Western Massachusetts Tacomas

New bumpstops would be limit the amount of down travel and stop the shock absorber from crushing itself?

 

Limit the amount if uptravel. Limit straps control down travel

 

Everything has arrived!

Looking good and hopefully finding a time soon to get installed.

 

Nice. Be sure to spray everything down with pb blaster for a while beforehand. You might want to look at trying to pull the cam bolts out of the lcas if you can and grease them. Or just get new lcas/ cam bolts.

 

I just got an alignment done, because I replaced spindle and bearings, do you think mine will be seized? Not really looking to create additional work.

 

If they were able to align it then probably they are ok. But you'll need a new alignment after you lift anyways, and it's really easy to pull them so if you have time is worthwhile to at least pull the cam bolts and cover then I anti seize.

 

If I am pulling I might just buy the SPC ones for 70$ for a set. Swap them out i guess.

 

The oe ones are much better than the spc ones. I'd stick with oe and just clean them up/grease them. OE toyota ones are much stonger. There are many people who've had the spc style ones round out the cam portion because it's separate from the bolt unlike the toyota ones where it's all one piece

 

Went out for a spin today to check some of my favorite places.
Came upon this cemetery in the middle of the woods.


Close up of the structure in the middle. Looks like one family.

Some of the other headstones in there:

Bog Pond

 

Couple other shots from the drive around

 

@DrFunker are the state forests opening up yet?

I want to come out next sunday or monday and check out October Mountain.

 

Hey James. I was up north today and many of those roads never close. Many of the Oct. Mtn. roads were closed last week. From what I see, early May is opening time for many of them out here.
I will try to get in to Oct. Mtn. again to see before you make a trip.
If you want to go a little further North Savoy s.f. has some interesting stuff. That cemetery I stumbled onto today has some really freaky history. Was just reading up on it.

 

Interesting stuff. This @skiergd011013 posted this up a while back.
http://mysterious-hills.blogspot.com/2005/05/bizarre-berkshires.html

 

Shit @jjsul , if you come out a day or two earlier, I may be able to join you.
Can't do Sunday/Monday.

 

Umass auto show this weekend, ill be attending. lifting the FJ saturday, getting the new falken wildpeaks on and hopefully ready for sunday.

 

@jjsul everything is still locked up in Oct. Mtn.

 

Start spraying everything with pb blaster now .

 

Has anyone been to this?
http://truckfestsh.com/

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=78&v=9k9JzvwQAGM