Zam15’s Tacoma Build

[Zam15]

Mine was there last week, didn’t see yours! Got the sliders and rear bumper mounted up. Long way to catch up to you though!View attachment 453882

Cool! Nice rig. The shop is great, I have a lot of crazy ideas and they've been able to work with me on most of them.
She's getting closer! Got some updates from the shop. Bumper was worth the wait, guys did a stellar job putting it together. Just a few more final touches! Hoping to add a lock between the swing-out to keep anything inside the bed safe!

 

[Sal R.]

Nice build. I've seen your rig parked at the shop.

They built my front and rear bumpers for me too.

 

[Zam15]

Nice build. I've seen your rig parked at the shop.

They built my front and rear bumpers for me too.

Saw you're rig in there too! I was right behind you in the bumper build line!

 

[Sal R.]

Saw you're rig in there too! I was right behind you in the bumper build line!

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They really have a great eye for custom work. Love the way yours came out.

Thanks for posting up the MC upgrades. Looking into improving my braking response, as well, and deleting ABS since it's disabled.

 

[Zam15]

Getting closer by the day!

 

[Zam15]

Alright, a little more tweaking. Truck may be ready next week! Minus paint and I still need to tub the front wheels wells to fully stuff the 35s

Had the shop drop in larger pins, apparently they've swapped out many of the latch setups with a pin setups as there have been many issues with the latches coming loose over time ect.. Also added a point for a heavy duty discus lock to secure anything I would put in the bed. Only way in would be to smash the camper shell side windows. So the coil-overs should also be safe from tampering. The lock would also act as a redundancy from anything opening up while on the road.

Table appears to works great too, can't want to get some use out of it!

Had to do some troubleshooting on the fuel tanks, guess my old pressure release valve was closed and so I was only able to take on half of what it should have.
Should be good now. It's actually pretty nice having direct access to the top of the tanks, just have to pull the cover. Would make swapping a bad fuel pump on the trail super easy.

Some people were also curious about the bedside bracing with the fiberglass to support the weight of the shell + RTT. Should hold up until I upgrade to a Go Fast Camper and can directly mount it off the bed cage/shock towers for a truly stout setup.

 

[Zam15]

While we are held up for the spring loaded locking pins for the swing-outs to arrive I decided to toss on my Jerry Cans, Shackles and test fit my lock, got tired of the stuff sitting at my place. Feels even closer now. Have to swap out one light that was bad however.

I was also worried about the opening around the shock towers and getting some pretty bad dust and dirt in the back, I was concerned especially if I was going with a camper setup in the back. Worry no more! Some quick fiberglass work at the shop and it will soon be completely sealed up!

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[Zam15]

Truck is back on the lift, this week the front end was torn down to finish up cam tab gussets, while up there the lower bushings were replaced along with the cam tab bolts that have gone through some abuse, also the limit straps got some adjustment as they have stretched over time. Should cycle nice and smooth now!

Just stopped by and she's mostly back together! Should be able to grab her next week!

 

[Sal R.]

That droop. Holy smokes.

 

[Zam15]

Front end is back together! Got a full alignment, apparently you can do that when you have a 4-Link.

Just waiting on a fiberglass cover, swing out spindle seal and locking pins.

Should be road-able tomorrow with most of that taken care of!

LCA Cam Tab Gussets complete. Will be much harder to knock her out of alignment now.

 

[Zam15]

First stop the car wash!

Old girl is back at home!!!

Shock Covers:

Bed all locked up!

 

[Sal R.]

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[Zam15]

Took a quick getaway to Monache Meadows, left solo but ended up camping next to some folks from San Diego as well. They included a 1970s Land Cruser (Iron Pig), Jeep and a 4Runner. Made for a fun trip and new friends.



Truck did great! Only issues what the front end is going to need some serious trimming so I had to limit my speed a bit. Didn't even have a chance to test out the lockers! But the road into the valley was a good wheeling opportunity with tight squeezes between trees, hill climbs and boulders.



Overall great weekend, awesome weather, clear star filled skies with plenty camp sites on the river. Love the bumper, the table, water can and Trash-a-roo makes everything convenient.

My type of sign!

One of the last places to grab a cold one and supplies.

Getting info and updating my fire permit

Cows and that means lots of cow pies! Watch your step!

Exploring the meadows.

One of the river crossings.

Camp for the night.

2nd Day of exploring.

Bears seem to inhabit the area!

 

[Zam15]

Place is just too scenic!

Critters

Off into the sunset!

Crossing Videos:

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[Zam15]

The work continues! Making sure the truck is trip ready, looking to hit Death Valley soon.
Guess after 150k and a lot of dirt miles the transmission support decided to give up, one side was completely detached so I swapped in a new one.

New carrier bearing going in soon as well.

Picked up some circuit breakers for a few systems. Slowly redoing the wiring on the truck.

Ditched the useless clock that they Toyota decided to place behind the steering wheel.

Mounted an A pillar gauge pod, thinking boost/trans temp and oil temp/pressure?

Also who needs a GoFast when you can just build a camper out of scrap wood?