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East side of the mountains in Ellensburg.

It's been a little too long since I updated this, so let me pick up where I left off. After a full day's worth of work we didn't get everything off the front end. The driver's side lower shock bolt was completely seized inside the inner sleeve that the lower shock bushing surrounded. No...

Can't wait to see the bumper! Hopefully that means mine is not far behind! -Kevin

Love it. Nice fall colors and a sweet truck to go with them.

Well...shoot. That just about describes what it looks like to a "T". Looks like Lance and I are in the same boat then, on the hunt for a new steering rack. -Kevin

I looked into getting OEM all the way around, but decided to at least try MOOG for the tie rods and see. I was not going to take that chance with the LBJ's though....only OEM there as far as I'm concerned. The OEM outer tie rods weren't too bad, but the inner's were upwards of $150 a piece...

I rented one of those from Autozone. It didn't work on the upper because it was not long enough to hold in place. I would think something like this should work better on the LBJ's and tie rods. Pickle fork worked great, but don't plan on saving any part of the ball joint if you use it!

Well, today I got a start on the front suspension. I'm afraid it was as bad as I was afraid it would be. When I did the rear shocks and new sway bar links I ended up having to cut everything off due to corrosion. Still, I had high hopes that it would go smoothly today. It didn't. First I...

Thanks! Hopefully it all comes together well. I'm a complete novice to overlanding/offroading, as well as a novice to doing my own work on vehicles in general. The most I've done before this is change my own oil and rotate tires. Since getting this truck I've been much more hands-on...

Here's the dash at night. The lighting never shows up on a picture quite as it does in real life, but you get the idea. Pulling the gauge cluster isn't too difficult. There are a number of tutorials and videos floating out there that go through it. It's a bit tedious sanding off all the...

Wow, that's a pretty intense mod. I assume the seat is not going back in over this? Looks good. Much better than any welding I could possibly do. I've only done it once and it was bad. -Kevin

A few weeks ago I scored a great deal on these: http://iconvehicledynamics.com/shop/5-series-piggyback-reservoir-shocks/1061-2000-2006-toyota-tundra-vs-25-series-pbr-rear-shocks-0-15-lift.html It was a fantastic deal....brand new, never used (bought for the wrong truck) and price was too good...

Sean - I haven't driven an older Tundra so I really have nothing to compare it to. But I do notice the 5th gear and it's nice. With my original gearing and 33's, I can drive at 70 with the engine running at 1800rpms. Super quiet. While I'm waiting for parts, here's something I found awhile...

Got the truck back from my friend yesterday and I'm very pleased with the paint work. Not perfection, but still very, very nice. Kind of makes me want to paint the whole truck. Dents and dings gone, I'm really digging the debadged look. Well worth a few hundred dollars. Less than $200 for...

I had assumed that I could just bypass the amp and use the new harness to tie into the existing wiring for the speakers? But you know what they say about assumptions. And you're not kidding about trying to find a 1st Gen tundra in good condition. There wasn't a lot of selection when I was...

I get 15 mpg right now accounting for odometer... On a good day. I wonder what gearing I have currently? Any way to check without pulling the third member? I have no idea what was done to the truck previously besides what showed up on Carfax. Kevin

Extra housings? I do have two extra now, so I'll bring them up this Saturday.

Thanks for the info. I assume the higher gearing helps with towing as well? Continuing on, while I gather all the materials to start turning this thing into a mild expedition vehicle, I have been taking care of some house-cleaning items. My truck had a lot of little body damage done to it by...

Jnich77-good info, I'll check around to see if any local salvage yard have any v6's. Aren't those fairly rare though? Lance - thanks again for all the advice. I am leaning towards the tiger shark 9.5S. I may not use a winch much, but when it's needed it'll be good to have one. I certainly don't...

I took the family out for a mild off-road adventure and the kids had a blast. They raised their hands over the heads for every big bump and were giggling the whole time. Lots of fun. Around this time I decided that I need to decide what direction I was going to take with this...