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by Philberto » Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:37 pm

DirtyBacon04 wrote:I'm pretty sure this trip convinced Nick to keep his! :happy whip: So us 3 will have to go out together sometime soon, because I leave CA in March. Perhaps Philberto wants to join us for my Farewell tour... :poke: There will be beeeeeeeeeerrr!


mmm beeeeer. I'm down, once the car is fixed. Just got hit with a big repair... cracked intake manifold. Between that, new shocks from a member, ~$800 worth of 255/85s, and whatever else is needed to get this puppy smog-legal and re-registered, I should have no problem making it. Total bill so far this year for the TB: $2000 for parts and labor.

Also, I need to finally send off my PCM to those guys for a tune. I bought the tune years ago, and haven't yet sent it in to get done. They'll still honor the purchase though, according to their customer support.
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by DirtyBacon04 » Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:13 am

I feel like its been forever since Phil has posted... Where ya been, doofus?
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by That1Guy » Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:19 am

Philberto wrote:
DirtyBacon04 wrote:I'm pretty sure this trip convinced Nick to keep his! :happy whip: So us 3 will have to go out together sometime soon, because I leave CA in March. Perhaps Philberto wants to join us for my Farewell tour... :poke: There will be beeeeeeeeeerrr!


mmm beeeeer. I'm down, once the car is fixed. Just got hit with a big repair... cracked intake manifold. Between that, new shocks from a member, ~$800 worth of 255/85s, and whatever else is needed to get this puppy smog-legal and re-registered, I should have no problem making it. Total bill so far this year for the TB: $2000 for parts and labor.

Also, I need to finally send off my PCM to those guys for a tune. I bought the tune years ago, and haven't yet sent it in to get done. They'll still honor the purchase though, according to their customer support.

Speaking of beer, been keeping yourself out of trouble?? I think we need more tecates that we dont need to keep on ice but are still more than cold enough to drink. I hear ya on registration and everything I just had to deal with all that crap. I have a feeling I have problems headed my way tho, 80k miles on 100% stock suspension components, something is bound to give soon.
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by fishsticks » Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:01 am

Philberto wrote:cracked intake manifold



It's just plastic. JB weld the shit out of it and continue on...
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by Trail X » Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:24 pm

Philberto wrote:Total bill so far this year for the TB: $2000 for parts and labor.


2k!? Jeez! I didn't even spend that much getting my truck cross-country ready!

And why are you paying labor? Do you pay yourself? :raspberry:
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by Philberto » Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:39 pm

JamesDowning wrote:
Philberto wrote:Total bill so far this year for the TB: $2000 for parts and labor.


2k!? Jeez! I didn't even spend that much getting my truck cross-country ready!

And why are you paying labor? Do you pay yourself? :raspberry:


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by Philberto » Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:13 am

DirtyBacon04 wrote:I feel like its been forever since Phil has posted... Where ya been, doofus?


And it has indeed been forever, way too long. It's good to be back among you friendly guys. Now that the holidays are over and I'm a little less busy, I look forward to frequenting much more often, like a good mod should :viking:
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by DirtyBacon04 » Tue Feb 14, 2012 10:21 pm

Not sure what took me so long to post this video... but here it is!
This the drive out of Split Mountain.
Now everyone watch as the east coasters drool on themselves...

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