I would love one of these early North American market Toyota trucks. Love the 1979 with the round headlights.
What did you do on your 70 series today? (12 Viewers)
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Agreed. I drove an 1981 in High School and think it would be fun to have one again. Maybe its just nostalgia though, I remember them being pretty short on legroom. Fun to drive though.
Put the 74 battery on the trickle charger and the 77 in the back shop cue for an oil change. Real exciting around here 
Went out and took some fancy photo’s of the truck!
Oh and removed the brackets and vents off the roof! Nothing like a fresh haircut!
Oh and removed the brackets and vents off the roof! Nothing like a fresh haircut!
-I fought with 'adjusting' all my existing 2.5" exhaust to suit the new turbo downpipe location..... I won eventually, despite my best efforts otherwise.
-heat wrapped the downpipe and put a turbo blanket on
-Finishing hooking up the air to water intercooler pump and connections
-disassembling the intake tract to paint brackets and clean the interior of the pipe for start-up
-running blow off valve sense line to vacuum source on the intake side
2 questions though.......
-oil pump prime, does one need to overfill the oil to ensure oil pump prime after having it apart for so long
-do you need to ground your air to water intercooler to combat electrolysis, wouldnt the bolts do the grounding? if so why bother rubber mounting it
-heat wrapped the downpipe and put a turbo blanket on
-Finishing hooking up the air to water intercooler pump and connections
-disassembling the intake tract to paint brackets and clean the interior of the pipe for start-up
-running blow off valve sense line to vacuum source on the intake side
2 questions though.......
-oil pump prime, does one need to overfill the oil to ensure oil pump prime after having it apart for so long
-do you need to ground your air to water intercooler to combat electrolysis, wouldnt the bolts do the grounding? if so why bother rubber mounting it
@SHREDwagon - very cool! Looks awesome. Are you in AB?
Very nice rig
What wheels are those? Specks?
Those would be the JAOS Tribe wheels. See also @JDMBC
Those are nice looking wheels, but 5 lug. Nomad has a similar nice wheel with 6 lugs, a number of rim diameter sand widths, but I don't think they currently offer the correct offset/backspace for 70 series
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My HS/ Collage truck was a 1998 regular cab tacoma 4x4. I still had it until a year ago. I would love to have another. I would actually like to drop a 1kzte in a regular cab 1996 - 2004 tacoma. A hurricane flooded mine to just about the middle of the windshield and then (just like the Toyota truck on top gear) it started and shot like a million gallons of salt water out of the muffler. I ended up changing all the fluids, starter and alternator then I drove it for another year before the frame finally gave out in multiple places. Then I decided to scrap it.
Yes
Wheels are forged JAOS Tribe 16x7.5”. Offset works with the 255’s and no flares, but still wider than stock (meant for 285’s). Jaos also make 6.5” width for stock offset and 8” width for 35’s and flares. This is an ‘02 - so 5 Lug.
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Got the FT drivetrain into the 79 project, hope it stays there for good!
I did a nice because-of-sunny-weather drive. Pretty fun.
But on turns I noted a slight knock in the steering... Checked and found the relay-rod-end on the pitman arm has play.
That one was adjusted only 1200km ago (due to play) . Need to check the other end, still. But that was adjusted only 800km ago (also due to play).
All fix ball joints on tie-rod ends and steering bumper do have no issues, only those adjustable ones on the relay-rod show play.
All tie-rod - and relay-rod-ends were replaced for new 10.000km ago (Febr. 2021), using OEM parts, and were regularly greased.
Is that normal wear?? Opinions appreciated.
Cheers Ralf
But on turns I noted a slight knock in the steering... Checked and found the relay-rod-end on the pitman arm has play.
That one was adjusted only 1200km ago (due to play) . Need to check the other end, still. But that was adjusted only 800km ago (also due to play).
All fix ball joints on tie-rod ends and steering bumper do have no issues, only those adjustable ones on the relay-rod show play.
All tie-rod - and relay-rod-ends were replaced for new 10.000km ago (Febr. 2021), using OEM parts, and were regularly greased.
Is that normal wear?? Opinions appreciated.
Cheers Ralf
