EscapeDivision
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Absolutely awesome. Your truck looks great, and you have given me some ideas for my own Tundra. Love the rear bumper, and nice to see you pushing the truck a little on the trails!
2004 Tundra Adventure Cab - Build/Adventure Thread
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toyotech
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Thank you.
Here some picture from Moab. Only ran hells revenge and top of the world. I did hells revenge in 4 high and it was not fun at all. Didn't need a pull but speed. Later I found out My t case actuator got water in it from mojave and rusted the contacts. He had just enough to lock me in to 4high as I couldn't get out of 4high or into 4low. On hells revenge trail. I dropped the actuator cover and used sand paper on the rust but you can see some of the metal was rusted to the plastic. Rotated the gear in hopes it would find a better contact spot. Still couldn't get it to work. After hells revenge. I was able to go into 2high to drive back to base camp. Area BFE. At camp I was able to cycle my t case. Next day we did top of the world. More report later. Here some picture.
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Here some picture from Moab. Only ran hells revenge and top of the world. I did hells revenge in 4 high and it was not fun at all. Didn't need a pull but speed. Later I found out My t case actuator got water in it from mojave and rusted the contacts. He had just enough to lock me in to 4high as I couldn't get out of 4high or into 4low. On hells revenge trail. I dropped the actuator cover and used sand paper on the rust but you can see some of the metal was rusted to the plastic. Rotated the gear in hopes it would find a better contact spot. Still couldn't get it to work. After hells revenge. I was able to go into 2high to drive back to base camp. Area BFE. At camp I was able to cycle my t case. Next day we did top of the world. More report later. Here some picture.
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toyotech
Expedition Leader
Thanks. Already planning for Alaska for next summer.
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seanpistol
Explorer
Nice dude!
toyotech
Expedition Leader
Thank you.
Haha not far right. That would be a taco. Keep looking lol.
Taco was ok. It will take time for people to like the new look. It's just the same old taco with a facelift. Newer dash similar to all of the other Toyota dashes are. Seems like they are just copying and making all models look similar. Inside and out. The biggest tech would have to be the new elocker. Irrc it's a 8.35 diff. Doesn't use an external motor. It has an internal solenoid that engages the locker. One big cable can be seen running into the diff from the top. Otherwise it looks like a stock diff. Less likely to have rocks ding the motor but now lose the ability to manually use the locker if motor failed. Will see how the solenoid style hold up.
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seanpistol
Explorer
What's the plan? Hot water as well?
toyotech
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On board shower with hot water. My friend has had one for years and I got to use it when we went to moab and I loved it. Simple set up and hardly used any water when I showered. i just ordered a 10 plate heat exchanger. Than I can figure out my hoses. Still need and tank. Basically I'm still ordering parts.
I want to add a tank and be able to heat the water as I drive around. This should allow me to have warm water without having to run the vehicle for the shower.
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toyotech
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Will be working on the OBS when I can but for now I been wanting to do a platform or something in place of the rear seats. After seeing ricks. I decided to do something similar. It isn't done. Still need to wrap it in carpet and tweak a few things.
This gave me a larger platform and allow me to push things further to the rear of the cab. Also with the raised platform I can still access the under seat storage. The biggest reason for the raised platform was a huge plus in which it allowed me to mount my hi lift in a safe place and extremely quick to access. No digging or unscrewing mounting hardware.
Also added a constant hot plug in the back for the fridge.
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This gave me a larger platform and allow me to push things further to the rear of the cab. Also with the raised platform I can still access the under seat storage. The biggest reason for the raised platform was a huge plus in which it allowed me to mount my hi lift in a safe place and extremely quick to access. No digging or unscrewing mounting hardware.
Also added a constant hot plug in the back for the fridge.
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seanpistol
Explorer
Did you plug the vents in the back of the cab?