Bocsy44's taco addiction build

Looks good! I like details like this!

 

glad you like it haha I wish I had more pictures, at least one with the transferred over gasket but u know how it is. get all caught up in what ur doing and then once ur done, ur like, oh yeah haha too late now

 

It just made a guest appearance in the "what have you done to your 2nd gen" thread

 

so, I noticed today while I was under the truck that my Rad Support Bushing are starting to crack. Looks like I will be ordering some sooner then later. Might order the kit and do my cab mount bushings next summer.

Passenger Side


Drivers Side

 

That's a bummer.

 

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Here's the back story. talking about his truck and how we haven't seen it

 

Oh that makes sense, I'm slow and old.

 

Does it have a hemi? @Justanotherhemi

 

Might have to take a look at mine... or not... of I don't see I dont spend lol...

 

Got her stuck while I was out exploring. Moved over to give the other person room and went a little too far haha

 

daaammmn hope you didn't broke anything! have you been able to get unstuck?

btw truck is dirty! you had fun??

 

That sucks you got someone coming?

 

Nice guys finish last, or in this case in a ditch.

The tail lights look good though

 

Was just cruising around same back country dirt roads checking for some good shore line fishing spots or even a back access to the lake. Didn't find any but had fun exploring haha cruised around a couple 4 wheeling trails too haha was able to get unstuck. A passer by in a f250 pulled me out. Good thing I keep a tow strap and my hitch receiver shackle. Didn't damage anything that I know of haha

 

Great to have tools! I have to get me a hitch shacke too!

 

@MarX hey man, you have any recommendations for polishing products to fix the surface scratching on my rims? just had them powder coated and well after sinking this weekend I noticed the front surface area is all scratched up now haha

 

Hmm I don't know of anything for powder coated items

 

so a little update on my rims:

This is what they should look like:


and this is the front rim all scratched up.


so I did my best to fix the issue but they aren't perfect. I have certainly improved the way they look. I am still a little bummed that they are the way they are, mostly because I had just got them back on my truck recently haha I'm going to wait until after the winter to determine if I'm going to get them PC'd again. if the winter scratches them up due to ice and snow and salt, then I wont bother.

so I first started working on the rear rim because it was in better shape then the front (I do not have a picture of the rear before I attempted to fix it). I used some Mequiars Ultimate Compound and applied it by hand. after doing this a few times I finished it off with come Carnauba wax. it's still scratched but a pretty good improvement from when I started.

Rear Rim After "Fix"


Turned out pretty well, still some noticeable scratching going around the rim but not nearly as bad as it was or as bad as the front rim.

Front Rim After "Fix"


This one here I used the same compound but I tried something a little different for the application. i mounted a foam pad into my drill to get a little more swirl action haha didn't make much of a difference. I also tried some NuFinish Scratch Doctor and Meguiars Ultimate Polish, didn't make much difference. Finished it off with some carnauba wax once again. I would say there has been improvement but still not up to my standards haha but that's how its going to stay for the time being. From far away you cant even really tell its scratched. up close its a little more noticeable. like I said, I will see how they hold up over the winter. if they don't easily scratch driving through the ice/snow/salt then I will contemplate getting them re done.

 

On another note I also did the "Fog Light Anytime" Mod by following this thread: also post #15

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...no-splicing-no-bending-100-reversible.309407/

I used some extra 16AWG wire I had laying around the house.
Female spade connectors for tab sizes .250 and .187
Male spade connectors for tab sizes .250

If you read the thread I linked above you will notice that there are two different tab sizes on the fog light relay. the .250 male and female works perfectly in the their corresponding slots. The .187 females fit nicely onto the relay. However I noticed that the MALE .187 connector was too loose inserting into its corresponding location. To fix this, I used a .250 MALE but trimmed it thinner with my dremel, I illustrate how much I cut off in the second picture below.



I marked in black, roughly how much I cut off. its always better to trim a little at a time.



Now I had to follow post #15 because my inverter fuse is not in the same box as my fog light fuse. as stated in that post, I took my power from the EFI fuse. Note that a little bit of modification is needed to be made in order to fit both the EFI relay tab and the tab you are adding for the mod back into the slot. I had to trim a little bit of plastic using a knife to make the opening to the slot a little bigger. in order to get the fuse to sit as flush as possible I had to trim some of the male tab which will be illustrated below.

Black mark represents what I cut off. I did this so once it is bent, the relay has more room to sit flush and does not hit that round part where the wire goes into the connector.



This is how it sits now. I shrink wrapped everything for some extra protection, I also soldered everything for assurance of good connections.