What have you done to your 200 Series this week? (47 Viewers)

[tincan45]

Went less than 1..

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Ha you were fine! I noticed gas got really expensive as I moved North and West....This is never a good feeling when your GPS says this is the closest fuel:

And your fuel gauge says this:

Tank took 22.6 gal to fill, so I had a couple gallons to spare.

 

[pepebaja]

Question
Would 2 remaining gallons on has tank be enough to “cool” the fuel pump avoiding pump failure, or jus once in a while let it drop that much be safe?

 

[tincan45]

Question
Would 2 remaining gallons on has tank be enough to “cool” the fuel pump avoiding pump failure, or jus once in a while let it drop that much be safe?

Good question, I never considered the submerged fuel pump. Not sure I want to find out. That's the closet I've ever gotten to empty.

 

[helena2019]

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Thanks Joe!

 

[jrmudder92]

Went for a drive. Im trying to get more use out of the old thing rather than keep modding it and holding up a hoist

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Beautiful!! What rear window flip up are those?

 

[Aint Misbehavin]

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Got home from a work trip, my wife said she used my car… just made it to the gas station

 

[04UZJ100]

Got home from a work trip, my wife said she used my car… just made it to the gas station

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Had 2+ gallons left.

 

[linuxgod]

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I once added 23.9 gallons. Talk about cutting it close. Towing MPG sucks

 

[linuxgod]

Question
Would 2 remaining gallons on has tank be enough to “cool” the fuel pump avoiding pump failure, or jus once in a while let it drop that much be safe?

I had that question once but someone on the forum much smarter than me explained how our pump doesn’t need to be submerged to stay cool. Wish I could find the reply but it’s around here somewhere

 

[Aint Misbehavin]

Had 2+ gallons left.

I thought there was a couple gallons unusable in the tank

 

[04UZJ100]

I thought there was a couple gallons unusable in the tank

Not unusable, just does not register on range.

 

[residualboulders]

They are the basic firestone bags. They sit inside the coil, not attached to anything. The air plumbing runs up through the top of the sping. In theory, they should limit travel. I on the other hand have never noticed and if they do, its negligable. I was originally going to remove them becasue the tourflex springs do such a great job of keeping my rear up when towing our opus. We just sold the Opus and moved on to a larger TT with a more sunstatial tounge weight. I will be leaving them in to see if ill need them.

Your supposed to keep them at 5psi to limit any potential damage when not loaded. To be honest, when I'm not loaded I take out the valve stem cores and run them at zero. I have never had an issue like this and im confident they dont limit any articulation. I could see the plumbing failing before the actual bag is damaged on them. Also, they are really easy to install/replace, not too hard on the wallet and the benefits when towing validate the risk for me.

did you install yourself? Looks like there is a conical shaped bump stop in the coil. Assume that has to be removed to install the airbag which means removal of the coil?

 

[Killacaviar]

did you install yourself? Looks like there is a conical shaped bump stop in the coil. Assume that has to be removed to install the airbag which means removal of the coil?

I have installed them a few times now. It’s not difficult at all as long as your comfortable removing the coils. Bottom shock mounts need to be removed and passenger side sway bar link and then you have enough room to drop the axle and pop the spring out.

that conical bump is the factory bump stop, you need to trim the bump stop to make room for the coil. If you have done it before the rear coils can come out in less than 30 minutes. I would say two hours to install the bags and run all your air lines.

every spring I’ve installed with the exception of the Tourflex you don’t need spring compressors or anything. The tourflex are substantially longer than any other spring I’ve seen before and need to be compressed for install.

 

[FrazzledHunter]

Replaced the OEM battery terminals with new ones made by SDHQ:
SDHQ Built Billet Battery Terminal Upgrade Kit - https://sdhqoffroad.com/collections/08-21-toyota-land-cruiser-200-series-electrical/products/sdhq-built-billet-battery-terminal-upgrade-kit

I liked the way the OEM harness attached to the top of the SDHQ terminals without having to cut the wires.
I also got the covers which don't actually cover the factory wires but do cover everything else.

So there's now plenty of room to add new stuff in the future.
Oh and I'm finally rid of that ridiculous OEM positive terminal cover.
OLD:

NEW:

 

[TXCRSR]

 

[residualboulders]

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Looks like some mods are coming soon?

 

[TXCRSR]

Looks like some mods are coming soon?

Yessir! Put the list on the previous page. 11 more days to get it back now!

 

[residualboulders]

Yessir! Put the list on the previous page. 11 more days to get it back now!

oops, missed that. That's going to be sweet. Pretty much my list, but I'm doing it slower and some myself.

 

[Julian73]

For no reason, painted Heritage Bronze

 

[dcs111]

For no reason, painted Heritage Bronze

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okay so you painted some stuff ... But that positive battery terminal is bazinga! tell us about it?