What have you done to your 200 Series this week? (56 Viewers)

[turbo8]

Testing the wiring for the diff locks. Now need to mount everything and run the wires/cables correctly.

 

[tbisaacs]

Testing the wiring for the diff locks. Now need to mount everything and run the wires/cables correctly.

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Not gonna lie this might be my favorite 570 on Mud. Absolute beast.

 

[tampacruiser95]

Switched out the battery, went with the Duralast Gold - got 4+ years out of the last one.

 

[TeCKis300]

Testing the wiring for the diff locks. Now need to mount everything and run the wires/cables correctly.

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I'm interpreting plural locks to mean front and rear lockers? Nice!

 

[turbo8]

I'm interpreting plural locks to mean front and rear lockers? Nice!

Yup, the lockers have been installed for 6 months, it just took me a while to get to the wiring. Now I just need to run the wires through the firewall and install the switch.

 

[turbo8]

Not gonna lie this might be my favorite 570 on Mud. Absolute beast.

Thanks!

 

[Heckraiser]

Battery kicked the bucket. Just got a cheap replacement from Toyota--about $40 cheaper than wally world, napa, vato zone, etc. Wanted to get another duracell ultra gold, but the nearest one was further than I cared to drive.

 

[rainey]

My energetic Newfie did a number on the upholstery near the rear window. Is there a good way to repair this or improve its appearance some?

 

[VooDoo2]

Tucking wheels on Fraser Island

 

[JetFuel]

My energetic Newfie did a number on the upholstery near the rear window. Is there a good way to repair this or improve its appearance some?

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Bummer for sure but I think any qualified automotive interior repair business can get that fixed up relatively easily. I would call a local used car dealer and ask them who they use for leather/interior repairs.

 

[Aint Misbehavin]

R&R the weak link

 

[montegofd3s]

I already had Bridgestone airbags on my truck so I added the ARB air compressor pressure controller to my compressor and hooked it to the bags. Change pressure on the fly from the phone app. You can set the target pressure so if you want to fill up the bags or tires to a desired pressure it will stop when that target is reached. Really neat system!

 

[prwillard2]

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R&R the weak link

How difficult was the install? Do you have a lift?

 

[turbo8]

Testing out the locking diffs.

 

[TeCKis300]

^Beast.

Working on fabricating swingout hitch carrier v2

 

[Aint Misbehavin]

How difficult was the install? Do you have a lift?

Install is pretty easy. I jack from the pumpkin and use a ratchet strap from axle forward to chassis so the axle doesn’t move back when removing the lca. About 45-60 min install. On demand 3” lift but mostly did the part for durability when kissing rocks.

 

[teejnut]

Install is pretty easy. I jack from the pumpkin and use a ratchet strap from axle forward to chassis so the axle doesn’t move back when removing the lca. About 45-60 min install. On demand 3” lift but mostly did the part for durability when kissing rocks.

Do you need to do an alignment after or did you just adjust the LCA to be the same length as stock?

 

[Aint Misbehavin]

Do you need to do an alignment after or did you just adjust the LCA to be the same length as stock?

No alignment. Adjust to same length or 1/8” longer if lifted. You can look at the install instruction from metaltech website.

 

[Dixon Santana]

My air pumps decided to give up the ghost. I was driving through a big rain storm we had late last month and a fair amount of water got into the pumps. Dash lit up like a Christmas tree. I immediately knew what it was because the pumps stayed on after I had turned the cruiser off. Somehow, one of the relays for the air pumps had simultaneously fried itself so this required replacement also. For something that’s only on for the first 30-40sec it really is tempting to delete them.
To prevent this from happening again, I purchased the SDHQ air pump intake relocation kit. This is fit for a tundra, but they use the same air pumps so I figured I could modify the kit to fit. The kit was extremely easy to install. The only thing I modified from the kit was the length of the hoses, a bit long for a 200. To mount the filters I used a threaded insert into a hole I drilled with the supplied clamps. Fingers crossed no issues down the road.

 

[nikramos]

Got it smogged. Tech was using a flashlight inspecting both sides of the engine. I asked what he was looking at and he said ...just making sure you have the original manifolds.
Wow....strict visual inspection at play here. He took out the engine cover too looking for the air pump