I recently did a ton of things to my rig to get her ready for a Utah desert torture test, including the 150 mile Kokopelli trail, a week of overland action in Moab UT, and a subsuquent 700 mile road trip through 120* heat and some real Moab wheeling, more than just your plane Jane dirt roads
I found a few things from local MUD member @ToyotaMatt which I wanted to share. Pretty nice little upgrades, all from his site VintageTEqParts.com. I added these in among a host of other major maintenance items which i'll post up on my build thread another day.
To get the rig ready I tackled a handful of projects which included installing a restored intake/exhaust manifold which I rehab'd to replace the cracked one on the rig. Perfect Vacuum or Bust. Right?
New on the top, Old on the bottom:
One of the things that had to be a part of my "ultimate factory manifold" I put together was updated exhaust studs and nuts. ToyotaMatt put together a sweet little kit which includes Torx exhaust studs and locking nuts, which replace the originals which never seem to stay tight. The torx studs makes install a breeze and the factory locktite is a nice touch.
Installed:
New Vs. Old:
I found a few things from local MUD member @ToyotaMatt which I wanted to share. Pretty nice little upgrades, all from his site VintageTEqParts.com. I added these in among a host of other major maintenance items which i'll post up on my build thread another day.
To get the rig ready I tackled a handful of projects which included installing a restored intake/exhaust manifold which I rehab'd to replace the cracked one on the rig. Perfect Vacuum or Bust. Right?
New on the top, Old on the bottom:
One of the things that had to be a part of my "ultimate factory manifold" I put together was updated exhaust studs and nuts. ToyotaMatt put together a sweet little kit which includes Torx exhaust studs and locking nuts, which replace the originals which never seem to stay tight. The torx studs makes install a breeze and the factory locktite is a nice touch.
Installed:
New Vs. Old: