Cynicalriders "J0hnny5 is ALIVE!" 01 build thread.

I thought that the heat was generated on a braking release not winching "in", but maybe if you were tapping the motor it was applying the brakes several times each time you stopped and that was enough to melt it?

 

I assumed it was from the friction of the drum spinning on the stationary winch line that did it.

 

Windshield washer res lol

 

Hmm, I guess that could be. I know my winch line had some kind of rubber dipped layer on the first few feet to cover the first wrap on the drum to attempt to prevent the heat from melting. I know last time I had my line spooled all the way out I noticed that little allen head set screw was all corroded and buggered up, I'm assuming it's not doing a whole lot haha. Next time I have it out I'll probably get that bubba grabber for mine

oh haha i see it now, that's the pump. Derp, had no perspective where that came from or what it was supposed to be.

 

Lol yeah pump on top and low fluid sensor below. Can you believe first gen's even had those?

 

I’m more impressed by the fact your truck goes that fast.

 

wildly immaculate but I can still hit actual 90 no prob

 

Oh fuck that I’ll cruise at 70 and be at 3k rpm so anything more and I’m screamin and the truck starts shaking.

 

My terminal velocity is about 80-85 with the 3RZ

 

lol yup.
anything above that you have to be going downhill with a tailwind

 

I hit 99 once going downhill... On a closed course of course

 

Psssh. you gotta a turbo on that thing now. You can prob cruise uphill at 80mph now

 

Pretty sure you cruised 99 on the interstate the entire second leg of our trip to Moab once upon a time. I distinctly remember my Tacoma not enjoying the pace, and all of the weight on my rear bumper bucking around like a carriage wagon.

 

to all these speed stories. I don't think I have ever taken this truck past 91-92 since the regear. RPM's are just too dang high.

 

If you're not bouncing off the limiter are they too high? I think I hit the limiter in 4th on my 99mph run and thought I blew it up. Last time I tried that lol. I'm not afraid of high revs though. There's a hill out here called White Bird that puts Floyd hill on I70 to shame. 3rd gear redline for what seemed like 10 miles.

 

I've driven across the country at 3700-4300 rpms lol I don't want to push her more than I already do

 

Teasers from this weekend.


Untitled by Michael Halat, on Flickr

https://youtu.be/Rauqpb4YCR0

Got 500 photos to edit and a couple gigs of video and then I can write something up.

 

This ledge was the most satisfying one of the day to get up. It took out my rear valve stem in doing so, but was worth it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYu5tI8mVv8

 

I might need to make a trip east sometime. Didn't realize there are trails like this around. Thought everything was just offroad parks.