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Hey whoa whoa. Is this happening

 

Nah, I'm not a Toyota purest. Supercharged LS3 or nothing.

 

LS is the only way to go for motor swaps

 

Needs to be an aluminum block of something at the minimum

 

Test mounting!

 

Today just started shitty

 

What happened Matt?

 

No clue. Seems electrical. Ground, starter, alternator. Something

 

Thought so. Getting irritated. Driving the Volvo all week so I'm not too heart broken. I know it's something pesky

 

Whatcha doin there?

 

Making some dust lights. Relocating the blinker to the lower lens, the LEDs will go in the stock blinker location and will strobe with the rigid flasher kit off a button on the dash. This is as far as I got today, I siliconed the blinker sockets in place. Will finish up tomorrow.

 

Sweet, cool idea.

 

Magnetic tablet/phone mount. Now to learn how to use Back Country Navigator.

IMG_20170610_191102785 by Unner Unner, on Flickr

IMG_20170610_192536911 by Unner Unner, on Flickr

 

New camping stuff

 

Sweet. I'll have to look into that one too before I pay for the pro version of back country navigator.

 

I like Galileo pro. Also easy to add overlays and I think it was .99cents.
Lots of neat features as well.

 

All cylinders have shit compression. Pistons and cylinder walls look good though so I'm not too worried about the motor being trash. Worst case scenario I need heads. Was talking to buddy that works for Lexus and he said to seal the front cover properly you have to drop to oil pan. Some guys just yank the motor to make it easier. That being said I kinda feel like just sending it to get rebuilt if I already have to pull it out. Decisions, decisions...

 

Got good news today!

Looks like I'm most likely going under the knife next Monday!

The week that I am incapacitated, my dad wants me to leave the truck in the shop so we can work on some initial designs for the slide. Goal is to fit 2 Rubbermaid action packers on the bottom slide, and mount a fridge slide on top for a cooler. Mount the subwoofer behind that, and have a full side of empty space for misc items

 

Did the HG on mine, not too bad, just lots of shit to keep track of. If you pull the studs out from the block, you can slide the front cover in at an angle without having to drop the pan. I didn't learn this until after the fact, then had to drop the pan, which is awful. You need to drop the diff and and the rack to get to it proper. That said, pulling the motor May have been easier, I just didn't have the means.

 

That sounds like a good design.