Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Didn't realize it was yours. Figured with the Ferd so new that it was for the Mrs. Excellent man. What color? I'm sure you posted pics already but I'm too lazy to go searching. 
What have you done to your ride lately?
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tex
That's Mr Asshole to you
Didn't realize it was yours. Figured with the Ferd so new that it was for the Mrs. Excellent man. What color? I'm sure you posted pics already but I'm too lazy to go searching.
Silver. This is the only picture of the outside that I have.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Nice man. Are you doing an expo build style?
tex
That's Mr Asshole to you
Keeping it simple. Sliders, skids and tires. Maybe a swanky roof rack but that would be later. I would like an ARB fridge for it but not a necessity right now.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Oh the ARB fridge is a necessity!
Oh the ARB fridge is a necessity!
Exactly! This is the easiest way to keep your beer cold for lunch while you are at work.
tex
That's Mr Asshole to you
The easiest way is to just bring it inside with me and put it in the fridge. Done it several times before.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
My ARB is in the garage right now with beer in it. It's been running 24/7 since I bought it. Love the thing like a child.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Well I just ordered an SPOD for the taco. Time to get this thing rewired. Tired of have a rats nest under the dash. I won't be using the switches that it comes with though. I have the ones from OTRATTW. But it's time.
Nice! You have A LOT of wiring ahead
The paint jobs on these tacomas are so shitty.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Oh yeah. All the wiring I have is solid.. but I put it in one item at a time. No central harness or location for anything. So this should help. I plan to pull a lot of things completely out and totally rewire them, not just run them to the SPOD.
Fuel filter has been replaced. I have to question Toyota's motive for putting a fuel filter on the block above the starter. A$$holes. It starts up and falls into a 2 cylinder idle just like before. The old filter was pretty heavy compared to the new one though - but it does not appear to have been the source of this problem unless it let some junk by and it clogged an injector.
taco4x4rar
Well-Known Member
Curious can you spray ether or some kind of starting fluid into the intake to see if it evens out the idol, that should at least tell you if you should be looking at the fuel system or the ignition. I wouldn't suspect a head gasket at this point unless you've got chocolate milkshake in your oil or coolant.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
So I've decided to work on my 81 a little. I've had a stereo for the thing for about 9 months to a year and its still sitting in boxes in the garage (Kenwood Excelon single DIN headunit with flip out screen, bluetooth and GPS, Excelon 4 channel amp (75x4 IIRC), pair of 6.5" Excelons speakers, 5.25" Excelon speakers, Kenwood hideaway powered sub).. pretty simple system. My plan was to build kick panels for the 6.5" speakers and add the 5.25" ones to the rear of the door.. sorta firing into your sides. Not ideal, but I'm limited on choices. Sub behind one seat, amp behind the other. Now for the kick panels. I was strolling through Home Depot and saw these roof vent flashing dealios. Made from pretty thick poly or some sorta rubber material. Anyhow.. presto.. instant kick panel. I'm still in mock-up stage but I think I'll add some Dynamat (or similar) to the backside of them and the either just screw them on or if I get ambitious I'll fiberglass them and make them a little pretty. Probably just mount them and forget it. Anyhow... a few pics.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
I got them just mounted for now. Mounted the amp as well. Need to wire them up still. I seem to have misplaced the bracket to mount the sub... so instead of it being on the back wall it might be on the floor for now. But the radio might be an issue. No room! I will have to move the HVAC controls and the gauges to make room for it. Plus the dash sticks out over the area the radio mounts in, so I'll need to build a "box" or something to push the radio out so that the flip up screen won't hit the top of the dash.
Don't mind all the crap on the floor, I took the doors apart to make room for the speakers. Those are another problem.
Don't mind all the crap on the floor, I took the doors apart to make room for the speakers. Those are another problem.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
I got my high angle boots from ORS. Seem very high quality. I'm wondering if I can get a second set and use them on the outers. Anyone know if the boots are interchangeable? I'm guessing they are not, but they do look pretty similar. Just never measured or seen it done.
Are they bright ass orange?