New to me: 87' 4Runner 4x4 SR5 22RE-5spd
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defrag4
Road Warrior
Whats up guys! Making moves, less than 2 weeks now till we head out. I just posted up a new blog on my site, got the dual-battery setup and some other interior mods. Ended up going with the Diehard PM2 and the Bluesea 7622 VSR. Automatic switching w/ manual override. Seems to be working great.
Heres a pic of it installed
Coming down to the wire. Less than 2 weeks to go till we hit the road! Our entire lives are up on craigslist right now. Everything that can't fit in the truck, gots to go!
Happy Halloween!
Got the truck back from the guys at AudioMobile. They did a great job putting my ideas into action. Check out all the modifications after the jump. These little touches will go a long way when we're living in the back of this badboy.
Read more over at http://homeonthehighway.com
Oh and "Like" us on facebook while your at it
http://facebook.com/homeonthehighway
Heres a pic of it installed
Coming down to the wire. Less than 2 weeks to go till we hit the road! Our entire lives are up on craigslist right now. Everything that can't fit in the truck, gots to go!
Happy Halloween!
Got the truck back from the guys at AudioMobile. They did a great job putting my ideas into action. Check out all the modifications after the jump. These little touches will go a long way when we're living in the back of this badboy.
Read more over at http://homeonthehighway.com
Oh and "Like" us on facebook while your at it
http://facebook.com/homeonthehighway
austintaco
Explorer
I just read through your blog. Sounds exciting to say the least. Congrats on making it happen!
NorthernWoodsman
Adventurer/tinkerer
Not that you're going to run a bigger tire, but I have a 94 pickup and I can easily fit my spare 33x10.50x15 in the stock spare tire location. It actually fits perfect, lays flat, doesn't rub anywhere.
defrag4
Road Warrior
Everything is still going as planned. Our leave date of Nov. 1st is still in grasp, as long as we can get the rear bumper finished, A/C/Heat running, and a few other bits ironed out on Monday. Our gracious landlords have offered to let us stay as long as necessary to get everything taken care of, but we want to leave on the 1st damn it!
I am having issues with my inverter crapping out after a few minutes, It seems to work fine for a bit then all of the sudden start beeping and cut out even with no load on it. Voltage from the battery looks to be fine, Bao used #4 AWG cable from the battery to the inverter, the run is only 1-2ft. I am thinking it may be a bad inverter. Not sure yet, will have to research further.
I also managed to kill our main starting battery, It was a junk battery from the start, new one swapped in and everything is back in action. We did learn that our rear battery can easily take over and start then truck when the main one dies! Score!
I picked up the truck from the shop this weekend to put some miles on the fresh motor. We have to put 500 miles on it under 3K RPM, then an oil change, another 1500 miles, then another change and we should be golden. Drove her out to Yosemite and back, was tough pulling up some hills under 3K but she made it just fine, Ran like a top!
The OME suspension kit is installed, all new front end bits are installed. We ended up leaving the 3" BL on there due to time constraints and the bumper needing to be modified if we wanted it to fit. It looks a bit goofy but I will live with it. ARB ended up shipping me 2 pairs of front shocks, called up trdparts4u.com in dallas and they were able to overnight me the correct parts, need to install them on Monday. In the meantime I am driving around with no rear shocks and fresh OME springs. BOUNCY! haha
Heres a shot with the bumper and Smittybuilt winch installed
OME lift kit
Rear Swingout getting fabbed up, Decided to build a big loop to mount the jerry cans and leave plenty of room to strap whatever other random bits we end up wanting back there. Im thinking table/chairs/highlift
We went to Walmart today to pick up some curtains and more storage stuff. Lauren is rigging up some wooden dowels into curtain rods so we can block out some of the bright morning light shining into the rear of the 4runner.
Getting close now!!!
I am having issues with my inverter crapping out after a few minutes, It seems to work fine for a bit then all of the sudden start beeping and cut out even with no load on it. Voltage from the battery looks to be fine, Bao used #4 AWG cable from the battery to the inverter, the run is only 1-2ft. I am thinking it may be a bad inverter. Not sure yet, will have to research further.
I also managed to kill our main starting battery, It was a junk battery from the start, new one swapped in and everything is back in action. We did learn that our rear battery can easily take over and start then truck when the main one dies! Score!
I picked up the truck from the shop this weekend to put some miles on the fresh motor. We have to put 500 miles on it under 3K RPM, then an oil change, another 1500 miles, then another change and we should be golden. Drove her out to Yosemite and back, was tough pulling up some hills under 3K but she made it just fine, Ran like a top!
The OME suspension kit is installed, all new front end bits are installed. We ended up leaving the 3" BL on there due to time constraints and the bumper needing to be modified if we wanted it to fit. It looks a bit goofy but I will live with it. ARB ended up shipping me 2 pairs of front shocks, called up trdparts4u.com in dallas and they were able to overnight me the correct parts, need to install them on Monday. In the meantime I am driving around with no rear shocks and fresh OME springs. BOUNCY! haha
Heres a shot with the bumper and Smittybuilt winch installed
OME lift kit
Rear Swingout getting fabbed up, Decided to build a big loop to mount the jerry cans and leave plenty of room to strap whatever other random bits we end up wanting back there. Im thinking table/chairs/highlift
We went to Walmart today to pick up some curtains and more storage stuff. Lauren is rigging up some wooden dowels into curtain rods so we can block out some of the bright morning light shining into the rear of the 4runner.
Getting close now!!!
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Brenton Cooper
Whew, that thing is looking tall! I'm getting winch envy...
defrag4
Road Warrior
shes a big girl! oh well, I have made my peace. She still drives great.
I took her up to the sierras yesterday and tested out the winch pulling me up a few hills, pretty cool!
I think a selectable rear locker would be a better investment though if I had to do it all over again.
I took her up to the sierras yesterday and tested out the winch pulling me up a few hills, pretty cool!
I think a selectable rear locker would be a better investment though if I had to do it all over again.
FireFinder
Observer
Money! Looking forward to seeing you guys in a few weeks on the west coast.
tanglefoot
ExPoseur
I think the winch is a more helpful piece of gear than a locker. In those slimy mud situations, you can be locked in both ends and not be able to do a thing. The ability to hook a cable to something and make positive progress in the desired direction really turns the day around for the better.
defrag4
Road Warrior
true true, you should just get both!! :safari-rig:
defrag4
Road Warrior
damn just stumbled upon my old thread... cant believe it has been 2 years. We are in Peru now. The 4Runner has been performing like a friggin CHAMP.
Needed to get a new fuel pump and a few bits and bobs but she has never left us stranded in over 30K miles.
Best truck ever? I do think so.
http://homeonthehighway.com
Needed to get a new fuel pump and a few bits and bobs but she has never left us stranded in over 30K miles.
Best truck ever? I do think so.
http://homeonthehighway.com
JasonRedwood
Explorer
Amazing and inspiring adventure!