Long Travel BS Thread

Yup, under the bed off the frame. It was ripping the front core support on mine so it was an easy decision to move it.

 

Who made the box?

 

They are heavy, but totally worth it. I still need to go get my second one haha

 

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Yup, never worried about it. Great warranty from Sears also on them with prorated as years go on.

 

I left my interior lights on and beat a diehard up up. I told the guy at sears what had happened and he prorated me a new one after it showed low on testing. I couldn't complain about that...
I use the big P2/group 65 battery with this box. At the time is was the only box but I am sure there are cheaper or better ones for the Odyssey PC1750

http://www.artecindustries.com/Odyssey-PC-1750-Battery-Mount-_p_121.html

 

Your red top could be fine. Its a deep cycle so if you're trying to recharge it and it appears dead, try hooking a second battery too it and then recharging it for about 4 hours. Then take the other battery off and just let the red top charge.

that said, i prefer the yellows over the reds as the yellows take abuse much better. Red tops do not like being drained and recharged a lot.

 

My red top is going on 5 years. Had 2 red tops in the boat, both lasted the 5 years I had the boat. Heard the new ones are not nearly as stout.

 

my yellow top took a doodoo a few weeks before i sold my truck but as long as you have the receipt, they all have 2 year warranties no questions asked.

 

Tried to charge it at auto zone for 3 hrs and nothing. Got it from napa. Hopefully they can prorated or something. Or I'll get a die hard

 

hmmm. maybe one of the local guys has a cheapo i can borrow until the sale

 

Cause they are made in Mehico instead of USA now.

 

I read the same thing on a few boards. They were once really good, but now not as reliable. The odyssey is however still well regarded it seems, but I'm not paying those prices when the diehard planetariums are the same thing. I paid $220ish for a giant sized high end battery. The no fuss warranty that came with it is just icing on the cake.

 

Surprisingly our battery boxes made for Optimas fit my battery.Just need to find cheap cable and a circuit breaker...

 

Long needed upgrade, nothing like getting new tools, big difference between a 3 and 12 ton:

 

how the heck do i replace a LBJ with a long travel lower arm? My ball joint tool wont fit in there.

 

Air hammer. Just hit it in the center of the stud and they will pop right out

 

Or a pitman puller is what I'd suggest.

 

Thanks for the quick responses. I ended up trying something that worked out well. I put the castle nut half way back on and jacked up the arm by that nut to put alot of force on it. A couple taps with a hand sledge to the control arm cup shocked it loose and it popped. Easy peezy, but it just stumped me good lol.

I use this pitman puller (incorrectly thought it was call a ball joint puller) usually but Matts lower arms are too beefy for it to fit. Still loving this MCM kit! Its just so much fun to drive the truck now. Thanks again!

 

Has anybody with sloppy steering done this? I'm going to give it a shot before replacing more parts. But the TW link welded the rag joint and TTORA link welded the slip joint..any input on that?

Even with a new rack my steering is looser than a mother and feels like its falling apart over bumps.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/277292-steering-column-final-fix.html

Another similar thread i found:

 

where is the slop coming from? The people I know who welded the slip joint, tracked down there slop to that. The rag joint shouldn't have slop but is has give to it by design.