Sequoia Family Crawler

[84projectFORD]

Na, sure dont.

 

[Motiracer38]

Dang, that would have been useful

 

[frankentrd]

Oil pan is done, plenty of added clearance
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That came out nice! How deep is the front of your pan? I'm working on one for my 1UZ which should be the same as the 2UZ. I couldn't find much info on minimum oil depths or whatever so I went with ~2.64"

 

[Motiracer38]

Mine's a bit tighter, 1.75 to the block and using every bit of it for up travel. I was real surprised that even with the rear sump it has less capacity than stock, under 5 qts. You're also going to have to make a trans filler late and the flexplate bolts will be tough to get tight but possible.

 

[frankentrd]

Mine's a bit tighter, 1.75 to the block and using every bit of it for up travel. I was real surprised that even with the rear sump it has less capacity than stock, under 5 qts. You're also going to have to make a trans filler late and the flexplate bolts will be tough to get tight but possible.

:O Well good to know in the future if I need more space I can get away with a much tighter pan. Since I'm swapping it in my Taco I can also move the engine up a bit which should help clear everything. I'm manual as well so I should be good with trans filling and thankfully I don't have a flex plate I need to access.

 

[Motiracer38]

The Expo was a blast, both my boys loved running around and checking out all the trucks. They led a pack that I'm sure annoyed quite a few but ended up with a pile of stickers that will last a lifetime. Their highlight was being tasked with towing out the SLR trophy truck

Only picture I got was from loading up so just imagine it parked on grass surrounded by much more interesting vehicles.

 

[Motiracer38]

Thanksgiving at Cougar Buttes in Lucerne Valley was a blast. Did some crawling, some faster desert trails, and generally just poked around getting used to driving this thing.

It climbs rocks way better than I imagined and scraped the fuel tank skid about as much as I thought it would. We did the Bullfrog trail which had some intimidating obstacles that we strolled right through. All five of us had a blast getting used to it.

The desert run was a little annoying as the rear still does not have enough damping and slams down on hard hits. It's probably better than I hoped for but it really limits your pace. We were cruising 7 deep the whole run so can't complain too much.

The brakes are still horrible, even before loosing a front caliper bolt. For some reason the headlights started surging and I lost turn signals but I'm pleased at how well the shakedown went.

 

[Motiracer38]

Got a bit to catch up on it seems. The weekend after Christmas we took the whole family on Mojave Rd. All 5 of us fit well and had a blast so it was a solid first test. Ended up getting a railroad spike through a tire and had to patch it in Baker.

 

[Motiracer38]

Next up was KOH where I spent 9 days in the desert and had a great time. Ended up mashing the driver rear door, drive rear quarter, and passenger door on the rocks. This thing went nearly everywhere I wanted it to and surprised me to no end. Not having lockers did hamper me a couple times and I really need to get the brakes working well.

 

[Motiracer38]

The latest project has been building out the storage area. I did not want the spare tire outside on a swing rack so it barely fits standing up in the center. The fridge is on a slide to keep storage above it and three 40in drawers should provide a bunch of organized storage.


BBQ will get a platform to sit on so we can cook in the shade.

Sidio crates should provide for easy organization that can be removed between runs.

Storage cubbies in the front provide for secure gear storage as well.