Colorado B.S. Thread

What Gramps said! I can still get the hi lift from you and drop it off with Corey from Insain he's also on the way home. On the way to the meet you can drop it off with me at my work. I'm by 76 and Pecos. If you want to do that Pm me and I'll give you my work address. I promise not to smash you with my machine

 

So looks like I am coming up to Denver area for some camping and off roading. I was looking at Gordon Gulch and was looking for some suggestions on some decent trails, camping areas, and some fishing?

 

You have questions?

 

@Tacoma SS

 

You are awesome, thank you for providing your services.

PM coming, I didn't end up bring the hi lift jack with me at work and since I am not planning on going back home, I may have to just drop it off from your work. You aren't far at all from me.

 

Has anyone looked into the possibility of a 2.5 gen interior swap to the 2nd gen? I know it was looking like the doors and cab were not changed from the 2nd gen. Just a thought.

 

Installed the Relentless bumper supports this morning to go along with the US Offroad hidden winch bumper. The Relentless brackets are beefy and look like they will do the job they were supposed to, maybe.

When installing the US Offroad bumper, you install a thick plate that serves as a large washer to spread the force out over the outside mount due to the holes in the bumper being slightly larger. Great idea.

These are the plates for the FJ, Taco is the same, just two holes.


At the back of the tub, you can see the slotted holes that the plates are reinforcing.


The stock bumper nuts are flared at the bottom of the nut to slightly spread the load.

But the Relentless bracket also has these slotted and over sized mounting holes that allow for adjustment. So these holes are close to the same size of the body of the nut (but the flared part of the nut is large enough to not pull through the holes). Using the Relentless brackets means ditching the washer plate that comes with the bumper and there is not much room for adding a thick washer to try and spread the load since you will be then limited on the number of threads you'll be able to catch with the nut. The bumper included the washer for a reason, and these brackets take you back to the issue of not having them. Just an observation and debating on whether its better to have these bumper reinforcement brackets or having the washer plate.

I guess another option would be to find a larger nut with the same pitch that would cover the gap better, but IMO that should've been supplied with the brackets.

 

I have AC again. A guy came to my job site and recharged my AC.

 

http://staythetrail.org/

does that work for anyone else? For the last few days, it just acts like it loads the page but its nothing but a blank screen. Happens on laptop and phone.

 

Whole lot of blank screen for me too. Multiple browsers.
For giggles I tried https://staythetrail.org/ and got this lovely error "Template Error: The template file must be given (or the template could not be opened)" to display on the white background. Seems like they's havin some issues.

 

Nope. Just blank.

 

Just wanted to make sure they weren't blocking me for not having a Heep.

Pretty sure it was like that on Thursday, so yeah, I'd say there are some issues.

 

@Ice Horse can't seem to find a build page for the new taco.

 

It's in my sig lol vvvvv

Currently cutting a piece of metal to weld over a hole that formed on a crossmember when we knocked out some rust. Lol it's no wonder these frames rust. There are some pretty dumb designs that hold in water. Could have easily put in a drain hole.

 

So I pulled my skids off in search of the rattle that I've been experiencing at between 45 and 55 mph and a high pitched whine at all times, and the only thing that seems to be loose/ movable is where my drivers side axle comes together with the whatchamacallit. Photos below. It has about 1/8th inch of play. It moves on the far right of the second picture, where the two pieces connect. Could this be the rattle? I'm assuming it needs to be replaced, as the passenger side does not have any play. thoughts?

 

Let's see some pics of that RTT!

 

The guy called me and said he'd be back in golden around noon, i called at 130 and told him i had cash in hand and was in golden, he calls back at 330 and said he just sold the tent, so no tent for me....

 

The axle into the differential?

Play as in rotational play, in/out play or cv up/down play? IIRC the first two will have a little play. Hows the differential fluid level?

 

Perfect example of why I f*cking hate craigslist sometimes. Sorry to hear that man.

 

Differential! i was having a brainfart. in out play, the passenger side did not move at all. have not checked fluid levels, but no signs of leaking anywhere