What have you done to your 100 Series this week? (60 Viewers)
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Sound deadening under cargo carpet and right wall. Added Trekboxx. Need to flip fridge door the other way. Fridge orientation is only temporary
Which vehicle will still be on the road five years from now?
Completed most of the demo over the past few weeks. Today I have tacked the rear radius arm bracket in place and started located the front axle. No build thread just posting photos of the progress.
jLB
Another one followed me home. Can we keep it?
The Trail Tailor, TRD/LRD, Trail Teams, Special Edition, Limited Edition, UCAs? Do I also get a certificate of authenticity, and a special dash plaque, for the red ones?
Thanks, looking forward to receiving them.
Yes. But I think they came from the Australian market and are meant for those truck style towing mirrors. I had to trim them to fit the U.S. Spec mirrors.
Put in some new inner and outer tie rod ends (SANKEI 555) this week along with new OEM bellows. One side factory bellow had torn and was the reason for tackling this. Due to age, dirt, etc, I cleaned the steering rack with alcohol and re-greased before reassembly.
Had to go with zip ties on the outer edge of the bellow because the old tie rods were very rusted together and no local store (tried 5+) sells 1" constant tension spring clamps... Not happy about it but oh well. The inner edge of the boot (on the rack) reused the original stainless clamp no problem.
Going in for an alignment tomorrow morning to finish everything up.
Had to go with zip ties on the outer edge of the bellow because the old tie rods were very rusted together and no local store (tried 5+) sells 1" constant tension spring clamps... Not happy about it but oh well. The inner edge of the boot (on the rack) reused the original stainless clamp no problem.
Going in for an alignment tomorrow morning to finish everything up.
Finally fixed an annoying squeak from the driver side rear wheel area. Turned out to be the parking brake shoes rubbing on the backing plate without any grease at the contact points.
Also hit 320000 miles today.
Also hit 320000 miles today.
It was a busy weekend. Actually took Friday off just in case my speaker install took longer than planned. It did not.
Replaced the door speakers with 6.5" Recoil speakers all around (component fronts, coaxial rear). While I had the doors apart I also hit it with dual layers of sounds insulation, which was actually pretty easy once I got the methodology down. Fronts took a day as I figured out how to remove the stock speakers from their mounts and retrofit in the replacements, where and how to apply the separate layers of sound insulation, and ran down an audio issue that came from my Metra harness being damaged in shipping and my original soldering job not surviving contact with reality. Rears took a couple hours tops.
Also did some baseline maintenance; replaced the fuel filter (which looked to have been original, so probably needed a break after 25 years and 200k miles), and regreased the slide yokes. Tried to hit the spiders, but my grease coupler is too thick, so I'll have to get a little one for those. Oddly, the front worked exactly as I expected, with the old grease getting pushed out, but not so much with the rear. Not sure what the answer is to fix that, but if someone knows what I'm doing wrong Im all ears. This is the first car I've ever had where you have to grease anything, so I'm learning as I go.
Replaced the door speakers with 6.5" Recoil speakers all around (component fronts, coaxial rear). While I had the doors apart I also hit it with dual layers of sounds insulation, which was actually pretty easy once I got the methodology down. Fronts took a day as I figured out how to remove the stock speakers from their mounts and retrofit in the replacements, where and how to apply the separate layers of sound insulation, and ran down an audio issue that came from my Metra harness being damaged in shipping and my original soldering job not surviving contact with reality. Rears took a couple hours tops.
Also did some baseline maintenance; replaced the fuel filter (which looked to have been original, so probably needed a break after 25 years and 200k miles), and regreased the slide yokes. Tried to hit the spiders, but my grease coupler is too thick, so I'll have to get a little one for those. Oddly, the front worked exactly as I expected, with the old grease getting pushed out, but not so much with the rear. Not sure what the answer is to fix that, but if someone knows what I'm doing wrong Im all ears. This is the first car I've ever had where you have to grease anything, so I'm learning as I go.
Not this past weekend, but a few weekends back. I was able to replace the worn and torn factory original front seats with new skins from lseat. I received a color I didn’t order but I like how these go with the wood grain color.
With some sun heat, they’re now wearing in pretty nicely.
With some sun heat, they’re now wearing in pretty nicely.
Did a few things this past weekend. Tie rod inner/outer, ball joint upper/lower from Cruiser Outfitters, and front shocks from Toyota. OReillys ball joint press kit barely worked, but enough to get it done in the driveway. 246,000 miles. Needed to buy two bigger wrenches and a pipe wrench for the tie rods, I didn't have anything bigger than 22mm but I do now. And a strap wrench to hold the shock body to loosen and tighten top nut. Alignment tomorrow. Ride significantly improved.
How often do you sell UCA's?
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Not often. When I get 5-10 buyers, I will make a batch.
I have one set remaining, black.
Jason
I resealed the sunroof with Eternabond RV roof tape after noticing a couple of drips of water falling from the rearview mirror.
A few weeks later I jumped in the 100 after a extremely heavy down pour only to discover this!
Water streaming down from the front of the headliner. Yep, the transfer shift boot is holding water. Time to pull the headliner and sit inside with a sprinkler on the roof. My sunroof sealing is still perfect. I fear it's a windshield frame issue...
A few weeks later I jumped in the 100 after a extremely heavy down pour only to discover this!
Water streaming down from the front of the headliner. Yep, the transfer shift boot is holding water. Time to pull the headliner and sit inside with a sprinkler on the roof. My sunroof sealing is still perfect. I fear it's a windshield frame issue...
OK good to know. I'm sorry to say I can't pick it up now, but hopefully can get one in a future batch.
OK good to know. I'm sorry to say I can't pick it up now, but hopefully can get one in a future batch.
