95 taco's 2003 DC 4x4 not much of a build

A teacher in highschool had a silver 01 dcsb with a cap on it and i always gave him hell for it looking old man ish lol

 

Exactly why I got rid of my cap haha

 

Its end is near my friend

 

Did two mods today.
I hardwired a 410 watt inverter to under the passenger seat (Directly in front of the feet AC so the heat is dissipated better). and I also fixed the cup holder tabs.

and

 

What was wrong with them?

 

They were all broken off just under the plastic side, so drink could flop around while driving.

 

Well thats no bueno. How'd you remedy?

 

Followed this write up, and used this material (Pittim recommended it)

 

Noice!

 

Finally got moved (3 vehicles, 6 drivers, 3 credit cards for fuel) drove 1800 miles in 35.5 hours, managed to not break anything, and manages to get over 20 mpg on 4 ov the 5 tanks I calculated (one tank was 19.7 or something)
I'm also almost 1000 miles overdue for an oil change so I'll be doing that when I get a chance.

 

Got the oil change done the other day, less than 1,000 miles from my 120k mile service.

And I towed this a mile and a half, 2WD Lo range max speed of 25 MPH. the trans did great, nice smooth shifting and according to my SG my trans temp never got above 170*



I've got something in the works but if I'm not able to get that I'll build some bump extenders.

 

Got a job last week, I'll be working 50+ hours a week so I won't have a lot of time for my truck, but it will give me cash for tint (35% all around) remote start (so my truck isn't boiling hot when I get to it on lunch break and before I leave work) and some sound proofing.
All of this should be done by the end of next month.

 

What kind of job did you get?

 

I work at a ford dealer as a quick lane tech, and whatever they need me to be (Lately wash rack has been understaffed).

So I mostly do oil changes and inspections for state stickers and a multi point inspection with each vehicle we service.

 

A Ford dealership huh ?? That explains all the hours Jake....haha...

 

I'd be working 8 day weeks if it was a chevy dealer and I wouldn't have work if it was a yota dealer so it's a good compromise.

 

Haven't done anything with my truck lately besides drive it, I spent my truck money on a PS4 that a coworker was getting rid of.

But after 4 days of thinking about it (seriously) I've decided to swap a manual trans into my truck, local U pull it yard has parts cheap (fixed price no matter the make/model) and I'll be checking with them for all of my parts.

 

Ewwwwww

 

You don't like manual trans?

 

Haven't mastered them yet.

If you are commuting in your truck, it doesn't really make sense to me to add more work to the equation. I honestly have no idea on the pros and cons i just know i don't want clutches to replace and i know i would pound on my truck if i had a manual and some sort of short throw setup