TheGrrrrr
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388,600 Mile Update, 11,000 miles on the Engine
The unnecessary improvements continue...
Trans Temps I've only been able to monitor for a few days, but seems like they never get over like 150f around town and mostly stay in the 120f to 140f range, which was surprisingly low to me.
Oil pressure surprised me a bit particularly at hot idle. On cold start its up towards 50 psi, but once up to temp will idle at 9-12 psi, run in the 30-45psi around town and max out around 61psi under the heaviest of load. This is with Mobil1 Full Synthetic 5w-30.
Some photos:
Big thanks to @DesmoPilot for the assists where needed and as always to @Cruiserhiggs for the advice and support. This rig is about as dialed as I can imagine it being. No interior squeaks, rattles, vibrations or shaking. Suspension has a minor occasional squeak that will get sorted soon. Runs 80+mph without issue and loves climbing mountain highways with O/D off pulling like a champ at 4000rpm. I take back every eyeroll I ever gave when people would go on and on about the 80 series. Its a beast and so much fun to drive.
Back to the trails...
The unnecessary improvements continue...
- ALL aftermarket wiring pulled and replaced with better designed fusing and higher quality materials and connectors.
- Entire interior pulled, cleaned, new dyno-mat applied and a layer of closed-cell foam over top.
- Dash removed, cleaned and replaced all components that could be sourced new from Toyota including all dash trim, instrument gauge cluster housing, buttons, switches and vents.
- OEM locker dial switch wired into OEM harness and bulbs added to instrument cluster.
- ARB twin refreshed and wired to both a rocker switch and can be triggered by the locker dial.
- All new braided stainless air lines for locker and all new air lines for quick-connect on front bumper.
- QPM rewired, rerouted and mounting improved (not done properly at some point in the past)
- Replaced Tuffy center console and OEM shift console with Delta Shift Console and Delta Center Console. (I love this setup)
- Replaced both shift boots for the transfer case shifter and replaced parking brake boot
- Added Water Temp, Trans Temp and Oil Pressure gauges to the shift console.
- Wired dual zone fuse block with ignition relay into center console.
- Rewired and mounted Yaesu FTM400 onto the QPM, added Delta clock location ram mount for the Yaesu head unit and installed a port in the side of the center console to plug in the mic.
Trans Temps I've only been able to monitor for a few days, but seems like they never get over like 150f around town and mostly stay in the 120f to 140f range, which was surprisingly low to me.
Oil pressure surprised me a bit particularly at hot idle. On cold start its up towards 50 psi, but once up to temp will idle at 9-12 psi, run in the 30-45psi around town and max out around 61psi under the heaviest of load. This is with Mobil1 Full Synthetic 5w-30.
Some photos:
Big thanks to @DesmoPilot for the assists where needed and as always to @Cruiserhiggs for the advice and support. This rig is about as dialed as I can imagine it being. No interior squeaks, rattles, vibrations or shaking. Suspension has a minor occasional squeak that will get sorted soon. Runs 80+mph without issue and loves climbing mountain highways with O/D off pulling like a champ at 4000rpm. I take back every eyeroll I ever gave when people would go on and on about the 80 series. Its a beast and so much fun to drive.
Back to the trails...
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