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A 1990 V6 would be a 3.0L 3VZ-FE. It's known as the one that had head problems, which prompted a recall by Toyota to repair them. If it's gone 180K with U-Haul it's probably been through Toyota or wasn't one with an issue. They started showing issues in daily use before that. But still do a...

Apple isn't exactly open but I also didn't think WiGLE was something they were using. Maybe Skyhook or some adaptation in iBeacon. I'm fairly certain Apple devices are constantly location fingerprinting each other for various reasons, like Find Me/My <device>, contact tracing, Goodness knows...

Trickle is OK at 13.8V, just that a 3-step is preferred for cyclic charging to make sure you fully charge given limited lengths of time. Odyssey suggests a higher voltage 3-step to maximize battery life based on test data.

I think the effective date is still TBD. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-03-19/pdf/2021-03042.pdf Later in the publication they say "It is further ordered that Commission’s rules are amended as set forth in in the back of this summary, and such rule amendments shall be effective 30...

So the iPhone<->iPad tether is passing location implicitly via WiFi location, e.g. perhaps some sort of Apple version of SpotFi or RSSI triangulation technique? Or is it just a serving the location of the iPhone, which presumably would have to be within the margin of RF range. That would...

I've experimented with using diodes to bump voltage from my 2nd gen Tacoma with limited success. It seems to me the way to describe using the diode is it slows the discharge and aging but you have to be very careful of temperatures. Running >15V on an AGM at high temperatures (e.g. under hood...

True. You know what's interesting though is the unit we have on our house was made by Essick (Champion, Mastercool, etc) who's in Denison, TX, which is near Dallas I think. I surmise they moved from Little Rock, AR. Neither of those spots seem to me well suited for swamp coolers so I can't...

We have a swamp cooler on our house. For 1,000 sq-ft (about 9,000 cubic feet of volume turned over at 4,500 CFM) we use roughly 100 gallons and 4,800 watt-hours per day (about 8 to 10 hours of use) to keep it about 75°F at about 20°F delta. For about a month every year we get hot and stay hot...

Don't forget ball joint range of motion is a limitation to how much IFS lift you can use.

I'm not sure what the price difference might be, but if you don't already have either the iPad or the external GPS I'd think about just getting the cell-capable model and be done with it. There's not going to be any significant increase in position accuracy. I will say one reason to get the...

Let's say it's a Warn XD9000 (only because it's what I have and I have data). You look at the current drawn under your expected use under average and peak load. You also have to make an assumption for duration at each step. Peak load is obviously what it takes to get unstuck. It won't be...

Compression, tension, moment and torque are unrelenting SOBs. There are no breaking the laws of physics.

Totally true, the Land Cruiser and Hilux are far more configurable but they generally are selling trucks globally in ways the Big 3 do here. The opposite I suspect would be true in Australia. You can get an F150 or F350 there but I imagine the range of options is very small while getting the...

Toyota isn't really in the business of offering trucks for work in the same way as the Big 3. They don't offer a snow plow package for the Tundra even though there are aftermarket blades that can be fitted to them. I'm a fanboy for Toyota but there's no illusion that they sell recreational...

There's no a la carte suspension options with Toyota. There's differences depend on which trim you buy, TRD Pro, TRD Offroad, TRD Sport, etc. The Pro suspension is a custom FOX/Toyota system that's more like a Raptor than a simple upgrade. The others are smaller tweaks, like the TRD OR gets...

Sure, people have been over loading their Toyotas for 20+ years. I figure you have to view the truck as a whole. Toyota, like very manufacturer, makes assumptions based on what they think the market wants and know from history of buyers. A 4Runner has to ride well with just one person...

I've used Tyvek for ground sheets and bivy sacks and this definitely does the trick to quiet the inexpensive house wrap version.

To do what, charge it? The specs appear to be 12 to 30 volts. I think it's just an 8mm coax, same as what Goal Zero uses. https://www.amazon.com/SolarEnz-Connector-Cigarette-Portable-Generator/dp/B08G555CNY The Explorer 1000 also accepts PowerPole connectors on its input, so you could...

Plastic can be conductive and in that case it's no different than metal. There's no reason to distrust it for fuel. The way food wrap or styrofoam cups are made is nothing like how Scepter makes plastic fuel cans (and those meet every NATO requirement) or all the OEM vehicle fuel tanks...

You can calculate the WLL for a kinetic rope and estimate it's elongation from double braid rope manufacturer's tech specs. In this case from the Cortland catalog. https://www.cortlandcompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CT_TL_016_0320_US_Nylon_Double_Braid_tech_sheet_hres.pdf Take for...