Where Have You Off-Roaded Today? 3rd Gen

New Video from Azusa OHVRA! It's not boring like most of the other videos. Lots of different shots!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQy4nzL5FtA&feature=youtu.be

 

Did you relocate your diff breather?

 

Not bad on those stock tires. Get any water inside? I checked my '04 Taco rear diff after submerging it on a creek run. No water penetration with no mod.

 

nope

I haven't taken the rear end apart to check, but I doubt it. Also, no water in the doors. It gets passed the first seal but the inner door seat doesn't let anything in

 

Might want to check sooner than later. The cabin is an equal or positive pressure (depending on HVAC settings) whereas the rear end is more often than not negative pressure as soon as the hot pumpkin hits cold water. The air inside cools quickly and sucks air (or water if the breather is submerged) in through the breather until pressure is equalized. Remote breather is a truly functional cheap mod.

 

Pretty much resembles the roads we traverse when hunting

 

WTF!? Just joticed this empty compartment!

 

Wait till you hear about all the cool things you can put in it

 

Mostly weed.

 

Someone once told me that's where 4Runner owners' hopes and dreams go for their final resting place

 

Like this?

 

I have my garage door opener in there because I didn't want to take a home equity loan out for the HomeLink system.

 

No need to take anything apart. Just pull the fill plug when warm and pull a little out. It should be milky looking if water is present.

 

I know is not a 3gen, I'm waiting for mine to arrive to the dealership, but here are some pictures of my friend's 2nd gen, rescuing a F150

 

So where does this loveliness come from?

 

I designed it. It'll be for sale on Shapeways once I confirm that it fits, probably tomorrow morning. Uses a lot of material and printer space so it's not exactly cheap (~$35), once installed I may see some good way to lighten it up. Also planning one for the narrower Toyota style switches (3 across I think), and one for Carling.

 

Nice - PM me when you're ready to go...

 

Done:



Here's the Shapeways link. Minimal markup, comes out a little cheaper than I remembered. I've tried 22mm x 32mm Toyota style switches from 2 different manufacturers as well as OEM, they all require minimal coaxing, fit very snug and won't move or rattle once installed.

Edit - I've received a couple of PMs from this post asking about the other Toyota style switches. There is currently progress on that (2/15) and it should be available soon. See this thread for further updates.

 

Looks great!

 

Awesome