1999 | Bruiser - Yearly Stuff

[aging fleet]

Truck looks great @87warrior, it's amazing how little I've had to do to mine over the past 2 years.

 

[Greenbean]

...and what is planned in 2022 for the 100?

• Install Pintle hitch through bumper cover to rear crossmember

I am highly anticipating what you’re gonna do to accomplish this, I looked into it in the past but it was sidelined do the other things that came up.

Are you looking to do a Toyota part number pintle? I’m assuming you’ll just Dremel the opening out in the bumper and use some trim around it and just leave the pintle hitch right there correct?

I remember when I was looking into it a couple years ago, they appear to be common Toyota part numbers in Canada due to some of the mining and such that goes on there.

Inquiring minds want to know! Lol….


just for the heck of it, does anyone know which model of 100 series in Australia, Africa or South America would have come with a pintle either in stock configuration or as a Toyota accessory?

 

[87warrior]

I am highly anticipating what you’re gonna do to accomplish this, I looked into it in the past but it was sidelined do the other things that came up.

Are you looking to do a Toyota part number pintle? I’m assuming you’ll just Dremel the opening out in the bumper and use some trim around it and just leave the pintle hitch right there correct?

I remember when I was looking into it a couple years ago, they appear to be common Toyota part numbers in Canada due to some of the mining and such that goes on there.

Inquiring minds want to know! Lol….


just for the heck of it, does anyone know which model of 100 series in Australia, Africa or South America would have come with a pintle either in stock configuration or as a Toyota accessory?

It's not quite time for my annual thread update, but I did complete the pintle install a couple of months ago! *Disclaimer, this is not technically a tow rated option here in the US* With that said...

I did not use a Toyota pintle. I already owned a quality 6ton Buyers pintle. Pintle bolt patterns are universal and the designs are all about the same, so I don't anticipate any issues.

I went to Partsouq and started digging through the parts diagrams for non-US spec'ed 100's; unfortunately I did not note the specific models I checked out. The below parts list was the same for every pintle installation on a 100 series. Some of these parts were delayed by a few days, but Partsouq got them to me with no problem.

5198560011 - HOOK, EYELET PINTLE (2)
9451201200 - WASHER (FOR PROPELLER SHAFT) (2)
9017012018 - NUT (FOR PROPELLER SHAFT) (2)
9011912263 - BOLT, W/WASHER (2)
5177560040 - STEP, REAR BUMPER
*9453101200 - WASHER, WAVE (2)*

*I did not use this thin wave washer and do not know where it was supposed to go. It was so thin I can't imagine it would be useful for a hitch installation, but it was on the Toyota parts diagram.

I dropped the spare tire first to start the installation. With the tire out of the way, you can drill 4 pilot holes in the bumper cover from the backside of the crossmember through the existing pintle bolt holes. Then I held the pintle over the pilot holes and traced the pintles backing plate shape onto the bumper cover and cut it out with a basic utility knife. The trim piece for the pintle opening on the bumper cover is "STEP, REAR BUMPER". I centered the trim over the pintle backing plate shape I cut out of the bumper cover, traced it, then trimmed the bumper cover until it fit. The trim is held in with notches on the bottom, tabs on the top and adhesive on the sides.

Test fitting the trim and the pintle.

The pintle is secured with the eyelets, lock washers and nuts on the bottom and the bolt with an integrated washer on top. You will need to clean out the existing bolts in the crossmember to thread in the top bolts.

Then you have to test it out.

The integrated pintle is way nicer than the hitch mounted pintle adapter I was using.

 

[Greenbean]

You rock bro!!!!!!

I had actually dug through PartsOUQ Sunday evening and found the GNANKC was what had the pintle part numbers and such with part number links and pictures.

Sent it to my “work” email to try and dig some more. Yesterday didn’t allow for that. Lol…

I have some of the parts in my cart now!

And man that’s trick on how you cut the bumper! Love it! Thanks for the tidbit there!

SUSPENSION CROSSMEMBER & UNDER COVER | Toyota LAND CRUISER 100 UZJ100L-GNANKC FZJ10#,HDJ100,HZJ105,UZJ100 | Parts Catalogs | PartSouq - https://partsouq.com/en/catalog/genuine/unit?c=Toyota&ssd=%24%2AKwGTp7ao9_DC3Oby3c-ywsvf__jml5iVlIaYqtqC04Sbgv2H1NSJg5qU29_VzsG4jcjCycOEm5OLh56fjoOahZOQlZWH1NSDz4KdhJSRl5bNwKaD3dnQyMTn3tqViYOah4SWmZaWzcbIjYCFz9WCnYXapqvz4eqEjYCFyJvU0IGC8vzrkZeVtNut7-Hp7eKCi4XagImDmofI1MzLidjUjMjEhZyBlZXYAAAAAOG_ttg%3D%24&vid=0&cid=3&uid=381858&q=

 

[87warrior]

It's been 7 years since I brought this 100 home. I guess its true, time does fly when you are having fun, yet my cruiser is still extremely modest compared to most builds here! I've put 130k miles on the cruiser since I bought it so the odometer now reads a mere 376k miles. Last year I put 16k miles on it. Fuel prices were at an all time high in 2022 so I rode the motorcycles a lot more.

The last year was more maintenance than anything with the Cruiser.

• Installed Pintle hitch through bumper cover
• Installed Redarc Tow Pro Trailer brake controller
• Installed ASFIR mid skid plate and trimmed OE composite skid to work
• Painted side molding with SEM Trim Black
• Replaced flexible solar panel with a rigid Renogy
• Replaced Bank 1 sensor 1 o2 sensor sensor with Denso (the last original o2 sensor)
• Replaced Heater T's (again... they were fine, but it had been 100k miles)
• Replaced thermostat housing
• Replaced thermostat
• Replaced rear pan hard bar
• Replaced transfer case front output shaft and bearing
• Replaced rear axle pinion seal and companion flange
• Installed snorkel
• Installed manual antenna so the antenna would clear the snorkel piping

My wife and I took a 2 week trip in November, exploring Utah National Parks (plus the Grand Canyon and Black Canyon of the Gunnison) and a bit around Moab. That was a 3,700 mile trip in the 100. It was awesome... and also the inspiration for drilling the fender for a snorkel after we had water come over the hood!

Last picture of the 100 for the year after getting the snorkel installed. Brrrrrrrr.

What does the future hold for the Cruiser? Well... I have a pile of parts sitting in the garage that need to be installed!

• Install the HID retrofitted headlight housings I bought in 2019...
• Install Stedi foglights in the ARB bumper
• Install Ironman Foam Cell Pro rear shocks
• Replace front lower control arm
• Replace front lower control arm frame bushing
• Replace upper control arms with Nitro's
• Replace knuckles/spindles with used units from a mudder
• Replace knuckle end tie rod ends (they are still original!!!!)
• Install 15mm rear spacer and crank the TB's to match

 

[87warrior]

Eight years! But who is counting?

This year the cruiser turned 389k miles and was only driven 13k miles The year was with riddled with a lot of crazy and I did become a dad during this year, so my focus has been elsewhere.

As I approach 400k miles, I continue to do a lot of maintenance.

• Installed HID retrofitted head light housings (only to remove them since I did not like the sharp light cut off)
• Installed Stedi Fog Lights in the ARB bumper
• Installed Stedi LED High Beam light bulbs
• Replaced the marker lights in the ARB bumper with switched flood lights
• Replaced failed front Wet Okole seat covers with cloth Shear Comfort covers
• Replaced Atoto M6 Android Radio with updated Atoto A6PF Android Radio
• Replaced front lower control arm
• Installed Ironman 4x4 lower control arm reinforcing bracket
• Replaced front lower control arm frame bushing
• Replaced upper control arms with Nitro's
• Replaced HID retrofitted head light housings with stock housings

Initial installation of the new lighting, including HID projectors. Holy cow, the HID's throw down a ton of light, but the cut off is so sharp I felt that I couldn't see any further down the road and on tree lined or hilly roads the cut off was distracting. I reinstalled my OE headlight housings with a 9012 low beam bulb and the Stedi high beam bulb in November. The light output is good and there is no obnoxious light cut off.

Did some snow bashing and quickly learned AT's are terrible in +6" of snow.

I attempted to launder my Wet Okole seat covers and they disintegrated. I replaced them with cloth Shear Comfort seat covers which have turned out to be pretty nice.

With the new Atoto A6PF radio, I could finally use my favorite motorcycling app (Drive Mode Dashboard 2) in the cruiser and I now have wireless Android Auto!

With all new bushings in the front suspension, this thing drives great!

I also added a 2004 Tundra with 275k miles to the fleet. While this truck will be getting a lot of attention, I am happy to know the 100 is maintained and ready to rock-n-roll.

The next year for the 100 might be uneventful or it could be quite exciting... depending on how far I get.

• Install Ironman Foam Cell Pro rear shocks
• Replace transmission with H151F

 

[Trapper50cal]

Love the new seat covers, they look really good and a good fit as well.

 

[87warrior]

I missed the Cruisers 9 year gotcha day on January 6th... oops.

The Cruiser is now at 393k miles, that means I only drove it 4k miles in 2024 WHAT - THE - HECK ???? I am now a dad to two littles so there isn't much time available for travel... and it turns out I like daily driving the Tundra more with it's smaller stock sized tires.

Let's hope I get to some projects throughout the next year and get back to enjoying the 100.