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El Taco Diablo... Mall Crawlin, now with LT for tall curbs

Discussion in '1st Gen. Builds (1995-2004)' started by El Taco Diablo, Dec 12, 2017.

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  1. Dec 6, 2018 at 5:46 PM
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    List of projects is piling up.

    Fed Ex guy showed up today
    Valve cover, plenum, and other assorted gaskets and shit.


    A couple more things to do while doing the 4x conversion.


    And a set of nice looking ditch light brackets I found on eBay.



    And there may or may not be a transmission, transfer case, and front driveline headed my way for delivery tomorrow :rolleyes:
     
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  2. Dec 26, 2018 at 9:41 PM
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    More parts arrived today... Haven't even had a chance to do anything with the last 2 or 3 rounds of parts arrivals, but hey... I won't run out of things to do once I get started.

     
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  3. Dec 30, 2018 at 7:19 PM
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    So I picked up some lights and a switch at O'Reillys.

    Took a little bit of time to work on it today.
    Didn't really know how well they would work till it got dark.

    Ok... So yes... This one gets a mission accomplished ✔️

     
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  4. Jan 1, 2019 at 10:02 PM
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    Making a little progress over in my 4x4 swap thread... Here
     
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  5. Jan 2, 2019 at 7:20 PM
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    Finally got around to wiring the turn on lead to the relay for the 2nd battery today. Just hadn't gotten around to figuring out where to pull power from.

    Found the 20A fuse in the bottom left of the interior fuse panel labeled 4x4 (funny cause my truck is a Pre-runner). It had power and it's true ignition (meaning only turns on when truck is cranked, not on in Accessory).

    True ignition is actually what I was looking for.


    So now the second battery isn't just a paper weight.

     
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  6. Jan 3, 2019 at 11:37 AM
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    Picked something up on the way home from the airport today. Gonna take a little bit to freshen it up but I think it's going to be a nice addition.
     
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    :crapstorm: please tell me the other piece of that is somewhere else in the garage :anonymous:
     
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  8. Jan 3, 2019 at 11:46 AM
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    Yes... The cross bar and all the mounting bolts and hardware are here. :D
     
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  10. Jan 3, 2019 at 11:51 AM
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  12. Jan 5, 2019 at 6:06 PM
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    Welded in some plates to make mounting turn signals easier.


    My son knocked off all the rust and miscellaneous loose paint.
     
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  13. Jan 5, 2019 at 6:58 PM
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    Drilled and taped the holes for the mounting bolts for the lights.

    My son is putting some Por15 on the mounting base.
     
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    Gunmetal Gray acrylic epoxy

     
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    Hopefully the turn signals I ordered are going to fit the way I think they will. According to the dimensions, they should fit right in the triangle.
     
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    Done for the night. Here's how it turned out.
     
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  17. Jan 6, 2019 at 7:40 AM
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    Looking good so far, gotta love a Sunfire Pearl Red Tacoma. This build looks pretty functional, and well thought out- nice job
    Say I was wondering if you could pass on the dimensions of the RTMR mount. I am currently at sea enroute to Antarctica and stupidly left my notes behind which had the dimensions I had for fabbing up one. I hope to root around in the scrap bin and find something that I can bend up for installation this spring when I get back.
    Thanks
     
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  18. Jan 6, 2019 at 5:49 PM
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    I will get you measurements. I forgot to do it today while working on the truck.
     
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    Well... One last look at the front end of the old truck. It won't be looking like this again.

    Got the bumper and sub assemblies off.
    We painted all of the lower stuff black to hide the body color, washer res, etc.




    And done... For now :thumbsup:
     
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