What have you been doing with your Toyota? (7 Viewers)

[406Camper]

Only a few pics. Representing 406 on Black Bear Pass. What you don't see at the bottom left of the traffic jam is the Taco that rolled over and was only feet from rolling off the mountain. I didn't know it at the time of this pic. We were up there for several hours doing a recovery. But it was gorgeous.

 

[406Camper]

Highly recommend going. Very professional crew, great crowd, free food.

No raffle prizes though. I'll be returning next year for sure.

 

[406Camper]

Here was the rollover. Toyota Corporate Marketing guys didn't know how to off-road.

 

[406Camper]

A few more... Some mean machines. And a Yota Gaggle. The last one is of my clean truck before the event.

 

[geo5]

@Tanaman got to do Crockies and LCDC back to back, looking forward to hearing about those.
*almost* makes me wish I had a 200…

 

[geo5]

Looks like the wall on poughkeepsie gulch bit me a little harder than I thought, came down on a big rock driver rear corner.
Popped the bumper off to find I bent the tie-down eyelet, bumper support, and minor crunch lower rear panel.

Guess I’ll sand the paint on the crunch, spray on some rust converter, put the Tupperware back on and keep driving like I stole it.

I think my ASAP flap bracket was the only thing that kept the bumper on the truck

 

[CCRider]

Popped the bumper off to find I bent the tie-down eyelet, bumper support, and minor crunch lower rear panel.
Guess I’ll sand the paint on the crunch, spray on some rust converter, put the Tupperware back on and keep driving like I stole it.
I think my ASAP flap bracket was the only thing that kept the bumper on the truck

Tis only a flesh wound. Spray it, wheel it, brag about it!

 

[3_puppies]

went on a road call to help a stranded cruiserhead in Deer Lodge
I got a call from @ceylonfj40nut , a friend of his was broke down in Deer Lodge, @ElviMcCoy lives in Michigan, was traveling/fishing and headed to SAS.
His smog pump eliminator lost the bearing on the pulley, just happens I had a new Jim C setup sitting on the shelf. I loaded up tools and parts Friday eve, left home 5:15, got to Deer Lodge aprox 6:30, started replacing what he had. got it all wrapped up about an hour later. Looked over some other things for him, tightening up some loose bits and talking shop, left about 8:15 got home about 9:30
He is on his way with important cargo for the event.

 

[CCRider]

I got a call from @ceylonfj40nut , a friend of his was broke down in Deer Lodge, @ElviMcCoy lives in Michigan, was traveling/fishing and headed to SAS.
His smog pump eliminator lost the bearing on the pulley, just happens I had a new Jim C setup sitting on the shelf. I loaded up tools and parts Friday eve, left home 5:15, got to Deer Lodge aprox 6:30, started replacing what he had. got it all wrapped up about an hour later. Looked over some other things for him, tightening up some loose bits and talking shop, left about 8:15 got home about 9:30.

Do unto others!

 

[thetoyotaman]

After the corridor not liking how my temperatures were doing and a little concerned about the expansion and contraction of the overflow bottle, decided to treat the Hundy to a genuine cap.

 

[MTMarcoux]

Stock rear bumper is gone. Now its time to start measuring and building a new bumper with tire swing out.

 

[thetoyotaman]

My daughter just picked up a 96 4Runner she's fixing up right now. The first 3rd gen I've really been in. Liking the V6 in it. Perfect size for small mountain trails.

 

[MTMarcoux]

My daughter just picked up a 96 4Runner she's fixing up right now. The first 3rd gen I've really been in. Liking the V6 in it. Perfect size for small mountain trails.

This is my second 3rd gen, I had a 99 in college. The size was part of my reason to get another one over and LC although I do see an 80 series in my future. Mine has a 1.5" lift and 33s with a rear locker and it does great on most trails around here. I'm sure your daughter will be thrilled once it's all fixed up.

 

[thetoyotaman]

What lift do you have on it?

 

[MTMarcoux]

What lift do you have on it?

I have tried to be pretty budget friendly on this build so I went with the Daystar 1.5" spacer kit. I got extended brake lines as mine were starting to dry rot and they were spooking me with how tight they were. I am also running SPC upper control arms which has allowed me to push the front tires about a half in forward to help with clearance up front. I'm also running 255/80r17 tires being narrow has also allowed them to clear. My old 4runner had a 2.5" leveling kit and had 285/75r16 and no matter what I did they still rubbed on occasion, that was a big reason for me to go with the "skinny" tires on this build.

 

[samh]

Over the winter I did hubs, knuckles, tie end rods, steering stabilizer, calipers, and rotors. Then a month or so ago I had Rising Sun do my kickdown cable, trans flush, rear diff flush/fill, and rear drive shaft u-joints. That was most of the necessary maintenance the truck was in need of and with that complete I allowed myself to start in on the fun stuff this weekend.

I jacked up all four corners last night, took off the wheels, and removed all four shocks. I worked on it from about 9 to 6 today with a one or two hour break mid day and I got new leaf springs, shocks, and anti-sway bars installed on the front. Wish me luck that the rear comes together with about as much ease as the front as I was pretty surprised that I didn't encounter any major snags!

Holler if you see anything I've done wrong. I'm not a mechanic by any stretch of the imagination so I just do my best to read and re-read instructions and spend a lot of time at YouTube University.

 

[REZARF]

Great pics man. Glad you had a great time!

 

[samh]

Since this was a pretty major undertaking for me I'm going to post a follow up photo to what I shared on Saturday. Here's the rear end of my Cruiser with the new rear leafs, shocks, and sway bars. I finished it around 8:30pm and drove it a few miles around town (including some bumpy gravel for good measure), then drove it to work this morning. I look forward to bouncing it around a bit more, checking torque, and seeing how it ended up in terms of level and lift.

 

[90WT]

Since this was a pretty major undertaking for me I'm going to post a follow up photo to what I shared on Saturday. Here's the rear end of my Cruiser with the new rear leafs, shocks, and sway bars. I finished it around 8:30pm and drove it a few miles around town (including some bumpy gravel for good measure), then drove it to work this morning. I look forward to bouncing it around a bit more, checking torque, and seeing how it ended up in terms of level and lift.

Nice work! I swapped in some OME springs/shocks a few years ago and it made a huge difference. Don't forget to eventually cut off those U-bolts flush with the nuts.

 

[samh]

Nice work! I swapped in some OME springs/shocks a few years ago and it made a huge difference. Don't forget to eventually cut off those U-bolts flush with the nuts.

Thanks, Matt, I will set a reminder to myself to do that. I have read about doing that like 25 times in my research but it would be an easy enough thing to forget to do! I'm also going to order fresh bolt hardware for the lower shock mount in the rear as those have been smashing into rocks for 30+ years and the bolt heads were pretty gnarly.

I hope to bring it to a Club meeting sometime to show it off to y'all. I can almost never attend them as I'm on a non-profit board that meets most second Tuesdays of the month but one of these times I'll manage it. I'm sure there would be some appreciative folks in that crowd.

I'll be loading it up with camping gear for a night or two over Labor Day. It's been a year or two since I've had it up on the Gravelly Call Road and I think that will be a nice "maiden" voyage for the new suspension. Probably pack the extra tool kit along just in case though ; )