Winter in Central NY
Saturday, January 9th, 2010We just got a new video camera, so I thought I'd make a little video to show everyone back home what winter is like in our neck of the woods.
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We just got a new video camera, so I thought I'd make a little video to show everyone back home what winter is like in our neck of the woods.
AVIC-F90BT in the 4Runner
Sunday, February 1st, 2009We're planning to take the 4Runner on a road trip this month (NY <> FL) so I decided it was time to do something about navigation and better iPod/MP3 integration. I decided to go with the Pioneer AVIC-F90BT because it had all the features I wanted at a reasonable price.
It Runs
Saturday, October 25th, 2008Today was a momentous occasion in any swap, I started the car for the first time! We had a couple of minor hiccups with reversed fuel supply and return lines, but once those were corrected it fired right up. Thanks to Ted for manning the camera and helping out today. She's still ...
Debugging…
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008After tracing out all the wires in the HVAC harness I think I've figured out the source of the problems I've been having. Somehow I managed to switch around 2 wires (one blue, one blue/black) on the control panel, and the smoke I saw was a resistor giving up the ...
Smoke Testing
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008Last night was a momentous occasion, I hooked up a battery and started testing out the electrics! The good news is that I have working lights, mirrors, windows, wipers, keyless, alarm, horn, radiator fans, instrument cluster, ecu & obd2. I was able to successfully read the ROM from the ecu, which ...
Out of action for a while
Sunday, July 27th, 2008I had surgery on Friday for a small hernia, so I'm out of action for a bit. The swap is slowly nearing completion, and I'm getting to the point where things are beginning to get buttoned up, but it'll be at least a week or 2 before I'm able to ...