96YOTERD the beginning of it all...!!!

LMAO..!!!

 

I know what you mean, every time I get one thing fixed seams like another thing messes up. About the springs rockauto.com has some for $81.01 shipped, If you want to just get something on there to get it moving.

 

thanks for the info but i found some for 53.00 shipped...
finally got it running and the exhaust is totally shot.... i mean its nasty loud and irritating... also got a few wiring gremlins showing there faces... lol looks like im gonna need a new headlight switch and i need to swap some bulbs in the dash, ive got a few burnt out... but it does run...!!!
too bad you cant see that beautiful motor in that ugly engine bay, but the first mud i run through its gonna probably be covered anyway...!

 

oh and in order for it to be moving all i think i need to do is get the bolts and nuts for the rear drive shaft, i can test drive it with the old bald tires on it...... i hope, hahaha...

 

Soooo...uhhh....when can I drop my truck off for you to rebuild it?

 

lol.... i have a feeling im gonna be a few more months on mine, more mods coming soon...!!!

 

BUMP.... this thread needs more attention, lmao....hahaha...!!!!!

 

What are said mods?

 

bob the bed, tube bumpers, sliders, front and possible rear winch mounts, buying a full size spare and mounting on a custom tube tailgate.... and some other stuff... still pondering on building a custom flatbed like in the previous pics i posted....
i got my hid's installed today and got my blinkers working.

 

Definitely flatbed!!!

 

coming up next is new struts , shocks , and lift kit.... dont worry ill post pictures...!!!

 

yeah thats what im thinking too...! but for now itll just be a bobbed bed so i can save up for a tube bender...

 

If you do it nice flatbeds are sweet! Cant wait to see all the mods keep rolling on

 

good news, got the lift on and didnt need the rear blocks because its already got an add a leaf in the rear. i wondered why it sat so high in the back.
bad news, rear brakes wasnt working at all and my front parking brake cable was broken, so i ordered everything to redo all the brakes front and rear, even got a new parking cable...
more good news though i got my new tailgate handle and tailgate cables on today...!!!
here some pictures of the work, not much but pictures do help out on a good thread...!!!

 

i also talked to my welder today and we had a long discussion on the bumbers and flatbed...
we are gonna do some thinking and sketches and think on it some more, but it seems we might be able to do it without a tube bender...
i was thinking we could use all square tube and cut all the bends, ive seen one or two done that way and they look really good, of course there would be at least two to three angles on the front bumper to get the wrap around right but ive seen it done...
but like ive said its still all up in the air, if i could get ahold of a tube bender then ill go that route, if not the square tube it will be... we will just have to wait and see...!!!
my welder seen the photos of the beds i posted on here as i was trying to give him some ideas of what i wanted and he said either way he could do it out of square or round and it would look just as good, he really is a great welder, ive seen him build some crazy shit...!!!

 

well my bad luck continues,,,, got my new brakes on the rear and when i went to bleed them i couldnt get no fluid to come to the rear. got to looking around and the brake line coming out of the master cylinder looks to be kinked... .....
theres also a splitter in the line thats kinked so i dont know whats going on there.... so i dont know if the master cylinder is bad or if its just the line thats fucked up.... seems like everything i do there are three more things that come up.....
im thinking real hard about fixing all the bad stuff and getting it running and just putting it up for sale, im just so over all the petty stuff thats going on with it....!!!
it should be a damn good start for someone wanting a good tacoma with all new drive train, brakes, and all the electrical bugs fixed....
5,000.00 to the first taker...!!! zero miles on the motor and brakes...!!!

 

i did find a sweet flatbed that i liked yesterday, heres a picture of it....

 

Don't sell it man! Too cool of a truck to sell!

 

Subbed love it man!

 

thanks, oh ill probably keep it and keep working on it but everything has a price... hahaha...
i really wanna do the flatbed and other stuff....!