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In the past you could always just look for a black Toyota flatbed screaming by you at 80mph but those days are gone :) Of course I would always have to slow down because Marchand's D90 had so much wax on it the sun would glare in my eyes! Always a good time at Romp...you should definitily try...

Sounds like your truck is in good shape and pretty capable. I personally would swap to a 3RZ or maybe a V6 which will help you in the power department. The 22re's are getting pretty long in the tooth at this point. You will have a lot of money in buying and outfitting a Cruiser. Sure they do...

I was a Yota tech back around 2000. Manual hubs were pretty much 95.5-00 4cyl manual models only. I think they nixed them in 00-04 models regardless of options. The only thing more elusive was the v6 5 speed standard cabs which I think they made like 4 of them :) Pretty rare and boy they drove...

Regardless of what you think about the value of the truck, Toyota has slowly been phasing towards quantity over quality. Anyone with a Tacoma knows this all too well when you look at the steering, leaf spring issues, shift to Spicer drivelines, etc. It hasn't been like a big hit in the face but...

Any luck getting saddle tanks on a square body Suburban? I have a CUCV K30 and installed a passenger side saddle. Brackets are interchangeable, you just have to weld a few nuts on since left and right sides have different bolt patterns but all the needed holes are already stamped out. Look for...

I am surprised that our military used them. If you look back to the CUCV days...they were modified off the shelf rigs. Everything else is 24V with Nato compatible hookups. Plus they all have the additional shackles for recovery/transport. The Taco was plucked from the showroom and dropped...

Google it...been done before. If you want the best...your best bet would be to scavenge the front diff parts from an early Taco with manual hubs.

Are you referring to the 01-04' Double Cab TRD rigs that were basically off the shelf trucks with some armor shipped over? I've seen pictures of them in the Middle East. I own a CUCV M1031 so I dig the Chevy rigs and HMMWV's but love how a Gen 1 Taco gets a gun mounted tom the bed and put into...

Sounds like a money hemorrhage. Better off building a diesel Wrangler and pocketing the leftover $30k, not have a crummy car company warranty to battle, and suck the new car depreciation to go with it. Plus there is no cat, DEF fluid, and other BS to deal with. Or just sneaks few 2.8 JK's on a...

I want to avoid coming off in a negative manner because I am trying to be helpful. You can't compare a new Tacoma to a 1st gen...PERIOD. The 05' and newer truck looks more like an S-10 underneath than a Japanese truck. Yes, they are good rigs and my family has owned two of them with the last one...

I have a buyer for my welder. When I sell the generator head and air compressor, I will have some more funds and get started on the small Honda inverter generator and living emenities. I also need to fix a shaft seal leak on the ol' Stanadyne DB2 injection pump and fix my one alternator which is...

Some other random photos of the truck when I purchased it or working on it over the last few weeks. There is absolutely no rust on this truck. Absolutely amazing for a 29 year old truck. It came from GA. Three years ago someone purchased it from a government liquidation auction. He owned it for...

Tons and tons of maintenance. I replaced all cooling system components other than the rad, waterpump, and heater core. I managed to pull all of my glow plugs out and replaced them with new AC Delco's. I chased after all my fluid leaks, fixed a broken downshift solenoid, clearanced the front...

I did a typical Offroad Design 4" lift. This is a front 4" Tough Country HD springs and a rear shackle flip. I picked up a set of used 16.5" rims off a 90's F350. This allowed me to mount a set of used Goodyear MT military 37's. Right now I am just getting the truck reliable, up to date on...

I picked up a mint truck a few months ago to start an expedition build. It is more of a combination work, play, camp, SHTF truck. It is a 1984 M1031 which is a military spec K30 (rated at 5/4 tons). Bone stock, it comes equipped with a 6.2 diesel, TH400, NP205 with PTO, 14 bolt with detroit, D60...

This vehicle unless it was specifically optioned with no overdrive, it will have a 4L80E. The one and only year...the perfect storm! Don't rule out a 700r4. The technology exists to build them into a very rugged transmission as long as you know the limitation. Don't overheat it. Do not expect...