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Wa la. It’s done until I have to widen it. I think going back to a grille made for this truck and rectangular headlights will fill that top gap nicely. I’ve also got my eyes on an ‘04 4runner rear axle in a local pull yard. They’re ~6” wider than the stock rear axle so that’ll play nicer with...

Had a chance to work on the cruiser again this afternoon. Oil pan flanges are all cleaned up so I’ll be reinstalling that tomorrow. After separating the axles from the birfields, I noticed some concerning little chips/stress risers where the metal has worn down and meets the cuts for the axle...

Started some fun stuff Saturday evening. Hopefully finishing up the axle and oil pan gasket replacement tomorrow when I get back in town. I’m hoping my oil pan gasket rear arch was the culprit of the oil leak that I suspect is the rear main, but I doubt it. I figured it couldn’t hurt to change...

Yeah I really want to be able to take this thing on some trails and whatnot and given the shape of the front end, I can’t imagine those CVs with missing boots holding up very long. I’m also moving this summer so I won’t have a garage full of tools at my disposal, so it’s kind of a now or maybe...

Well, it’s been about 16 months and the “keep it mostly stock” mentality has left my mind. I just ordered a Blazeland WIY kit which means I will have to do new t100 CVs, bushings, shocks, and depending on how wide it ends up looking maybe advanced fiberglass concepts front front fenders with...

Front bumper is done-ish For not having a brake, I’m pretty pleased with how it turned out, but it’s not quite perfect and I still have somethings that I will be adding/altering in the semi near future as I need to put my time into other projects right now. Front skid/center section is...

Since finishing up the semester, I brought the 4runner home and put the hardtop on since it no longer has a garage spot. With the top build on hold, I had to build something else so here’s a teaser. In addition to that, I changed the oil today, and my battery from 3/19 crapped out in...

Well I fired up the 4runner this morning and it was significantly down on power. Oddly enough, last night it was running perfectly. Turns out that the entire catalytic converter had fragmented and everything had been blown into the muffler impeding flow. After cleaning that out, it’s running...

I had to replace the alternator a couple weeks back as it randomly went out. Dealing with orielley’s for the lifetime warranty replacement was kind of a hassle this time around. The replacement alternator failed within 40 miles on my way out to a mountain bike race. Getting home took several...

Wow that’s really cool to hear that you were an original owner. I wonder how many with their 1st gens are still out there?

I finished adding the roof bars to the new framework Saturday morning. I made them all bolt in so everything should pack down should I ever need to remove this top and store it. I also found some light bar mounts on amazon that worked perfectly for bolting up my middle crossbar. I have always...

Haha sometimes that’s how great deals are found. You never know who is out there with a clean example and doesn’t know how/want to sell it on the internet. I’m super lucky for this deal. I’ve heard of others getting deals on things and never thought it would happen to me but here I am.

Thanks Zach! Looking forward to seeing more updates and travels with yours when you back to it. I can’t wait for cooler weather to hit so I can get out and enjoy mine. Definitely going to hit up the ozarks at least once this fall. Got all of my frame cut out today and some of it welded up...

I had a somewhat productive weekend working on a couple 4runner projects. About week or two ago, after sessioning some speed humps feeling the rear suspension, an occasional clunk I had started becoming more common and pronounced. As it turned out, the lower bushing on my idler arm assembly was...

I checked several projects off my list last week. First off, I finally finished my cargo panels. The one pictured below has had a couple minor alterations in design, but this is the most recent one I had cut out. Once I get into the groove of this semester, I’ll probably throw the rear cargo...

Reinstalled my rear seats today after picking them up from Turner’s upholstery. They did a great job matching the pattern and stitching of my newer front seats which is exactly what I wanted. For some reason, my bottom seat latches aren’t catching right now, and I’m thinking there may be some...

Yeah that was one of the first things I did so the heater worked. I think it might just be the way it is.

Yeah those are easily my favorite. If I could have any Toyota truck of any vintage, it would be an 79+ first gen truck. Then maybe a new TRD Pro tundra I’d they hadn’t ruined it without the double hood scoop ?

Thanks man! I’ve really loved driving this truck around. So much so dare I say it might replace my cruiser on longer trips and whatnot down the road to leave my cruiser in better shape. I’d say it’s still in its early phases so there should be a lot more down the road. A couple weeks back, my...

The cruiser has been chugging right along up here in Kansas City. It rolled 420k the other day on the way to work and I’ll probably be hitting 421k this weekend Unfortunately, my transfer case rear output seal has continued to leak even after draining out the remaining synthetic and filling...