both in Colorado). In the ad, the seller states the truck has "Typical Tacoma rust".

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I don't care if I'm being shitty, I hope nobody buys this death trap.