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The Turd made it into the latest issue of Toyota Trails. Woo hoo!
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I did some more work on the side step/sliders. I decided that they stuck out too far so I chopped off the frame mounts, removed 1.5" of tube and re-welded the mounts. I like the way they fit now. I'll do some before and after pics later. For now, here's some more pics of how I modified the ARB steps and made them into sliders.
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Im with Dave... but I just call myself a "cheap bastard" LOL!
Borrowed my buddies HF chop saw when I was doing the brackets for the PT Cruiser seat swap and that thing was the largest piece of IHST that I have ever used. I cut better and quicker with my 4.5" angle grinder than that thing.
This past weekend the Turdle underwent a transmission / transfer case transplant. Ever since I've owned it, the transmission had a bad input bearing and it made a constant roaring sound unless I pressed the clutch pedal, at which point it was silent. In addition, the transfer case was worn out and it sounded like an old school bus going down the road. On / off throttle it made all sorts of interesting sounds. For two plus years now I have just been keeping a check on the fluid levels and driving it. It has complained the whole time but it never let me down. Earlier in the thread I posted pics of the transfer case rebuild. That case was mounted to a known-to-be-good H42 trans. I went to a friend's shop (with a lift) and we swapped the two lumps. The swap was straightforward enough. We had a few struggles here and there but no big surprises. The noise level in the cab is greatly reduced and the truck drives great. I am looking forward to driving and enjoying the truck more than ever. Go Turdle!