Just finished installing Overland Equipped power panel

Got the kit from Overland Equipped (OE) https://overlandequipped.com/collec...ta-tacoma-2016-present?variant=31651697295475 it comes with a 12-circuit Blue Sea fuse block and a 100A master switch pre-installed on the bracket.

I have a 3rd gen manual transmission Tacoma, and ordered the correct unit and also paid an extra ten bucks because the website says manual transmission needs some kind of relocation bracket. However, even though it says "3rd gen" the Toyota engineers must have changed something because I didn't realize the extra money was for a "fender-mounted clutch reservoir relocation bracket" which I don't have. I looked all over and have no kind of clutch fluid reservoir that I could see, so wasted ten bucks. Whatever.

Would be great if someone could upload pics of their brake booster area (and say what model they have) so I could see if other 3rd gens have that fluid reservoir attached to the fender.

However, the installation pictures in the OE instructions also did not match my truck. I have a brake fluid reservoir mounted right on the brake booster which sticks way out which the installation instructions did not show. The power panel bracket mounts right in front of the brake booster unit and bolts into the two threaded fender bolt holes where my clutch fluid reservoir *would* have been, had the factory supplied me with one.

This meant that the aluminum edge of the bracket would be a millimeter or two from the side of the plastic brake fluid reservoir, a definite no-no! So I used a 75mm bi-metal hole saw on my drill, clamped the OE bracket to a couple of 2x4's and cut off a crescent moon piece of the bracket for safety. Then I glued on a piece of split reinforced rubber hose over the cut area just in case.

So, as always, caveat emptor. I'm happy with the result but too bad it took me a couple of extra days of machinations to get what should have been a simple install done.

Before the install:


After modification and before installation:


The hole saw I used:


After installation:


Close up of the danger zone after installation:

 

Someone may be able to clarify this, but I believe the Sport & OR Models use different master cylinders & may require different mounts.

 

OR & Pro have a separate res for clutch fluid. Sports share from the brake res