@ClassyJalopy, how many extra chromosomes do you have?
What have you done to your 100 Series this week? (84 Viewers)
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Went wheeling with a local group today. This was the first real test of rear locker, it absolutely made a world of difference.
Went down a hill so steep that I wouldn't have tried it on foot
Started slipping side ways in the middle of the hill and was certain we would roll over, until I hit a couple of strong trees and finally was able to get off the hill with just a few scrapes.
Earned these character stripes
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Dude! We talked about this!
Damn!
I ain't telling. All I can say is I wish I had an extra set of bumpers for my truck
Dude! We talked about this!
Damn!
What is the proper maneuver if you start sliding down a hill sideways?
A typical wet sand 1500 to 2500 grit depending on how course the surface is. And then use the firm foam on the rotary polisher should smoothen the surface and make it glass-like.
MT4x4 sliders installed
Couldn't do the first one, but another few seconds and I would've made a deposit in my lower garments.
Having a screaming wife and three young kids all freaking out doesn't help either!
I did unlock the rear diff before starting the descent because I don't know s*** about wheeling and was later told that it could have made a huge difference
Soooooo.....the lesson is keep the rear locked? I would think that on a descent you'd be on the brakes the whole time so lockers wouldn't matter much, but then again I don't really know chit about it.Couldn't do the first one, but another few seconds and I would've made a deposit in my lower garments.
Having a screaming wife and three young kids all freaking out doesn't help either!
I did unlock the rear diff before starting the descent because I don't know s*** about wheeling and was later told that it could have made a huge difference
the right answer is don’t start going sideways downhill...
Put tranny in low and tc in low and turn on whatever lockers you have. Engine brake the whole way down
Or just go on a bypass
After I ditched the brush guard I needed a place to mount my old school Baja Designs Sol-Tek Hids I think they look great up there.
Why take the bypass when you can put your wife and 3 young children in danger.
trdcorolla
SILVER Star
Installed a Yellow Box, took the slack out of the throttle cable, cleaned the front and rear ac with the Toyota refresh kits, replaced the front evap gasket, replaced the cabin filters and scrubbed the front blower fan clean with misc brushes.
Saturday at Southern Cruiser Crawl I did some body work.
I finally cleaned the garage and put the boat in hibernation in the third bay for the winter to give the Cruiser a place to sleep at night. I was tired of parking outside!
Chris
Chris
Built a simple rear shelf/sleeping platform. I’m hoping to get a set of KISS drawers, but wanted something in the meantime.
Took some inspiration from @TheAshenWolf, but went with 8” pipe segments to keep the platform even with the folded second row seats.
Took some inspiration from @TheAshenWolf, but went with 8” pipe segments to keep the platform even with the folded second row seats.
Hi HRTROB. I was able to replace the passenger side D bushing but the driverside is PITA. Can you share how you did yours please? I have 2002 LX470. Thank you sir!
Took the old girl out for a road trip with the lady. Only one on Imogene Pass at sunset
what part are you having trouble with? The driver side bushings easily popped off by hand because they were disintegrated. You can use a screwdriver and a jack to pop them off. Then I used a 6” long threaded rod with nuts and washers on both ends to press the new bushings in.
Took my boys (2yo and 3yo) and my father in law and his youngest son (15yo) up a fairly difficult trail closer to home and then camping up on top about a mile off the blue ridge parkway. Vehicle definitely is pretty overloaded with that many people and cargo, thinking of putting OME 2865 springs in place of the old sagging OEM springs since I often have several adults who all overpack. This pick was at the end where it dumps onto the BRP and a bunch of people were bear hunting.
Anyway, lesson learned. Wednesday before the trip I figured I should actually order some straps, snatch block, and d links (already had the winch on the bumper just never got around to the tree savers and such) hoping Amazon would get it to me in time. And Friday about noon while I was securing everything on the roof to leave the mailed showed and I threw everything in the back still in the boxes. Well about 4 hours into the trail towards the top of the ridges got real stuck in a mucky sandy water pit up to the door seals, so i had to crawl out the window on the hood, My brother in law climbed on the rear passenger tire and opened the lift gate and everything out. First tried winching with a tree strap and D-link but just not enough, so put the snatch block on and hooked the winch back to the truck and that pulled the truck (with a foot on the gas) out of the pit pretty easily...but not before getting my hand pretty good when I pulling the winch line out. So not only did I almost not have much recovery equipment, I was too in hurry (and scared for the sinking almost underwater truck) that I didn't grab my leather gloves. Got zero pictures because I try to hurry to get my truck out of that dirty water as fast as I could.
It was also as I got to our campsite that I realized I dont have a first aid kit in the car. So we used thing we had with us to clean it...bourbon. Campsite was great, but my floridian relatives got a little chilly when it got down to 45. I really do need to get away from the air mattress to a foam pad and to some winter sleeping bags. Also hit a good milestone on the way home and trashed the freshly cleaned and tuned engine bay.
Anyway, lesson learned. Wednesday before the trip I figured I should actually order some straps, snatch block, and d links (already had the winch on the bumper just never got around to the tree savers and such) hoping Amazon would get it to me in time. And Friday about noon while I was securing everything on the roof to leave the mailed showed and I threw everything in the back still in the boxes. Well about 4 hours into the trail towards the top of the ridges got real stuck in a mucky sandy water pit up to the door seals, so i had to crawl out the window on the hood, My brother in law climbed on the rear passenger tire and opened the lift gate and everything out. First tried winching with a tree strap and D-link but just not enough, so put the snatch block on and hooked the winch back to the truck and that pulled the truck (with a foot on the gas) out of the pit pretty easily...but not before getting my hand pretty good when I pulling the winch line out. So not only did I almost not have much recovery equipment, I was too in hurry (and scared for the sinking almost underwater truck) that I didn't grab my leather gloves. Got zero pictures because I try to hurry to get my truck out of that dirty water as fast as I could.
It was also as I got to our campsite that I realized I dont have a first aid kit in the car. So we used thing we had with us to clean it...bourbon. Campsite was great, but my floridian relatives got a little chilly when it got down to 45. I really do need to get away from the air mattress to a foam pad and to some winter sleeping bags. Also hit a good milestone on the way home and trashed the freshly cleaned and tuned engine bay.
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