What have you done to your 100 Series this week? (47 Viewers)

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Try to check under the area of the front seat passenger or driver (this was taken under the driver seat) there is a provisioned harness for the underglow courtesy light original designed for the oe stepboard.View attachment 2939420

Built a drawer / fridge slide, and took it out on a (literal) shake out trip to Big Bend this weekend. It did great and accomplished exactly what I was after. It’s not pretty yet, but I’ll probably poly it and add some handles. I used UHMW plastic for the lower drawer “slide”. Works great, about $75 cheaper than a locking slide and the drawer can be 1/2” wider. I’m into this ~$250 due to the ridiculous cost of materials, and I’d be surprised if it weighs 50lb.

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Love it. I'll be doing this after my rack is done
 
I built a 4 tire inflation hose to take advantage of the Napa MaxTrac compressor. This thing is a monster. Just over 2 min to inflate all 4 tires from 18 to 34 psi. I timed 8 minutes total from opening the door to getting back in, and I wasn’t rushing.

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Ordered a 24mm extractor socket. Not specific to the 100 series, but I've been battling the front-diff fill plug on my 88 4Runner for a while now. No amount of heat or penetrant seemed to help. I was about to break down and take it to a shop since all I had managed to do was strip the fill plug head.

Hooked up this bad boy to a breaker bar and pipe and it came right off. Since this is the 100-series forum I ordered replacement low-profile fill and drain plugs from Witts End to replace the stripped out old one.

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Started my suspected oil cooler cooler leak fix. Drained the block today, and got the s***ty coolant hose out. Found a figure 8 o ring on the crossmember from the previous owners steering rack replacement. I’m taking bets if there isn’t an o ring but gasket maker there.

Was just planning on pulling the skid and draining the coolant, but had an extra 45 minutes so got the s***ty hose out. Have most of tomorrow to pull, clean, replace, and burp coolant.

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Started my suspected oil cooler cooler leak fix. Drained the block today, and got the s***ty coolant hose out. Found a figure 8 o ring on the crossmember from the previous owners steering rack replacement. I’m taking bets if there isn’t an o ring but gasket maker there.

Was just planning on pulling the skid and draining the coolant, but had an extra 45 minutes so got the s***ty hose out. Have most of tomorrow to pull, clean, replace, and burp coolant.

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yeah that one looks like its gone past it. done all mine recently
 
Ordered a 24mm extractor socket. Not specific to the 100 series, but I've been battling the front-diff fill plug on my 88 4Runner for a while now. No amount of heat or penetrant seemed to help. I was about to break down and take it to a shop since all I had managed to do was strip the fill plug head.

Hooked up this bad boy to a breaker bar and pipe and it came right off. Since this is the 100-series forum I ordered replacement low-profile fill and drain plugs from Witts End to replace the stripped out old one.

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You must not be familiar with the method of tapping in on the plugs with a hammer prior to removing them. It crushes the aluminum crush washers further, making the plug loose. A couple of good hammer taps and you can practically unscrew the plug with your fingers.....
Never needed anything more then a hammer and a short handled socket wrench to remove them.
 
Finally pulled the trigger on an Eaton rear locker from cruiser outfitters.
I didn’t trust any of my local jeep places to install, so my diff is on a journey to Utah for installation.

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Try to check under the area of the front seat passenger or driver (this was taken under the driver seat) there is a provisioned harness for the underglow courtesy light original designed for the oe stepboard.View attachment 2939420
Are you please able to direct where we can find the other end of the harness to control this feature?
 
Are you please able to direct where we can find the other end of the harness to control this feature?
I haven’t traced the factory provisioned harness yet as to where the other end leads, my guess, it goes to a specific control unit (ecu) behind the dash. Same ecu that detects when the doors are unlocked/open.
 
Installed Icon wheels today, like the way it looks.
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You must not be familiar with the method of tapping in on the plugs with a hammer prior to removing them. It crushes the aluminum crush washers further, making the plug loose. A couple of good hammer taps and you can practically unscrew the plug with your fingers.....
Never needed anything more then a hammer and a short handled socket wrench to remove them.

Never thought of that. I changed out the rear diff and transfer case fluids on my '07 LX, but could not get the front diff's plugs out with the 10mm hex socket. I'll go back and try this trick and see if it helps any.
 
Replacing both click-clacking CV axles. Tell me what I forgot:
2x cv axle oem
2x cv axle seals
2x hub flange oem
2x hub gaskets

Paying to have this installed but ordering parts. Want to make sure I’m not missing anything stupid before setting dates.
 
Replacing both click-clacking CV axles. Tell me what I forgot:
2x cv axle oem
2x cv axle seals
2x hub flange oem
2x hub gaskets

Paying to have this installed but ordering parts. Want to make sure I’m not missing anything stupid before setting dates.
I literally just did this job in my garage; first time I’ve replaced CV axles of any kind and it was very involved.

Assuming the shop has cotter pins on hand for the LBJs and UBJs the should be separated during the removal process, I’d bring them two new dust caps (they’re noted in the FSM as being non-reusable) and two new snap rings.

This is the 2.2mm or “E” marked snap ring. That’s what comes stock, but there are like 8 width options depending on your Cruiser’s needs. Check out Me My on YouTube for additional guidance.

 
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I literally just did this job in my garage; first timer and it was very involved.

Assuming the shop has cotter pins on hand for the LBJs and UBJs, I’d bring them two new dust caps (they’re noted in the FSM as being non-reusable) and two new snap rings.

This is the 2.2mm or “E” marked snap ring. That’s what comes stock, but there are like 8 width options depending on your Cruiser’s needs. Check out Me My on YouTube for additional guidance.

Did you do both in a day? I’ve done everything axle back besides the CVs myself. I may just suck it up and save labor.

Just re-read. Lost me at “very involved”.
My time is limited and I got a 4 hour quote for $600 on the job.
 
My new TOYOTA front drive shafts arrived from oempartsource.com. Unfortunately the dust collar (?) on one of the joints is pretty disfigured.

I’m assuming this isn’t acceptable and something I should take up with the seller.

Each drive shaft was in its own box and both were placed in a larger box. However there was no padding at all and each one had punched through the end of its own box and one even punched through the outer box. No apparent damage to the splines though.

Worth noting: this is my second purchase with them and both times they’ve insufficiently packed the items and stuff got banged around.

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No bueno. Should at least be wrapped.

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Did you do both in a day? I’ve done everything axle back besides the CVs myself. I may just suck it up and save labor.

Just re-read. Lost me at “very involved”.
My time is limited and I got a 4 hour quote for $600 on the job.
That’s much more palpable than the $1,000 I was quoted—plus they wouldn’t accept OEM TOYOTA parts that I didn’t get through them. I did the job over a couple days. Like two hours on a Friday night and another 6-7 hours on a Saturday, then buttoned it up today (30 mins) after I got my snap rings and replacement front Bora spacers.
 

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