Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Solid axle that shit.
What have you done to your ride lately?
- Thread starter jdmcq
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Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Is it a V8? If it is, 60/14B on 40's.. call it good. 
Then a proper truggy bed.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
I think its unanimous, truggy that thing!
MatthewMay1
amateur professional
Ah, ok I was poking around the side earlier. I’ll check up in that area. I probably need to remove the little cover over the actuators to see it I guess?
ha, I can assure you I will be doing none of those things to this truck!
MatthewMay1
amateur professional
Installed the Corolla thermostat and a new Denso radiator on the Tacoma today. Then I broke off one of the mounts for the front skid plate....going to try to get that welded up after work tomorrow. Truck is running on average 10° cooler. I drove 30 minutes down the highway and it stayed right at 174.2° with occasional minutes at 176.0°. Heck yeah. I’m excited to monitor it as the summer rolls around. Before, my engine was running around 186-190 so I think this is a great improvement...so far
The motor will really appreciate that with the supercharger this summer.
PSU Taco85
Well-Known Member
That old radiator has def seen better days! I’ve had my taco cooking at 210° last year. Flushed my coolant and put in a URD 160° Thermostat, my truck is happy too.
MatthewMay1
amateur professional
I went and got my old 4Runner from the ranch today. In the past year and a half that it’s been down there I never had a mouse problem....since the last time I drove it, they moved in to the engine compartment and chewed the main ignition wire going to the distributor along with some other small gauge wires that I think will be easy to repair. Luckily it has a winch on the bumper and I was able to use that to pull it up onto the trailer. I filled the Tundra airbags to 35PSI to level the truck and cruised home. I even got out my tape measure since this is the first time I’ve towed with the bags. The truck is dead level even though it looks slightly nose-high. Those airbags are sweet! The Tundra rode so much nicer than the last time I towed something heavy with it. It towed beautifully at 65-70mph on 10.7MPG. All with the 4.6L engine
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tex
That's Mr Asshole to you
I installed my Midland MXT275 today. It came with 2 antennas and I mounted this one with a ditch light bracket from Cali Raised Fab.
I did make a mistake when I ordered the plug to fit a switch blank so ordering a new one is all that is left.
Put the radio under the driver seat and hooked into power from my Blue Seas fuse block under the center console. The mic plugs into a black to the right of the steering wheel.
I did make a mistake when I ordered the plug to fit a switch blank so ordering a new one is all that is left.
Put the radio under the driver seat and hooked into power from my Blue Seas fuse block under the center console. The mic plugs into a black to the right of the steering wheel.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Where did you get the antenna mount?
tex
That's Mr Asshole to you
Its a ditch light bracket from Cali Raised Fab. They are about 5 miles from me and had them in stock. No shipping or lead times.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Looks good man.
MatthewMay1
amateur professional
Boomtacoma01
Tommy want wingy..
new powerstop brakes on the tow rig...what a difference.
MatthewMay1
amateur professional
Put big ugly Betty to work today. Mower fits like a glove
PSU Taco85
Well-Known Member
Changed the oil, rotated my tires, then replaced drivers side rear caliper on my accord today. Damn parking brake lever kept hanging up and would cause brake drag. Pulled another OEM caliper off a pick n pull vehicle that seemed to work, hopefully it lasts a decent amount of time. The reman cheapo calipers always seem to rust and be worse quality than a broken oem one 
. Bonus of the pick n pull was it was cheap and I got the whole bracket and sliding pins, i cut the caliper lines didn’t even bother to disconnect it.
. Bonus of the pick n pull was it was cheap and I got the whole bracket and sliding pins, i cut the caliper lines didn’t even bother to disconnect it.
PSU Taco85
Well-Known Member
Added some trail toys fender trim to the taco that I’ve had sitting around for around 4 years
cleaned up the fender lines and cuts nicely
Added a heater core bypass to the 7.3, took twice as long because I didn’t label the hoses and hooked them up backwards the first time
tapped into the recirc damper control vacuum line so it will isolate the heater core on “max ac” setting.
Motorcraft PN for anyone interested.
cleaned up the fender lines and cuts nicely
Added a heater core bypass to the 7.3, took twice as long because I didn’t label the hoses and hooked them up backwards the first time
tapped into the recirc damper control vacuum line so it will isolate the heater core on “max ac” setting.
Motorcraft PN for anyone interested.
So what is the targeted benefit from bypassing the heater core?