Keystone State Thread

I have Michelin LTX 265/70/R16 with approx less than 5k miles mounted on 2nd gen TRD OR OEM wheels. I’m located in NY so not sure how far you are.

 

Selling my UnderCover Flex for 2nd gen short bed...make make me an offer Located Bucks County.

 

Almost done just got to hook up the air line and wire it in.

 

Hi all - I'm in Belmont Hills outside Philadelphia. Can anyone recommend a good place to get a frame weld repair done locally?

I was getting ready to apply Eastwood to the frame today, and when about to take the gas tank shield off, discovered this ... It's about a foot long rust/rot seam that I can push on and obviously has a big hole in it. Thanks for any local recs!

Edit: Also - any thoughts on if I should tackle the rest of the rust (the rest of the frame actually looks pretty good), or wait to get this addressed first? Any problems driving it with this hole and with the skid plates off (just city driving for now, certainly not off-roading!)?

 

@loosnut

Thoughts? That’s a tough looking rust hole.

 

Once you start How many more sections will need done.

That is maybe a 1 hour job

This is just a tad worse pretty much driven every day till about June 1st

Depends what you call local

 

That is a bit worse! Good to know I can still DD it as my motorcycle is in pieces in the garage right now so the truck's my only motorized transport, thanks! I'm happy to drive a ways to get to a good place - especially if there's any mountain biking or swimming holes in the area. So, if you have a recommendation over in New Tripoli, please share

The rest of the frame has rust showing, especially on the back end and some of the welds at the front, but it doesn't look terrible. The truck passed inspection two months ago, too. I was hoping I'd be able to address it all with internal coating and converter/encapsulator until I came across that gash. Truck was originally a California one, so I was hoping I would have avoided these issues.

 

That is the most common spot on a first gen to rust. Google search for frame patch, someone makes patch panels. I am not familiar with New Tripoli to recommend a welder. @Explor John do you know of any welders up that way?

 

https://www.autorust.com/product-category/toyota-tacoma/

 

Bam. There is a man who knows his shit.thanks Greg

 

Always willing to help where I can

 

Thanks for the product recommendation, @loosnut ! I'm actually in Bala Cynwyd, so Feasterville is closer to me than New Tripoli. If you have any recs for Feasterville welders, I'm happy to get out that way, it's only 15 miles or so. Thanks!

 

Thanks, Greg - that's a super helpful product solution. And to think, I used to live in Providence where that company is based!

 

TW to the rescue!

 

Trying to keep them 1st Gens alive

 

Bala Cynwyd ....dam.that brings back memories ..I grew up in the borough

 

Ha yeah you holligans raising hell in your model T’s.

 

buggies man, buggies

 

Sorry I must of looked at @Wyoming09 location. I deal with a small shop (2 brothers) in PIPERSVILLE PA.Forster brothers welding. They do some fabrication and welding for some of my work stuff. If you can’t find them I can get you the number on Monday when I am back at work.

 

That ain’t yours. It has rubber tires.