Operation Rebuild Chaos Edition

[Cebby]

Lance - what are the dims on your tank?

[Good Times]

Mike the tank is 36x25x7 and uses a 2007 Toyota Camry pump. One thing I did notice is that the fuel gauge doesn't really work. Not sure why but I need to fine tune that sucker. If I can sort out the kinks on this tank I'm definitely going to go back to the shop that made the tank to market it out as I know others will appreciate a really large tank behind the axle instead of hanging off the side of the truck below the frame rail.

A lot of kinks I need to sort out after driving out the Pismo Beach. It drove smoothly but I experienced some lurching/buckling kinda feel between 60-65 (or was it 65-70 I forget). Not sure if it was the freeway but it only happened once in awhile so I'll have to figure out what's going on. I suspect it's either the tires or the rear axle is not truly aligned perfectly.

The steering is somewhat tight when I am easy on the throttle. I suspect the pump is either going bad or perhaps either too much oil or not enough. The front limit straps got loose at Pismo so I need to tighten those (heard a lot of clicking but at least I know what it was).

As for the meat of the stuff, I think the coils I have right now are great but the valving on the shocks are horrible. I need to test out various valving over the next year and hopefully have it all dialed in.

[johnny utah]

damn, that is a insane 4runner. What kinda wreck did you get into? Any new pics of it finished?

[Good Times]

Shane, the bumper was made that way so I can add the winch about that plate but I debating whether or not to change the bumper design entirely by making a plate bumper. Just haven't decide which way I want to go.

Johnny, take a look at the first post on this thread as it'll tell a small story but not the details. Basically you don't want to crash into a race truck (fully tubed) that's not moving while you are rolling pretty fast on dirt Lets just say factory sheetmetal has no chance in winning that battle lol

[Good Times]

yeah the bumper build is definitely the last thing on my mind. i have sketches on paper so that's a start but until i have some time to get some cardboard to mock something up it won't happen

well the rear is still attached. that's a big plus! the dual coil rates seem to be good but until i can dial in the valving i won't know for sure. for starters i'm using 450/350 12" coils. i may change it up but i want to first set the valving up w/ these coils to see if they work. it's really a crap shoot for now

[Good Times]

I thought about a hybrid but I don't have the tube bender anymore. I was "borrowing" it from Total Chaos to get my 4runner up and running. As for CAD stuff I thought about using the google sw but I'm too lazy Sharing is caring but pictures are the only fun around here

Got other stuff to do like maintenance (clean cv's cuz the boot came apart at pismo) etc. Sand in your cv's are definitely no fun. I have one more to clean but too lazy to clean em out

Steel prices always goes up. That's why you gotta stock up. I got a double of sticks of 1.5 and 1.75 rounds along with a few square tubing in various sizes. I should get more sheet metal plates but I don't have a truck to get the full plates so I won't be picking any up until I have access to either a flat bed or something.

[Good Times]

I'm not worried about the cv's as they're partially removed and ready to be cleaned. just too lazy to put on a pair of gloves and work on em lol talk about being "super" lazy! haha. someone should smack me or something

having a bender would be awesome but it's not a real breaker. I can always visit Jason @ Demello Offroad to bend my tubes so it's no biggie as long as I drive the pos to his shop to work on it. Helps to have great vendor support that just lets me walk in and use all of their toys that's partly the reason why I don't bother to go crazy and set something permanent in my garage. I do have a 220 welder to work on the stuff I need to do though so that helps

I have considered picking up a trailer for getting parts and what not but we'll see. I like the idea of the rtt but the sheer cost really pushes me away. Also I'm not big on the ladder and sleeping up there idea. I don't like the sleep on the floor w/ the bugs either but for now I'm not a really tight budget so tent camping it is. Worst case scenario, I can always sleep in the cabin (4runner) and call it a day.

I have some great ideas on some other directions but I'm not sure if I'll do it. Unless I have $$ or someone is willing to give me some $$ I won't be doing anything "crazy" or "chaotic" haha.

At this point it's all about just dialing in the coilovers for the rear and just going out and traveling while I'm still young and stupid

[DHC6twinotter]

Lance, if you want me to whip up some 3D CAD models of a bumper for you, let me know. I play around on AutoCAD for the fun of it, so just email me some dimensions and sketches or something, and I can do that for you.

[04 Rocko Taco]

Lance, if you want me to whip up some 3D CAD models of a bumper for you, let me know. I play around on AutoCAD for the fun of it, so just email me some dimensions and sketches or something, and I can do that for you for one million dollars!

Fixed it for you Dan.

[DHC6twinotter]