---BRO-COMA--- 3rd Gen. Build - 30% Bro, 60% Build and 25% BS

Brb going to Costco!

 

Almost there. Got pretty much everything together, but @BROcephus got so baked I couldn't trust him to operate the brake pedal to bleed the brakes. He couldn't tell the difference between, press and hold, and release. So I'll have to wait till tomorrow to finish the brakes.

All cleaned up of old gasket material.


Bead of RTV Black Gasket Maker.


1. Hand Torqued till RTV starts to squeeze out.
2. Let sit 1hr then torque to spec (33ftlb)
2 1/2. Pound Costco Light Beer.
3. Let sit 24hr before adding oil.

 

That's definitely not right. You have to drive around in a Yaris for a month between (1) and (2).

 

Got it all back together, and @fordfascist helped me finish bleeding the brakes. Took it on a first gear break in trip. 30 min drive 45mph tops with some down hill coasting, and some slight hills. Gear set is 100% quiet. I think the 4.88's are going to be nice with the 35's. Only thing thing that was kind of concerning is I felt the rearend after the 30min break in, and it seemed really hot, more than I was expecting.

I think I can install the front driveshaft now, I just don't remember where I put it, or where the bolts and nuts are. I think baldy hid them

On a side note, I exhausted the extent of my fab skills, and built an extension bracket to give more droop to the rear wheel sensor wires. Bracket took quite a while to get right. its 1" x.125 flat bar 4" long with two 3/8" holes. Getting the alignment right on the holes took awhile, but it came out nice.



Began mounting and running the wires for the rear ARB Bunny Compressor. I wanted it mounted as close to the rear axle as possible to help with fast engagement. It fits pretty well in the driver side bed cubby. The filter didn't fit, so I will be remote mounting it.


Door fits perfectly.

 

Phew. That drop bracket. What engineering skills!

 

I'm going to copy your idea. Except aluminum.

Gotta keep that weight down!

 

Ah, Kirkland's Finest! Hard to beat for the price bro. They also have a 4 flavor pack of more fancy beer which has some amber, pale ale, IPA.... and something else I forget. Good stuff and cheap.

 

When you had rear end specialties do your gears did you have them install the ECGS bearing thing? I was going to ship my diffs off to some guy in AZ, but to to the bushing/bearing thing he wanted me to buy him the tool as well.

Wait...now that I'm typing that I fee like you did the bushing yourself way before the gears...

 

Correct, I made my own tool. They told me they do clam shell Toy diffs all the time, so they might know about the bushing. It's a pretty simple install, I might still have my tool laying around.

 

If you have it, you should let me rent it.

I can just swap it in when they give the diff back.

 

Alright Bro's I gotta figure out what I'm going to do. I picked up T4R today, I can hide it at my aunts since pops kicked me out and that's where I'm living now. But my aunt is going to squeal. I got a side gig at Cold Stone Creamery, till my high tech career takes off.

Baldys really going to shit when he finds out he cosigned on it.

2016 SR5 Premium 20k miles 33.9K, its got Nav and 4wd shit and some other stuff like a V-6. The Access Cab was just to small to haul chicks around in, I mean I really only like chicks that are small enough to fit in the back of the Access Cab anyways, but it was still pretty inconvenient.

Tried to grab a pic before it got dark.

 

Ew.

Needs 35's to match that beater truck you have. Then pops won't know you have something new.

 

throw a blanket over it, I bet pops will be to lazy to look under it.

 

@Diablo169 what's happening bro?! Don't leave us hanging...

 

Just partying up at Chico, grad weekend! Whoop whoop! I want to smuggle like 50% of the hot chicks up here, and import them into the Bay Area. It's just not fare what a Bro in the Bay has to deal with.

I was going to post a pic, but baldy won't upgrade my iPhone, and my damn 6S is out of memory. Once again dads are the worst. Maybe I should break it, then he'll have to buy me a new one.

Side note, I picked up some new Old Spice Swagger Body Wash, #amazing. I'd post a pic, but once again, I can't.

 

5 miles till chevron...

 

I hope it's downhill

 

Slight update:

#Winning AF