Millenium Falcon Taco Build

I'm trying to decide what colour I should paint the truck.
Either the stock Lunar Mist or the 2017 tacoma trd pro Cement.

 

I would think that the Millenium Taco would be a light gray with muted red and brown accents, and a bright azure "TOYOTA" on the tailgate.

 

Thats sounds very complicated.
Perhaps you can mock up a paper mache vesion to show us what you mean.
lol
I love the TOYOTA on the tailgate though

 

2 bowls of frosted flakes
1 perfectly ripe Mango
2 laptops (my wife's laptop battery dies when i was on page 16)
*removed contacts due to eyes becoming dry as a desert*

I finally got thru all 33 pages of your build! Well done. I was dreading replacing my exhaust this week but not anymore.

 

Thanks Jeff
I aim to please, and help via my experience and pictures.

 

Officially: "load-sensing proportioning valve." Mine also gummed up and I wanted to get rid of my ABS anyway so I redid all the brake lines from the MC to each wheel. Much simpler! Love the build -- keep it up!

 

I know someone would know!
Thanks David!

 

Yesterday and today's progress.
Got the shackles painted and installed with the new OME bushings.

 

The shock perches look pretty sad.
Time to glass blast and them and paint them.

 

I removed the rear brake line splitter from the third member, blasted it and applied several coats of paint.
A few pictures of it installed.

 

Blasted and painted the rear flexible brake line mount.

 

While the gas tank and e brake was out I removed the rust from that part of the frame, applied a couple coats of that Toyota corrosion prevention primer and them painted those spots black.

 

A little before and after of the load sensing proportioning valve.
The new one actually has a mount and is in better condition.

 

Yesterday I had the new leafs in via the front bolt and shackles.
New stuff looks pretty sweet!

 

The previous u bolts were only on the truck for a few month and they ended up looking pretty rough very quickly.

Today I had some longer u bolts made locally.
Back at the shop I prepped them for paint and sprayed several coats on them and their hardware to try and slow down the rate of rusting.

 

Before installing the perches I applied some lucas heavy dudy bearing grease to keep if from, over time, fusing to the third member via rust.

 

I'll have to grab pictures another day of the ubolts and perches installed.

I have the u bolts snugged roughly in place but I am unsure of how one judges what angle to mount the perch.

It may seem like an odd question but if you, on yhe passenger side, tighten the front u bolt more than the rear you can angle the front of the perch up thus compressing that shock more then if the u bolts were tightened in such a way so as to keep the perch level.
Should the perch be installed level or so other way?
I hope this explanation and question makes sence to someone.

 

I dropped my fuel tank off to National Radiator to have them pressure test it and solder any holes they find.
As part of this service they will steam clean it as well.

 

I removed and cut up the exhaust.
I'm trying to keep whats ok and replace what needs replacing. So far, the muffler and a couple small sections of pipe are what I need.
Here are some pictures of the bad sections and the sections I will re-use.

 

I tried removing my ac compressor last winter and got held up by one seized and stripped bolt in a location that it's impossible to get a bolt extractor hammered on.
I went at it again today and got it out.
I needed to take my prybar and smash on it with a large hammer at the location where the head of that bolt met the compressor. This enabled me to break the aluminum mount off of the compressor. Then I removed the compressor by unbolting the power steering pump and removing the air intake.
Then I pulled the compressor bracket off of the block and put it in the bench vice where I was able to hammer a stripped bolt extractor socket on it and removed the bolt and part of the compressor housing.
It was a last resort after much frustration.
Actually, the last resort was pulling the engine to get at it, but I think I would rather cause myself harm than go through all that work for AC.
Regardless, the seized compressor is out and I have the new on the motor from the parts truck to remove, clean up and install.
I think this success deserves a dancing banana.