What have you done to your rig today?

[Johnny Utah]

Got serious envy of my co workers new rig. Best Tacoma build I have seen so far.
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Just one question…where’s he going??? I mean two spares??? Jk. Nice truck.

 

[DaveInDenver]

Amazingly he got it on BAT for around 25k. I think it has 45,000 miles on it.

The Norweld looks amazing. I was oogling the weld quality this morning.

That's a steal for real. Dang. I guess the market went from silly to approaching reasonable.

 

[rushthezeppelin]

Ohhh wow, I'm pretty sure his rig is the second picture on the Terrapod website https://terrapod.com/

 

[KC Masterpiece]

Just one question…where’s he going??? I mean two spares??? Jk. Nice truck.

He just got it last week so not sure of his plans yet. Its so pretty I cant judge!

 

[ChewBaca]

I just installed my sliders from Brute Force Fab onto the Sequoia. I would like to thank Axel Fabrication for welding on my brackets, if anyone is looking for a great welder, fabricator Lars is awesome to deal with. I ended up painting these sliders as they are bolt on, I had a few issues with my powder coated sliders on my 100 so trying something different. I cleaned them up with soap and water, rubbing alcohol, 2 coats of Rustoleum automotive primer and then painted them with Rustoleum semi gloss protective enamel.

 

[DanS]

"This little light of mine, I'm going to let it shine.."
P0401 gang gang.

I even somehow quit the P0401/71 gang. My light it OUT! Kind of embarrassing how easy it (EGR temp sensor) was to remove on my OBD1 truck with a crows foot. The worst part was climbing up on the fender.

Dan

 

[DomOfTheDead]

Replaced passenger side CV and associated seals. OE unit finally lost a boot and made a mess, so it was replacement time. I also bought a boot kit to repair the old one for a trail spare. Cleaned the whole thing and buttoned it up.

 

[damon]

No more shakes. Out with the old, in with the new. Both fronts done, will do the transfer case mount later.

 

[Inukshuk]

Tracked down and resolved a squeak! If you ever have, you know what a relief that is!

This one was hiding between the left rear coil and the Delta panhard bracket. Finally it got loud enough that we could bounce the 80 and make it squeak. It was the metal protective cover housing the ABS wire. Fortunately harmless and easily bent for clearance.

Also tightened windshield wiper arm nuts and installed a new dash cam. Turns out it is very easy to tuck a USB cable under the interior windshield gasket

 

[rushthezeppelin]

Tracked down and resolved a squeak! If you ever have, you know what a relief that is!

This one was hiding between the left rear coil and the Delta panhard bracket. Finally it got loud enough that we could bounce the 80 and make it squeak. It was the metal protective cover housing the ABS wire. Fortunately harmless and easily bent for clearance.

Also tightened windshield wiper arm nuts and installed a new dash cam. Turns out it is very easy to tuck a USB cable under the interior windshield gasket

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Pretty sure I have a very similar squeak with my rear upper spring perch.

 

[rushthezeppelin]

Spent some time cleaning I'm my elocker

 

[J1000]

Bolted on some more boost. Now running just shy of 6 psi.

 

[WVU fan]

starting Saturday off with a HUGE mod. So practical. Gamiviti rack receivers on my Napa awning. Speedy shipping and easy install on a great, convenient product. Thanks @nakman

 

[On the RX]

Currently replacing every suspension bushing on the rear end. Upper control arms went well. Panhard was a MFer and turns out it is probably only good for one more set of bushings. Bought a new one to save headache. Lowers are a real PIA. They have a set screw on each one and had to drill and extract the first two screws. So far only one of two screws has come out and am getting close to threads from stepping up drill bits. Metal sleeves still remain and may need to find a Sawzall to remove the rements of the bushings. This has been a three week process of banging my head against the wall.

 

[On the RX]

Update. F these things! I'm grabbing a Sawzall tomorrow and seeing what I can do. I may have to let the credit card take the hit on a new set and sell the new bushings I bought for these.

On a better note, got the upper links and panhard bar in and mounted my new to me swaybar. So some progress has happened today.

 

[On the RX]

One down! One to go. It took sacrificial straight flute extractors, oxy/acetylene heat with a few blasts of "make it liquid", 4 different taps, bfh, chisels, screw drivers, torx bit, needle nose pliers, 8 drill bits, and half a can of panther piss to extract 2 of 4 of the pictured set screws. One came out with a lot of work with the hex key and the other came out with an extractor. What is your time worth? New lowers with bushings are $320. If I knew then what I know now, I would have shiny new ones and just make payments to the credit card! This has probably been 20+ hours of work with most of it going to getting those very hard set screws out. They need to make drill bits and extractors out of that steel!

 

[FJCDan]

Oh wonderful, I still need to do mine someday.

 

[rushthezeppelin]

I'm having my own extractor woes. Took a bit of time to clean up my locker axle and decided to try and get out the bolt for the swaybar mount that snapped when we were getting the axle off the donor. Broke a spiral extractor tip and it's stuck in there now. Hoping I don't have to find someone to tack a nut on there to get it out but it might come to that.

 

[Inukshuk]

Just in time for cool weather - new AC compressor and evaporator. Belt was slipping, and compressor was squealing a bit. I think a bearing was getting ready to go.

FREE Leftovers:

• If anybody is interested in a used but probably perfectly fine condenser and used but questionable clutch / compressor. They are free for the taking.
• I accidentally ended up with a extra receiver dryer which I don’t need and it’s not worth the trouble to return. Also free.
• Finally if you are planning on doing this job, I have plenty of extra O-rings, nylon sealant, and PAG 46 oil free for you.

I used the free loaner gauges and vacuum pump from AutoZone. The gauges were missing the R134a can tap but I was able to get one of those on Amazon overnight for 10 bucks.

This is the second time I got into my air-conditioning system and the first time I did the vac and charge myself. It’s not difficult to work with.

 

[Corbet]

That old condenser looks to be completely packed with dirt.