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[CrabCake]

Got a bunch of things done today....
Helped my wife at work (we work together) to start the day (crab feast, birthday party, and wedding charter cruise catering events today)
Shelf/storage and fridge back in for the GER trip
Yeti holder attached to the back of my center console
Whiteline HD rear sway bar and @GGM rear diff skid installed...I trimmed a little on top to clear the fatty sway bar
Trimmed my rear fender flares that both were getting bitten hard at GSMTR...pic makes the trim look nasty, didn't see that from the top side!
Installed my ARK front fender splash guards
Pulled my outdrive off of my boat, growling/stiff bearings...project for another day!
Finally...picking up mom for our regular Sunday dinner....tenderloin, polenta, and green beans...Rita's Italian Ice for the ride home!

 

[CrabCake]

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[CrabCake]

And lastly…

 

[imperium]

Shoutout to @JakeisbadatThis and @kouki for helping me with my bumper install this weekend!

A few months ago I placed an order for the then-unreleased TCC 100 series high clearance bullbar. LRA is selling the TCC Australian bumper in the US and I was 1 of 11 people to be in the first batch. The bumper arrived at Zack's house the day after I left for COTR (because of course it did) and he let me keep it in his garage until I had the time to install it. The weather this weekend was perfect for it, so we made it happen.

Jake stopped by with his angle grinder and was able to get the bumper to fit correctly with some slight clearance modifications on the part of the bumper that mounts to the frame rails. LRA or TCC will be sending a bracket that allows for all of their hardware to properly fit US spec trucks, but for now it's on there with the 4 bolts that are for the factory recovery points in the frame rail. I also got the wrong pod lights that were supposed to come with the bumper and I didn't get the turn signal indicators that come with it as well, but I was told that was an error in the first batch. The total lack of instructions was a bummer too, but we made it work. Without Jake and Zack I wouldn't have been able to get this thing mounted. Thanks again guys!

Zack also helped with wiring up my lights and got them connected to my AuxBeam panel.

I'm loving the look of the bumper. I was a tad skeptical in ordering a completely new-to-market one, but am really glad I went with it.

I also tightened up the torsion bars so that the truck is slightly more level. I think another turn or two will get it where I want it.

 

[Mojo Jojo]

Finally got some time to put together the spare tire mount. Next up is a ladder and hi-lift jack holder for the other swing arm.

 

[JakeisbadatThis]

Good evening ranch prep on the ranger

 

[TRDdrew]

@JakeisbadatThis who approved a Ranger at a club event


Swapped out all the front diff bushings, front end clunk seems to be gone

New belt moldings for the Tundra

 

[JakeisbadatThis]

@JakeisbadatThis who approved a Ranger at a club event

 

[afgman786]

Finally got some time to put together the spare tire mount. Next up is a ladder and hi-lift jack holder for the other swing arm.

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Time for a widdle wadder?

 

[CrabCake]

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That's alright, my son will have his Exploder there too!

 

[mgrs]

My daughters 06 Matrix has an immobilizer issue also very random. I found a thing on the Internet to disable the immobilizer temporarily. It’s something like putting the key in the passenger’s door and turning it one way then the other, and it disables it. It’s a pain in the ass.

Thanks. My brother mentioned a similar thing he had to do on his old prius and said it took a while to get the sequence exactly right. I am going to give it a shot later this week.

On the plus side, the coolant level in the overflow has not moved in 2000 miles since noticing the coolant crust on the water pump so will forget about that for a while...

 

[Mojo Jojo]

Time for a widdle wadder?

lol, yeah something like that. I have some extra 1.75” DOM laying around so I could totally over build it.

 

[NearJetties]

Shoutout to @JakeisbadatThis and @kouki for helping me with my bumper install this weekend!

A few months ago I placed an order for the then-unreleased TCC 100 series high clearance bullbar. LRA is selling the TCC Australian bumper in the US and I was 1 of 11 people to be in the first batch. The bumper arrived at Zack's house the day after I left for COTR (because of course it did) and he let me keep it in his garage until I had the time to install it. The weather this weekend was perfect for it, so we made it happen.

Jake stopped by with his angle grinder and was able to get the bumper to fit correctly with some slight clearance modifications on the part of the bumper that mounts to the frame rails. LRA or TCC will be sending a bracket that allows for all of their hardware to properly fit US spec trucks, but for now it's on there with the 4 bolts that are for the factory recovery points in the frame rail. I also got the wrong pod lights that were supposed to come with the bumper and I didn't get the turn signal indicators that come with it as well, but I was told that was an error in the first batch. The total lack of instructions was a bummer too, but we made it work. Without Jake and Zack I wouldn't have been able to get this thing mounted. Thanks again guys!

Zack also helped with wiring up my lights and got them connected to my AuxBeam panel.

I'm loving the look of the bumper. I was a tad skeptical in ordering a completely new-to-market one, but am really glad I went with it.

I also tightened up the torsion bars so that the truck is slightly more level. I think another turn or two will get it where I want it.

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I’ve been working on the install of my TCC bumpers as well! I was in the first preorder batch as well. Talked with Aidan yesterday and they’ll be revising the mounting hardware for the front as you mentioned so mine is also only mounted with the 4 main bolts right now too.

I’ve got to wrap up wiring and some other minor details. Ohh and I’ve been struggling to get my comeup winch back together after following the instructions to clock it. Have not prioritized it since I won’t mount it to the bumper until it’s fully locked on. Comeup is ready to do all call with me when but paint pens to help alignment and 3 attempts failed so far.

Posting my bumpers, rust free crossmember and trailer receiver hitch as free for pickup in the for sale thread.

 

[imperium]

I’ve been working on the install of my TCC bumpers as well! I was in the first preorder batch as well. Talked with Aidan yesterday and they’ll be revising the mounting hardware for the front as you mentioned so mine is also only mounted with the 4 main bolts right now too.

I’ve got to wrap up wiring and some other minor details. Ohh and I’ve been struggling to get my comeup winch back together after following the instructions to clock it. Have not prioritized it since I won’t mount it to the bumper until it’s fully locked on. Comeup is ready to do all call with me when but paint pens to help alignment and 3 attempts failed so far.

Posting my bumpers, rust free crossmember and trailer receiver hitch as free for pickup in the for sale thread.

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Looks great! I was told there were 11 in the first batch, so that's kind of crazy that 2 are here in the DMV. Hope to get the correct hardware soon.

 

[Pulgasari]

After looking at the locking rear diff harness pigtail at the meeting on Wednesday, I finally went and pulled the pigtail from the truck. Definitely confirmed my suspicions that there was in fact a breather coming from the actuator, separate from the diff breather, that’s wrapped in the harness so wasn’t as noticeable.

Since I have the pigtail pulled, and I didn’t want stuff getting into the actuator vent (see pic below), and didn’t have tubing lying around, I went ahead and blocked off the actuator with electrical tape.

At the time, I thought “surely this is not going to lead to problems because the actuator isn’t getting powered, so it won’t need to vent”, but I have a trip to Flagpole planned for tomorrow morning and now I’m having second thoughts.

Is there any risk in blocking off the actuator breather if the actuator isn’t getting any power?

I tried looking this up but most of the info I could find was about the main diff breather, not the breather on the actuator. I also don’t understand why the actuator needs a breather in the first place (why would it be generating lots of heat + wouldn’t said heat make its way through the regular diff breather?) but that’s less of a concern.

Any thoughts on this? I guess I could unblock the actuator breather and stop at a Home Depot if necessary tomorrow morning.

 

[JakeisbadatThis]

After looking at the locking rear diff harness pigtail at the meeting on Wednesday, I finally went and pulled the pigtail from the truck. Definitely confirmed my suspicions that there was in fact a breather coming from the actuator, separate from the diff breather, that’s wrapped in the harness so wasn’t as noticeable.

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Since I have the pigtail pulled, and I didn’t want stuff getting into the actuator vent (see pic below), and didn’t have tubing lying around, I went ahead and blocked off the actuator with electrical tape.

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At the time, I thought “surely this is not going to lead to problems because the actuator isn’t getting powered, so it won’t need to vent”, but I have a trip to Flagpole planned for tomorrow morning and now I’m having second thoughts.

Is there any risk in blocking off the actuator breather if the actuator isn’t getting any power?

I tried looking this up but most of the info I could find was about the main diff breather, not the breather on the actuator. I also don’t understand why the actuator needs a breather in the first place (why would it be generating lots of heat + wouldn’t said heat make its way through the regular diff breather?) but that’s less of a concern.

Any thoughts on this? I guess I could unblock the actuator breather and stop at a Home Depot if necessary tomorrow morning.

There was a debate about the two breathers sharing air space, but i think it came down to the breathers are independent of each other. Locker breather being closed prevents locker from moving, diff breather is for the axle. So i think for now, if the lockers not hooked up, you can just cap it.

You can buy a multi pack of vacuum caps at the parts store. Or even so 1/8" vacuum line to make a breather

 

[OTRAMM]

There's an arm that travels back and forth in the actuator which displaces air space. With the actuator not working it's fine to cap it.

 

[NearJetties]

Looks great! I was told there were 11 in the first batch, so that's kind of crazy that 2 are here in the DMV. Hope to get the correct hardware soon.

Even funnier, the friend that helped me with the bumper spotted your truck the other day. He noticed only 4 bolts too since we both struggled with it

Looks great!

 

[imperium]

Even funnier, the friend that helped me with the bumper spotted your truck the other day. He noticed only 4 bolts too since we both struggled with it

Looks great!
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Thanks! It's still really dirty from the COTR trip but from 10ft away it looks decent

 

[NearJetties]

Built a loom for the bumper lights. Spliced into the taillight instead of the trailer wiring. Now to repeat on the other side.

Wiring is a lot more enjoyable when you have a tailgate to work on, not at a weird angle and have the right tools and supplies.

FYI, West Marine is changing wire suppliers so all of the Ancor marine grade wire is pretty deeply discounted. Good time to stock up for future projects.