Otis24's Otisbound Outdoors Bodonkadonk Supercharged Twin Locked Micro Camper Build (OOBSTLMC)

The inner tube between the windows worked amazingly well. I had near zero dust in the back.

I did some off roading with the NorCal Tacomaworld group at Eagle Lakes this weekend. I had an absolute blast.

I did a little body modifying while there.

 

I got the new CV in and changed both diff and transfer case fluids last week.

Then drive to Wyoming and back for camping.


...and ordered some BAMF Sliders.

Finally got a descent compressor.

 

Two drawers!

My CEL has been on for about 2 months. It showed P0031-bank1 sensor 1 not heating. So I finally replaced that. I got it for $91 with free shipping off Amazon Prime. The swap was easy and took about 15 minutes.


I lost the driver side marker light. I decided to replace both of them. The passenger one disintegrated when I took it out. I got black because I want to paint the chrome grill surround black eventually.


...and new sway bar end link. The truck drives soooo much better now.

 

I finished painting my paranoid fab fuse block bracket yesterday and mounted the Blue Sea fuse block today. When it cools down a bit I'll actually put it in the truck.

 

Finally installed my fuse block and 100amp circuit breaker for my inverter onto my paranoid fabrication fuse block bracket.

 

Hopefully if all goes well I'll have the aux fuel tank installed at the end of the month. Gotta make sure I have plenty of room for photos in my camera and in my phone.

 

Good looking truck man.

Like the fuel tank idea!

 

Thanks! I had it washed today and put some stuff to reblack the fender flares. I want to do like Fernando and take them off, sand em, bed liner em and then put a coat of satin black over the bed liner. Anyway, it hasn't looked this good in a while.

 

Got it dirty. Took the camper shell off.

 

I've got just about everything I need to install the fuel tank this weekend. I made a design change at the last minute. Previously I was going to bolt angle irons onto the frame to support the tank. I decided it would be significantly stronger to weld 1"X3" rectangular tubing on the frame. My friend who is helping me out knows a little about welding. We're going to split the cost of a Harbor Freight welder. I have a bunch of other things that I've wanted to do if only I had a welder. I also found out it's a real bastard trying to find tubing at the last minute that isn't 20 feet long. I ended up ordering it from Tube Service in Milpitas CA. It's a lot more than I wanted to spend- $128 for two pieces but they're going to cut them to length for me and they'll be ready tomorrow.

Here's another good Aux tank build - https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/1st-gen-suburban-gas-tank-install.351918/

 

Today we took off the bed




Bought a welder


Did some welding

 

It's been a few weeks. Work had been occupying a lot of time.
I got the tank mounted and tested it out. Something is wrong with the switch so I need to replace it. I'm going to abandon the momentary switch. The transfer takes too long to make holding a button down reasonable.

The tank mounted.



We drilled a 1" hole into the stock tank (scary!) and installed this coupler with the good gas resistant O rings (can't think of the name)



Drove it to the gas station to try it out.
Right turns only.



I still need to finish the fuel filler neck and replace the switch. My buddy in the last pic want to program a switch that will work off the stock tank guage. When the stock tank gets to 1/2 tank it'll turn on. When the stock tank is filled to 3/4 it'll turn the aux tank off. When the aux tank gets to empty it'll turn off all together. It'll have an over ride where you can disable it or run the aux tank regardless.

 

I applied the 1st coat of primer onto my BAMF sliders.



Upgraded my camper shell clamps.



Put my few tailgate protector on.

 

Primer Done!

First coat of paint!

 

The painting is done! 3 coats of primer, 4 coats of paint.

 

Pics on the truck!

 

That's going to be a while. Im going to weld them on with my friends help at his house. Before we do that we gotta install a 240V line for the welder. We each chipped in on a welder because I want to get a DIY relentless fab rear bumper and build a tire swing out. I'm doing the rear bumper first because the aux tank takes up the spare tire space and the spare tire is currently living in the bed. Due to the excess weight I gotta weld in frame plates too.

 

When I bought my camper shell I removed the plastic bed liner insert. I kept the plastic tail gate protector on.

I've always disliked the plastic. I climb in and out of the back of my truck and the ridges hurt my knees. I also cook food on my tailgate and the plastic is slick. If the truck is on any kind of an angle the stove slides.

I also use the tail gate to put my scuba gear on. The base of the tank slides on the plastic.

A few weeks ago I made this plywood replacement.



The other day I found this rubber mat made from recycled rubber. I glued it to the plywood and trimmed it with a utility knife .



I'm happy with how it came out. I hope the locktite construction adhesive I bought to glue it holds up.

 

Got some CBI Offroad frame reinforcement plates on order last night.

http://www.cbioffroadfab.com/products/1st-gen-toyota-tacoma-products/1st-gen-tacoma-frame-plates/

When I weld the sliders on I'm going to weld these on too. I'm thinking between the aux fuel tank...200 pounds a rear plate bumper with tire swing out there's going to be a lot of weight hanging off the back of the truck. These should help.

 

Wow! That was quick. Frame plates showed up last night.