What have you done to your 100 Series this week? (35 Viewers)

[eTeam]

Looks great! Did you roll or spray?

Sprayed. Went pretty quick.
The best advice I could give is to wait about an hour or so after 2nd coat, then get your masking peeled off. The liner was dry enough to not mar or smear if you touched it, but soft enough to allow the tape to peel easily. That timing made some super nice lines around the windows and door handles. It turned out even better than I expected!

 

[ClassyJalopy]

Sprayed. Went pretty quick.
The best advice I could give is to wait about an hour or so after 2nd coat, then get your masking peeled off. The liner was dry enough to not mar or smear if you touched it, but soft enough to allow the tape to peel easily. That timing made some super nice lines around the windows and door handles. It turned out even better than I expected!

Bonus points if you were able to make the surface a little rough and abrasive! Will keep the 'on car shenanigans' to minimum

 

[OwnerCS]

Added spacers to my Asfir skid. I found without spacers the lower control arm mounts were exposed and the skid was way too close to the oil cooler for comfort. (1/8" or so clearance) I couldn't find anything local so I ordered 3/4" tall x 1" diameter aluminum spacers from A&A Manufacturing. I only needed the spacers in the front and middle positions. Rear bolted up fine without. Much better now! A hit won't drive the skid up into the oil cooler and the control arm mounts are better covered.

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Nice job! At some point, we may want to start an ASFIR skid tips and good practices thread.

I've seen a few slightly custom mods that make our ASFIR experience something great.

 

[Jeremy9A]

Finally catching up on some maintenance for now at 219,900 miles.

Replaced:
Spark plugs (Denso Iridium) - The old plugs looked perfect

Air filter (Toyota)

Fuel filter (aftermarket for now)

Heater Tees (Toyota) - I installed Dorman brand Tees last year before a road trip due to paranoia. It was all I could grab on short notice. Well, one of them cracked in a year. Only use metal or Toyota.

Coolant exchange (Toyota SLLC Pink)

Cleaned MAF Sensor

Cleaned Throttle body - The truck will idle high after cleaning because the ECU is used to the lack of airflow due to carbon build up. It has adjusted the idle position over time to compensate. Disconnect the battery to reset the ECU and correct the idle speed.

The truck drove great and power felt normal for a 2UZ. After maintenance and cleaning the MAF the throttle response actually feels a little more "crisp".


Still to do:
Front diff service
Transfer service
Trans service
AHC flush, check pressures, probably adjust.
Install front component speakers (Then lay awake at night pondering how far to go with audio upgrades)
Build Slide out for fridge
Decide on more storage and organization for camping (Frontrunner boxes? Bins? Pelican cases? More drawers?)


I have no pictures from the maintenance but please accept an obligatory picture of the 100 for now.

 

[Josie'sLandCruiser]

Added spacers to my Asfir skid. I found without spacers the lower control arm mounts were exposed and the skid was way too close to the oil cooler for comfort. (1/8" or so clearance) I couldn't find anything local so I ordered 3/4" tall x 1" diameter aluminum spacers from A&A Manufacturing. I only needed the spacers in the front and middle positions. Rear bolted up fine without. Much better now! A hit won't drive the skid up into the oil cooler and the control arm mounts are better covered.

Before:
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After:

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Interesting. I did feel there was any fitment issues when I installed these Asfir skids on my '99 UZJ100.

 

[OEMGUY0720]

Not me but our awesome local fab guy got the step sliders adjusted 2 inches closer to the frame. Less obvious, unambiguous, still functional both for me and the kids.

 

[Bisho]

Not me but our awesome local fab guy got the step sliders adjusted 2 inches closer to the frame. Less obvious, unambiguous, still functional both for me and the kids.
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I’d be afraid they won’t protect the doors and rockers as well. I’ve had to “slide” along my sliders on narrow trails before, and I was glad they were further out.

 

[TheForger]

Finally finished up the primary wiring for my new AuxBeam setup. 4awg from the battery through the breaker and to this controller. 14awg & Deutsch connectors to all accessories. So far I’ve only wired my light bar & fog light pods to it, but I will eventually move my rock lights, reverse lights, and some future ditch lights and possibly a horn to it. Love this thing so far, especially the ability to control it from my phone and change the switch between toggle, momentary, & strobe. Really glad I could finally pull out the rats nest/fire hazard of random wiring!

 

[Bisho]

Nice job! At some point, we may want to start an ASFIR skid tips and good practices thread.

I've seen a few slightly custom mods that make our ASFIR experience something great.

I changed my oil today, and it seems I have a knack for smashing the center bolt and recessed ring on rocks. Not fun to get out. ASFIR could do better on the design of that part.

I also installed a new Denso coil pack. #7 died a few days ago and I swapped in a spare until I got a new one. I was a bit worried the Amazon part may be a fake (the last 4 I got from Amazon were authentic). Toyota part number in Denso box. But in the end, if it’s a fake, it’s a darn good one, so I put it in.

Heading to Big Bend Ranch State Park next weekend, so needed everything ship shape.

 

[BlackHeart]

This week my rig turned 301,000 miles. I found the cause of the hesitation that developed, (and reaffirmed my belief about only certain friends helping with engine work.) changed the oil, greased everything (maybe a few things that didn’t need it), installed new valve cover gaskets, new plugs and MSD coil packs (solved the engine hesitation problem mentioned above).

More maintenance planned for the diffs and suspension. LC has been good to me so I gotta take care of it!

Yous guys have a great day/week/month!

 

[87warrior]

I replaced the old android radio with an updated android radio

*maybe, someday, I will figure out how to make the factory clock keep time better... It seems to gain a minute every week.

Modern functionality! I feel sorry for the 100 series owners that have the integrated radio/hvac screen.

Since I could now run a SDR (software defined radio) app I installed a new NMO mount and fit a scanner antenna to it. The short antenna is only for daily driving and fitting in the garage. A proper scanner whip will go on for trips. The coax runs down the windshield trim.

It is neat being able to listen to almost any radio frequency.

Since the radio has a USB plug for carplay/android auto, I added a Scosche USB pass through (for connectivity to the radio) that also got wired to the stock cigarette outlet wiring for USBC PD charging.

The previous owner smoked in this thing for 246k miles before passing from lung cancer. He relied heavily on the cigarette lighter and must not have had good aim getting it back in the socket after lighting up. I am still holding out for Ben to create a 3D printed replacement panel!

 

[OEMGUY0720]

I’d be afraid they won’t protect the doors and rockers as well. I’ve had to “slide” along my sliders on narrow trails before, and I was glad they were further out.

Rockers are definitely still protected, lower part of the doors depends on the trail -maybe reduced but not totally zero protection. I figured I’d just have to be a little more strategic on the lines I choose in the trails. The send-it yolo trailing days are over for me, been there done that. If I’d play like that the utv is more appropriate for that kind of wheeling.

 

[ClassyJalopy]

I replaced the old android radio with an updated android radio
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*maybe, someday, I will figure out how to make the factory clock keep time better... It seems to gain a minute every week.

Modern functionality! I feel sorry for the 100 series owners that have the integrated radio/hvac screen.
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Since I could now run a SDR (software defined radio) app I installed a new NMO mount and fit a scanner antenna to it. The short antenna is only for daily driving and fitting in the garage. A proper scanner whip will go on for trips. The coax runs down the windshield trim.
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It is neat being able to listen to almost any radio frequency.
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Since the radio has a USB plug for carplay/android auto, I added a Scosche USB pass through (for connectivity to the radio) that also got wired to the stock cigarette outlet wiring for USBC PD charging.
View attachment 3247482
The previous owner smoked in this thing for 246k miles before passing from lung cancer. He relied heavily on the cigarette lighter and must not have had good aim getting it back in the socket after lighting up. I am still holding out for Ben to create a 3D printed replacement panel!

I am a fan of android units in general. Mine is a 10" floating one and it works really well. My only qualm is that it has tiny internal hard drive and I can't seem to get it to recognize the external SD card.

 

[87warrior]

I am a fan of android units in general. Mine is a 10" floating one and it works really well. My only qualm is that it has tiny internal hard drive and I can't seem to get it to recognize the external SD card.

I was really close to getting one with the big floating screen, but I watch the ambient air temperature a lot and worried the screen would wreck visibility to that. I live having all of my travel apps in one spot and ready to go

 

[MountaineerLC]

I replaced the old android radio with an updated android radio
View attachment 3247467
*maybe, someday, I will figure out how to make the factory clock keep time better... It seems to gain a minute every week.

Modern functionality! I feel sorry for the 100 series owners that have the integrated radio/hvac screen.
View attachment 3247503

Since I could now run a SDR (software defined radio) app I installed a new NMO mount and fit a scanner antenna to it. The short antenna is only for daily driving and fitting in the garage. A proper scanner whip will go on for trips. The coax runs down the windshield trim.
View attachment 3247470

It is neat being able to listen to almost any radio frequency.
View attachment 3247493

Since the radio has a USB plug for carplay/android auto, I added a Scosche USB pass through (for connectivity to the radio) that also got wired to the stock cigarette outlet wiring for USBC PD charging.
View attachment 3247482
The previous owner smoked in this thing for 246k miles before passing from lung cancer. He relied heavily on the cigarette lighter and must not have had good aim getting it back in the socket after lighting up. I am still holding out for Ben to create a 3D printed replacement panel!

I really need to address this with my '01 LC, especially now that it's my DD. I've been putting this off since I bought it because I don't have any experience with vehicle audio stuff.

How difficult was install? Did you retain or bypass the factory amp?

 

[TreatSmash]

I replaced the old android radio with an updated android radio
View attachment 3247467
*maybe, someday, I will figure out how to make the factory clock keep time better... It seems to gain a minute every week.

Modern functionality! I feel sorry for the 100 series owners that have the integrated radio/hvac screen.
View attachment 3247503

Since I could now run a SDR (software defined radio) app I installed a new NMO mount and fit a scanner antenna to it. The short antenna is only for daily driving and fitting in the garage. A proper scanner whip will go on for trips. The coax runs down the windshield trim.
View attachment 3247470

It is neat being able to listen to almost any radio frequency.
View attachment 3247493

Since the radio has a USB plug for carplay/android auto, I added a Scosche USB pass through (for connectivity to the radio) that also got wired to the stock cigarette outlet wiring for USBC PD charging.
View attachment 3247482
The previous owner smoked in this thing for 246k miles before passing from lung cancer. He relied heavily on the cigarette lighter and must not have had good aim getting it back in the socket after lighting up. I am still holding out for Ben to create a 3D printed replacement panel!

I am so jealous of this.

 

[87warrior]

I really need to address this with my '01 LC, especially now that it's my DD. I've been putting this off since I bought it because I don't have any experience with vehicle audio stuff.

How difficult was install? Did you retain or bypass the factory amp?

Physically the radio install is easy. You fish a GPS antenna wire behind the dash, move the brackets from the factory radio to the aftermarket radio and bolt it in. Some minor filing might be necessary on the corners of the radio opening on the bezel to get it to fit.

I bypassed the amp 7 years ago when I installed my first aftermarket radio, before amp bypass kits were available. I don't think it was a difficult task by any means, but I am also a wiring geek and enjoy looking at the EWD's I ran 8 new wires from behind the radio to the amp area under the seat (2 wires per speaker) and soldered them to the wires feeding the door speakers. I remember soldering power and grounds together under the seat as well. You will loose the factory sub. I am no audiophile, but bypassing the amp made a huuuuuge improvement in sound quality even utilizing the well used factory speakers in the doors. Don't worry, you won't miss the crappy factory sub.

 

[TreatSmash]

Physically the radio install is easy. You fish a GPS antenna wire behind the dash, move the brackets from the factory radio to the aftermarket radio and bolt it in. Some minor filing might be necessary on the corners of the radio opening on the bezel to get it to fit.

I bypassed the amp 7 years ago when I installed my first aftermarket radio, before amp bypass kits were available. I don't think it was a difficult task by any means, but I am also a wiring geek and enjoy looking at the EWD's I ran 8 new wires from behind the radio to the amp area under the seat (2 wires per speaker) and soldered them to the wires feeding the door speakers. I remember soldering power and grounds together under the seat as well. You will loose the factory sub. I am no audiophile, but bypassing the amp made a huuuuuge improvement in sound quality even utilizing the well used factory speakers in the doors. Don't worry, you won't miss the crappy factory sub.

I have a 2006 with the integrated console.

 

[Patron100LC]

Well the "clunk" finally drove me to insanity. I took it to Toyota and wound up having them do the following:
Both front axles and wheel bearings were smoked. This was the source of my 30 mph, let off the throttle and then accelerate again "clunk"
Transmission fluid flush.
Differentials fluid flush.
Transfer case fluid flush.
Power steering fluid flush.
Brake fluid flush.
Coolant flush.
Coolant lines and T fitting at firewall for heater core replacement.
PCV hose replacement.
Air filter box hose replacement.
Fuel filter replacement.
Throttle body/Injection cleaning.
Front brakes complete replacement.

Unfortunately, I opted not to replace my A/C compressor, condenser and expansion valves based on the fact that I was quoted another $7500.00. The compressor clutch failed last summer and filled the entire dual A/C system and lines with metal debris. It doesn't get that warm in Oregon.

This is a third vehicle that I'm extremely attached to. I've had it for nearly a decade and it has never left me stranded.
Hopefully this will keep it going for another 250k miles!

$7500 for an ac compressor, valve and condenser??? I paid for that $1200 a couple years ago,(denso, btw) I know it's "inflation" times, but c'mon! What are you buying?! Eggs?

 

[87warrior]

I have a 2006 with the integrated console.

You are one that I feel bad for. Not much you can do to update that setup.