Last day in Moab. Just finished up Fin's 'N Things. I'm in love with this new front locker.
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What have you done to your 100 Series this week? (22 Viewers)
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How tall are you? Like 6'-6"? Do you have seat mods? I'm 6'-2" and admittedly not as svelte but I'm maxed out on the seat and still have to scrunch to get in.
6'-5". No mods. I find it comfortable enough once I squeeze in. Not as spacious and comfy as my Tundra but not terrible. The three 80-series I've owned I have found a bit tight for sure but still daily drove one for 8 years up until 2017. The Tundra has spoiled me big time.
YezusLX
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When ‘while you’re in there’ goes to hell. Hahaha
Uhh, what’s the story here?!
Noticed the other day a ton of condensation on the interior side of the sunroof along with water dripping onto my head during turns.
I found some old coaxial cable in my junk drawer and cut one end off and shoved it down both sides drains. Felt like I punched through some debris and made it to the end with a hard stop at about the same length (4-5-ish feet?).
Next I used my air compressor to blow out the drains and poured some water into each hole one at a time and looks like it’s draining perfectly at the frame by the wheels.
I shoulda checked with water before to confirm if they were clogged but oh well.
I found some old coaxial cable in my junk drawer and cut one end off and shoved it down both sides drains. Felt like I punched through some debris and made it to the end with a hard stop at about the same length (4-5-ish feet?).
Next I used my air compressor to blow out the drains and poured some water into each hole one at a time and looks like it’s draining perfectly at the frame by the wheels.
I shoulda checked with water before to confirm if they were clogged but oh well.
Gave Aaron a new “smile” and changed out some transmission cooler lines!
YezusLX
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It’s @MongooseGA fault. There. Make it easy. I purchased truck with a nicely sunburnt dash. Had a buddy whose truck burned down and GA and I harvested a bunch of parts from it. Upon pulling my existing dash I found all the random bolts, screws, self tappers, and other miscellaneous nonsense the previous owner used to put it back together. Then came a heater core, blower, lots of cleaning, zip ties that attached nothing. Air bag replacement, clock spring, ignition rod, a glove box, knee panel from @ClassyJalopy and heater lines. Put the OE radio back in only to remember I had to put aftermarket in so that happened as well. Butt, uh yeah. Shout out to the parts counter guy at Toyota. Hope I didn’t give him too much PTSD from my 800 trips and orders for OE bolts, clips, and other surprises that always break on a 25 year old vehicle.Uhh, what’s the story here?!
So it looks like you're the guy I should go to in order to fix that annoying noise coming from the dash while going down the interstate.
Yes! He loves doing this kind of stuff.
YezusLX
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I hate all of you for this. Haha! And it might be the 27 loose things the last person crammed back into the dash when doing a minor repair. I found most of the noises I experienced were from the blower. It’s just debris having a party in there. I did place hushmat in strips along underside of top dash plastic to cut down on heat and noises from harnesses rubbing on things. Also, definitely check for unsecured harnesses around ECU. I hope that is helpful. Not an awful (difficult) job just tedious.
awesomeissquid
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Did you use any tessa tape on reassembly? I have seen in other forums it be used to silence squeaks from panels shifting.
YezusLX
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I did. I am a “large air quotes” Tessa tape fan. I was taught always use it when doing electrical. Upon the install of the aftermarket equipment all new wiring was loomed, soldered, and then Tessa taped. Alpine ILX, 4channel pocket style amp, mono pocket amp, new speaker wire into doors. I figured while I have dash out I could hide the little amps in there so I don’t have to give up the stash spot under passenger seat. Focal Flax series components and JL audio 6” sub in oe box wrapped in hushmat. I want to do a quick connect to disconnect oe box and run a 10” sub so I can have actual bass. But this works for now. Little nicer than factory. Enough mid bass/high frequencies to make my eyes bleed. One day I’ll be able to hear it. For now the neighbors can enjoy as I’m still learning how to use my hearing implants. Haha
I was gonna say, you've gone through a lot of trouble doing stereo work for a guy who's deaf.
Impressive work man, but let's just agree to disagree. That looks like a job from at least the fourth circle of hell.
sterling
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Heck ya man! Get'er done and put some miles on it!
Old (blown) front diff came out, 'new' (rebuilt) diff is in! I now have front + rear ARB lockers, and 4.30 gears (from 4.10 originally).
Also mounted the compressor up with a custom bracket I made. There's a bunch of crap hanging off the manifold, but it all fits better than the photo makes it out to. I wanted to run a regulator to control pressure to the lockers better than the pressure switch on the compressor - this is a locking Viair unit, we'll see how well it works. I also have the ARB air fitting mounted on the Tee fitting in front so I can use the compressor for inflation purposes as well.
Airlines are all ran, I just need to do the wiring now! It'll get wired to an OEM 80 series switch + a CH4x4 switch for the compressor.
Also mounted the compressor up with a custom bracket I made. There's a bunch of crap hanging off the manifold, but it all fits better than the photo makes it out to. I wanted to run a regulator to control pressure to the lockers better than the pressure switch on the compressor - this is a locking Viair unit, we'll see how well it works. I also have the ARB air fitting mounted on the Tee fitting in front so I can use the compressor for inflation purposes as well.
Airlines are all ran, I just need to do the wiring now! It'll get wired to an OEM 80 series switch + a CH4x4 switch for the compressor.
Now if only it didn't mess with your ears still...
