What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

What lift ya got on there? Sick ride!

 

In case it does it again tomorrow, I would pop the hood and do the same routine and if it does then raise the hood to see if the fan is moving a lot of air, vs when the noise is not there... Just don't forget to close the hood before driving... lol

 

Are these SR Hitachi? If so I would be interested

 

This is awesome! What are you doing to access the dead space around the drawers? Are you adding an access panel of some sort?

 

Exhaust leak?
Near the block it has a rhythmic sound but as pressures equalize near the cat it could sound like a hiss.

 

Unsure at this time. The plywood platform is 5/8", so not terribly heavy to lift out of the way to gain access, but I am considering routing the edges of 1/2" plywood to fit in the t-slots to create dividers. It's a work in progress, with no clear outcome.

 

Then you should get one so you could blame it on the compressor!

 

Technically it was yesterday but had a customer try to wrap their head around how we handle the springs and spacers we use to off-load weight from the load sensors when upgrading their seat because of the weight difference and the airbags not being calibrated for the seated weight of the seat.

So,yet another new article written. This time explaining how and why we use specific springs and spacer pack to accomplish the registering of the weight difference between your OEM seats and the scheel-mann Vario F upgrade without needed to use TechStream:

https://www.tolerance-stack.com/pos...uiser-passenger-load-cell-system-with-springs

 

Probably didn't need them... but i feel safer lol

 

Simple project. I picked up a camp axe and had to figure out how to secure it in the bed where I keep some of my off road camping gear permanently under the BakFlip cover.

The rest of my recovery gear, straps, shackles etc, along with my compressor and FasterFlate system get added, strapped down in the bed, when I'm going off road. This leaves the bed open for hauling things when needed between trips.

I relocated the Quickfist clamps for the shovel lower on the hardwood mount I hung from the bed track. I then added another hardwood piece behind the two hardwood mounts and mounted the two QuickFist clamps I had in my parts bin to hold the axe.

Worked out pretty good.

Before



After

 

Greater thread engagement and better centering of your wheels is never a bad idea

 

Dumb question how do i make this cover flip 3x it came on the taco has a toyota logo on the bottom...

 

Very nice setup, not just the axe holder!

 

I like your setup, I was thinking of doing something similar for the fire extinguisher and gas can. Are those Rago bed rails? How well do they fit with the Bakflip since you have to relocate the bed rails?

 

That certainly is a nice clean and organized bed... Just washed all the mud out of mine .. looks great

 

Did the oil change on my truck yesterday and it went... Badly. Found out that a shallow catch pan is no match for 6 quarts of warm 0w20 leaving the sump in a hurry! :LOL: I couldn't get out from under the truck fast enough! On the plus side, Mobile 1 is a GREAT hair conditioner!

 

I drilled new mounting holes in the Rago's to get them to fit the lower bed rails

 

This is sweet, makes me want to reorganize my bed

 

A pic to help, you can see the origional mounting holes for the Rago above the ones I drilled. Speaking of drilling, the Rago steel is good quality, thick and not easy to drill. I recommend a drill press and a good quality step drill bit or use a series of progressively larger bits and even use some cutting oil like I did.

I did not use wood mounts for the fire extinguisher or the 3 gallon RotopaX gas mount because I wanted to be absolutely sure there would be no failures of the mounts. I don't expect my wood ones to fail, but if one like the axe or recovery boards did fall down that would not be a big deal. A falling 3 gallon gas container or a fire extinguisher might be a different story.

 

I appreciate the writeup. The idea is still in the planning phases as I'm trying to research and find a suitable fire extinguishers that is safe to carry around in this Arizona heat.