What have you done to your 100 Series this week? (37 Viewers)
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Got the Dissent ladder swingout installed, working up a new reverse camera location and wiring:
Bent up some brackets for interior/exterior lighting on the Emu wings, still need to wrap up switches and wiring:
Box of parts for full parking brake refresh (seized bellcranks and who knows what else) showed up from Partsouq now that Middle East has calmed a bit:
Should make for a fun week or two in preparation for prime desert season!
Bent up some brackets for interior/exterior lighting on the Emu wings, still need to wrap up switches and wiring:
Box of parts for full parking brake refresh (seized bellcranks and who knows what else) showed up from Partsouq now that Middle East has calmed a bit:
Should make for a fun week or two in preparation for prime desert season!
Replacing a Rock Auto tensioner with an OEM, this lasted 1.5 year.
also finally got around to this mod
Have a JDM 02' with the pointless front corner mirror (good if it was RHD country, and parking is tight).
So I re-purposed it into a GMRS antennae
mount. little bit of dremel burr bit'ing, and tada!
just need to pick up the radio, and the stubby now.
Have a JDM 02' with the pointless front corner mirror (good if it was RHD country, and parking is tight).
So I re-purposed it into a GMRS antennae
just need to pick up the radio, and the stubby now.
Great idea to make use of something that would be difficult (and I imagine a little expensive if done correctly) to delete.
Yah, two in place nuts, and a body hole…definitely would not delete nicely.
Plotting some new territory and feeling very aerospace at the moment
I’m using a Slee dual battery mount and their Redarc BCDC mount in a different orientation.
I’ve seen a few videos of people running Lifepo4 batteries under the hood despite it not being recommended. With prime day sales I said f it knowing I may well cook it at some point.
To combat this I went with a smaller 54ah Dakota Lithium battery which gave me plenty of room to build a heat shield using Design Engineering form a barrier. It was easier to work with than expected and for a first try came out pretty good. May redo it and/or add their gold reflective tape in the future.
54ah lithium had more capacity than the group 35 AGMs Slee recommends. I’ll also be running an Ecoflow Delta 3 power station in the rear with their alternator fast charger (their version of a Victron DC converter). That will be wired to the house battery so the start battery is isolated. It’s a bit redundant but I like that. Can add solar to charge the EcoFlow or the Dakota battery via the Redarc BCDC.
Right now I’m just test fitting everything. I’ll do a dedicated post when I have everything done.
I’m using a Slee dual battery mount and their Redarc BCDC mount in a different orientation.
I’ve seen a few videos of people running Lifepo4 batteries under the hood despite it not being recommended. With prime day sales I said f it knowing I may well cook it at some point.
To combat this I went with a smaller 54ah Dakota Lithium battery which gave me plenty of room to build a heat shield using Design Engineering form a barrier. It was easier to work with than expected and for a first try came out pretty good. May redo it and/or add their gold reflective tape in the future.
54ah lithium had more capacity than the group 35 AGMs Slee recommends. I’ll also be running an Ecoflow Delta 3 power station in the rear with their alternator fast charger (their version of a Victron DC converter). That will be wired to the house battery so the start battery is isolated. It’s a bit redundant but I like that. Can add solar to charge the EcoFlow or the Dakota battery via the Redarc BCDC.
Right now I’m just test fitting everything. I’ll do a dedicated post when I have everything done.
Took a bit but starter replaced. 7 plugs replaced. Injector grommets, seals, and o rings replaced. Oh and 5 or 6 vacuum hoses.
Daddy old car got waxed and rides again!
Daddy old car got waxed and rides again!
Eyedaho
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What happened with plug number eight?
replaced rear 3 brake lines - the middle one I had trouble getting off, so cut it and used an impact wrench to pop it off. In cutting these old lines, 25years old, it was not easy! These are tough. Used Toyota parts as any saintly LC owner with a clear conscience and excellent grooming would do. (I'm pushing it on the grooming part.) Flushed the brake fluid with Prestone - lost my saintly crown on that one, changed the oil and adjusted the emergency brake. Drove it to Moab just in time to see the Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in Arches National Park last night. See pic.
Not spark plugs!
The starter plug, both knock sensor plugs, water temp sensor plug, and a few others. I soft fingered them as much as possible during disassembly but they were just too brittle and crumbled. I had a struggle to identify part numbers but the oem plastic plug housings were easy to do the depin and repin process to so it wasnt bad.
Eyedaho
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Ah, nice work! It's a great idea to replace those old connectors while you're in there. For future reference the number molded into the plug is the last half of the part number. The first half is the same for most/all of them. I think it's 90980-, but it's easily searchable on Mud to make sure.
Bought one. 2001 with 247k bone stock. Rode hard, put up wet, Atlanta commuter truck.
Runs like a watch.
Runs like a watch.
Bad idea man. I used to do that on my old 97 Avalon. Looked amazing like in your picture. Long story short the paint all faded and failed after a few years. It’s thin paint to begin with and the more you polish it the thinner it gets and more susceptible to failure.
