What have you done to your 100 Series this week? (50 Viewers)

[ClassyJalopy]

All four wheels are on the ground, and I'm continuing with the interior assembly—connecting all the grounds, reinstalling the floor carpet, seats, sanding, filler, prepping to paint, and so on.
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The front end sits higher than I'd like, but I'm going to wait until the interior is fully assembled and the gas tank is filled to see how the rear settles. I’ll adjust the front height based on that, aiming to keep the axles level.
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As for the intake box—it ended up being too tall (duh, all that tubbing...), so the hood won’t close. Oh well, just one more thing to cut. I’ll make a lower section later using leftover Alupanel from when I built the wedge camper for the Tacoma.

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This is what I call modifying a rig! Most here are like me, a few bolt on parts and no real modifications. This will be a great rig once all buttoned up.

 

[offoradjunkie]

All four wheels are on the ground, and I'm continuing with the interior assembly—connecting all the grounds, reinstalling the floor carpet, seats, sanding, filler, prepping to paint, and so on.
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The front end sits higher than I'd like, but I'm going to wait until the interior is fully assembled and the gas tank is filled to see how the rear settles. I’ll adjust the front height based on that, aiming to keep the axles level.
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As for the intake box—it ended up being too tall (duh, all that tubbing...), so the hood won’t close. Oh well, just one more thing to cut. I’ll make a lower section later using leftover Alupanel from when I built the wedge camper for the Tacoma.

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looks awesome! How bad was all the trimming/tubbing?

 

[Norilsk]

looks awesome! How bad was all the trimming/tubbing?

Just some minor cuts and trimming...

I'm joking — it actually takes quite a bit of time to disconnect the harness, move electrical and other components out of the way, all while cutting and trying not to set the rig on fire at the same time. The rockers were completely removed because they were rusted out, quarter panel cut around 1.5" up.

I used 18 gauge for tubbing, except where the rocker meets the firewall (near doors), over there I went with 3/16, the metal there is layered (2 or 3 layers), so I had to use thicker metal there as well.

I was using this person's Instagram as a reference point, but I'm just a one-man DIY home shop. No fancy tools here — just an old grinder, a welder, and a big sledgehammer to shape the metal, oh and a fire extinguisher. https://www.instagram.com/trailboundlx470/?hl=en

 

[BBiondello]

Cut out the front license plate holder (fortunately only need a rear in my state) to hide away this Rigid 30” light bar. Fits perfectly!

 

[Scotch]

after a few months of waiting, my unicorn "Franz" turned 25 and finally swam across the ocean and made it to Tennessee. Sadly it arrived with the motor working but electronics... not so much. After some time with a multimeter I was able to diagnose a blown 140a ALT fuse in the fusible link. No local dealers kept it in stock so I resorted to O'Reilly's next best option and a dremel for the time being.

Been driving Franz (named after the original owner who cared for the rig so well) for a day now and don't think I'll ever grow tired of firing the engine up and running through the gears. It's my happy place.

 

[OEMGUY0720]

Got the new fuel pump installed after our brief drive back home from SLC to Vegas with an intermittent P0171 (system too lean for about 450 miles). Ran diagnostics after the first start up, short and long term fuel trims came out good and identical for both banks.
The exhaust expelled a good amount of carbon build up because of that inadequate combustion in the cylinder chambers.

The culprit: feed tube seal failure, could be the fuel pump as well, don’t know for now but will do a bench test soon.

For context this was the STLT fuel trims with the intermittent P0171, notice how far off B1 to B2;

 

[choyota]

Just some minor cuts and trimming...

I'm joking — it actually takes quite a bit of time to disconnect the harness, move electrical and other components out of the way, all while cutting and trying not to set the rig on fire at the same time. The rockers were completely removed because they were rusted out, quarter panel cut around 1.5" up.

I used 18 gauge for tubbing, except where the rocker meets the firewall (near doors), over there I went with 3/16, the metal there is layered (2 or 3 layers), so I had to use thicker metal there as well.

I was using this person's Instagram as a reference point, but I'm just a one-man DIY home shop. No fancy tools here — just an old grinder, a welder, and a big sledgehammer to shape the metal, oh and a fire extinguisher. https://www.instagram.com/trailboundlx470/?hl=en



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Excellent work. I need to cut my rear up to get a little more uptravel for my 37s. I met TrailboundLX470 David at a Landcruiser event, and checked out his sweet rig in person. I think you're the only other person other than him to do a full-on tub for bigger tires. I did a semi-tub in the front.

 

[albylam]

Looking to restore power and I came to this link for TikTok

 

[Norilsk]

Excellent work. I need to cut my rear up to get a little more uptravel for my 37s. I met TrailboundLX470 David at a Landcruiser event, and checked out his sweet rig in person. I think you're the only other person other than him to do a full-on tub for bigger tires. I did a semi-tub in the front.

Nice, I enjoyed his videos showing the work they did, and it was a good inspiration for me to cut the truck Hopefully next year I can make it to the Cruisers on the Rockies!

 

[Unrulykid]

I used an AC coil cleaning kit to remove funky smells when the AC is turned off…

Did a little searching and found that the $40 Toyota kit is made by ZEP for Toyota…

Heads up…

Turns out that the $18 Subaru kit ( made by ZEP for Subaru) is EXACTLY the same as the Toyota kit… just $20+ dollars less expensive.
Of course, with different branding.

 

[NearJetties]

Plaid Wagon washer bottle relocation in prep for what was delivered today View attachment 3941756View attachment 3941757View attachment 3941758View attachment 3941759View attachment 3941760 …front and rear bumpers from The Cruiser Company

Progress

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making progress

 

[mokrunka]

I used an AC coil cleaning kit to remove funky smells when the AC is turned off…

Did a little searching and found that the $40 Toyota kit is made by ZEP for Toyota…

Heads up…

Turns out that the $18 Subaru kit ( made by ZEP for Subaru) is EXACTLY the same as the Toyota kit… just $20+ dollars less expensive.
Of course, with different branding.

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never heard of this. Dare I ask how you use it?

 

[LJE]

I know about that one but sadly mine didn’t have that option

Well, seems like that'd be the perfect opportunity to make some use of that space...

(version shown below is for the 01-07s that had the cupholders. I have a different version for the 98-2000 that didn't have them)

 

[Unrulykid]

never heard of this. Dare I ask how you use it?

1. Remove your AC cabin air filters and replace the cover without the filters.

2. Raise the vehicle and remove the front skid plate to gain access to the AC evaporator drain… on the right side of the firewall above the right front sway bar body mount. This is a good time to check and see if the water draining from the AC evaporator has rusted out your swaybar mount. I’ll bet there is some rust… might think about an AC drain relocation kit.

3. Stuff the cone end of the AC cleaner into the AC drain, and shoot the whole contents of the can into the AC airbox. The Toyota instructions say shoot half the can and then repeat… I would shoot the whole can to ensure that the air box fills up to the point where all of the AC evaporator is covered in the cleaning foam.

4. I leave the cone end and AC cleaner can connected for 3 to 5 minutes to keep the cleaning fluid up in the air box and saturate the entire evaporator. Then remove the cone and let the influence drain into a pan… Let it sit for about 10 minutes to drip, and lower the vehicle.

5. Then you start the vehicle and turn the air conditioning on high and outside air. Let it run for about 10 minutes or more. What you’re doing at this point is washing the evaporator off with condensate generated by the air conditioner. After 10 minutes, turn off the vehicle.

6. They don’t tell you this, but on a hot day, I would run the climate control for another 10 minutes with the air conditioning off, so as to dry the evaporator.
Then you can use the air freshener part of the kit.

7. Start the vehicle with the climate control on high and air conditioning off, outside air, not recirculated. Then you spray the air freshener into the air intake grates next to where the windshield wipers bolt on at the cowl. Instructions are written on the can.

It most definitely makes a difference… After you’ve been using the air conditioner, and then run the climate control with the AC off, no more musty smell.

 

[Import Driver]

Progress

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Love those wheels!!!

 

[awesomeissquid]

1. Remove your AC cabin air filters and replace the cover without the filters.

2. Raise the vehicle and remove the front skid plate to gain access to the AC evaporator drain… on the right side of the firewall above the right front sway bar body mount. This is a good time to check and see if the water draining from the AC evaporator has rusted out your swaybar mount. I’ll bet there is some rust… might think about an AC drain relocation kit.

3. Stuff the cone end of the AC cleaner into the AC drain, and shoot the whole contents of the can into the AC airbox. The Toyota instructions say shoot half the can and then repeat… I would shoot the whole can to ensure that the air box fills up to the point where all of the AC evaporator is covered in the cleaning foam.

4. I leave the cone end and AC cleaner can connected for 3 to 5 minutes to keep the cleaning fluid up in the air box and saturate the entire evaporator. Then remove the cone and let the influence drain into a pan… Let it sit for about 10 minutes to drip, and lower the vehicle.

5. Then you start the vehicle and turn the air conditioning on high and outside air. Let it run for about 10 minutes or more. What you’re doing at this point is washing the evaporator off with condensate generated by the air conditioner. After 10 minutes, turn off the vehicle.

6. They don’t tell you this, but on a hot day, I would run the climate control for another 10 minutes with the air conditioning off, so as to dry the evaporator.
Then you can use the air freshener part of the kit.

7. Start the vehicle with the climate control on high and air conditioning off, outside air, not recirculated. Then you spray the air freshener into the air intake grates next to where the windshield wipers bolt on at the cowl. Instructions are written on the can.

It most definitely makes a difference… After you’ve been using the air conditioner, and then run the climate control with the AC off, no more musty smell.

This is perfect timing! I literally need to do this immediately.

 

[mokrunka]

1. Remove your AC cabin air filters and replace the cover without the filters.

2. Raise the vehicle and remove the front skid plate to gain access to the AC evaporator drain… on the right side of the firewall above the right front sway bar body mount. This is a good time to check and see if the water draining from the AC evaporator has rusted out your swaybar mount. I’ll bet there is some rust… might think about an AC drain relocation kit.

3. Stuff the cone end of the AC cleaner into the AC drain, and shoot the whole contents of the can into the AC airbox. The Toyota instructions say shoot half the can and then repeat… I would shoot the whole can to ensure that the air box fills up to the point where all of the AC evaporator is covered in the cleaning foam.

4. I leave the cone end and AC cleaner can connected for 3 to 5 minutes to keep the cleaning fluid up in the air box and saturate the entire evaporator. Then remove the cone and let the influence drain into a pan… Let it sit for about 10 minutes to drip, and lower the vehicle.

5. Then you start the vehicle and turn the air conditioning on high and outside air. Let it run for about 10 minutes or more. What you’re doing at this point is washing the evaporator off with condensate generated by the air conditioner. After 10 minutes, turn off the vehicle.

6. They don’t tell you this, but on a hot day, I would run the climate control for another 10 minutes with the air conditioning off, so as to dry the evaporator.
Then you can use the air freshener part of the kit.

7. Start the vehicle with the climate control on high and air conditioning off, outside air, not recirculated. Then you spray the air freshener into the air intake grates next to where the windshield wipers bolt on at the cowl. Instructions are written on the can.

It most definitely makes a difference… After you’ve been using the air conditioner, and then run the climate control with the AC off, no more musty smell.

Thanks a bunch for the detailed steps. I've literally never heard of such a thing and now I have a 1 banana for this weekend. Step 1 will be easy because I already learned I don't have a cabin air filter when I tried to replace it.

What about the charcoal box spray can?

 

[Unrulykid]

Thanks a bunch for the detailed steps. I've literally never heard of such a thing and now I have a 1 banana for this weekend. Step 1 will be easy because I already learned I don't have a cabin air filter when I tried to replace it.

What about the charcoal box spray can?

I am not familiar with a charcoal box spray can.

Could you elaborate?

 

[mokrunka]

I am not familiar with a charcoal box spray can.

Could you elaborate?

Ahh, I wasn't paying attention. Somehow my brain thought I read one of those cans was for the charcoal canister. disregard. Thanks for the info about the evaporator cleaner though.