What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

looking at your garage I'll say you're OCD lol

 

Right, i was thinking highway speed.

 

Ha! After that 35 MPH zone.....nothing under 70 (daily drive less weekends).

 

If you put 2 qts in the jug, how much of that do you get out? And is flushing the jug/hose in order to change lubricants a thing, or is remaining lube negligible? The only real problem I see is if the plastics are not petroleum compatible, the life of that rig is going to be short. I put petroleum-based grease on a boat trim tab ram (plastic) once, not knowing they didn't require external lubrication, and within a week the ram had cracked and separated from the tab mount. Couldn't figure out why my boat wouldn't trim 25 miles out in Lake Erie. Oops, had to use the outdrive trim and go slow to get back to marina.

 

Cali raised interior panels, put the IFAK on it to finally get it off the head rest.

 

Great question. As far as purging out the system. I changed my transmission oil first GL4, then diffs with GL5. When I was done with the transmission I purged the rest back into the redline bottle. Was able to get pretty much all of it out, the rest was residual. Speed is about a qt every 3-5 min (75w90). Added a few pumps here and there. Didn’t want to over pressurize it, but feel I could have gotten a bit more flow out of it. It was nice as I would let it fill and I started draining the next diff. Faster and less effort/mess than the hand pumps for sure.

As far as longevity I’ll have to see. I purged as much as I could - some residual oil in the hoses I bet. The model I picked up has viton seals and is meant for commercial disinfectants so I imagine it being sturdy enough for petroleum based oils. I thought about using some sort of parts cleaner / choke cleaner to spray in and run it through but wasn’t sure how the seals/plastic would take it. Worst case in 30k I’ll build another, ha. The sprayer was on sale at HF for 12 bucks, got a 1/4” ball valve $2, and a 1/4” hose repair kit for $4 bucks which included the male/female NPTs and hose clamps. Used some extra hose from one of my old hand pumps for the last bit to monitor flow.

I believe the bottleneck is in the plastic hose ID within the sprayer which slows it down. Fairly small.

 

Which IFAK kit do you have? And how did you mount it?

For my IFAK I had to zip tie it to my molle panel and have been looking for a better solution.

 

I basically assembled my own.

Here’s what I bought to mount it. Have had it for about 3 years.

$14 LIVANS Tactical EMT Pouch, Rip Away Molle Medical Pouches IFAK Tear-Away First Aid Kit Emergency Survival Bag for Travel Outdoor Hiking

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08936YDXG

 

Thank you! I appreciate that

 

carcass removed already so the kid wont think I am a murderer

a bird strike and the whole f'in wing was under the fog light cover (wtf) so had to do some prying to get the hitch hiker off my truck after it got a 500 mile free ride....services pending

next bug removal.......and the truck got better mpg going from denver to new mexico verses new mex to the mountains so the mpg engineers can give a 5 paragraph reply

 

On a side note? How big is the tornado shelter? Would like info on it for future plans. Thanks.

 

It's from my Arabian horse .....don't you see him in the background?

 

Love my tires you say? Penny for your thoughts?

 

After sitting on the garage shelf for 21 months I finally decided to install my front SumoSprings

 

Finally installed the MillerCat shield. Had it for months but wasn’t in a big hurry since it’s primarily safe at night.

 

Hey nice you got it done! Don’t feel bad I’ve had a few small items on my to do list for about two years, and I just lost my Taco! (Guess everything will be ready for the next Taco!)

 

Continued to detail my Tacoma.

 

So I'm back in the 3rd gen game. It's a bittersweet thing, but I sold my old hilux (and honda 300 fourtrax) to get my tacoma back on the road. Took some haggling to do it, but I had to get a new ECM and other odds and ends. The truck is in a sad state of affairs, but new parts are on the way. Cost me almost $12k but then I realized, I custom ordered this truck in 2019, paid $47 and have dropped at least $20k over the years. I've got too much skin in the game to quit now. Pics are soon to follow..

 

What happened to it that it took $12K in parts to get it back on the road??

 

Thanks for the info!