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This baby blue gem is gonna get a pretty big hole cut into it. Plan is to buy a sheet of tinted & UV shielded lexan/acryllic, and replace about 75% of the roof with it. My intention is to create a MASSIVE moon roof (fixed not opening) for star gazing. My girls and I love to star gaze, and this mod will enhance the experience for all of us. I’m already spoiled with a sunroof, but the girlies would only have to sliding windows to view out.
I’m worried the CanBack will be too drafty for the wee ones, and still won’t have any upwards visibility. So yet another “stage 2” project and its pieces are accumulating. If Sam and the girls get their way, this’ll be painted purple before it goes atop Redee.
Grabbed a few pieces off a ‘88 4Runner going to scrap tomorrow, got the sunroof wind deflector and hard topper (baby blue) were my big score items. Was hoping to get a spare set of IFS hubs, but somebody got them yesterday. I also forgot to grab the rearview mirror, which is one of the parts which brought me all that way
In hindsight I shoulda grabbed the CV shafts, but it slipped my mind and I was on a tight timeline to get back home for Sam to nap before work tonight.
Buddy had a second 1988 4Runner, V6 manual that he DD’s. Really nice shape too. I sent him a link to TNTT, perhaps he’ll join up.
Not bad for 10-hours at all. Are these going to be welded on or bolted on?
your buddy has a sweet 4Runner too! Going first-gen crazy here!
It is really rotten, just crumbling away as I handle it. Where the high-pressure line broke, the hard line was almost completely perforated. The rest of the tank (that I can see so far) including the mounting flange appear to be pretty solid.
I had found a used pump hanger on ebay complete with pump, but it was hardly any cheaper. I already bought a pump kit in June/July in anticipation of it being a little gummed up.
Those square & round sliders turned out great. Pretty impressive for a days work. Will match well with the rear bumper and tie in the front.
Thanks to Hallmark Toyota for giving me an OEM part number for my Pump Hanger (23206-35160). Part has been obsoleted with no successor, so it’s on me to find one elsewhere.
EBAY TO THE RESCUE!!
Ouch.
Amazon wanted +$60 for this same unit. Listed $155usd, would cost me $315 cdn to my door. Freakin’ double the listed price!!
Still trying to source the hose which attaches to the outlet. (90923-01324). Another obsoleted part. Might be cheaper to get one custom made. Need a threaded end for the pump hanger, 5’ of high pressure hose, and clamp it to the Holley fuel pump.
I was gonna write “Sweet pose there” @Slick_Yota , but on second look it would appear that rear tire is still spinnin’!!
Let us start with a picture tonight.
That’s the colour of the gas coming out of the tank. I used a piece of white cardboard to not deceive you using Redee’s paint to skew things. Remember, this was diluted with 15-20L of fresh gas in October when I got Redee fired up the first time.
Alright, here’s an unpleasant sight on top of that.
So I guess I’m buying a fuel pump hanger too. I figured I’d break all the lines on top, but luckily I only broke the high pressure line.
Glad I didn’t spend $280 on that mig welder Mark & Steve, a fuel pump hanger costs the same. Also gotta factor in gas tank cleaning, I’ll pay for that.
I’m just about fumed outta the shop for tonight. Eyes starting to water is a bad sign.
Cheers for beers!!
ps. I also only broke 2 of 6 skid plate bolts. 1 front centre, 1 rear centre. Hoping for better odds when I drop the tank after 2 more siphons of shitty gas.
Nice collection of pics Kevin. I keep forgetting how crazy that exo-2nd gen 4Runner was. Point and shoot.
Evan, is that some camera trickery, or a really steep off-camber mud-slick hill?
I agree with you on stashing sale items, but I know it’ll go on sale again because I almost bought it the last time it went on sale as well.
By stalling, hopefully you can figure out all the technical bits, and gimmie a real user review on it. Some method to my procrastination 😉
My parents got me a book for christmas to build motivation.
Chapter 6: Cuestas and Valleys. Basically this chapter is written about all the back roads I explore within 45 mins of Shelburne. I’d have some kind of witty remark about how this author (perhaps aided by the government) must be stalking me, but it was published before I moved to Shelburne. So I guess I’m the stalker.
Mom & Dad also got me a small tubing bender (brake lines and fuel lines) and sand blasting cabinet to keep me busy in the shop. Cabinet may have saved me lots of grief on striiping pee rust out of the blower motor housing, or allowed me to put holes in it even faster than I did with the wire wheel. The jury is still out on that.
Time to go buy some blasting media! And solvent for the parts washer they got me last year for christmas. Slackin’, I know. Mark, this is also why I’m hesitant to grab that lightning manipulator, it’ll take me a whole year to get it out of the box!
Page 13 of this thread is a walk down memory lane, with photos of 3 outta 4 of the 4Runners I’ve owned.
Thanks Kevin @FJTTSE for posting Purplee and BigTruckee hanging out before a weekend run through the woods.
As for the brakes, the Rear Disk swap and t-case e-brake will wait for “Stage 2”, hopefully come winter 2019/2020. Neither of those upgrades will help pass a safety, so they are a cost I can post-pone for later. Wheel cylinders and shoes are super cheap in comparison, and get me closer to the open road.
Sorry to hear of Sarah’s Christmas gift?? from work. Crappy scenario, even worse timing. Hope having some quality time at home can help open a fresh window in the New Year.
Almost too shy to inquire, but hows the knee healing up?
