Lefty's golden taco.

Man I worked way harder on the power wire than i ever intended to. I plan on relocating the battery to the bed soon,so this is extra work for temporary gains.Anyways,I wasn't happy with the original location, on the side next to the battery. It was pushing the battery to far towards the motor. I was trying to reuse the original wiring but it was proving to be to short and I ended up having to remake the short side. But I'm happy with the new location, it's out of the way and has plenty of slack that I'm not going to be worried about it.

The battery tie down need to go too.
The truck got excited that I was messing around with it, it's a no name 6.5dB

TWAYRDIO Heavy Duty GMRS Mobile Radio Antenna, 6.5dB High Gain Black Fiberglass GMRS Antenna with Mount Bracket, Spring Base, 16.4ft RG58 Coaxial Cable for Midland Retevis GMRS Transceiver

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQ4VBMV8

Hopefully it works well, I'm a little worried about interference i ran the line into the cab with the radio antenna wire.

 

Great info from you guys. Thank you both

 

Some updates!
@Milota95 was kind enough to welded up a bung on my exhaust for me. I was a leaf to get the AF sensor wired in and routed. I covered it in so heat shielding since I was running it over the transmission. It was the easiest way I could find to route it into the cab. While i was down there I noticed that some of my wire loom looked like it was melting so I covered it too.

 

Went on a quick overnight camping trip to try out the new setup, the new antenna worked well , while I wasn't at my total camping weight i was pretty close just missing a couple gallons of water. The truck rode better was able to maintain highway speeds a lot easier without the extra weight and drag of the taller shell. Being able to access items from the front of the bed without having to crawl in from the back is nice.
I still miss the contractor cap but I'm going to give this a go for a bit.i still miss the security and awning.
Check out the boss overlander we ran into .their from Canada and plan to get it shipped overseas at some point.

 

You've got a sweet rig!

 

Thank you ! I'm kinda partial to it.

 

I went on a trail run camping trip with some fellow TWers. We ran charlu gap in Tuscan AZ. I was a little nervous as I've heard of people breaking parts on this trail, lucky it came through it with some scratches on my armor , some missing lugs on my tires and the front of my skid was being held on by one bolt by the end of it.
Some take aways form the trail, a dubbler would have been helpful, more rear articulation would be nice , the other first gen had chevy 63's in the back and made it through areas without engaging his locker that I couldn't without my locker or a lot of momentum. But my truck did stay very level and felt well planted though all of it so I'm not sure how nessary it is especially since I can just lock the rear.
I got to try out my camping setup some more. It takes my a couple of minutes to setup and takedown but it's pretty comfortable , I consolidated my cooking gear into my camp chief sherpa. It was collecting dust in my garage, it was nice to be able it keep it in the back of the truck while I was cooking instead of hanging to get tings out of a tote on the ground.
I think I'm going to build a platform in the back again similar to the carpet kit except I'm going to use the extruded aluminum instead of wood, that way I can keep everything in drawers and I'll b3 able to access everything easier. Also i can still sleep in the back if need be.

 

Pisc and videos.
Supr4Lo making everything look easy.talk about a Uber capable right.
https://youtu.be/Ue-NNamJapU?si=1JOTYrdRxn2dPlzS
TACOTU3 with his slinky rear end getting it done.
https://youtu.be/wqrUg6rqSis?si=aPJ6PHyALU4lC6OK
My triumphs.
https://youtube.com/shorts/vm51plgiNfE?si=nwfBw0QWAcNnZglw
https://youtube.com/shorts/XPf8DdjD5NE?si=DfqWmr3vu1enOteZ
My failures.
https://youtu.be/MK4N_gixeDM?si=jdeLUbvlXeJvrIWo
Compilation.
https://youtu.be/DxIaARyoPFM?si=j5s3G6Onz7_R-gLj

 

Pic's

 

My sliders and bumper definitely saved my fender.

I've been rocking this mount for a bit . I've been super happy with it. Although I was concerned that the way it was attached was a little cheese but it's been sold and the quad lock keeps my phone from flying off into the depths of my floorboards.

I put in a new fuel pump and filter the truck seems pepier and didn't catch on fire... yet.
Also installed the skid that I've been hoarding for a couple of 3 years. The stocker actually did pretty good tell it didn't. I don't think I've actually hit it much except for the one time I crumpled the front corner. It was funny to see the Chinese writing on the absorption matt.

So that kinda catches me up. I have to redo some of the wiring for my taillights my backup camera is turning on now. I did get a new to me taillight to replace the cracked stock on but the clear is peeling on it.
And I'm getting ready to replace injectors with rebuilt ones and clean out my fuel rails.
Thanks for looking.

 

Hell ya

 

So I sorted out my backup camera issue apparently it dosent work well when hooked upto the brake light. It popped the fuse for my brake lights too.
I got a new back window form softtopper. They made it to big so it doesn't look a tight as the old one. I'm kinda bummed about it but I think if I put the velcro on the tailgate it will make it look better. I also picked up the rod that goes across the bottom too.
Old taped window.


Hear you can see my crappie patch job.... it held for a couple of years.

The clear is coming off eventually I'll pull it,sand and re clear coat it.

 

Drove the truck around for a couple of days getting some last minute parts and tools. There dosent appear to be any leaks so onto the next part. I changed out my injectors for some refurbished ones that were gone though by a local company here in mesa.
Side note there was a electrical repair shop conveniently next door to the injectors place so I had them check out my denso alternator the was smoking and making a bunch of noise when I came back from Utah last. The guys tested it right in front of me, it was of course quite and he said that it was putting out the 110 amps like it's supposed to.... not sure what's going on but something to look into,but in the meantime the stock one keeps chugging along.
The injectors have been replaced and i put in some new plugs while I had some easy access to them. 0230 am is about as far as I push my neighbors with my shenanigans. A rachet is surprisingly loud at that time of night.

And that about as far as I got . My back hurts and I'm working crazy hours for the next week so the truck will be some driveway art in the meantime.
Thanks for looking.
If anyone knows how to prime the fuel system on a first gen without having to cranked the motor id appreciate the info.