What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Oh I'm watching this thread...

 

Installed ECGS bushing on Saturday, even though I had no vibrations from the Eibach Stage 2 Kit I installed 2 weekends ago. Preventative maintenance, you could call it. Huge shoutout to @Tiedie for lending me the bearing puller & insert tools.

Nobody told me how much of a booger the CV axle was going to be to get in and out. Wow that sucked. Even using a ratchet strap to suspend the CV from the UCA, I spent about an hour with a chisel and hammer before borrowing the neighbors car to go to Ace and buy a 24" pry bar.

Other observations:
- Needle bearing was fully intact (thankfully)
- Diff oil smelled like farts and fermented pee mixed in a blender with other mystery chemicals
- That is not diff oil in the 2nd photo - that is sweat. It was 100 degrees with 90% humidity in Mobile on Saturday.
- Chisel slipped and I dented the hub cover on accident. Already ordered a new one in the mail.

 

Installed the front bed rail.



Fuck this screw in particular.

 

I’m doing this one on my day off on Wednesday. Hopefully it won’t take me all day as I also want to get the lift done.

 

Ha, I installed one myself and I ended up almost stripping one of the bolts as well.
I've already used the front rail a few times and consider it a good upgrade.
FWIW: spare cleats can be purchased from Amazon.

 

Worked some more on the rock lights. Concentrated on just the wiring since no point in mounting any more of the lights until I get the first 3 I mounted working. For some reason, trying to marry the rock lights 2 wire harness into a cali raised relay harness is not working. The instructions on the rock lights state specifically to use a relay, otherwise their switch will melt. Well, I bought relay harness and a Toyota looking switch, which I had to cut a hole for (no more spots available due to already adding ditch and fog light switches). Now I guess I need a replacement lower left trim panel piece where the OEM switches are, so I can either give up and not have to look at a hole or start over. The problem is no matter what I do, the switch lights up, whether I tie in the rock light 2 wire harness or not. I checked wiring on the cali raised harness and its just like my ditch and fog lights switches, which those work perfect. These rock lights though, as soon as I tie into power, the switch lights up, but fails to power the rock lights. I know I am missing something, so the only thing I know to do is rip out everything and start over. Maybe just use the switch that was included with the kit, but I want to add the relay for safety. I may have tunnel vision on this, which is why I can't figure out what the deal is. Here is the breakdown.

Standard Cali raised harness: 2 red, black (ground) and a yellow (signal) wire. Running into the cab and up to the switch.
Rock light harness: just red and black. Also running into the cab and want to work with the switch so as to "arm" the lights. Then turn on with the remote control included with the kit.

Part number to replacement panel? If anyone has? I tried to look up but all I found was aftermarket options with extra switch holes.



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I've already been through that phase with my '86 truck, three BMW motorcycles, a Subaru Outback and partially, a GX470. It NEVER ends!

 

Nice setup. I think you live in my neighborhood. Are you in Willows?

 

I also installed the front rail and end caps (a while ago) and added some OEM cleats. I have my Zombie Killing Axe mounted to it at the moment.

 

Is that a Hardcore Axe?

 

Yes it is!

 

I guess I got lucky, no stripped bolts. I’ve added Rago recovery boards mounts to organize my bed a bit.

 

Arlington

 

Still loving the new shocks, but I had to go from option 1 to option 3 with my icon rxt leafs as I was settling to the bump stops fully loaded with my rtt. So I got that done today, I'm recovering from a nasty cold but it felt doable on this rainy day, took my time and got er done in about 2 hours. Adding a leaf was way easier and a lot less sketchy then I'd imagined. Time to recover for the rest of the afternoon

 

that axe looks awesome! @OldSaltyDog would love to see some more pictures.

 

Well this is embarassing...
I got my Taco really stuck in my Dad's rain soaked back yard. Note, I was hauling about 3000lbs. of dirt in my dual axle dump trailer at the time. I had to disconnect the trailer and leave it buried while I used Crawl Control for the 1st time to get the Taco out. Going back tomorrow to recover the trailer if it dries up enough. If successful I will upload pics.

 

hell yea. thats truckin'

 

Added a couple new pinstripes…

 

Did all my 30k fluid changes: front and rear diff, transmission, and transfer case. If you are planning on installing skids I'd suggest doing your fluids so you can wait 30k more miles before you need to uninstall all the skids to do your fluids.

Also, reinstalled my BD SAE fog lights. Their manual says you can only mount them right side up or upside down, but what it doesn't mention is that to mount them upside down you have to send them in for a warranty repair for them to flip everything. Makes sense that the cutoffs are different but when I purchased them I thought it would be an easy swap or something. To maintain warranty you have to let them do it. Just a heads up for anyone who might be planning on mounting them upside down on an aftermarket bumper.