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Episode 91 – Food Truck Frenzy!

·1 hr 39 min·5 clips

The Solera’s brake pedal came back “rock solid” after freeing a seized caliper pin and bleeding the system.

1. Podcast Archives - Throwin' Wrenches Automotive Podcast episode 91 centers on food trucks, AI driving, sideshows, and summer car projects. 2. Eric and Daryl host the show, with Eric also working at Fort’s Toyota and Daryl reacting to the repair stories and car-joke setups. 3. The episode asks what happens when older Toyotas, a camper, and a convertible all need attention at the same time. 4. Eric says his son’s 2005 RAV4 had “square tires,” so he bought new Geotours for the college student’s car. 5. The same garage check found a 1997 Celica GT convertible with tires that were also worn out enough to feel like a wheel bearing problem. 6. Eric compares older 14-, 15-, and 55- or 60-series tire setups with modern low-profile tires and says the older sizes are cheaper. 7. He then describes using BG throttle-body cleaning and oil-treatment products on the Celica because the throttle was sticky and the engine smokes on startup. 8. Eric notes that the green Celica has 170,000 miles and still uses a cable throttle instead of drive-by-wire. 9. The conversation shifts to Treehugger 3, a truck that went to Colorado with a salesman’s family and started leaking oil after an oil change. 10. Eric and Corey track the leak to the Toyota oil-filter housing and then find a hole in the black composite cap after the engine is started. 11. Eric says a universal AutoZone or O’Reilly’s filter tool can dig into the plastic housing, while Toyota’s cup-style tool fits the housing correctly. 12. He warns that aftermarket aluminum housings can create their own problems if the internal standpipe is not transferred correctly. 13. Eric argues that cars people plan to keep for 8 to 10 years deserve the right tools and the right service parts. 14. He says the Solera convertible brake pedal had been mushy since he bought the car, but he avoided opening the brake system for years. 15. When he finally tore into the front brakes, he found one caliper had been replaced earlier and the other side had a seized slide pin in the bracket. 16. Eric cut the boot, soaked the pin with PB Blaster, worked it loose with a Makita impact, cleaned the bore, and greased everything before bleeding the brakes. 17. He says the brake pedal came back with immediate pressure and that the Solera is now “rock solid.” 18. The show keeps its usual conversational, shop-floor tone, with jokes about Dick Young’s local car-show list, Patreon pre-shows, and platform comments. 19. Listeners who like Toyota repair details and garage problem-solving will get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners wanting a tightly edited story or a single topic may skip this one.

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Loose summer car talk with shop logic, a few detours, and enough grit to stay interesting.

Episode 91 keeps things loose, starting with listener housekeeping and drifting through food-truck ideas, AI jokes, and the side roads car people tend to enjoy. It does come back to the cars often enough to hold together, which matters here.

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You want garage talk that starts with shaved ice, hot dogs, and hamburgers and ends in a Fury storage dilemma.

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