I cant wait for the red hubcap entry!
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The next stage was to lift the 100 a little bit. I was planning on going 33's and wasn't sure at the time if they would rub or not. I had purchased some used OME 866 springs off a MUD member and got to work in a friends shop. I cranked the torsion bars, and the 866's and I was thrilled. Here are some pictures of how it sat:
Shortly after the "lift" the CV's were leaking badly. I took some hose clamps from Home Depot and installed them over the OEM clamps and no more leaking. I am still running the same exact setup 5 years later and 80,000 miles later. It's doing great
After a couple of months I finally got around to putting new tires on the 100. I decided to go with 295/75/16 BFG AT's and good lord all mighty they looked great! I also removed the lens guards from the IPF's and painted the tow hooks red. It looked sort of like a Paris Dakar 100 with no decals. The madness had officially begun.
Shortly after the "lift" the CV's were leaking badly. I took some hose clamps from Home Depot and installed them over the OEM clamps and no more leaking. I am still running the same exact setup 5 years later and 80,000 miles later. It's doing great
After a couple of months I finally got around to putting new tires on the 100. I decided to go with 295/75/16 BFG AT's and good lord all mighty they looked great! I also removed the lens guards from the IPF's and painted the tow hooks red. It looked sort of like a Paris Dakar 100 with no decals. The madness had officially begun.
who cares. . .
This guy's lift puts yours to shame...
He can fit 40's
Now hurry up and update with some pretty CO pics.
He can fit 40's
Now hurry up and update with some pretty CO pics.
This guy's lift puts yours to shame...
He can fit 40's
Now hurry up and update with some pretty CO pics.
Why don't more people do this?? That's actually THE coolest thing I've EVER seen.
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That was a great read as I am in almost the exact situation. My mother and father bought our 2000 land cruiser in 2002 when I was about 8 or 9 and I essentially grew up in the thing. Although it wasn't my first car, I now have the privilege of calling it mine as it was passed down to me. I love my 100 and never really knew how special of a truck it really is until recently. It always amazed me as a kid how we could drive through two feet of snow with no problem while everyone else is sliding out and getting stuck haha.
It's nice to see someone who grew up and learned to drive in their 100 as I did.
Wish me luck as I begin my build!
That was a great read as I am in almost the exact situation. My mother and father bought our 2000 land cruiser in 2002 when I was about 8 or 9 and I essentially grew up in the thing. Although it wasn't my first car, I now have the privilege of calling it mine as it was passed down to me. I love my 100 and never really knew how special of a truck it really is until recently. It always amazed me as a kid how we could drive through two feet of snow with no problem while everyone else is sliding out and getting stuck haha.
It's nice to see someone who grew up and learned to drive in their 100 as I did.
Wish me luck as I begin my build!
180k service, front and rear brakes and front whee bearing repack commences!
Great way to start off the day!!
Nick doing his first bearing repack.
Glad to see Nick has a qualified mechanic...manning the camera
Now all he needs is for Alvaro to appear and show him how to do a REAL bearing overhaul
Now all he needs is for Alvaro to appear and show him how to do a REAL bearing overhaul
Glad to see Nick has a qualified mechanic...manning the camera
Now all he needs is for Alvaro to appear and show him how to do a REAL bearing overhaul
Well Nick is learning some valuable skills.
Timing belt next.
If its gonna take two hours to get from Warner Robins to Atlanta in the slow lane I can think of no better way to do it and do it high style than that 60
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It was a friendly dig on Beno. When I connected with him recently he joked about it taker longer to get to the ATL because of driving his 30 year old babied 60 series in the slow lane
I'd happily drive a bit slower if in a sweet 60
Hope the service goes well!
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Today went well. We, more or less, ended up rebuilding the front end. Apparently I thought wrong about its history. Nobody has been in the front hub/knuckle in well over 100K. Everything had rust on it. The bearings are in OK shape, replacing next service. Onur had this very strange face when he pulled the drive flange off and mentioned that the grease in my hub......was factory grease. So the dealership I was paying never did the things they charged me for. The grease was so old it dried in some spots (dust cap). Needless to say, all went smooth, no issues or severe damage to components due to service ( Toyota tech) neglect. Replaced, and torqued everything down to spec (everything was either insanely tight (3X the spec) or finger tight. Before I got to the end of the street I noticed a HUGE difference.
One thing I'm happy about is having ABS again. I haven't had ABS in years. Onur discovers the ABS teeth were caked with mud. The sensor couldn't read the wheel and I never really had any driver aids. So, all working now.
Tomorrow is timing belt, water pump, and a few odds and ends. Possibly lower control arms if Onur and I are still able to move.
Isn't that the side we just fixed in Ouray??
And, I'm guessing this explains why in some of your older videos about ATRAC, nothing seemed smooth. My truck was never that violent in stopping a spinning wheel. Very soft clunking when ATRAC was doing it's thing.... yours seemed way too harsh to me.
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Opposite side. Your CV is doing fine so far.
The PS was a complete mess and disaster. We replaced with OEM new.
