TEC || Yotas That Crawl Weekend || July 29 - August 1, 2022

the end goal is to keep going with you guys as long as I can.
Tonneau and ground camping is hear to stay...
I'd trying to downsize my camping set up to just the basic's
somewhere to sleep (small ground tent)
somewhere to cook and eat (table chair stove)
and everything portable so when I'm home everything gets packed away

 

End goal until the next one

 

I got some saddle tool boxes that may be helpful to keep your gear dry.

be looking like this

 

the rumour going around is you said you could do a better job on the next one in half the time and are looking for a truck to prove that on...

 

Me and you both know that is a lie lol. Two days of grinding and cutting, and then another day of messing around on fitment and welding. Definitely could do the second one faster (learn the to dos and what not to dos) but I’m broken and won’t be doing that install for a while lol.

plus I don’t even know if my work will last. @Norilsk may break everything this weekend.

 

Sweet truck and nice set up.
those boxes will be perfect for a flat bed.... lol. its coming just don't know when, its down at the bottom of the list
doing the tonneau cover thing now. thank you though.

nope. hopefully breakage wise this weekend will be un eventful. I an curious to see how the truck performs with 37's though.

 

sounds like there isnt much truth to that rumour which isnt surprising since i started it lol. JD fab quoted me 16 hours to install it and they designed the kit so you doing it in 3 days first time around in your garage is impressive.

i assume @Norilsk 's supervision deserves the credit?

 

your assuming his truck on 37’s will be able to turn lol. Have something that will help with that.

 

Can't wait to get there. Think I'll be cutting though. It will.turn just walk with the sledge on the trail I'll bring the saw.

 

So far so good. It’s not perfect and will eventually need to be tubbed. For now we will see where it rubs on its “shake down” run.

 

not bad looks pretty good to me. can't believe it, right down to the wire you guys are pulling this off, I bet it would be in a shop for a month to get this done..

 

I'm out. Unexpected UCA ball joints in need of replacement. Parts won't get in until Friday night maybe Sat morning.

 

that's definitely not good news but at least you not broken on the trail.
now I better check my truck tomorrow. was going to leave it but I better not... just in case

 

What happened to the ball joints? Lots of play or just boots torn?

 

It takes a skill to manage and convince one

In total it took us 5 days so far, first two days tear down and grinding, third was welding, 4th day assembling back, and 5th day final checkups and body/interior assembly. I think we worked each day around 6-8 hours. So 40 hours is a better estimated time…

 

Well I also installed solid engine mounts, so now I feel all the torque of the minivan engine It does need re-gear to 5.29s something for next summer along with exterior roll bar cage at the back, tubbing and other minor things.

 

I say finish them off this weekend! I’ve put good chunk on my Camburg and they were bad for at least last 30K kms… when I pulled them out last week, oh well…

 

he did a lot of work on this one too. Can’t take that away from him. Needless to say seeing the truck roll out of the garage was pretty sweet. He has a bunch of work to do but it seems like it’s all coming up gravy.

 

Trail change? Lol.

 

upper control arm bushings loose and tighten the bolt will not help this time
my transfer case leaked out most of the oil..
my rear diff was pressurized ????
alignment... forget about it just ignoring it

nothing hear is a deal breaker for me.
I'm planning of going up today sometime to "ponder the meaning of life" lol. and drink beer..hahaha.