Earlier in this thread I posted that I installed a transmission skid plate / CAT shield, so the CAT protection has been addressed. Tow trucks and wheel thieves aren't much of a concern.
I did order a Directed Electronics 506T I.T. Audio Sensor to add to the Viper alarm to detect window breakage. Inexpensive and easy to add to the system, seems like a no brainer to counter smash & grab thieves.
Got a few things done today - the rear diff breather mod and I painted the rear drums.
Tim covers how he did the breather mod here -
I bought the steel nipple, vent valve and the hose all on Amazon. The two "Toyota" parts I received were in plain plastic instead of the normal Toyota packaging so I kept the steel nipple but returned the valve to Amazon & ordered one from Toyota. The one from Toyota did arrive in normal packaging so I'm guessing the Amazon parts were knock offs.
Here is the 5/16 tubing I bought, came with clamps -
Then it was a matter of routing the hose up to the gas cap area and securing it with zip ties.
I removed the two bottom panel fasteners for the fuel filler neck cover but like Tim I had to break the upper pair. No big deal, I had spares from another job-
I made my hole in the fuel filler rubber surround with a bolt that I heated up with a propane torch. This created a nice, round hole for the vent to go into.
Then I put the new vent valve through the hole and connected the tubing after cutting it to length. Lastly I installed the clamp and installed the fuel filler tube cover. Here is the routed vent line -
I prreviously installed a Talons Garage Transmission /Cat skidplate to protect both items. This is a really nice skidplate that has an additional wing on the passenger side to protect the catalytic converter from sawzall attacks.
Being that cat thieves are going to be in a hurry I wanted to install an additional shield or skidplate to stop them from cutting off the back of the cat before realizing they can't get to the front.
I could buy a transfer case shield from Talons but thought I'd just make a shield myself out of stuff I had on hand. The shield will only make the thief pause so that they can move on to easier pickings.
Looking around I found a piece of galvanized sheet steel used in HVAC, left over from a previous project-