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Airkewled's 2006 DCSB

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Builds (2005-2015)' started by airkewled, Jul 27, 2017.

  1. Jul 27, 2017 at 10:19 AM
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    airkewled

    airkewled [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Sitting in the lot in Colorado Springs. 76k, dealer maintained.
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    Save-ah da pennies and purchased some protection from Pelfreybilt
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    Back from powder coating. (Local at Elegant Iron if you're in Tucson they do great work)
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    Found a good deal on a winch on Craigslist
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    I rebuilt it. Clean, paint, new bearings and seals.
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    Rear bumper needed some mods to fit a modern trailer plug. CAD template
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    Later this will get recessed into the bumper. For now I'm welderless :(
    So off with the old
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    On with the new
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    To prep for front bumpers new more better fog lights I performed a anytime fog light mod. Electrically what I did was as described on this thread but I wanted an OEM look.
    Removed the fuse box lower cover
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    Exposes this nest
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    Locate the relay pin
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    Remove and tap into the ignition on hot wire
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    Cut the old relay source and tie it to the ignition hot wire
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    Test before re-assembly
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    And happy with the results
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    And bonus while I was in there I repainted the battery hold down. Neutralize with baking soda.
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    The front bumpers winch rope hole was too narrow for my fairlead so I cut off about 1/2" from each side. I wish I had all my accessories and test fit them before powder coat but fortunately the powder coater gave me a can of matched touch up paint.
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    Save more $ and bought the fogs. To keep the light housings from vibrating/rubbing/banging against the bumper I used some rubber weatherstrip from ACE. Sold by the foot.
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  2. Jul 27, 2017 at 10:25 AM
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  3. Jul 31, 2017 at 8:50 AM
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    With the lights in, and winch in, I hot wired it up and spooled line
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    Safety squints on, let's get this party started.
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    Remove bumper, perform several reps of dead lifts, (remember bar should drag shins). I ended up with 1 washer on the top frame stud to space it and get the tilt right.
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    It annoys me that the bumper hardware supplied is SAE. Eff that; Went and got me some metric. This is a Toyota after all.
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    While I'm here I polished up the headlights. Tucson sun beats these to heck
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    Figuring out what to do with the inner fender liner. I decided to use a heat gun and form it forward to meet the bumper. Then I trimmed it to fit, installed speed nuts on the fender liner and put screws into it from the bottom of the bumper. I think it turned out pretty clean.
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    With the bumper on, I went ahead and installed the IFS and Mid skids as well.
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    :cheers:
     
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  4. Jul 31, 2017 at 8:52 AM
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    Nicely done!!! Thats one heck of a beard!!!

    :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:
     
  5. Aug 12, 2017 at 7:13 PM
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    Working on hooking up my winch. I wanted to remote the solenoids and put it in a semi water resistant container.
    Also wanted to add a wireless control.
    First thing first and mark where all the wires connect at
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    I'm going to reuse this mount plate so need to flatten the round, mount to motor standoffs
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    Better
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    Almost fits in the pelican box
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    Fix that later.
    Note the wire colors of the harbor freight wireless winch control have changed slightly. Green and white are in out. Red and black are hot and ground.
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    Hot melt attach it to the bottom of the solenoid plate
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    Fuse and "arm" switch for the wireless control added.
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    Can you believe how cheap this thing is? make sure you use your 20% off coupon (avail just about everywhere)
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    Here's where I left off. I needed to order some 90 deg cable glands and also I confess I ordered 2/0 gauge wire instead of 2 ga wire. So oops. more stuff on order which is fine; out next week for work anyways. It's going to be tight. Eeek hope it works out.
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  6. Sep 19, 2017 at 11:44 AM
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    Transmission fluid change time. I'm at 108k so past due if this is the first drain and fill.
    Followed the great directions at here. Only notable difference I encountered was to get into temp check mode I needed to do full shifts from P to N *not* as the described with P-N then D-N several times. Whatever, still went to temp mode after I figured that out.

    I drained just shy of 3 quarts and filled with 3 quarts then about a cup came out when checking the level so I feel like I put in what came out.
     
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  7. Oct 15, 2017 at 4:49 PM
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    Fixed my rear doors to stay open.
    Made a video of it.
     
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  8. Oct 15, 2017 at 5:01 PM
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    Also got some goodies from Dustin at FN Wheels. He's the man if you're thinking about it. Very professional and knowledgeable.
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  9. Oct 15, 2017 at 5:02 PM
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    The Samba user name?
     
  10. Oct 15, 2017 at 10:38 PM
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    airkewled [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Could be. Been ages since I logged into Samba. Sold the 72; was just collecting dust and needed the garage space for other things. You air-cool bro?
     
  11. Oct 18, 2017 at 10:04 PM
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    Super mod update.
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    haha. just kidding. No actually I did replace that but that's not what I'm working on.

    Need to fit these. These are intermediate tires. The old tires were worn out and it felt like a waste to put the same ol stocker size on it. So on with the 285/70 17s. I knew it would be close and that some modification would be required but this is just to hold us over till we can afford the LT. If you're curious like me, the rims are 20.6 lbs, the tires are 54.8 lbs so total unsprung for the combo is about 75 lbs
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    It rubs of course on the seam weld and a touch, i mean just a touch on the lower bit of the fender in this area here.
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    Took the strut out so I could cycle the suspension to make sure I knew exactly what was needing to be clearanced
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    At full stuff
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    Took a hint from MrGrimms build and cut and alternated folding the seam to the inside and outside
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    Then I puckied it all up again with 3M seam sealer (note folding back and keeping the square hole inner fender liner tab
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    Way overkill, but over the seam sealer I sprayed on the duplicolor paint. Yes, I'm aware this will be covered up and not visible; what can i say.
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    Oh, and I love it when I turn my grinder off, set it down and as it spins down, the nut inertia loosens it up, comes off and it auto-dissembles itself. (that's exactly how the parts came to rest)
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  12. Oct 20, 2017 at 9:31 PM
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    Trimmed the flares a little. I used a jigsaw with a metal blade and it went through like butter.
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    I also used a heat gun on my inner fender liners. Once it's hot it's workable like leather sorta.
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    Put the flares back on. I had ordered the square fender liner retaining clips off Amazon but they didn't show up in the mail yet. So tried to source locally. Toyota had 3. WTF?! and at 2.50 a pop. Tried several auto parts stores (one might come through but they have to get them in from their warehouse), but... Fastenal had some that worked for me. 8mm vs 8.7mm on the square but they worked. 50cents each. They seem fine, but if they end up failing, the ones I have on order should be in so meh.
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    So heres a few shots after I put the wheels on. Previously mentioned that while it was in the garage I cycled it through full droop and stuff while turning the wheels so I was pretty sure I wouldn't rub, but I drove it around the block real slow hitting lock to lock too just for peace of mind.
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    Before and After
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  13. Nov 9, 2017 at 8:47 PM
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    airkewled [OP] Well-Known Member

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    So yeah, back at getting this under-hood winch controller hooked up. The pelican turned out to be too small so off to Hammond to get a different box. With that need to make a base to house the wireless controller so I used a piece of one by.
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    Then had to figure out mounting a bracket to the truck. I used the two existing holes that have a nut welded behind them then put in 3 other nutserts.
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  14. Dec 2, 2017 at 5:34 AM
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    Looking good Caveman! It's amazing the nooks and crannies you can stick things in.
     
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  15. May 3, 2018 at 4:49 PM
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    I fixed my rear bumper. If you want to use a flip up, you have to spare the plate holder out from the bumper. I felt this was janky so I recessed my trailer plug.
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    The bolts are lights...
     
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  16. Mar 21, 2020 at 12:02 PM
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    Wifey built up a trauma kit in a similar vein as Chris @overlandbound.md and gave it to me to put in the truck.
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    First I thought this would be easy, was planning on just doing one of those molle panel's on the back of the front seats but found that would be seriously in the way for back seat passengers.
    Only spot I could find that wouldn't interfere was in place of the headrest on the rear seats. So 15 minutes later. Had to remove the interior because the brackets to mount this in place.
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    Used some thin wrapping paper to trace the window shape
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    Then worked up a mockup out of cardboard. Cutting all those little squares out with a xacto was a PITA
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    Mockup seemed okay so drew it up in Sketchup and printed a 1:1 copy
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    Locally one of the off-road shops has a plasma cutter but he recommended I take it to someone with either a wet bed plasma or a waterjet. For me that's 2hrs away but was able to give them my drawing and just head up when it was ready to pickup.
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    The brackets was the real time suck. Next time I need to have a profile gauge. Overall though I was successful, just time consuming bending these guys with just a hammer and a vice.
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    Mocked in place. I used rivnuts in the truck body which worked out pretty slick I think.
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    Final attachment I put silicon calk between the bracket and truck body to combat rattle demons. Then all the interior back in place you can barely see the brackets.
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    And finally, after a month, the trauma kit is in the truck. :dancingbacon:
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    @ragofabrication you need to get on this. Would have totally bought a finished product rather than having to make my own:boink:
     
  17. Jun 5, 2020 at 11:06 AM
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    So if you like my rear window molle panel design but don't want to do all the fab work, @ragofabrication took my idea and ran with it and has just released that looks real nice. Not sure if will fit 2nd gens ? Pic from Rago
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  18. May 27, 2021 at 5:12 PM
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    airkewled [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Installed the 3rd gen easy down tailgate kit from @christian06
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    Took my time trimming the plastic then painted black and you can't tell it's there unless you're looking for it

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    Works like a charm. I feel fancy every time I open it.
     
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  19. May 27, 2021 at 5:16 PM
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    Installed some seatjackers from DesertDoesIt. Should have done this the day I bought it. Yes, $$ but worth $$.

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    After
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  20. May 27, 2021 at 5:18 PM
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    Installed air struts on the hood from Spiker Engineering. Why doesn't the truck come this way? Dang. My Volvo 240 doesnt even have a kickstand.

     

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