Tampa Bay Area Tacomas BS Thread

Thought I seen ya in Seminole.

 

Voting for Tamlando has started, go vote!

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/tamlando-tampa-orlando-meet-smokey-bones-in-lakeland-fl.376097/

 

Well, I think it's finally about time. There a mod day coming up? How ambitious is anyone lending a hand to the long-time lurker?

 

Doing what?

 

Shocks, spindles, leaf springs etc... Finally think all else is in order and the time has come.

 

K, well, if you need a place to do it, my carport is at your disposal. Not sure how much help I'd be ATM, my shoulder is screwed up and I'm trying to give it a break. I know Rick is wanting to do all that to Lily White next month and @taco8603 (Philip) will be bringing his spring compressor. If we had enough people we might be able to do them both on the same day, but that would take 6 or 8 folks, plus me, supervising (haha).

 

Sounds good! Will work around the times people are available. Only hurdle I have is my on call schedule. Trting to get a feel to see what I will actually be getting into. First actual build and all.

 

The coilovers are the worst part if you're doing those. The brake lines are a bit messy, as is bleeding the brakes, but the rest of it is just spinning wrenches. Only thing I'm not really sure about is I think you have to modify a brake line bracket for the spindles. Not sure how though. Spruce always took care of that the few times I was involved with installing them.

 

I figured the lines were the worst part of it. The rest will be a learning curve. Other than helping friends back in high school with their vehicles, yet to really modify my own. Debated in getting the lines dealt with prior to install to avoid that mess. If it would make it any easier?

 

The less we have to do here the easier it will be. The trick will be bleeding the brakes after you do the lines. If you have a pressure bleeder or someone to mash the pedal for ya, it shouldn't be a problem if you know how to do it. Oh, and a trick I saw on a youtube video I was going to try the next time I have to take lines loose is to get a few 3/16s rubber vacuum line caps and stick them on the hard line after you remove the flex line from it. That'll keep your reservoir from draining out while you're changing the lines.

 

Interesting. If I get them swapped in, should be an issue on the extended lines until the loft is done? Would assume to make sure they aren't rubbing on anything then all would be well?

 

Rubbing wouldn't be as big an issue as them getting pinched in the suspension somewhere, especially in the front, but I wouldn't think there would be any problems from anything else.

 

Good to know, may see bout knocking that out the week before or so. Keep that mess to a minimal.
Thanks for the info!

 

Pretty much all that's left is to get the spindles all painted. Weather has not been kind for that process as of late. Hoping I haven't overlooked any thing. Been combing over the items and I think everything else is in order.

 

Did you get a driveshaft spacer? Not sure if you'd need one or not. @SpruceTaco would be the one to ask about that.

Oh, and you'll need a few 1/8" cotter pins at least 1" long. (Nobody ever seems to remember these and you aren't supposed to reuse them.)

 

Got the ds spacer, cb drop. With the hardware for the shocks, normally use the same bolts you know of? I will grab some of the cotter pins on my next trip.

 

Yeah, if the shocks don't come with new hardware, then the old stuff can usually be reused.

 

One front takes 4 hours that's with swapping springs if needed

 

I'm sure that's possible. Could probably be done faster even if the people doing it were sufficiently motivated and experienced. On the other hand, I have a tore up shoulder so I may not be able to help as much as I'd like (or more likely, I'll end up overdoing it and prolong the pain).

So...you gonna come by and help out? With Timbo on the job, we could get both trucks knocked out in like 30 minutes.