what did you do to your disco today?

Seems to be a popular thread on another site I frequent , see if we can breath some life into the site


Today I installed a replacement mud. Flap, and drivers swivel/axle assembly here's my old pitted swivel

nice where did you pick the swivel up from?

Got this entire assembly from u pull in va.
Swapped entire thing , faster then installing a drive shaft lol

that f'n driveshaft.....when i change the flange out I'll post a pic of the bolt. tip was just shaved down from the play in the driveshaft. Friday morning I'm going to drop my rear shaft off at the driveline shop to have it rebuilt. I also need to either swap the window ecu or do the solder repair.

Solder repair was easy I did it on mine

Changed mfu, bought swivel grease at lawnmower shop (00) , topped off swivels, got hi /low working again seemed to be something with the mfu

new s10 fan clutch runs 186 with a/c on now

Bought the prototype offset tire carrier off Randy earlier this week and installed it yesterday morning .

looks beefy, how far does the tire hang away from contact with the body though?

I've finally got around to putting stuff on my truck that I had sitting around for years.
I installed the Lucky 8 bumper I had laying around. Its not the nicest looking bumper, but far superior than the plastic one it replaced. Now to install a winch, and to decide if I want to convert 4 old hella 500's to hid's.

I like the bumper, I drove part of the advanced off road course at the training center I am working at, holy steep hill climbing batman

You can hid the hell as?

TOM R wrote:

I like the bumper, I drove part of the advanced off road course at the training center I am working at, holy steep hill climbing batman

You can hid the hell as?

Yea I saw a right up on a toyota forum.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/lighting/173272-how-hella-500ff-hid-conversion.html

Wow, where to put the ballasts for doing lights on roof rack

TOM R wrote:

looks beefy, how far does the tire hang away from contact with the body though?

with 33" tires i have about 2" of clearance from the rear bumper

JT that bumper looks a lot like the Devon 4x4 bumper. If I were you I would go with an LED light bar. Check out Brett's at the Annual.

Got a sheet of expanded aluminum on the SD rack to keep stuff from falling between the rails

Also gonna order quick fists for the rack so picked up some tubing mounts at lowes

They are galvinised 3/4" split ring pipe mounts, that hole is also threaded
Saw it on a Toyota site searching for quick fist info

wait what are you doing with the threaded pipe mounts?

Quick fists

You attach the pipe mounts to rack, bolt the quick fist to it to hold light stuff like a fiskars axe or fiberglass D shovel etc

No I am not dumb enough to put the hi lift on them lol

OK i got you know... never seen it done like that. be sure to post a pic of that setup when you get the quick fist on it.

When I did a search on quick fists it came up on an fj or Toyota forum
http://www.amazon.com/piece-Quick-Fist%C2%AE-Clamp-Mounting/dp/B006YU8IX6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1404403327&sr=8-2&keywords=quick+fist
Here is the link to best price free ship for a kit of the fists

wow that is a good price. i paid more for mine

I am in the middle of putting on my re-drilled swivel balls, rebuilding the swivels, repairing the ARB copper line, new u-joints in both drive shafts, new pinion seals and changing all the oils.
I hope to be finished this weekend.

We worked on building my front bumper today

Yesterdays bumper work, still a lot to go, 2" box 1/8" wall very sturdy, still a lot left to do

I started mine up today, pulled it out of the garage an pulled it back in.

Woooo easy there killer don't try to do to much in one day lol