TYetti's 2.7L Rebuild/FULL SEND/EAF build

I've just come to accept that I'll probably buy another one down the road and make it my offroad only vehicle. I'm sad I sold mine, but at the same time I love my Tacoma.

 

I got my taco with the intent on making it a expo rig!! I'm sure at some point I may get a commuter but I don't put a lot of dd milage on it as is cause I have a company truck, right now the wait for parts is killing me, with my luck the day before I do a 10 day trip in Aug is when its all gonna show Lol

 

Got an update from Jason at cruisin off road my sliders are all fabbed up heading off to powder coat!!! Great guy to deal with on point with the updates!!! If you're I BC I highly recommend him!!!

Anyways here's a teaser he sent me !!!

 

I love new parts !!! Picked up my beefy Cruisin Off Road sliders today!!!! Hopefully have them installed on Saturday and test em out the rest of the long weekend !!!!

 

Today was slider install day, pretty straight forward these are bolt on sliders, which require drilling of two holes in the bottom of the first and 4th brackets, the only other challenge is routing the brake lines out of the way of the bolts on the second bracket, I chose to run mine underneath the bolt. Other than that a lot more massaging was needed with my bfh than I anticipated especially on the passenger side. These sliders are very tightly fit to the frame hence all the hammer work anyways I didn't take many pics but here's a couple I'll whore it out some more as I hit the trail

I used a tranny jack to lift them up these guys are beefy and heavy so I'm glad I had this


And all done

 

Just ordered my sliders from Jason as well. I think I'm about a month out to getting mine. I see you met kris I guess I replaced him in the red deer group when he moved out there.

 

You wont be disappointed with them!! I'm lucky I live about 15 min away from Jason's shop, which just makes it convenient!!! Ya he pulled me out of a hole lol his truck is pretty bad ass though!!!

 

So the pressure is on I'm as of today 2weeks out from a 10 day trip through Washington and Oregon. Been running around picking up things for the truck and the trip!! Yesterday I ordered a set of 265/75R16 BFG at ko's, I also picked up a new 48' high lift(an actual high lift not the chineese copy), a little tailgate propane BBQ. Today I went nuts on the sceptor cans picked up two desert tan 20L fuel and two NATO blue water cans. Its been an expensive week Lol

Pics

My route with all stops and waypoints mapped out


You like my cans?




Horse cock filler neck


Stay tuned

 

Those cans look sweet. You'll have to post a few pictures of your new tires!

 

The cans are beefy as fuck I love em !!!

Oh for sure as soon as they come in, I ordered them through my work so it takes a little longer but I get our fleet discount soo not gonna argue with it taking longer!!!

 

This past weekend my neighbour caught me on my way home from work Friday night and asked if I wanted to come out camping on Allouette lake. Which is in Golden Ears provincial park. So my old lady wanted to go to the lake anyways and I love being out on the boat so I'm like hell yea buddy I'll be at the dock at 8, got home loaded up the truck picked up some of the essentials and left for the lake at 7am Saturday morning. Which turned out to be a good idea forestry closed the lake after 400 boats launched Lol 36 degrees will do that!!!

Snapped these after a hard day tubing and wakeboarding we also managed a small hike to a decommissioned detention center no pics of on the boat stuff I have a rule about electronics and boats they don't mix Lol

My neighbours dog Missy hiding from the heat


The site


Not a fan of my snap shots


Even the dog was pooped after a full day in and out of the boat


Chillin by the with the sailor




I got in trouble for taking this one lol she's roasting Bailey's covered marshmallows



I kept taking fire pictures Lol


6am Sunday morning look at that glass!!!


Hardest part of the whole weekend was unloading the truck knowing I had to go back to work today

 

Trip update:
So due to the risk and cured t forest fires burning in Washington I've decided to make my trip a slightly smaller local one next Friday I'll be leaving, gonna use west Harrison fsr to get to Lillooet and then cut over to Merrit and on to Princeton and the whipsaw trail, with a nice drive home via Boston bar and east Harrison fsr!!! Should be 5 or 6 great nights of camping

Truck update : tires have finally arrived gonna have em installed Friday

And I finally finished a mod I had out on my oh I'll get right on that mmmm maybe tomorrow...... well many tomorrows later





Rye and ginger break


Finished

 

Last Sunday some buddies and I went for a quick rip to hale creek, two of the guys had never been, and I'm always up for an afternoon by the lake!! Someone actually remembered to get out and take pics Lol

 

TIRES!!!!






For the record these are 265/75R16 BFG AT KO's in load range E which is overkill for the taco weight capacity wise, I've seen too many 6ply tires with punctures on trails this year, big influence on my desicion to go with these!

Pulled around the corner to fuel up before heading back to work go in side to grab a drink and this thing pulled up!!! Crazy looking Mercedes Benz rig its been spotted all over the lower mainland over the last two months


Trail test for the tires on Sunday

 

Well went out and put the bfg's to the test today, went back to vedder mountain, and the cell tower loop, with a quick jaunt up to the old hang gliders lookout!!! Big huge group as members of bc4wdac were doing a fundraiser for the homeless, so I didn't have time to stop and take pics on the trail group was moving slow enough as it was, tested out those cruisin off road sliders as well today as the trail is much more rutted out and no longer stock frienly. Great group great fun as usual

Top of the valley at the lookout








My new 80$ oba solution

 

+1 for Cruisin Offroad! Excellent quality product and service.

 

Ya Buddy!!! I can wait till I upgrade my suspension to support one of their winch bumpers that's thing is gorgeous!!! I also have an idea for a double swing out. Rear bumper

 

I'm itching to get my 265/70/16s put on so I can dip my wheels!

 

What's this? Link?

Matt

 

Its a moto master heavy duty electric air compressor its available at Canadian tire, takes about 15-20 min to air up 4 tires but its better than nothing I'm going to be changing this for something else but for now it works