What did you do to your yota today?

[blakes]

A bit of a real time help here please.

2000 taco 3.4

Hood has rubbed the top of the radiator cracking it. I'm down in town and have a new radiator, coolant, hoses and tools.

I can change it easy, but wanna make it up the mountain first.

Can I adjust the hood or radiator so they don't rub.

 

[Sluggy]

Hit it with a hammer and leave the radiator cap loose?

 

[rockota]

A bit of a real time help here please.

2000 taco 3.4

Hood has rubbed the top of the radiator cracking it. I'm down in town and have a new radiator, coolant, hoses and tools.

I can change it easy, but wanna make it up the mountain first.

Can I adjust the hood or radiator so they don't rub.

I don’t see any rub marks in the hood. That’s weird AF

 

[blakes]

Made it up the mountain and never even needed to add coolant. Had that distinctive antifreeze smell.

I will check it out tomorrow and report back.

 

[Steve300xcw]

If it didnt leak that much its probly fine. I'd run it a lil longer

 

[Penetrode Offroad]

Went with a coastal

Checked them out, you go with tube's or no tube's?

 

[Steve300xcw]

Checked them out, you go with tube's or no tube's?

Got the center bar. Dunno if it'll get used or not.

 

[RascoBuilt]

How much are you going to want for it?

Ill probably list for $5k because prices are crazy down here in Texas. Just see what happens

 

[Wulf]

blakes

do you have the hood bumpers? I had to turn mine almost all the way out to just before they want to fall out

 

[thezentree]

Checked them out, you go with tube's or no tube's?

For what it’s worth, I really like the one I have on my 4Runner.

 

[blakes]

blakes

do you have the hood bumpers? I had to turn mine almost all the way out to just before they want to fall out

Bingo!

Well the truck was rolled years ago and there is a bit of misalignment. I adjusted the bumpers all the way up and now the new radiator is no longer being rubbed by the hood.

Speaking of the new radiator... vatozone special. Didn't fit. By a hair.

The brackets that are bolted to the sides of the radiator were misaligned. I had to use the stock brackets and of course one of the captive nuts spun requiring me to have to fuck around. But I got it in.

 

[Aisin]

Finally finished tearing apart my 2wd transmission and got the output swapped. Took about 3 hours to get everything back in with the 4wd output shaft.

 

[Aisin]

Outputs. 2wd on the left obviously

 

[Sluggy]

I love that you're doing that in your kitchen.

 

[Aisin]

I love that you're doing that in your kitchen.

My wife is pretty damn cool. She saw me install the shift kit a few days ago and didn’t say anything. I told her last night about my plans. I told her that I would put cardboard down to catch any mess. Can’t even tell that I rebuilt a transmission today

 

[Sluggy]

Did you put all the parts in the dish washer when she wasn't there?

 

[Aisin]

Did you put all the parts in the dish washer when she wasn't there?

Unfortunately the dish washer does not work anymore.

 

[thezentree]

My wife is pretty damn cool. She saw me install the shift kit a few days ago and didn’t say anything. I told her last night about my plans. I told her that I would put cardboard down to catch any mess. Can’t even tell that I rebuilt a transmission today

lol my wife would fucking kill me. Like, I would actually die.

 

[rockota]

lol my wife would fucking kill me. Like, I would actually die.

Lucky!

My wife would not let me die….

 

[2 86s]

Got the Chevy 63 spring swap done (almost). Still need shocks and to build bump stops. But I took it for a ride and it was out of the barn so that's a win!

 

[Aisin]

Got this cut off the frame yesterday. Started grinding the leftovers off of the frame and my Milwaukee grinder shit the bed. I definitely got my use out of it

 

[Aisin]

Been focusing on beer and relaxing. I did manage to get a breather installed in the rear axle. Had to drill and tap a new hole. I need to focus on one thing at time. I am all over the place on this pile of shit. One more thing off the list.

 

[rockota]

why on the tube and not the center chunk? Just curious.

I put a 4" longer resonator on the reg cab today....How the f people are able to weld thing tubing under the truck is a mystery to me. booogery at best...

 

[Aisin]

why on the tube and not the center chunk? Just curious.

I put a 4" longer resonator on the reg cab today....How the f people are able to weld thing tubing under the truck is a mystery to me. booogery at best...

FJ80 breather is already on the long side of the tube in the middle. I just put it in a different spot

 

[Motiracer38]

Outputs. 2wd on the left obviously

I went to mock up my transfer case and compare shafts awhile back and found that I forgot the clip on the inside end of the shaft during the last rebuild so it pulled right out. Slipped the 4wd shaft right in and am really contemplating running it like that. LOL

 

[Stingray]

Started working on the T100 axle for my 85 4runner

 

[rockota]

Started working on the T100 axle for my 85 4runner

What’s going up front?

 

[JNHEscher]

Cleaned up the trailer wiring socket on the 4Runner. It's been giving me fits of trailer lights or brake controller for a few months. Had to thrust it until got off and connected everything.

 

[Aisin]

Dug some parts out this morning. 2nd/3rd gen 4x4 transfer case crossmember and early T100 transfer case mount. Decided to bolt the empty transmission and transfer case up. Killed a few birds with the same stone. Figured out rear pinion angle, rear driveshaft length and where exactly the crossmember lands on the frame. I am going to clean up the transfer case and crossmember. They are both nasty. I need to grind a bit off of the bottom of the frame rails where the 2wd crossmember sat so the 4x4 crossmember can sit flush on the bottom of the frame

 

[Aisin]

Also got tired of tripping over the axle shafts so I installed those. The one hub needs touched up with paint. I tossed on one of the wheels to see how it looks. They are reconditioned Tacoma wheels