Some useful heater hoses from Toyota:
99556-30500 is a 500 mm bulk length. You can get less or more by specifying the length you want in the last four digits of the part number.
87245-14500 is a 90 degree bend with about 100 mm of straight...
Speaking of water solutions, I bought one of the slant backed 50L water tanks from Iron Man. In our troop carriers it fits perfectly behind the front seats. I have internal cabinetry that holds it against the seats. If you had nothing back...
Not a lot going on with the cruiser this summer. Been working on my house.
I did order some close-cell foam for padding the lids of the boxes I built for the back.
Cutting with a bread knife went better than a utility knife.
Used the lids as...
Finally I have working ac in my troopy. Had to look for parts from many source, but hardest part was probably the hoses and specially fittings. I wanted to use Toyota's original cooler unit, amplifier and dashboard controls. Compressor, codenser...
The heat right now can't help the seam sealing. Cure time is probably almost instant. Can you dip your finger in mineral spirits to help smooth it if it's starting to cure while your tooling it?
Are you leaving the seam sealer gray?
Getting through my list of winter maintenance. Finally got round to redoing my drivers seat foam, also freshened up the springs and threw a set in out of a 2024 vdj. Handbrake shoes, wheel bearings and swivel hubs and it’ll be set for the next...
Another fun adventure in the books! We had the usual breakage and fix on a couple rigs. A crazy storm rolled through with lightning, thunder and hail!!’ We had a bear come through camp, and my buddy was sleeping outside and said it walked right...
$1000...too much, go no-name.... make it work
My home-devised turbo and intercooler 'kit' was thousands less than the brand name stuff, and probably right on par as you get to spend where you want to and save where you need to....
Look at @ofer bruhis troopy build page. I think he found an FMIC on Amazon or eBay and fabbed all his own brackets and tubing. Different engine for sure, but same front end.
I have the PDI, but it’s not installed as you know. I could easily...
Intercooler part 22
So I reached out to PDI Intercoolers to see if they have ever done anything with the 13bt. Answer was no as suspected but I did ask what they would sell the intercooler alone for.
$1000 aud for the intercooler and...