Thread: Project Special K

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Thanks Whip. I just got finished doing a few little things that needed attending to. I cut a piece of rubber hose and wrapped it around the fuel line where it passes through a narrow opening between a cross member and the frame to keep the metal from potentially rubbing there. I then clamped the fuel line down in a few places. to keep it protected inside the frame rail. I was able to adjust the idle on the engine to keep it running without the need to keep my foot on the gas petal. I think I may have to pull the distributor down the line and move it back a few teeth, but it runs ok for now, I then found the original brake return spring and reattached it to the brake petal and drilled a small hole in the frame for the other end so now my brake petal comes back up when I need it. I spent perhaps 20 minutes under the cab section assessing the sheet metal situation and came up with a few ideas on shoring it up and fixing a few other issues related to the cab floor. I also decided to weld up the huge fuel hole in the floor panel vs. trying to plug it up with an after market rubber plug if they even make those! Lastly I worked on the two Toyotas that were left here. The 1993 4x4 with 196K on it needed a new reverse light bulb, and the 2003 Highlander had the driverside brake light out, so I got some replacement bulbs and worked on that. The truck was easy, the highlander may have a short somewhere or a bad connector but I need a second person to press the petal while I figure that one out. So now it's beer thirty, and dinner prep!

Originally Posted by stovens

.....but I need a second person to press the petal while I figure that one out.

A piece of 1X2, 2X4 or whatever you have laying around, cut to length so it wedges between the pedal and the seat back, or the pedal and back of the cab if the seats are out, is a good substitute for a second person, and the stick is much preferred over enlisting your wife into that duty..... Old guys have learned some lessons along the way.....