Wannabe Go fast solid axle taco
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basikbiker
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On the taco, how far forward did you push the front axle? I need to trim my fenders more
Im not sure the exact measurement but wheelbase is now 130. The pan hard bumps in front of the ac compressor for reference.
Got the knee stuck on my old mill and it ended up being a total loss. Picked up a new to me Bridgeport and a sheet metal shear that is actually super handy.
A Dana 300 front output I milled out to fit a 32 spline output.
A transmission plug for a th350
And then the usual hub tools I’ve been making for a while now
A Dana 300 front output I milled out to fit a 32 spline output.
A transmission plug for a th350
And then the usual hub tools I’ve been making for a while now
BigRonDog
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This thing is sweet. Wasn't Brandon working on this thing? It came out great.
Yeah he did all the cab and bed cage. It was at his shop till his accident then Richie called me and asked me to do the new 3link as the family needed it out of the shop.
Appreciate it. Unfortunate circumstances how I got involved with it after the accident but I was grateful for the opportunity.
Rubicon was exciting to say the least. We cruised up on Saturday and parked the tow rigs at Tahoma. Cruised around to loon lake Sunday and started around 1130. Passed a ton of people getting towed out and the trail in general was just busy. Made it to buck no issue and slept the night. Monday we went to the springs and our usual spot at the slabs was taken so we went to dirty dozen. Me being an idiot went to far to the left and found a deep hole. Fan blade smacked the water and truck died. It didn’t want to restart so my dad pulled me out and it eventually started. That’s when I found the hole in the radiator.
Got it parked and let it cool off and got the radiator pulled. We used the jb weld we had (3 tubes) and it still leaked pretty good. Some old guys gave us a tub of bondo and said it’s great for radiator repairs but it was a little old and dried out. We tried some radiator stop leak but nothing was working. We used it the best we could but still somehow managed to miss a small hole in the dual core and it leaked to much to get up Cadillac and out on. Tuesday we ran out to Tahoma in my dad’s jeepster, grabbed the spare fan blade I had in the Ram and then went to sparks to summit racing and got an identical radiator from them. Ran back to Tahoma. Took the jeepster In and by 1pm the new radiator was in.
We planned to hang out Wednesday but caretaker st the springs said a big group was coming in for the jamboree so we left around 9 and made it to Tahoma staging are with no issues only to find my camper door had been smashed in by a bear and the camper ransacked. Looked like he smelt some gum and a few mountain house meals I missed. He had a good time tearing the cabinets open and drank some beers. Only real damage is the door and cabinet doors and all fixable. Only damage to the truck was the inside of the tailgate which I won’t know how bad it is till I take the camper back off. We left early Thursday morning for the long drive home and thankfully no more issues.
Overall it was more issues than we like but all part of it. We had fun and I’ll flush the radiator and do a new thermostat and it’ll be ready for the next trip.
Got it parked and let it cool off and got the radiator pulled. We used the jb weld we had (3 tubes) and it still leaked pretty good. Some old guys gave us a tub of bondo and said it’s great for radiator repairs but it was a little old and dried out. We tried some radiator stop leak but nothing was working. We used it the best we could but still somehow managed to miss a small hole in the dual core and it leaked to much to get up Cadillac and out on. Tuesday we ran out to Tahoma in my dad’s jeepster, grabbed the spare fan blade I had in the Ram and then went to sparks to summit racing and got an identical radiator from them. Ran back to Tahoma. Took the jeepster In and by 1pm the new radiator was in.
We planned to hang out Wednesday but caretaker st the springs said a big group was coming in for the jamboree so we left around 9 and made it to Tahoma staging are with no issues only to find my camper door had been smashed in by a bear and the camper ransacked. Looked like he smelt some gum and a few mountain house meals I missed. He had a good time tearing the cabinets open and drank some beers. Only real damage is the door and cabinet doors and all fixable. Only damage to the truck was the inside of the tailgate which I won’t know how bad it is till I take the camper back off. We left early Thursday morning for the long drive home and thankfully no more issues.
Overall it was more issues than we like but all part of it. We had fun and I’ll flush the radiator and do a new thermostat and it’ll be ready for the next trip.
Forgot that prior to the rubicon I also swapped in a new radial dynamics power steering pump that does 4gpm vs the old psc I had did 2.8. Didn’t make a huge difference at first I thought but aired down I quickly realized how much better it was. Was able to steer no matter what the tires wheee on at idle and whenever they where pushed against something.
I also mounted some rotopaxs and a quick release fire extinguisher in the bed. I picked up a few small 8 in spal fans and mounted it to the front to help cool the truck when going slow. It was never an issue but just helps a little.
and after years and years of nooverflow on the coolant and power steering, I finally mounted one.
in some preventative maintenance after breaking some u joints at moab, I replaced the carrier bearing and other u joints and found the flange at therear axle was cracked. Got it swapped out.
I also mounted some rotopaxs and a quick release fire extinguisher in the bed. I picked up a few small 8 in spal fans and mounted it to the front to help cool the truck when going slow. It was never an issue but just helps a little.
and after years and years of nooverflow on the coolant and power steering, I finally mounted one.
in some preventative maintenance after breaking some u joints at moab, I replaced the carrier bearing and other u joints and found the flange at therear axle was cracked. Got it swapped out.
Washed the Tacoma yesterday and spent today getting the radiator pulled and flushed along with pulling the thermostat and flushing the engine. We poured some stop leak in the old radiator trying to clog the hole and didn’t want that stuff in the motor. I also made some shift knobs and started mounting the intercom and new rugged radio.
