ffirg's 02 DC Build

Same thing as you're getting in the group buy. Just ordered it through my work. I also sell Engel but they were a couple hundred more. Only feature I don't like is no drain plug. But the engel didn't have that either. So Isotherm/Indel it is.

My plan is to test fit it before I actually buy. If it doesn't fit how I want it to then I'll just make a display for it at work.

I want to build a drawer system to put under the fridge but I'm not sure I have adequate height to make it worth it.

 

Nice! Post a bunch of info and pics about it all.

 

Oh I will. Don't you worry haha

 

Ended up returning the fridge I bought because it was damaged in shipping. Haven't decided if I want to get a replacement or not yet. I think I'll spend that money elsewhere at this point. I need to do some maintainance anyway. AC pump is bad and noisy as hell, an O2 sensor needs replacing, and I need to change brake pads.

I may be looking at my front suspension too. It seems it has gotten extremely rough over the winter. Not sure what that's about. Maybe a blown strut?

Also picked up these bad boys this week. Ordered it when they had a 20% off sale a few weeks back. I hope to test them out soon!



Also found this the other day...I know it was from a remodel at work so I'm going to attempt to get them to pay for the patch...




Annnnnd because I'm photo whoring I figure I'd post one I took a few weeks ago.

 

Truck is still looking good man

 

You might know someone itching to sell coilovers and uniball control arms if your shocks are blown...

Sweet maxtrax!

 

Still rocking the RTT on the cab I see. Love your plate bumper.

 

Ha. I've considered it, that's for sure. I'll keep it in mind.

 

Yeah it's still there. Seems to work fine for me. Noisy as hell but oh well.

 

Had our first weekend of 70+ degree weather so I took full advantage. Forgot the cigars but I managed just fine otherwise.

 

Looks like a ton of fun! Kenai Lake? How do you get to that spot man if you don't mind sharing with a fellow TW member lol looks awesome and I'd love to park the truck and pop up the RTT there!

 

In case anyone was wondering if maxxtraxx are worth it, I used them for three hours last night on a 2wd Nissan. Saved them from getting swamped by the incoming tide. The truck had absolutely no place to hook a strap or shackle to so maxxtraxx were the ticket.

I guess we had to go 1.5 miles through the sand to get back to solid ground.

 

Happen to get pics?

 

I did not get pics unfortunately. Was too busy running back and forth lol.

 

I know how that goes sometimes... bet the Nissan owner was thankful!

 

Oh I know he and his wife were super grateful. They kept saying they're going to find me at work and buy me coffee or something haha.

I did completely lose one of the lugs on one of the maxxtraxx which was weird. It just broke clean off but the ones around it look fine and aren't worn at all. And the lugs on the leading edge are a little ground down even though I was avoiding wheel spin as much as possible.

 

Had a couple odd things happen with the truck over the weekend.

Saturday I was ice fishing and had the stereo playing in my truck while it was not running. For probably 45 minutes. I heard my ultra gauge beep like an alarm code but it didn't say what. Figured it was low voltage. It showed 11.8 so I tried starting it up.

It cranked over with plenty of zip like it always does but would not fire. Tried three times for 10 seconds each with no luck. Grabbed a jump starter just in case but it still didn't do anything. Didn't crank any faster either.

Tried giving it some gas while cranking it over and about 10 seconds later it started to sputter for about 5 seconds and then finally started with a large plume of black smoke out the exhaust. Not sure what would do that other than un-burned fuel and I'm not sure why that would happen. It's started fine every time since then so any ideas would be welcome.

Also broke the hinge to my camper shell door somehow. The metal completely sheared in half about 2 inches from one side and now it won't latch completely. Not too thrilled about that.

 

Thats odd Mike... get any fish?

 

Yeah who knows what's going on. I need to change the fuel filter but I doubt that would cause the issue with black smoke. Could starve the engine I suppose.

We caught one rainbow about 16". Only spent about an hour or two fishing though. It turned into more of a snowmachining/skiing/ice skating trip lol.

 

Build is looking awesome lately

Back to major sub'ing 1st Gen builds, looks like I might be coming back to the pre-2005 Tacoma scene