Brett Passmore

New Avalanche

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This post was written by Brett W. Passmore on March 23, 2009 No Comments

Wrecked Lexus

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This post was written by Brett W. Passmore on March 23, 2009 1 Comment

Time to say goodbye- UPDATED – Say Hello!

UPDATE:

The sale did NOT go through, and boy am I glad about that. Lots has happened since this post was written – She is now a 100% trail rig – more pics to come. Thank God this buyer I had lined up got cold feet. (He bought a girly ride LX470 instead????) Anyways – look for more pics in the next few days. I Also got a new daily driver – a 2008 Avalanche LTZ 4×4. It is beautiful. Rides like a luxury car. Most of the time.

More updates coming soon.

Ladies and gentlemen, It has been a fun ride, but it has come time to say goodbye to the Lexus. I love this truck, and if I have my druthers, I would keep it longer, but I plan on doing some thing else very soon and it makes sense to sell this thing now, and possibly buy another one at some later date.

Here are the pics of the LX as she sits.

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This post was written by Brett W. Passmore on February 1, 2009 1 Comment

Political Funnies

Here are a few pics I grabbed from the ‘net. enjoy!

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This post was written by Brett W. Passmore on January 24, 2009 No Comments

How to download Toyota/ Lexus Factory Service Manuals from TIS

Consider this a a “working” document. I will update it as I see fit.

There is no easy way to do this.

I have all the pdfs downloaded from TIS.
My method:

1. Reset cache in IE
2. Click on your FSM in TIS
3. Expand Tree of Contents
4. Starting at the top, click on each link and open it. Their are about 900 individual PDFs in the 1997 Lexus repair manual. (RM515U)
5. After you click on each and every link you now have a complete copy in your IE cache. Time to save it logically.
6. Several files have duplicate file names. There are about 300 folders. I found an easy way to copy all of these files and folders from the cache.
7. Download IE Cache View from here: IECacheView – Internet Explorer Cache Viewer
8. With this tool you can save your IE cache to another folder and save all folder structure in one swoop.

See pic for folder details.

To download FSM Folder Structure, Click here.
To download FSM Folder Struction with Filenames, Click here.

rm515-folder

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This post was written by Brett W. Passmore on January 16, 2009 11 Comments

A Russian Highway

This Russian Federal Highway runs from Moscow to Yakutsk City in Siberia.

The road doesn’t have an asphalt surface, although it is a vital highway.

Every time it rains the road is paralyzed. These shots were taken a few days before approximately 600 vehicles became stuck there. Hunger followed, and vehicles ran out of fuel. According to the witnesses, one woman gave a birth to a child whilst trapped on a public bus.

Construction teams were afraid to appear on site because, during their previous visit, they were beaten by people who had been stuck in the jam for several days. People were breaking the locks on the trucks in search of food and warm clothing.

Fuel, food, firearms and steel tow-lines are the things that are needed most these days on this Federal Highway. Oh, and patience!!!