What did you do to/in your 5th Gen today?!
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sandcrawler
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oil changes: engine & front diff
engine: Toyota 0w20 w/ TRD filter. gotta say i've gotten better at this over the years; not a drop spilled. i find that the trick for draining the filter sump cleanly is to get a thumb on either side of the plastic drain valve and to pop it in place with steady, even pressure. give it ample time to drain and when you spin off the housing there's barely a drop inside. there's no way in hell i'd ever trust some quick-lube joint to do this job, though.
front diff: Amsoil 75w90. i changed my rear a few months ago and was glad i did; front was definitely in better shape. the drain plug was a beeatch to remove even after soaking it in PB Blaster overnight.
routine maintenance, not super exciting... but now that that's out of the way i do have a set of Shrockworks sliders waiting for some attention...
engine: Toyota 0w20 w/ TRD filter. gotta say i've gotten better at this over the years; not a drop spilled. i find that the trick for draining the filter sump cleanly is to get a thumb on either side of the plastic drain valve and to pop it in place with steady, even pressure. give it ample time to drain and when you spin off the housing there's barely a drop inside. there's no way in hell i'd ever trust some quick-lube joint to do this job, though.
front diff: Amsoil 75w90. i changed my rear a few months ago and was glad i did; front was definitely in better shape. the drain plug was a beeatch to remove even after soaking it in PB Blaster overnight.
routine maintenance, not super exciting... but now that that's out of the way i do have a set of Shrockworks sliders waiting for some attention...
limamike
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Spent the day working on my new, mo-better storage box. Coming along nicely!
This one is more "expedition style" with a sliding table and sleeping area...eep:
:worthless
Antman
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Socalrugger
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Installed the semi-stage-5 Icons (went with tubular icon UCA and pass on the lower links for now). Drives like total crap now (the positive camber I have now probably isn't helping), but going in for an alignment on Saturday
Mike- got my truck back last week and am totally diggin the Icon Stage 5!! It's an unbelievable difference from the XREAS
Keemonrunnin
Member
Jack,Lower larga flats is where you can test them out on. This is where your running boards didn't make it out that well that day. Sliders will be definitely be used on that trail.
DannyLlama
Elite Member
My attempt at [MENTION=93894]J-BlickPhoto[/MENTION] style photography
Group shot:
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Above the clouds:
This was, this past Saturday with the social group.
More pictures:
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/so-cal/153565-santiago-peak-ii-8.html#post1538759
Group shot:
Other favorites
Above the clouds:
This was, this past Saturday with the social group.
More pictures:
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/so-cal/153565-santiago-peak-ii-8.html#post1538759
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pimpsta
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[MENTION=62034]Keemonrunnin[/MENTION] & [MENTION=54126]Dlak[/MENTION] let's do the run on 12/7 with gringo!
MikeDeuce
Member
Awesome... can't wait to get it aligned. It's all twitchy right now so I haven't driven it other than a couple miles after the install to make sure everything would stay bolted together
Gabex35
New member
nice! which dealer?
eddiebx
New member
Finally popped my cherry:
Followed by a couple hours of wrenching under the truck to do my first oil change and greasing all the drive shaft zerks.
PS: canister style filter cartridges are not for mildly OCD people like myself. I only spent an hour wiping it out with paper coffee filters to try to get it as lint free as possible before giving up. I was about to bust out the air duster and optical lens wipes, lol.
Followed by a couple hours of wrenching under the truck to do my first oil change and greasing all the drive shaft zerks.
PS: canister style filter cartridges are not for mildly OCD people like myself. I only spent an hour wiping it out with paper coffee filters to try to get it as lint free as possible before giving up. I was about to bust out the air duster and optical lens wipes, lol.
jbstrd
New member
Finally popped my cherry:
Followed by a couple hours of wrenching under the truck to do my first oil change and greasing all the drive shaft zerks.
PS: canister style filter cartridges are not for mildly OCD people like myself. I only spent an hour wiping it out with paper coffee filters to try to get it as lint free as possible before giving up. I was about to bust out the air duster and optical lens wipes, lol.
Was this taken with a beer goggle camera lens? Now I know how a drunk driver views their gauges.:beer:
Antman
Elite Member
Finally popped my cherry:
Followed by a couple hours of wrenching under the truck to do my first oil change and greasing all the drive shaft zerks.
PS: canister style filter cartridges are not for mildly OCD people like myself. I only spent an hour wiping it out with paper coffee filters to try to get it as lint free as possible before giving up. I was about to bust out the air duster and optical lens wipes, lol.
Great picture.
J-BlickPhoto
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