Will Van
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Another roof rack delete. My nutserts were toast so I drilled them out ala @Will Van.
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Looks pretty good in dark.
Looking good!!!
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Another roof rack delete. My nutserts were toast so I drilled them out ala @Will Van.
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Looks pretty good in dark.
I colluded with some Russians!
I've been watching for an OEM rear wind deflector (spoiler type with rotating vents) but they've been difficult to find in decent shape. The good ones are also very expensive. Anyway. I ordered one on eBay and it ended up shipping from Russia. I'd ordered it a while ago and actually forgot I ordered it until it showed up a couple days ago.
Overall, it's not bad but definitely not OEM quality. I didn't feel too bad about trying it out though so I'll see how it holds up.
Wind deflector by Adam Tolman, on Flickr
Wind deflector by Adam Tolman, on Flickr
Wind deflector by Adam Tolman, on Flickr
This is why you order Toyota OEM. SO nice and already routed in order. A no brainer project.
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Please document and film as much as you can if possible.Big day today! Cummins build 2.0 has begun.
I have been waiting all summer for the weather to get out of the 100’s so this job wouldn’t be a miserable affair. Forecast for today was a high of 85...perfect.
@bryson came over at 11am to start turning some wrench with me. Goal was to get as far as possible today, we ended up getting more done than I thought we would.
Pulled the front bumper, winch, lights, grill, core support, condenser, radiator, intercooler and lower valance.
Got and the plumbing and electrical disconnected, shifters removed, driveshafts off, hood off, 2 crossmembers pulled, motor mounts out of the way and slid the big Cummins donk, trans and xfer case out of the engine bay as one unit. Always a bit sketchy lifting that much weight 7 feet in the air.
We separated the trans from the engine and got the motor mounted onto my purpose built engine stand ready for surgery.
We then cleaned up all the tools and figured well it’s still daylight, so also pulled the rear Slee bumper off. She is almost ready for the next phase of build 2.0.
It is soo much nicer working on cruisers with a friend than by yourself, it’s fun, keeps the motivation going, and you make so much more progress in a short period of time. Thanks again for spending the day getting greasy @bryson!
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Reluctantly going from 16s to 17s, ATs to hybrids. Maybe I’ll like it better.
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are those the black rhino wheels? dose the hub fit with out a spacer or boring it out?
Now do the PHH just because. Lol. Good job though.Well after a fun few weeks, finally back on the road. It all started with replacing the fan shroud since my old 1 was cracked in the center and both the mounting holes at the top were broken. Seeing all the room I had, figured I'd go all the way down the rabbit hole and replace the oil pump seal and crank seal. My harmonic balancer was a nightmare to get off, took 3+ hours. Then went to the oil cover, 2 of the screws were already stripped and I stripped another 1. Overall not bad. Got a right angle drill and got the heads to pop off easily. Tried to get out the remainder of the threads by hands, pliers, no dice. Some heat/drill/extracting much later, finally all of them came out. Found some red stuff on the threads which i suspect someone put red thread locker on . My seal was stuck to the cover and quite brittle. My hats off to all you folks that have had a casual few hours at this job, what a delightful afternoon that sounds like. Took the opportunity to cleanup some of the front and actually be able to see the timing marks.
Replaced the screws the right way, got things buttoned back up, new pulleys as well and new belts cause I'm sure they were long past due.
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