Mark's DC Tacoma
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Scott Brady
Founder
ok, I found the picks... man, I missed a bunch.
You truck is looking incredible!
You truck is looking incredible!
Scott Brady
Founder
Yes, no tire or jack 
Mlachica
TheRAMadaINN on Instagram
Thank you all for the compliments! :victory:
No, unfortunately I haven't found a setup yet. I think the best bet would be to mount it to the body. I found a couple nice flush mount gas caps at west marine but they have a 1 1/2" neck w/o accommodations for a vent and the tank has a 2" fitting for the filler neck and utilizes a neck vent.
How many vent lines do you have coming off of your filler neck? The downey aux tank was designed for the tacos with only one line tapped into the stock filler neck which I believe is a 3/8". My filler neck has about 4 lines tapped to it. So I've been getting a check engine light for an emission control valve. I think I've got a solution, I just haven't had the time to fix it.
I think it'd be safe to assume our bumpers are similar in weight. I know since he's built his first few he's done a lot to cut some weight but he's added a couple things that add weight like the locking mechanism. I'll try to get more pictures of my bumper soon. I'm leaving this thursday for sacromento and will return sunday, after that I should have a lot less on my plate :Wow1:
Scott, did DO use solid steel uprights that hold the swing gate?
For those that are in to fishing, that's a 6lb, 24" alpers trout out of Lake Mary. My biggest fish and only fish that I caught on a lure, I was shocked
Ursidae69 said:
No, unfortunately I haven't found a setup yet. I think the best bet would be to mount it to the body. I found a couple nice flush mount gas caps at west marine but they have a 1 1/2" neck w/o accommodations for a vent and the tank has a 2" fitting for the filler neck and utilizes a neck vent.
How many vent lines do you have coming off of your filler neck? The downey aux tank was designed for the tacos with only one line tapped into the stock filler neck which I believe is a 3/8". My filler neck has about 4 lines tapped to it. So I've been getting a check engine light for an emission control valve. I think I've got a solution, I just haven't had the time to fix it.
I think it'd be safe to assume our bumpers are similar in weight. I know since he's built his first few he's done a lot to cut some weight but he's added a couple things that add weight like the locking mechanism. I'll try to get more pictures of my bumper soon. I'm leaving this thursday for sacromento and will return sunday, after that I should have a lot less on my plate :Wow1:
Scott, did DO use solid steel uprights that hold the swing gate?
For those that are in to fishing, that's a 6lb, 24" alpers trout out of Lake Mary. My biggest fish and only fish that I caught on a lure, I was shocked
p1michaud
Expedition Leader
Very nice fish.
Very nice! I would have been shocked as well. The brook trout arround here don't get much larger than 18" and that's a large trout! :Wow1:
[P.S. Scott, where is the fishing emoticon?]
Cheers :beer:,
P
Mlachica said:For those that are in to fishing, that's a 6lb, 24" alpers trout out of Lake Mary. My biggest fish and only fish that I caught on a lure, I was shocked
Very nice! I would have been shocked as well. The brook trout arround here don't get much larger than 18" and that's a large trout! :Wow1:
[P.S. Scott, where is the fishing emoticon?]
Cheers :beer:,
P
Scott Brady
Founder
Sorry for keeping this off-topic: What did you think of Laurel Lakes? The fishing? The camp?
Man, I just love that place...
Man, I just love that place...
Mlachica
TheRAMadaINN on Instagram
expeditionswest said:
No worries Scott!
Oh, I loved the Laurel Lakes trail! What spiked my interest was an article in one of the off road magazines a couple months ago. I vaugely remember the article but I think it was about some expedition style land rovers and showed them camping on the shore of Laurel lake. The pictures were so beautiful, so with whatever clues they gave in the article I was able to recognize it online. I think all they mentioned was that it was in the high sierra about 45min out of bishop.:arabia:
The available campsites along the way are all beautiful. But the one in the aspens next to a small meadow was just gorgeous. I can't wait to go back to that one - Oh man, talk about serenity
According to the gps we were a little less than a mile from the lakes and had to stop because of some major snow. If I had about a half a day with a full size shovel we could have broke trail :archaeolo
With my dad along I didn't want to hike it. So I still have a lot to look forward to when I return.
It was my first time in mammoth area during the summer and everything is beautiful. We only fished Lake Mary and we still need to learn to fly fish so we didn't catch that many fish but one 6 pounder was plenty exciting! All those guys float tubin' and fly fishing were reelin em in one right after another!
I'm seriously considering a return late this summer, I'm dying to see the lake. You should come along!
:arabia:
p1michaud
Expedition Leader
Tail light lens replacement access
Mark,
I was doing some brain storming for a custom bumper design and was wondering if you have access to remove your rear tail light lenses with your rear bumper uprights? From this picture it looks like a squeeze, but possible to remove the screws that hold the lens in place.
Cheers :beer: ,
P
Mark,
I was doing some brain storming for a custom bumper design and was wondering if you have access to remove your rear tail light lenses with your rear bumper uprights? From this picture it looks like a squeeze, but possible to remove the screws that hold the lens in place.
Cheers :beer: ,
P
Mlachica said:Here's a sneak peak at my rear bumper :jump:
Mlachica
TheRAMadaINN on Instagram
p1michaud said:
No, it's basically impossible to change the rear tail lights without dropping the bumper. The bumper will pivot down and out of the way if you remove the main bumper supports and loosen the bolt that mlountes the 1/4 panel protection to the frame.