7wt
Expedition Leader
You finally ordered that pair of blue truck nuts for the back bumper???
Phil's Adventure Tacoma
- Thread starter Streakerfreak
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You finally ordered that pair of blue truck nuts for the back bumper???
Streakerfreak
Jan-Kee
There is more here then most of us know about, believe me. 7wt and I are just starting to discover there are a bunch of old stagecoach roads that are still legal roads. Some of which I have not fully tried, due to large water crossings. Check out this thread if you have not seen it. http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25756 This is my seeing the "light". No, there are no long stretches of road that go for miles on end, but there are still fun places to explore that few know about.
Also, remember its only 3 hours to Vermont or New Hampshire and one can easily take a long weekend trip to Maine where you can get lost for days. I have said it before, but will say it again just look at New England as a state and you will realize there are endless roads to explore at your doorstep. I've come to realize I have more place's to explore within an half hours range of me here, then I ever did within 1 hour of me in Oregon.
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Streakerfreak
Jan-Kee
Well, here it is...the start of Phase 3 of my build which has been mostly funded by all of you guys buying my old stuff:elkgrin:
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Streakerfreak
Jan-Kee
Also, looks like I have another large object coming my way:box:. ETA 4-8 weeks.
Streakerfreak
Jan-Kee
Safari Snorkel SS135HF. It is the snorkel for the Hilux 2.7L http://www.cruiseroutfitters.com/tech_2ndgenTaco_snorkel.html
TacoDoc did the first install of this and even made a great write up for Kurt of Cruiser Outfitters.
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daverami
Explorer
rtt?
Streakerfreak
Jan-Kee
Unfortunately, not yet. This is the next step to an RTT. I don't trust my canopy to hold that kind of weight anymore so I just ordered a Renegade rack made by Crosstread http://crosstread.com/truck2.html.
Then we are on to a RTT. We are going to go with a Camping Lab as soon as I save up enough. Its not my first choice, but the one we really want (TechniTop) is way out of our price range right now.
Streakerfreak
Jan-Kee
Attempted snorkel install
The weather was working against 7wt and I. Our first choir was to try and make a dry place for us to work.
Unfortunately, the wind was picking up and making it difficult so we had to just deal with the rain.
Unfortunately, the wind was picking up and making it difficult so we had to just deal with the rain.
Things were going pretty well at first. Then we started to realize where the differences were in this snorkel and that this really is not made for our trucks. The install takes a lot of guess work and trial and error even with TacoDoc's install.
The template takes a lot of figuring out to make it work on our trucks.
After a lot of double checking, head scratching, and discussion we began to drill:Wow1:
7wt brought his nail polish as a base coat for sealing up the holes. Sorry, I had to say that 7wt. We also used some touch up paint too.
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Streakerfreak
Jan-Kee
Then came our hang up. This rubber elbow.
We tried everything to make this bend work, but everything we tried would not work. It just would not do what it was meant to do and we don't know why.
We had spent nearly 5 hours on it and by this time our fingers were frozen and we were cold and tired. It was decided to bolt the snorkel on and brainstorm over the next week.
So here is my ExPo bling. It is not functional yet, but I hope we can work out the problems soon.
We tried everything to make this bend work, but everything we tried would not work. It just would not do what it was meant to do and we don't know why.
We had spent nearly 5 hours on it and by this time our fingers were frozen and we were cold and tired. It was decided to bolt the snorkel on and brainstorm over the next week.
So here is my ExPo bling. It is not functional yet, but I hope we can work out the problems soon.
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FurthurOnTheFly
Glamping Society
Hey at least it looks good!!! Hopefully some of the other Taco folk can post up and help you with the elbow problem. Good luck!
Streakerfreak
Jan-Kee
Awesome start Phil. Wish I'd known you were working on it in the rain. Would've offered up the garage for you! We had to fab up a custom connector when we fitted the snorkel from a Prado 120 to the Subie.
Ah, no big deal. We have the connector basically figured out. The problems come with this damn rubber elbow that will attach to the snorkel and then the connector. We can't get the angle of the elbow right and its not sticking out far enough. We know we have the snorkel in the right position and the rubber elbow is not too short yet so we can't understand why we can't get it to work. You would have to see it in person to understand I think.
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