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I guess the pictures make it look better than it really is. It looks like I will need a hole cut in the back where the license plate goes because I want to keep the spare tire in the stock location. I need a access hole for the crank tool but I was going to mount the license plate in the center between the two tail lights.
time to think old school. Remember on your parents Buick cars where the license plate was under the trunk? made a run to the pull a part yard and ended up with this cool bracket that will allow me to mount the plate in the center and flip up the plate to reveal the access hole to lower the spare tire.
1 coat rust inhibitor, 1 coat rustoleum primer, 2 coats rustoleum black.
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KOOL!
haven`t seen or used one of those sense my 1971 Impala.
not the best place for a fuel fill but at least ya didn`t have to remember which side of the vehicle the fuel door is on
lol!!!! i remember using that to put diesl (sp?) in my parents olds 88.
Are you wondering if you spelled diesel right? You can go to iespell.com (I think) and download a spelling program for free to check all of your posts. I am a horrible speller and use it all of the time.
ok thanks i use vista at work and it checks spelling no matter where your typing but i posted that at home and have xp there, so ill use it there.
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Needed to mount the bed on the truck but also did not want to have a metal bed to metal frame ( could not find where I put the factory rubber bushings). Found some old strips of rubber flap type material . Always had trouble drilling through rubber material. The drill bit would either tear through it not making the hole correct size ( usually to small). Or would rip it from the vise and fling it in the air destroying what I was working on.
With two 1"x4" left over pieces of wood I had I 1st drilled a hole in one board then sandwiched the rubber material between the two boards.
One board will be a "temp-let" and the other board will be the back up
Drilled a 3/4" hole in the rubber for all the 1/2" bolts to fit through. With the temp-let I had I was able to make the eight new rubber bushings needed to mount the flat bed.
With two 1"x4" left over pieces of wood I had I 1st drilled a hole in one board then sandwiched the rubber material between the two boards.
One board will be a "temp-let" and the other board will be the back up
Drilled a 3/4" hole in the rubber for all the 1/2" bolts to fit through. With the temp-let I had I was able to make the eight new rubber bushings needed to mount the flat bed.
Almost ready to play or work . Looking good Albert !!!
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My daughter asked if we could baby sit her kids this weekend ? Knowing I had to do a little work on Cracker I said send them over I wanted to clean up some old school rims I had from a 1985 SR5 truck and could use all the help that I could get.
My little helper did a great job on the rims !
Old rims on Cracker
With the old school SR5 rims
I wanted to clean up some old school rims I had from a 1985 SR5 truck and could use all the help that I could get.
My little helper did a great job on the rims !
Old rims on Cracker
With the old school SR5 rims
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GREAT LOOKING JOB
GREAT LOOKING JOB
That rig is looking super cool.
If you get Firefox, there is a spell checker plugin you can get. it worked fine on my desktop with XP.
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I figured the next thing needed on a trail / work truck was an air compressor. I did this on two of my other vehicles so I know it will work fine on this one. I ran this on my Suzuki for five years on the factory compressor with out failure.
I cut the A/C hose and threaded the tubing to accept 1/8" and 1/4" NPT threads.
Next to the throttle cable is the air filter and in line oiler.That will feed the factory compressor.Still need to run the hose from the oiler to the compressor.
Next is a very basic but very reliable system. 1ST is the one way check valve with air gauge on top, to the 165 psi pop off valve(safety valve), to a 110volt water well pressure switch (set to cycle from 80 psi to 110 psi) , into the Wilkerson water/oil filter trap, to a male quick connect fitting that I will run a hose to a air tank mounted underneath the flat bed.
Once I get the hose I'll finish hooking up the oiler and then plumb the air hose to the back of the truck for the air tank under the bed ( I doubt that it will be as big as Scott's tank but it will hold a few gallons of air).Then will have on board air on the Toyota
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I cut the A/C hose and threaded the tubing to accept 1/8" and 1/4" NPT threads.
Next to the throttle cable is the air filter and in line oiler.That will feed the factory compressor.Still need to run the hose from the oiler to the compressor.
Next is a very basic but very reliable system. 1ST is the one way check valve with air gauge on top, to the 165 psi pop off valve(safety valve), to a 110volt water well pressure switch (set to cycle from 80 psi to 110 psi) , into the Wilkerson water/oil filter trap, to a male quick connect fitting that I will run a hose to a air tank mounted underneath the flat bed.
Once I get the hose I'll finish hooking up the oiler and then plumb the air hose to the back of the truck for the air tank under the bed ( I doubt that it will be as big as Scott's tank but it will hold a few gallons of air).Then will have on board air on the Toyota
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Thats awesome Albert nice work
Kool
yep with an oiler will last for ever!
pass ya a couple of lines to the cabin that way have dual coonass air for the occupants
no in your case need three amost forgot Jasmin
yep with an oiler will last for ever!
pass ya a couple of lines to the cabin that way have dual coonass air for the occupants no in your case need three amost forgot Jasmin
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Had been rolling the truck around like this for the last few weeks.
Then came across these for Cracker 31x11.50x15 LTB Not a big tire by any means but with stock gearing and an old 22RE engine it was a good choice to stay small. No use having big tires if you can't turn them.
Then came across these for Cracker
31x11.50x15 LTB Not a big tire by any means but with stock gearing and an old 22RE engine it was a good choice to stay small. No use having big tires if you can't turn them.
Looking like that thing is gonna be a blast man. no worries about breaking birfs I would think. almost hard to believe thats the same truck. from the start of the tread.
just a shame on the windshield.
just a shame on the windshield.
Thats a first class cracker right there, that rig has big character. With the addition of a Albert design front bumper or bull bar I'd say it would be perfect. 5 star build
Man that white trash is looking nice !!
That thing is looking smooth we are going to have to call it "Baby Powder" instead of trash.