What have you done to your 100 Series this week? (60 Viewers)

[wrigh003]

Ol girl heard me talking about her and decided to break down this morning. Been a few days (~10) since she got driven and the battery just isn’t having it, and the alternator doesn’t seem to have enough juice to go. About to set out in my walk home (maybe a mile) and bring back the other car and some tools, pull a battery, charge it up, then come back. Yee freakin haw.

 

[Madadder]

Our first released; customer installed custom rear.

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Beauty! When are they hitting the market?

 

[chudly]

Cleaned it out for fall crawl this weekend. Let's keep it shiny side up!
Added 10 hp

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

Beauty! When are they hitting the market?

We've been asked about a group buy and getting that together now.

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[crustyLC]

Reindexed torsion bar and replaced stripped adjuster and bolt. Cranked the TBs to have 1.5” droop. I wanted 1”, but ran out of adjustment on the passenger side, so I called it a day. At some point I’ll add weight to the back at it will even out.

Flushed the brakes and the power steering. It was interesting that the fronts would only push a bit of fluid at a time, like traditional brakes, but the rears would continue to pump (with key on). I’m not sure I understand the why on that.

Regarding your torsion bars--This may be common knowledge but I happened to discover myself out of laziness. They can be reindexed without completely removing them. If I remember right this is what I did:
-Jack one side from the frame.
-Remove TB adjusting bolt.
-Jack tire up which will provide enough rotation to adjuster so it can be slid off end of TB then reindexed.
-Careful jacking the tire. If that fails in any way I see a visit to the ER with your fingers/hand in a bag.

 

[Bisho]

Regarding your torsion bars--This may be common knowledge but I happened to discover myself out of laziness. They can be reindexed without completely removing them. If I remember right this is what I did:
-Jack one side from the frame.
-Remove TB adjusting bolt.
-Jack tire up which will provide enough rotation to adjuster so it can be slid off end of TB then reindexed.
-Careful jacking the tire. If that fails in any way I see a visit to the ER with your fingers/hand in a bag.

I followed the directions in the FAQ, and that worked well. Unfortunately, the adjuster bolt was stripped, so it sat on my lift for a week waiting for a replacement - Torsion Bar adjuster - How tight is too tight?.

 

[Whoareu2200]

Sorry Taco guys
But wtf!!
Couldnt get a better pic
Diy Snorkle

 

[chrismenke]

That hybrid sticker though...

Ummmm....it's got a battery, maybe even two.

 

[MongooseGA]

I made a mistake, I guess. Haven't done much to the truck itself lately, been busy and working from home has it parked a lot. The mistake was to try to organize the $$$/ time I want to spend on the thing over the next few years, and it adds up to way more than I spent on the truck itself.

So it goes, I guess. $2-3k a year in modifications is a lot more fun than $2-3k a year worth of car note, at least.

Such is the world of building old trucks. Don't add everything up at the end, you'll kick yourself.

That hybrid sticker though...

Ummmm....it's got a battery, maybe even two.

I used to tell people my W123 300D was a hybrid because it burns both diesel and oil. The LX on the other hand... That's just my HOV pass.


This week I installed new TourFlex springs, chopped off my mangled resonator, and installed the @TRAIL TAILOR rear bumper pictured elsewhere.

 

[wrigh003]

Sorry Taco guys
But wtf!!
Couldnt get a better pic
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Their doublewide's electrical connection to the pole is just hanging out all naked, now. (That's a conduit/ weather head/ junction box for a house electrical box's connection to the main power line)

 

[wrigh003]

Such is the world of building old trucks. Don't add everything up at the end, you'll kick yourself.




I used to tell people my W123 300D was a hybrid because it burns both diesel and oil. The LX on the other hand... That's just my HOV pass.


This week I installed new TourFlex springs, chopped off my mangled resonator, and installed the @TRAIL TAILOR rear bumper pictured elsewhere.

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Shiny! I like it a whole lot.

(Also- yeah. Modifying cars tends to be an expensive hobby that never works out all that great from a financial perspective... unless you get lucky. I'm done chasing new stuf, though - I can get a lot more smiles per mile on an older truck and the new ones cost half a house or so, soo....)

 

[HWY14South]

FedEx just dropped off my weekend project. New OEM steering rack, 555 outer TREs, saddle mount rack bushing, rear sway bar bushings. Should make for a good excuse to drink beer and cuss.

 

[Catfish]

Installed Rigid Light Bar

 

[hotdiggitydamn]

Sorry Taco guys
But wtf!!
Couldnt get a better pic
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[Str8Razor]

Such is the world of building old trucks. Don't add everything up at the end, you'll kick yourself.




I used to tell people my W123 300D was a hybrid because it burns both diesel and oil. The LX on the other hand... That's just my HOV pass.


This week I installed new TourFlex springs, chopped off my mangled resonator, and installed the @TRAIL TAILOR rear bumper pictured elsewhere.

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One of the Best looking 100 series I’ve seen... awesome build!!

 

[Asanka]

A thing or two,
Installed hi-lift jack using dissent mount and, retrofitted factory mud flaps to the dissent. I know this won't a popular thing here, hoping this will reduce the number of rocks flying off from ko2s.

 

[molonlabemike]

Finally got the last set of Baja designs S2s in for my rack lighting. I think I’m good on lights once my CD bracket shows up for the rear chase lights.

 

[harrydunn]

Got the driver's side exhaust manifold complete. Not a terrible job but it's a must you have PATIENCE, EXTENSIONS, WOBBLE BITS AND U-JOINTS. However, I've done a couple of PHH's on 80's and I'd rather do those any day. Ha.

 

[Whoareu2200]

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[1428Mike]

Cleaned it out for fall crawl this weekend. Let's keep it shiny side up!
Added 10 hp

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See ya there, my first time going!