What's new
By:
Filters

What did you do to your yota today?

Swapped all the 21 spline stuff out for 23 spline to match my r151. Upgraded the rear reduction housing also.Trying to have a much done before I swap in the RZ
20230806_184203.jpg
20230806_184148.jpg
20230806_184209.jpg



Installed the repaired radiator back into the sluggy and also installed a new fan.


20230806_184421.jpg
 
20230815_142658.jpg
20230815_142654.jpg


Installed a set of Victory molle panels, gonna move some stuff out of my crate.
Fite extinguisher, soft shackles, first aid kit, some grab bags for other misc shit.
Basically moving shit out of a crate.

I'm also going to tint the.back two windows solid black, I never use them anyways.
 
Boss ordered a 2023 gx460… and hated it. Ended up buying a 21 in gray/red. It’s awesome. Love the truck.

But Lexus didn’t offer CarPlay until 22/23. Ordered a CarPlay adapter from BeatSonic. great solution that utilizes stock radio and Nav. Not inexpensive…

Had a question about our install tonight. Emailed about 6:00 stating I didn’t expect a response and just had a question - which likely was user error.

Responded in < 60 minutes with a ton of detail. Huge credit to them for a cool solution and amazing Customer Service. Boss is happy…
 
Had been daily driving my 4runner up the mountain. Started getting hot on a monday. Kinda killed my mood knowing it was time for a water pump apparently. Since there was some drips.

My own fault for putting it off. So I took it to the dealer, got a loaner. Then sold a kidney and my left nut when it was time to pick it up.

Since my favorite local mechanic retired. And I haven't found a new one.

But now I have a lovely new fan, belts, thermostat, water pump, etc. And had poly steering rack bushings put in since mine were apparently partially missing🙄, that explains the slop😂🤦‍♀.
 
Fix the leaking inner bead on the left front tire. Replaced the crapped out front passenger side window switch. Looked all over to figure out what the knocking noise it that sounds exactly like broken top hats. All I could find were loose front body mounts. Gonna track some new bushing down and get those done to eliminate that.
 
Had to plug in a charger, hunting a drain in the dome light circuit...:mad3:
 
rockota said:
Link? I want one for the supercharged xtracab
Click to expand...

Chicom Amazon basic can.

I didn't go to a lot of thought mounting it. I found a threaded bolt hole on the fender, and a spare bolt in the bin. I did have to drill out the mount on the can, and the hose that came with it was not long enough.

I probably spent more on 3/8" fuel line than I did on the can.

It does clear the hood, even though it didn't look like it.
 
Welp, I finally got motivated to change out front brake pads. As I thought for many years now, it turned into a big ol’ bag of dicks. The pistons would not collapse, even with a bigger c clamp and a cheater pipe, rounded off the flare nut to remove the calipers, used pliers to get it off there, o’really’s did not have the right nuts to replace it with, they did have the calipers though. I ordered some new hard lines from JEGS, and new flex lines from FROR. I also bought a set of metric flare wrenches.

So the new pads cost a little over $200. :homer:
At least I will not have to double pump for the brakes to grab. 🇺🇸
 
Clay barred the doublecab today.

I knew the paint job was horrible…. But now it’s just embarrassing.

Started thinking about stripping it down to metal….

Then realized that it looks fine 20’ away….
 
3 piece rod bearings are all the rage these days...Lost the bearing over memorial day.
20240610_150723.jpg


Been busy trying to put a motor together to make it out this weekend. New "used"motor is all done and now bolted in. Just need to hook everything up and hope everything is happy.
20240612_194250.jpg
20240608_173925.jpg
20240609_160620.jpg
 

Attachments

  • 20240609_152007.jpg
    20240609_152007.jpg
    1.6 MB · Views: 5
Boomtacoma01 said:
Someone tagged your Panhard mount lol..
Click to expand...
Ya when I upgraded from the front toyota axle, the new axle had way more steering and girth. Had to grind down the panhard to clear the steering arm and a buddy put that there as a joke years ago.

In other news, I got the new motor running yesterday but the oil pressure is muff cabbage
20240613_175927.jpg
20240613_193110.jpg


Oil pressure question on the new used 2rz motor, warmed up. I run a electric oil pressure gauge and hooked up a mechanical and they both read the same.

Brand new oem oil pump and timing set.

Idle psi 8ish
3k almost 25
4k about 40psi
Runs fine with a little noise
Sound OK to you guys?

Factory service manual says 4.3psi and above @ idle-2k rpm is within spec.

Been idling for over 30 minutes with occasional blips and still running fine.

I noticed that my oil pan has a dent on the bottom and wondering if that is causing restrictions on the flow.

Gonna pull the pan tonight.
 
Sluggy said:
In other news, I got the new motor running yesterday but the oil pressure is muff cabbage
Click to expand...
Sluggy said:
Oil pressure question on the new used 2rz motor, warmed up. I run a electric oil pressure gauge and hooked up a mechanical and they both read the same.

Brand new oem oil pump and timing set.

Idle psi 8ish
3k almost 25
4k about 40psi
Runs fine with a little noise
Sound OK to you guys?

Factory service manual says 4.3psi and above @ idle-2k rpm is within spec.

Been idling for over 30 minutes with occasional blips and still running fine.

I noticed that my oil pan has a dent on the bottom and wondering if that is causing restrictions on the flow.

Gonna pull the pan tonight.
Click to expand...

Doesn't sound right. New pump and assuming good oil pick up/unobstructed would make me suspect pressure relief valve isn't functioning right and it's mainly just blowing off pressure.
 
Checked all that and the motor is just tired... ended up hearing the wrist pins making noise once it was really warmed up.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Back Refresh