Recent content by bemerritt

Oh man, thanks for mentioning neutral, now I feel like an idiot haha. Certainly has been a while since I've worked on the 200. Spins in neutral, locks with the locker on, and a whole bunch of oil all the way up on the locker air tube/solenoid. Breather connector had some resistance when...

here it is about 18 months ago. A little worried about the head gasket, but getting closer to hauling it out to the desert and giving it a good shake down.

Am I going crazy? Open diff with one wheel off the ground, that wheel should spin, no? Should have mentioned, drained the fluid and other than there seemingly being less than what I feel like is the full amount, it didn’t look as sparkly as I expected. Maybe a little grey, I’ll pour it into a...

Yes! I have driven it around a little bit. I am stuck at 95%. Need front seat mounts, seat belts, electrical, trim the fenders and get it registered. So close but so far!

Well I think I have torched my front diff. Not sure how, but could use some help with what to do next. Had noticed some noise, but wasn't bad, thought it was just a squeaky suspension at first. Then, many miles later, it got worse and seemed almost like a cv, but definitely was going with the...

Anyone delete or trim their brake shields? Mine are bent to s***, rubbing on rotors and making terrible noises.

Those aren't terribly hard to remove if you would rather save some money. I just hit mine with a flatheadon one side and it went pretty well. This is the tool most would recommend for the job You probably already know this, but be sure to replace those with the allen head variant, I think...

Personally, I did the kdss relocation, although you may have a Lexus so it wouldn’t be applicable

you will definitely want the roof sealed in some manner. I did not do my install, Dissent did, but if it is like other ones i have worked on, I would want to use some sort of sealed washer mounted with bolts into the factory mounts. I would cut and drill some covers and use butyl tape to keep it...

Well, still waiting on the oil analysis, but going to happily report all seems well. Did a trip up to the Eastern Sierra area this past weekend and it went off without a hitch. Drove through 100F weather up the 395 and then drove 17 slow miles in 4lo up to 10,500 feet. Great way to gain...

Bummed we didn't see you up there, sounds like we had the same Baker plan foiled by weather. After spending Thursday and Friday nights at Funnel lake we headed down Saturday around noon. For others looking to go up, road was rather easy imo. Id take a stock 4x4 with 31" tires and a good driver...

Coincidentally I'll be heading up with some buddies. Current plan is funnel lake on Thursday and the rest will be tbd. I'll be in my black 200 and accompanied with a 100, 4runner and a tacoma. If you see us say hi! We will be the ones struggling to catch fish.

So drove it about 200 miles and for the most part everything seems ok. Last drive during our so cal heat wave (80F) the AC was struggling to keep up. Cold air was still being blown, but I had it maxed out and it was not as cold as it can get. Soooooo, place your bets: 1. Somehow it got affected...

Well, its all back together somewhat drama free. One code related to coolant temp/voltage, so cleared that and started it up. Took it for a test drive and all seems well. Still need to check the oil, but tomorrow taking it to get the trans flushed. What did cause drama was that damn driverside...

Just doing this. All mount bolts seemed to have some kind of either gasket or thread sealer on the tip. Did you guys put anything on the bolts before torquing them down?