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  1. Oct 31, 2014 at 4:30 PM
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    Dang, that's what my skid looks like. Haven't taken it off to see how dented my tank is...

    Guess that answers why my gauge doesn't work haha

    So you're recommending just dropping the tank without removing the bed?
     
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  2. Oct 31, 2014 at 4:35 PM
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    Yeah, I tossed the tin foil OEM gas tank skid after that. Was never going to fit anyways.... :D

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    You'll get arguments for both sides, but I'm on the drop the tank side :D

    Try to run it out of gas, two bolts in front, one strap in back that comes out with a hitch pin, and another bolt holding the filler neck. Then it's one electrical plug, and 3 lines. 2 of the lines have spring clips, the gas feed line has a plastic quick disconnect. Shouldn't take you more than an hour the first time, and then like I said you have way better access to work on it.
     
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  3. Oct 31, 2014 at 4:39 PM
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    Haha nice. I was dreading the idea of trying to remove the bed...

    I think I'm going to try to find another gas tank skid and reinforce it or try to bend my original one back and reinforce it
     
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  4. Oct 31, 2014 at 4:49 PM
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    Mine isn't dented as bad as yours. I just have one dent but it must have hit at the right spot.
    I think I might pull the bed and drop the tank. I'm welding frame plates on the inside of the frame and I would prefer to have as much room as possible to work with.

    I'm going to try to bend mine back then reinforce it.
     
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  5. Oct 31, 2014 at 5:00 PM
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    HomerTaco ...................................................................................................................................................... Core-Hurst short throw shifter & T-handle / Carbon Fiber Interior / custom console light / De-badged / leather interior / Heated Front seats / Red Line Hood Struts / Painted speaker grills /one-off TRD Satoshi Grill with 12-15 front-end swap/ Pioneer AVIC-X920BT HU / Scangauge II / Black LED Tails / Dash Mount for iPad mini / Safari Snorkel / Auto-pilot mode / Leer 100XQ Cap / 4x Innovations sliders / Rear Diff Breather Mod / front windows tinted to 35% / Brute Force Fab Hybrid Front Bumper / BAMF Rear Diff Skid / Budbuilt Skids / CBI Trail Master 2.0 rear hybrid bumper / Fox rr coils/ TC UCA's/ TC spindle gussets/ TC Cam Tab gussets / Dakar leafs / Defined Engineering shackles / All pro U bolt flip / Timbren Rear Bumpstops / BAMF LCA skids / Exhaust re-route / Fog Light anytime Mod / LowRange Off Road extended rear brake lines / ATO Shackle Flip / sectioned Bushwhacker flares / re-geared to 4.56 / ARB Front & Rear Locking Diff / ARB CKMA12 compressor / PrInSu full rack system / 1" body lift / Inchworm 4.7 crawlbox / twin stick FJ t-case / Davez off-road triple-stick kit/
    What's the latest on the locker my friend?
     
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  6. Oct 31, 2014 at 5:02 PM
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    I haven't messed with it :eek:

    I've worked every Saturday for the past few weeks and I'm lazy on Sundays :(
     
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  7. Oct 31, 2014 at 5:04 PM
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    LMK if you get stuck for parts - I can always hit up my father in law to see what they can dig up. Remember the miracle he worked to get me back on the road for big dogs... ;)
     
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  8. Oct 31, 2014 at 5:10 PM
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    Thanks Craig. I'm gonna pull it and mess with it a little before i go looking for one. I just need the motivation...:eek:
    I might hit you up for a driveshaft :anonymous:
     
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  9. Oct 31, 2014 at 5:12 PM
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    What happened to your locker?
     
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  10. Oct 31, 2014 at 5:16 PM
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    Actuator stopped working a few months ago :(

    I've gone on 2 heavy wheeling trips now without the rear engaging :anonymous:
     
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  11. Oct 31, 2014 at 5:20 PM
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    Ah, have you had a chance to open up the motor? Hopefully it's clean lie mine was...

    Mine stopped working, and I found it was due to three wires withing the main wiring harness the comes out under the cab just under the drivers seat had gotten melted from when I had my sliders welded on....


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  12. Oct 31, 2014 at 5:22 PM
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    Ant helped me pull the motor off and run it, it just wouldn't move. I'm gonna tear it apart and try to clean the guts up and see what that does.

    Shit that looks like you got lucky! :eek:
     
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  13. Oct 31, 2014 at 5:28 PM
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    Took me a bit to get mine open. I'd check continuity of all the wires on the harness that connects to the motor to see if you have any electrical issues...

    Yeah, could have been much worse... Haha Just glad nothing sparked or caught on fire. Somehow no blown fuses either :notsure:

    The worst part was all of that white adhesive Toyota puts in the harness... :puke:
     
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  14. Oct 31, 2014 at 5:33 PM
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    I'll try that then. It was weird because I felt the motor do something but it wouldn't move the key.

    Yeah that sticky shit sucksssss
     
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  15. Oct 31, 2014 at 5:36 PM
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    Mine would engage and the locker indicator would flash like crazy, but wouldn't disengage.

    The wire that got melted was to sense whether or not it was engaged. So it was constantly getting a faulty reading that it wasn't even though the motor was sending back a reading indicating it was :rolleyes:

    Not sure what the other wires were that got melted... Luckily I re-wired them all before anything worse happened.
     
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  16. Oct 31, 2014 at 5:40 PM
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    That blows but glad nothing worse happened with it.

    Mine just flashes and never engages. Which usually means it's the motor.
     
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  17. Nov 3, 2014 at 10:24 AM
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    So I was dreaming and looking into dual battery stuff again so I'd have a general idea on what to get when I finally do it.

    I know you had some issues with Columbia Overland's setup, which was what I was wanting to get.... Haha



    So, some questions:

    - Did they ever get back to you on the redesign issues?

    - If not, what exactly was required in modifying? (Read your posts but didn't quite understand some parts)

    - Do you think it would be possible to fit other, cheaper, batteries with similar dimensions?
     
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    Lifted, Locked, Armored. Ready To Wheel.
    Brent- here's what you do.


    Put bike in the bed, strap it down securely.

    Attach jumper cables between the bike battery and truck battery. Zip tie them securely, duct tape if necessary.

    DONE.
     
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  19. Nov 3, 2014 at 11:18 AM
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    It is too cold to ride now, might as well put to some use right? Haha
     
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  20. Nov 3, 2014 at 2:21 PM
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    Let me get back to you on this later tonight my iPad is deleting what I write in the reply thread screen while I'm in another window copying pictures to paste in here. :annoyed:

    :laughing:
     
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