I was going to sell it. I figured I’m so knee deep in repairs and maintenance I may as well go all the way. Been working on frame restoration, did the headlights, clay, ceramic, hell I even cleaned the horns.
What have you done to your 100 Series this week? (54 Viewers)
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Scored a 4-gallon Roto and mount for $50 from a Jeeper on FBM to throw on the roof of the 100. I've always used metal Jerry's on the rear swingout (I'll still keep one back there) but am curious about the Roto's.
I'm hoping one of these will fit just in front of the RTT on the roof rack...then stack some maxtrax on top of that..
I saw your post on Facebook. Great work! That's a beautiful car.
Thanks bro. I def. love it. Reminds me of my 2013 Tacoma, but better.
Ha, I am coming from an '05 Tacoma.
Getting ready for a few hundred miles, mixed with 50ish miles on trails for a fall colors trip. Had a thought to do heater T’s randomly, as I haven’t since owning it for almost 6 years. Pretty easy, 40 minutes or so with coffee break. One was in pretty good shape, the other crumbled really easily. Close call. Cleaned the hoses out well, burped and we’re back in business.
Got my 100 undercoated this morning
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I have to do the same this weekend. I've had them on the shelf in my garage for a couple of months now.
I think I really dodged a bullet here. They weren't so brittle that they crumbled upon touching, but the one didn’t hesitate to crumble when removing it.
I thought to keep the other as an “oh s***” measure, either for myself or others on trail. However, I applied a small but decent amount of force to it between my fingers and it crumbled too.
I discovered a small coolant leak at the end tank of the radiator. It only leaked after the truck sat for a little while. The OEM radiator lasted 206k miles so it was a no-brainer to put another OEM one in along with OEM upper/lower hoses and new clamps. Note: the clamp for the lower hose to the radiator is different from the other 3.
Wow, your old radiator is a perfect example of why they should be blasted from the back side with a hose occasionally! Never seen one that clogged with debris before! You should be running COOOL from now on with the new one installed.
I was surprised to see it that clogged too. I can think of a couple deep muddy sections of trail there were responsible for that debris.
Full trans fluid exchange & power steering. Definitely shifts smoother. I think the new project will be new speakers, teyes unit & amp. Also tint.
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I ordered new speaker foam, disassembled and repaired the sound in my rig. Fiddly but rewarding job.
You shouldn't have any problems. Just watch temps & elevation and leave some space for expansion as needed.
Front end refresh has been slow. Got the driver side upper control arm in, repacked wheel bearings. I bought some OEM ones and was going to switch them out but they were Timken bearings and looked almost new so I repacked and reused them. OEM brake pads installed. Can’t break the tie rod ends loose tried PB blaster, heat, and nothing seems to work. Still have to do LCA, shock bushings, no 2 bushing and sway bar refresh.
