And it begins... with a NY truck you have to replace every piece of hardware when doing any job.
What have you done to your 100 Series this week? (38 Viewers)
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At 18 years and 378,000 miles, it’s time for some TLC maintenance items for Tilly:
-Front wheel bearings, CV seals & boots
-Front wheel speed sensors
-Steering rack
-New seals and lines to replumb leaky power steering
-Timing belt, water pump, thermostat, tension pulleys, etc.
-Spark plugs
-Valve cover gaskets, cam seals, spark plug seals
-Rear brake pads and rotors
All being done now at Vaden Toyota Of Sylacauga, Alabama.
-Front wheel bearings, CV seals & boots
-Front wheel speed sensors
-Steering rack
-New seals and lines to replumb leaky power steering
-Timing belt, water pump, thermostat, tension pulleys, etc.
-Spark plugs
-Valve cover gaskets, cam seals, spark plug seals
-Rear brake pads and rotors
All being done now at Vaden Toyota Of Sylacauga, Alabama.
Disabled VSC. Sourced a VSC off switch from a Tacoma and modified it from momentary to on/off. Will install it later in the year when my garage isn't 100* to work in.
Somebodyelse5
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Nope, lol.
Installed a new rear hatch ladder. It's NOT a Gobi. Review thread to come after I test it out a little bit.
Nice platform set-up. Are you going to carpet it ? Not sure how much gap you have at the edges of your platform to the interior body panels, but I made mine very snug and had to do some mods to my jack access door. Take a look in my build thread in my signature. Just a thought.My brother in law (who is a carpenter) and I spent an evening making this. Drew lots of inspiration from all the storage threads here.
Still need to anchor it down. It sits a couple inches higher than the seats but I wanted the front runner boxes to fit with the high lids.
Used 3/4 all the way around except for .5 on the bottom. I would have much preferred the KISS drawers but I need something I can take in/out with relative ease. This goes in in like 10 seconds
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Also recently got two MegaMat 10s to put on here, the wife and I used them last week in our camper and am so glad I got them. Highly recommended. I'll be sleeping back here for 10+ days on my HIH adventure.
Also installed the following leading up to the camping trip:
Given my worn out stock (original probably) springs and shocks this was a massive improvement. I had to tilt my seat back a bit so I didn't feel like I was being ejected.
- New OEM rear shocks - Used sawzall on the right one, managed to get left off with 22mm adjustable gear wrench.
- OME 865 Springs
- Air Lift 100 - towed with them inflated to 30 psi, added about .5 lift on top of the OMEs. Even handled decent on some mild forest roads.
- Wire relay for towing harness (which needs hard-wired into 12v line to work properly)
Do I see these mounts on there? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0791NB4FM/
I'll be using them for a MaxTrax mount on my Gamiviti.
bwell
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Had some new tires mounted up yesterday. Flushed about a half gallon of new brake fluid into the system today, and had some guy try to buy ole crusty form me. Chatted me up a bit, was driving a fairly new lifted JK, but I politely declined. Should hit 200k leaving Georgia next week going home. After all the work I've done to it, I should be able to get another 200k on the odometer.
Any pics of your new tread ?
Those look like the ones I used. I run them with quick Fists. I plan to attach a shovel and axe to the sides of the ladder.
Thanks. That's a good point, I figured if I can't get in there I'll just relocate the jack/tools. I do have the sides on hinges so I think I'll be ok.
I was thinking about a stain/clear coat and/or rubber mat. Probably won't use carpet.
bwell
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I haven't taken any yet, I filed a warranty claim with Michelin because the carcass and tread was separating and cracking on my KO2's. I was going to go up a size and pay the difference for some 305/65r18's, but ultimately was not cost effective for the minimal gain in up sizing. Could have switched over to KM3's also, but I decided I do not need those, so I kept the same old 275/70r18 KO2's. I was down to 10/32 tread depth after having them installed for two years and a month, they stood behind their product ultimately, I was a little chapped they wouldn't offer a higher percentage towards the new set since this was the second set I've had a warranty claim on, but they covered 67% of cost towards the new set based off of usage. So in the end just a little over half off, I can't complain to much.
They might have been fine for another 20k miles or 2k, I don't know, but they stood by their warranty.
@ERMB - looks good. I have the same gold emblem. What did you use for the silver?
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I'd really like to know where you got those slick fender liners
