What have you done to your 200 Series this week? (33 Viewers)

[Desert Nomad]

A couple of years back we started feeding a group of 4 cats at the stable yard that were surviving off of the worker's leftover food, had them all neutered and took care of them but over the past two years we've had a s***-faced b***h dumping cats here and these aren't all of them, it reached a point where a 3 months supply of horse food is cheaper than a months supply of cat food. If only things were so easy I'd like to introduce that w*ore to my front bumper

 

[Desert Nomad]

And to end the day I'm going to declare myself KING!

KING of jackasses that is. Before heading home I noticed my phone's battery was low so i decided to chuck it in the cruiser and charge it for 15 mins while i wrapped things up at the stables. Ignition on all systems off and only a phone charger on... Shouldn't drain a battery especially not a deep cycle one
Correction an old battery is an old battery when I came back it wouldn't even crank over, no problem we've got a another car here and I've got a set of jumper cables. Stand back! I know what im doing. Positive to positive negative to ground oooh spark. And wait, nothing at all... Clean up the contacts and surprise giant spark wait a second the clamp is starting to glow red ... The clamp is on fire . Unhook everything. I tried a second time same thing i tried a third time same thing. Instead of setting my cruiser on fire or electrocuting myself i called it quits and got towed to a gas station to test and swap the battery. That's when i realise I take the crown. I cannot believe I was trying to jump start the whole time sending voltage to the NEGATIVE terminal
I finally understood my fear of electricity... I'm too stupid to be around it

 

[MScruiser]

Finished wiring the lighting to my TJM T13. I turned down the shutter speed so you can make out the features of the LEDs better.

I also grabbed a shot of the wired up ARB rear bumper. The amber lenses on both the pictures of the ARB and TJM are illuminated, as I am making sure the turn indicators are also properly functioning.

 

[BTUMAN]

PTR27-60110

Here is part number for lugs. Double check though. It should 16 lugs and 4 locks. total of 20.

Found these on eBay for $120 delivered. I called my local Toyota place and they could not find the sticker using that part number given.

 

[InkMing]

I called my local Toyota place and they could not find the sticker using that part number given.

@BTUMAN, tell them it is a MDC number for the label. Was at mine today and talked to the parts counter guy and those work differently than normal parts. They can only order two at a time. And they take a little longer to get in than normal parts. At least that is what I was told.

MDC is Materials Distribution Center.

 

[InkMing]

The ranger may stay clean on this trip. The cruiser is more fun

HAHA!

 

[jmw101]

MScruiser -- that looks awesome. Nice work.

 

[NQCruiser]

And to end the day I'm going to declare myself KING!

KING of jackasses that is. Before heading home I noticed my phone's battery was low so i decided to chuck it in the cruiser and charge it for 15 mins while i wrapped things up at the stables. Ignition on all systems off and only a phone charger on... Shouldn't drain a battery especially not a deep cycle one
Correction an old battery is an old battery when I came back it wouldn't even crank over, no problem we've got a another car here and I've got a set of jumper cables. Stand back! I know what im doing. Positive to positive negative to ground oooh spark. And wait, nothing at all... Clean up the contacts and surprise giant spark wait a second the clamp is starting to glow red ... The clamp is on fire . Unhook everything. I tried a second time same thing i tried a third time same thing. Instead of setting my cruiser on fire or electrocuting myself i called it quits and got towed to a gas station to test and swap the battery. That's when i realise I take the crown. I cannot believe I was trying to jump start the whole time sending voltage to the NEGATIVE terminal
I finally understood my fear of electricity... I'm too stupid to be around it

Don't stress it too much Desert Nomad, I work with 12v stuff all day and still occasionally balls it up. My most recent "special moment" was to start my 60 Series after having the battery charger on it for a few hours, and wonder why there was a noise and a flash of movement from the wall socket...

Turns out you can wind a set of leads, a charger and a 3 metre extension cable into the cooling fan of a diesel engine surprisingly quickly ....... I never did find the alligator clips...

 

[SWUtah]

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Farm day

Where is this Mall your heading for??

 

[mooseknuckles]

Programmed the HomeLink. Feeling like a hero!

 

[TexAZ]

Willy, notice any issues with that awesome rear bumper contacting the original bumper segments (sides) when flexing on the the trail.

 

[NLScooby]

Would you mind also taking pics of the front of the ARB skids? I'm curious if it is compatible with my Proline bumper/bash. I just asked Slee for pics this morning actually - but if it's handy for you I'd appreciate it.

Here you are!

 

[Willy beamin]

Sorry - posted those pics in the wrong section...

@TexAZ - I never even thought to look. Damn

 

[RTaylor]

Installed the [extra beefy] Tundra recovery hooks.

 

[Desert Nomad]

Smashed my old phone (LG G3) yesterday and got the newer G4 today. Going through ocd to revert everything exactly how it was so didn't get much time to play with it until after dark.
The manual settings on the camera is quite impressive for a phone. First shot was a tester, second was after fiddling around with settings and taken at 12:40 am.

 

[MScruiser]

Hot damn! Now we're talkin' @Desert Nomad !

No more blurry pics.

 

[TexAZ]

@ willy beamin, I guess if you look now and there is no damage, it was a success! Rig looks awesome.

 

[InkMing]

Hot damn! Now we're talkin' @Desert Nomad !

No more blurry pics.

That is exactly what I was thinking!

 

[Oakleyguy]

Smashed my old phone (LG G3) yesterday and got the newer G4 today. Going through ocd to revert everything exactly how it was so didn't get much time to play with it until after dark.
The manual settings on the camera is quite impressive for a phone. First shot was a tester, second was after fiddling around with settings and taken at 12:40 am.

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Looking good! Now tell us about that grill!

 

[Desert Nomad]

Looking good! Now tell us about that grill!

It's a knock off grill dremelled to have the badge sit flush, the badge is the 60 series grill emblem.

Pics here and on the page after: https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/wh...-series-this-week.818471/page-43#post-9652946