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Is the AC controls supposed to be lighted? my AC button has a light on it but the rest of the controls don't.![]()
Yep, maybe have a bulb out.

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Is the AC controls supposed to be lighted? my AC button has a light on it but the rest of the controls don't.![]()
so i have to take the dash apart to get in there and change the bulb?![]()
No, pull the tabs or buttons off your AC controls and slides then grab a screwdriver and pop the thin plates off where the cold and hot temp and air position is. The bulb is behind there. The should be a clear platic part with two screws and a bulb behind it.
I haven't owned one in a while but gotta love Toyota's engineers I had a 86, 93, 95 Taco, 98 4-Runner. My youngest brother a 85 and 89, Mom 95 4-Runner and Dad 93 Extended cab "The Little Mule". All were 4WD
I did the maintenance on all of them. Which was never anything really major. The funny thing is if you worked on one you could work on any because they pretty much were are all the same. I haven't been around the reworked Taco that started in 2000 but I'd be willing to bet they didn't venture to far from the tree. Its just works.
Whats interesting is how many you see when you roam the junk yards. Personally hardly ever. People are still picking them up and dumping money in them to reuse them. A good example Matt is headed to Alabama to pick up a 82 model to resurrect it and hit the trails with. More than the cars the the trucks, runners and cruisers seem like they live forever as long as they'll keep selling us the gas to put in them. I can see if the prices get cheap enough on the imported diesels they may be reborn as vegi-burners
Dad put 600,000 miles and counting on his last two Toy trucks 93 4Cyl PU, 00 Tundra now serving farm duty.
Mom put 480,000 miles and counting on her 95 4-Runner, 02 Sequoia
damn good trucks.
Has anyone installed one of these? The kit is 1/2 the price of the assembled one, but I'm thinking welding/fitting/paint or coating might put it close to that.
I have always admired the Family Cage from Metaltech. The thing about the assembled one is that you know it was put together correctly and you can get it already powder coated. It might be worth the extra cost. Are you considering the frame tie ins? I think if you want function, they are a good investment. I would also get the grab handles. Those look like a great option at little extra cost.
Thanks...so who's the club welder? haha
Plans for the 80 cage will be a B pillar behind the driver seat, a C pillar on the wheel wells and a D pillar at the flip up door. With the option of adding A pillars on if desired.
One thing about the design of the A pillar is that we won't be bending the snot out of the A's to wrap the dash. It will lose all integrity. It will be similar to our A's in the FJ40. It will be a nuisance to get in and out but that is the price to pay for a more structural design.