Built by a 14 year old (with some help from my dad)

Wow this is seriously impressive. Where are you from, that rust doesn't look that bad? At least by rust belt standards....

 

Sweet build, following!

 

Yeah that frame doesn't look horrid but the new one is almost enough to eat off..haha..my 10 just got a frame, still got shipping stickers on it

 

we have noticed that the stickers seem to last longer than the paint... maybe the frame paint guys at toyota should be talking to the sticker guys

 

Interested to see how Massachusetts and my new frame get along.

 

Here is our disassembly order list. The good news is that we have officially started to cross things off it.


We got the rear axle back in position with the new leafs:


And looking at the old frame, we decided to add some welds to the cam tabs:

 

Great looking work!

 

and we got the front differential cleaned up:


We broke off an allen socket in the drain plug, but luckily there was enough left of it to get a 10mm socket onto it. We got it loose with a breaker bar and a socket.

 

I painted the front diff with POR-15:

 

Can confirm, I'm the third owner of my 06 - frame was replaced under the first owner and yes, it still has the stickers on

 

are you going to twin stick it?
now would be an excellent time!

 

That dif drain plug sucks. I have found that it helps giving it a few good wacks with a hammer to loosen things up before you crank on it.

Theres a Lexus plug that's better, although you basically made the same thing when your Allen wrench snapped.

https://adventuretaco.com/a-front-diff-drain-fill-plug-that-doesnt-suck/

I was going to suggest the same thing. I am a big fan of the FJ case and AWD tube swap to get rid of electronics in the drivetrain.

 

This is the way ^

 

This is such an awesome thread! Keep the updates coming

 

We pulled out the front diff needle bearing with an ECGS tool from the loaner program (thanks CO90Taco) and my dad showed me how to make a tool to put the Bushing back in on the lathe:







Then we changed the CV axle seals with more home made tools:

 

Damn dude, your learning so much from your dad, that’s great ! Keep up the good work, can’t wait to see it finished.

 

@jwarr great job man, your truck is coming along nicely!

Brings back good memories...I also bought my first one at 14 y/o - an '82 Chevy S-10 for $700 lol. I worked hard to fund everything, and with my dad's help got it built up in time for my license.

I'm about to be 39 this year and still obsessed with trucks

 

Keep it up and take notes with everything you're learning it'll be invaluable later in life

 

Thanks. Definitely learning alot.

We got the front Diff back in:


And I bent up some bump stop extensions on our home made brake:


The 1/4" Stainless took 10 tons to bend:




These are just under 2" extensions. To make our factory bump stops work with the BAMF shock relocation and 12" shocks. We are still checking our math to make sure these are right so they are not fully welded in yet:


And we got the spindles apart, the wheel bearings have been changed at some point we think and seem OK so they will be reused:

 

I'm loving this build so far. Keep up the good work man