Cynicalriders "J0hnny5 is ALIVE!" 01 build thread.

Came together great! The bumper looks good and the rear is proper now. No worries about the leafs now. Just make sure you re-torque those u bolts after couple hundred miles or so.

 

Yeah I love the look of the new bumper. Debating taking my rear off and just running the support behind it. I honestly still can't believe you did yours solo, even with two people, two jack stands, and three jacks + hi lift, it was a bitch.

Can't wait to flex it out at RC.

 

Slider install by Black Pipe Fabrications:



When I cut them off the dudes truck I lost some length on the legs. To get the length back I bought tube with 1/4" wall that had an inner diameter close to the outer diameter of the legs. I bought 2x2" steel plates from ebay and we cut the plates to get the gussets we needed too. We ground the legs down and then hammered 3" pieces of the 1/4" wall tube onto the legs about an inch to an inch and a half then welded the fuck out of everything. They turned out beefy as shit.





Dat welding underglow:



His truck is an absolute beast in person:

 

Black Pipe Fabrication comes through again. Looks like it was a lot of work!

 

LOOKS BROTHA good luck that ride looking forward to this weekend

 

Went to Rausch Creek with about 20 TacomaWorld Trucks this weekend. Had a great time.

Here's whatever media I found of the truck from everyone.

Deep puddles everywhere:




Lunch break:



In the quarry:




Photos at the comp course:





View from the top of the comp course:



Climbing out of Lake Christy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuRkNWEiZpw

Pics of the climb:




Heading down into the Quarry:




Quarry vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMlUA8GYkcQ


Tried to pull a high centered truck and the rotted bumper wasn't having any of it:



Backed it into a tree to fix it:



Said fuck it when I got home and pulled the bumper off:



It was a bit dirty but came back relatively unscathed:



I bumped my new bumper on trail 12 on a root I couldn't see. I pulled it off and hammered it back out:





All cleaned up:

 

Did u repaint the front bumper? Looks a lot better now...maybe all it needed was a wash

 

No repaint, just washed.

Helped do clutch this weekend at my cousins shop and greased my drive shift while I had it off.



Transfer case off:



Old clutch:



Marlin Crawler HD clutch kit installed:



The difference in pedal feel is incredible. I'm glad I went to my cousins shop to do this because even with the three of us working on it (his guys did most of the work I was just helping where I could/learning) it was a much larger project than I thought. Especially since the pilot bearing was a bitch to get out and the 4wd system on the truck is so fucking heavy.

Also drooled over his new toy while I was there:



Took it out to hang out by the Delaware with my fiance:

 

A little updating, on the build with some wheeling adventures.

Created an edit for the Rausch Creek weekend:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42Rh0plsIUQ

Also did some solo wheeling on my birthday:






Also got seen in a video W00dy made from our last trip to the pines:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdPXQQywRvo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ij10odpoV0

 

New addition to the truck thanks to my fiance:



Install process:



Melted ducting to get a super flush fit.



90* elbow for a flush fit, and used the bracket that came with the CB and zip ties to secure the CB in place.



It looks like it was made to be there.

 

Last pines day trip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmPfHCl6K3w

Went night wheeling recently:




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCZOUXRyy5w

Money's tight right now so the truck won't get much love for a while, and definitely won't get to wheel much for a while.

Short list of maintenance required:
Power steering rack
LBJ's
ITRE and OTRE's
Both front axle seals
Power steering rack bellows
Brakes all around

I did finally get and install my new bumper though.

 

Bumper looks tight bro!

 

i'll just leave this here

 

Still running the duct tape mod.





And thanks Jeff! If we put your truck and my truck together we would have a fully armored rig! lol

 

next time you go to the pines let me know, would love to explore with someone that knows the place. I have been a number of times, but solo and I usually get a little lost b/c I have no idea where I am going.

 

Will do, I am still learning the area myself and only know a handful of locations to explore. I feel like we are finding more and more places to play around in though as the groups grow. We found two relatively new places to mess around in just a couple weeks ago.

 

Setup a perm spare tire mount in my bed this weekend. This lets me store the tire in the bed with the tailgate down (which I need to do to haul full size motorcycles) very securely and without taking up a ton of bed space. Got the hardware from harbor freight as well as the strap setup. It's actually meant to secure a vehicle to a flat bed trailer by it's wheels so it's more than rated for this application.

 

Looks good does it block any of your vision?

 

Nope, I see it back there but it's never in the way.

 

Looks good man! Do you get any side to side play with that strap? Mine did so I added the two smaller straps I showed you that go from the beside through the rim and hook to the front and rear tire mounts.