Took the truck on the sand on da South side to walk the beach as my son wuz looking for puka shells
Da picha shows Diamond Head in the distance





These are da shells we picked up



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Got more shells today


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Went to the beach all day. Then went to a Light show in Kaneohe that my friend wuz sponsoring.







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I also did another set of Morimoto D2S 5.0s on a brand new set of Genuine Toyota lamps. This set I painted the inside housing flat black.








My old set were also used genuine Toyota lamps and the hid were also Morimoto D2S 4.0s.




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Night life in Hawaii


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Finally installed my street set. The black set was purchased in Washington state with the Yokohama Geolander MT G003 295/70/R18. My matching VOLK TE37 LARGE PCD rim in bronze color was also purchased in WA the same year I bought the black set in 2021. Volk no longer makes these rims and was discontinued since February of 2021. The bronze rim was sent to me the week I was leaving for Hawaii and my black set was in the Matson container a month prior. That’s why the rim was on my tire carrier coming home. So when looking for a matching tire on Oahu, Hawaii was a nightmare. The shops here wanted $700+ shipped to Hawaii. I found a single Yokohama Geolander MT G003 295/70/R18 on Amazon for $325 shipped to my house. Just for shits and giggles I bought the Rays/Volk LARGE PCD center caps for the TE37 rims and 4 matching valve stem covers.


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December 4, 2022 - YouTube


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I was getting some noise in my rear end and I decided to check it out(pull it apart). I had 3 broken teeth and now I gotta use my extra set of Nitro 5.29 gears that I brought back from Washington. I just have to order another master bearing kit to get the job done



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I never experienced a broken ring tooth before. What kind of noise did it do?
I figure it would be sounding like a rhythmic tick or grind as the broken ring comes around the pinion.
Do you remember on what situation tore the tooth off?
The aina is hard on your gears.

@HiLife Every one full turn you will hear a knock and the faster you go, the loader it will get. It wasn’t so noticeable at first, the knock would disappear. Then when more teeth was missing the louder it became. For now I installed a stock 3rd in there just to drive around and the broken 3rd is getting assembled as we speak.


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Back at again started this morning at 8 and done at noon.


As I was cleaning the inside of the axle housing I found a tooth at the bottom. I thought I got everything, but I guess not.




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Honestly I was wheeling hard all day, so I can’t tell when it happened


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Well 2023 has gone and passed. I broke my rears pinion gears 2x last year and once this year 2024. Another thing that iz bugging the shit out of me is that the rust never stops coming. I’m born and raised in Hawaii and while I was living in the PNW WA. for 14 years, I never has this problem. Since I came home back in July 2022, I have coated my truck going on 4x. Yah it doesn’t help that I wheel in the sand and the wave bouncing off the truck while wheeling, but damn son!
Well it’s 2024 and I’m about to jump in deep next week hopefully. I got a P0325 code last week and I’m doing massive surgery next week. Since I just hit 380K in the ticker, I’m going to do the timing belt, water pump, all pulleys, supercharger, injectors, fuel pump, and knock sensors. ****in a lot of shit, but I got to make it happen. All parts being replaced is going to be from the Stealership with Genuine Toyota Parts. I might also install Doug Thorley headers if my friend sells me his NIB set. We’ll see. Aloha from HAWAII


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Almost done

Blower is on. It’s been 3yrs coming. I just got to finish putting on the timing belt. ****ers a ***** to install.


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