Kansas City Tacoma Crew - 816/913

Ahh that tiny thing I was on my way to pick up a trailer

 

New project

 

I wasn’t really happy with how it’s been ran for awhile now ive Been in that page for a long long time but it was just time to go

 

Nope still got the bed rack and thanks man it’s gonna be a fun build!

 

Make a tailgate for the back add some reinforcements make a top for it and put the tent and awning on it and use it for camping trips to get rid of the top heavy weight on the truck

 

Ya man I plan to make it specific for camping it should be pretty sweet when done

 

Found it out in Louisville @Slashaar found it and sent it to me at work I got it for 850 and it’s in pretty good shape for being a 1953

 

I might tbh man

and thanks should be a fun project

 

Started messing with the trailer to have working trailer lights because old owners hit something and smashed one so new lights new trailer plug easy fix right? Nope lol I plugged it into the truck and couldn’t get it to work was so lost until I started crawling under the trailer and found the wires were cut haha oh well time to pull the wires and start all new

 

Same. It got so cooperate and there were so many faces I didn't know, Jeepers taking the piss in there because we were a sister club or whatever with MWK... Not a fan of some encounters I've had with the MWK people; lots of them here in Blue Springs. It was weird to watch it change so much over the course of the year and a half or so I was in there. Glad I'm not the only one who hates the change, lol.

That should be a pretty easy fix yeah. I've never wired a trailer but it seems like it should be pretty straight forward. Are you gonna replace the light housing itself too?

 

Now I won’t agree on the mwk that are in the club the only ones that are a part of the club are the admins which are good people I prefer to wheel and hang with them over the kctc personally but I agree the club started going downhill and not a fan of who is running it so I left

 

My main issue is with the new people running it too. All of a sudden everyone just becomes admin of whatever and everything became pretty disorganized. I liked the little meetups. Didn't need all the sponsors and plans for giveaways and shit. Just wanted to meet people. It's too much now.

 

I agree on that to many new people are becoming admins or the owner of the page I don’t like it at all anymore...

 

Hello from Shawnee KS,
Does anyone have used set of OEM 2nd Gen 4WD Lower Control Arms (both sides) taking up space in their garage that they may want to sell? I picked up some TRD OR take-off suspension that I need to swap in (then get an alignment) but after reading many threads here, I am guessing my alignment cams will be frozen (Model Year 2012, 125k miles, I am not the original owner but its seen some salt) so I was hoping to rebuild an OEM set (new LBJ, bushings, coat of paint) so I can swap them in vs dealing with downtime while rebuilding mine.
Thanks.

 

if you can still align the truck your cam tabs are not frozen mine are frozen and one is damaged so i know the pain lol

 

i still need to get mine welded on but i also have to still fix the front one of these days lol

 

yuuup thats one reason why i haven't messed with it yet plus not enough time atm

 

Thanks for the replies.
Cam tabs show no visible damage. I have seen the Marlin Crawler brace kit but I'm still on the fence on purchasing it since my off-roading is limited, the truck is my primary transportation method now so Im just cautious to avoid any trail damage or breakdowns. I have a small 120 volt inverter welder (Klutch ST80i) that Ive only used a few times and I dont think it would have good penetration on heavier gauge metal so finding someone to weld it up would also add to the cost.
I'm only assuming the alignment cams are frozen in place based on some posts from others on TW saying theirs were frozen at 60k miles, etc and based the amount surface rust on the truck now. I'd rather just replace the alignment cams now rather than find out they are frozen during the alignment, then I would need to do it all anyway and pay for another alignment.

 

have you had the truck aligned at all yet?

 

Not yet.
I already purchased 2019 TRD OR complete front struts/springs/top hats, rear leafs and rear shocks that I found on Craigslist that I'm planning to install and thats why its going to need an alignment afterwards.
My truck isnt a TRD model and has over 125k miles on what appears to the be original shocks, etc so the take-off suspension should be a good improvement.