They do look more appropriate than the 255s on original wheels that were on it.
I think the top of the motor has been apart. A long time ago. Pretty much none of the Christmas trees are in the right spot and there were some sloppy rerouting of some wires that clearly was done by an autistic "helper" during re-assembly. Anyone that had the motor apart later in life would have replaced the plugs. It does have the oil filter housing update in bright orange with the warning label. There was some oil seen in the spark plug tubes on the passenger side, no idea how old it is. I assume the valve cover must be leaking or something.
I replaced the blend door actuator with another Dorman one. Didn't pass the "recalibration" but appears to work fine. That is a **** job. The last idiot to replace it must have broken the floor heat duct because it has one from a 2011 on it. I tried modifying the stops so the blend door actuator could take the door a little farther (to the door limits, not the actuator stops) and that didn't help. No idea how it knows when it hits its limits except maybe it waits for an overcurrent condition on the stalled motor? Anyway, it works so I guess I don't care. No idea why the old one didn't work, it worked on the bench and the gears are good.
The actuator for the recirculator I thought was bad... was just stuck. I think it had been in recirc for so long it glued itself closed. I had noticed the cabin filter was perfectly clean when I was rewiring the speakers.
Been trying to find a small amp to mount in the right rear and put a 8" woofer in the factory spot but it seems like all modern amplifiers whether D or BD are giant. I want something out of the way. The stereo sounds decent, but my 10 year old truck still sounds 10x better, and I'm pretty sure it's due to the lack of a subwoofer. The dude quit paying his SiriusXM membership for me, so that makes me kind of sad.
Neused passenger side seat belt buckle is supposed to arrive today. I tried fooling the controller with a resistor but eventually it figured out there was no inductor there. I think it must have two pulses and I could only pick one up with my scope. Or there is a broken wire somewhere.
Ordered some Oracle taillights for it from Northridge4x4. I need something with a little more brightness for its life as a towed vehicle because the voltage drop is real at that distance. Most of the other tail lights I looked at were either hideous or large enough I'd probably kick them climbing on the roof.
Might drive it to work tomorrow to put some miles on it.
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