Nice work! I have had new UCA's, lower ball joints, new red inner cv boots, and front wheel bearings in my garage for 6 weeks while I procrastinate at an elite world championship level. You have partially motivated me to finish the job.
What have you done to your 100 Series this week? (82 Viewers)
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I have been staring at my 98's saggy bottom for too long. Today I brought down the front end from 23.5" center-to-fender to 22". Rear has mysteriously sagged a hair over 22" - that with the OME 2865 springs with 1" spacer. Looks like it is time to spend on heavier springs.
Thanks for posting this. I have an intermittent mystery leak of some sort (just water, not coolant) in the passenger floorboard, as well, and coincidentally haven't seen it since last year when it was still warm enough out for heavy AC use. Similar miles/ age, so I wonder if my gasket's all crumbly too, with the condenser full of trash.
Ha, yeah I was sitting on mine for a while, but the balljoint noise was starting to scare me and I started getting an intermittent vibration from what I suspect was a needle bearing(has not come back since). The offending balljoint had ~2mm up/down play...Nice work! I have had new UCA's, lower ball joints, new red inner cv boots, and front wheel bearings in my garage for 6 weeks while I procrastinate at an elite world championship level. You have partially motivated me to finish the job.
Make sure you get the press kit with more than a few adapters in it, I gerry-rigged some stuff I had around for the first side of the LBJ, ordered more adapters before I tackled the second, which was MUCH easier.
Another benefit is that I think I'm going to repurpose my old drive flanges into 2wd spares.
Was the BJ noise you had the faint knocking when accelerating from a stop? And maybe the same when slowing?
Nah, well that might also have been happening, but my concern was the quite loud screech when turning or going over bumps. I have a not so feint knock coming from my rear control arms when accelerating and braking which is next on the list.
Full fluid replacement (baseline @ 246k) new steering rack and tie rods and ARB Compressor install..
Yup I bet that’s it, unless you have a leak by the sunroof or windshield. Improvement is significant after the AC cleaning. Not only it is essential from where I’m from but this maintenance procedure will extend the life of each component of your AC system like the compressor clutch, condenser and expansion valves.
For a full water flush, I used this makeshift. Sprayed dishwashing liquid on the funnel before pouring warm water. What was collected:
Water is now clear but sediments and dirt is still visible, warm water helps soften that accumulated dirt in between the fins and the base of the box. Repeat the same procedure until clear water is dirt-free.
got stuck in a dinky stream for an hour and gained some panel damage. Yes it looks like you can drive right out, the ice on the edges breaks and makes a nice little wall taller than 2/3 of my tire.
Whoops! Great view in the background there. I could think of worse scenery to be stuck in!
awesomeissquid
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How did you end up getting out? Looks like you had a winch so I am guess not good anchors nearby.
Nice- I need a better solution for my awning. Were those Rago brackets for the 4Runner or GX?Mounted my awning with Rago mounts
loeky
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The GX brackets work with the LC100.
AC is required here in Bama as well, both for temps and to suck some of the water out of the air. I'll (carefully) tear into this one soon.
You sir are right. The only anchor point was a friends 4runner and I would just drag it on the snow. Eventually after trying to just drive out in multiple spots we figured out a position where he had a couple tires on some rocks, traction boards under others, traction boards under my poorly footed wheels and crawled out. Now I've got a 100' winch extension line and 2 more traction boards coming.
And a pull-pal?
