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Excited to test out the rear shock relocation I'd just completed, I headed north toward Las Vegas to pick up @mrs.turbodb who was flying in for a two-ish day trip along the Old Mojave Road - a historically significant trail through the Mojave National Preserve in southern California...that...

Excited to test out the rear shock relocation I'd just completed with the help of Zane @Speedytech7, I headed north toward Las Vegas to pick up @mrs.turbodb who was flying in for a two-ish day trip along the Old Mojave Road - a historically significant trail through the Mojave National Preserve...

Top mounts positioned horizontally where we wanted them, we figured that now was as good a time as any to weld them on. By doing it now, we could lay everything on the ground, ensuring that the mounts were evenly aligned and then we could simply rotate the round tubing to angle the mounts up and...

Tacoma Rear Shock Relocation - Fabrication...and Failure December 3-4, 2018. Rear shock relocation day was finally here! Zane @Speedytech and I were up bright and early so we could be at ADS right around their opening time of 8:00am to pick up the rear shocks they'd been holding for me for the...

Tacoma Rear Shock Relocation - Collecting Parts and Heading South December 1-2, 2018. For years now I've run what I'd call "work shocks" in the rear of the truck. First a set of Gabriel Hi-Jackers that I put on to carry heavy loads, then a set of Monroe MaxAir MA820's when I installed the rear...

My Front Diff is Leaking (...and Fixing It) It was just a couple days ago that I noticed my front diff was leaking. Actually, I noticed it only because I was replacing my AC idler pulley for the second time in a month - having replaced it on The De-Tour last year and recently again with less...

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That Mud Was In My Transfer Case! As we drove the several-hundred-miles to eastern Oregon on our recent trip to Owyhee and the Alvord Playa, all was not well with the Tacoma. Four times - each time after three uninterrupted hours of driving - there would be a sudden sound of something that...

Haven't heard of Bog, but have since been to Willow Creek. Alvord Hot Springs does also have a pool you can soak in, and we have! :)

Our night on the Alvord Playa was uneventful - the wind picked up a bit around midnight, easily remedied by closing the door on the windward side of the tent. And, one of the nice things about winter - at least when you're camping - is that sunrise is a bit later. For us, it was nearly 7:00am...

Winter Escape - Hot Springs & the Alvord Playa (Part 2) Our night on the Alvord Playa was uneventful - the wind picked up a bit around midnight, easily remedied by closing the door on the windward side of the tent. And, one of the nice things about winter - at least when you're camping - is...

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Time for a new trip report! As we started into Succor Creek Canyon, we were both looking forward to the drive - this area was so beautiful the last time we were here - the hills covered in May's spring green grass, blowing in the wind. The hillsides were golden this trip, but striking...

Winter Escape - Hot Springs & the Alvord Playa (Part 1) "Let's go somewhere." said @mrs.turbodb after I'd been home just a short time from my previous trip. That was of course fine with me, and so we set about finding a place to go. It was going to be cold and rainy on the Washington coast, so...

Looks like a great time! You hit a lot of great places for sure ;).

Yeah, the valve stem is finicky as well. I don't have as much trouble, but @mrs.turbodb does for sure! I've considered taking it apart to inspect the burner valves. I wonder if they are at all tweakable...

Don't worry about being "that guy" at all, hahaha - these kinds of questions are great IMO! There were a few reasons I went to the SCS wheels. The main factor for me at the time was the desire to upgrade my Tacoma's brakes. To install Tundra brakes on a Tacoma, 16" or larger wheels are a...

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Rig Review: F.U.Rain Trip - What worked and what didn't? Rig Review is a new type of post that I'm going to try to write up after most trips, where I'll note any things that worked really well, or could have been better. The idea has always been to optimize the Tacoma build and setup over time...