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Love it... I'm gonna miss my 1st Gen when I get the Diesel 2nd gen built :( Are you running an LT kit on the front end??? Looks wider and like you;re getting some great travel out of it aye. That's a great looking 1st Gen. Cheers Dave

Shop looks like a beauty now that you gotten most of it cleaned out aye and great work on the driveway. Between that shop and the view you have outside I'm jealous... I'm so sick of cities. Tuk Tuk Project sounds sweet too hahahahaha, man I've had some scary rides in those things down in SE...

Hey, posted this over on the NW regional section but I thought I'd give it the old shotgun approach... What I'm looking for: - As STOCK as possible an 8" Toyota Solid Front Axle (prefer an 84/5) with a standard Low-pinion 3rd /4:10 gears (gears are not a big concern) - Stock steering would be...

Love the way the 40's look on it... Like it was meant to have those tires on it from the factory. Looks like it's got a bit of rear-end sag though, or is it just an optical illusion in the pics??? On another note, is that the Nitro Gears 70-series that did the UA recently??? Cheers Dave

I'm putting a 1KZ-TE Turbo-Diesel in one currently... SAS'ing it as well with a bunch of other stuff and custom bar-work. Frankly their "lack of love" is pretty silly as they're some of the last "real Hiluxes" we got and they can be had cheaper then any other Toyota 4wd thanks to the...

Cheers Clay, that's what I thought... I actually decided to pass on the axle as it had some "issues" that hadn't been disclosed and the guy selling it was someone I decided I didn't want to deal with BUT I just found a honey of an Axle with 4:10's, an open diff, brand-new Manual Hubs and in...

Man I'll just say it: I was WRONG... I've lived with (apparently a Non "j" code) 6.2 in a Sand/gravel truck back in my ski-bum days and that was literally one of the worst diesels ever created, but this J-Code engine seems like a completely different beast... "My" 6.2 NA was literally near...

So cool... Love seeing more Diesels showing up here. Really cool truck too, esp. considering it's total unobtanium to us US "victims". Suspension looks perfect on her and the rear-drawer system looks great. Plus it's awesome to have more "world-wide" members. I met a ton of Swedes in...

Yeah I was flat out NERVOUS when I got down to check the pan out... but I'm STILL riding the high from getting the right part FINALLY!!!! I thought about the C/O and link suspension idea, but A) yeah, the cost, and the complexity overall. Yes I'm spending money to do this build, but overall, a...

I SOLVED THE OIL-PAN MYSTERY!!!!!!!!! Oh what a happy day it's been... Dave at Japan4x4 put it in the post Monday and it showed up at the shop YESTERDAY so frankly that's just unreal. he knew I was badly in need of the part and he knew I'd gotten the wrong part and wasn't trying to return one...

If you can live with the cheap re-spray and the interior's to your liking (I find often the LX's are more "luxo" trimmed inside and I don't like them as much but that's all personal), and they're both essentially the same truck in the same mechanical shape, I'd say that being Toyotas, buy the...

Just a suggestion, but going with a snorkel means that a CAI isn't worth keeping/re-doing (I'd debate whether they're really an actual overall performance enhancer in general after many years of building street/track performance cars etc. but that's another thread). You could easily make your...

Dam you and your "REASONABLE, LOGICAL THOUGHTS" Clay... DAM YOU!!!!! [/mutters to self] Stupid CLAY just doesn't want Dave to have any fun or a cooler rig then his... ( ;) just givin' you the gear mate, I'm totally kidding aye). In reality, you're right. I've already started doing an...

Meh... It's personal taste, and these are just the grumblings of a guy who doesn't particularly like modern trucks, but I see these as faff to get rid of the last of this gen's Tacomas as "something special" (and charge a pretty penny doing it while up-ing the price of the 4Runner and Tundra in...

New (hopefully correct) pan should be on a boat headed this way now... Looks like she will indeed be getting a solid-front axle regardless, now the question is whether I end up going full-monty with F/R E-locked 80-series Axles or stick with the 8" Mini-Truck units. I WANT to do the...

Awesome vid (love the trucks you have access to, I'd kill to get a 70-series back into my life), I'm loving this build, can't wait to see what it becomes in the end aye. Cheers Dave

See what I get for skipping over a few posts... 3.4 will be cool in it. I keep thinking about a 5VZ swap every time my Diesel build gives me headaches. Cheers Dave

I've not owned either, but I prefer the 4Runners in general for their "all inside" box features, but the 4th gen while it CAN be built out (several here have) was a real significant departure in terms of off-road capability from the 3rd gen. It got the V8 which is awesome (although not so hot...

Truck looking great mate... Hopefully one of these days I'll get to inspect it more closely and personally. I just love knowing that not ALL the Glandewagens in Portland are driven by soccer-moms on their cell-phones aye (I know there are a few more, but you know what I means esp. with our...

I LOVE Cummins Diesels, I really do, but a 4BT in a Mini-Truck would simply RUIN the truck end of story...