[Inv4drZm]

Originally Posted by momo.75

Nice video!

Ken's awesome with creating the videos. He wants to solid axle swap his truck soon too, so he can do even harder obstacles. We'll be trying to keep up with him.

[Inv4drZm]

Found another Tundra bed, in Tulsa OK, made it home tonight. Should fit better than the previous one I bought and its the right color.

Tundra did great on the drive. Gonna be beautiful.

[Inv4drZm]

Busy weekend, drove to Kansas City to see the parents and then to St. Louis to pick up a brand new ride for my brother. I noticed I barely made it to KC on an almost full tank of gas in my 4Runner. Usually it only takes about half a tank. Filled up when it was below E so I expected around 21 gallons to full but it only fit 17.8 gallons. So either my tank capacity is reduced to around 19 gallons somehow (gas tank dents or maybe blocked baffles by dents) or the sender is damaged or crooked (also by dents). Or a combination of the two. My 4Runner is in the most disrepaired state I've ever seen it in. Two busted tail lights, headlights yellowing already, gas tank issues, skid plates are needing replaced, sliders are bent upward so you can barely shut the rear doors, right fender flare is barely clipped on due to tire rubbing woops in Moab. etc. etc.

On to the pics, our driveway is getting full...

Nice ride, huh? 2020 Supra.



Bought lowering shackles for the rear of the Tundra. Looks a little better now, lowered 2" in the rear.

[superman3043]

I've never put anywhere near 21 gallons in mine. 18 max. Usually 17 and change.

[Inv4drZm]

Originally Posted by superman3043

I've never put anywhere near 21 gallons in mine. 18 max. Usually 17 and change.

Even when below E/empty? Usually I can get in the 19's with it on E or a hair below E.

This time I was at least 1/8" below E and only filled with 17.8 gallons.

[superman3043]

Originally Posted by Inv4drZm

Even when below E/empty? Usually I can get in the 19's with it on E or a hair below E.

This time I was at least 1/8" below E and only filled with 17.8 gallons.

Below ‘E’?? You live dangerously my dude. I’m looking for a gas station as soon as my low fuel lights pop on.

[4RunnerAquasport]

Can't bring myself to go much past 1/4 tank. OCD when it comes to trash in the tank or possibly heating up the fuel pump. 4th and 5th gens have a long empty tho. Ran a tank of non ethanol 90 in the V8 last month, she seemed to like it.

[montijo505]

Originally Posted by 4RunnerAquasport

Can't bring myself to go much past 1/4 tank. OCD when it comes to trash in the tank or possibly heating up the fuel pump. 4th and 5th gens have a long empty tho. Ran a tank of non ethanol 90 in the V8 last month, she seemed to like it.

Same, between 1/2 and 1/4 feels like no man's land lol.

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[Inv4drZm]

You weenies. Haha. I start looking for a gas station after the light comes on. For longer road trips its sooner of course and if we are wheeling I'm limited by my brothers 19 gallon tank. I've only got a 13 minute commute with at least 4 fuel stops in between so its easy to get near E and fill with 19.x gallons.

[4RunnerAquasport]

Originally Posted by Inv4drZm

You weenies. Haha. I start looking for a gas station after the light comes on. For longer road trips its sooner of course and if we are wheeling I'm limited by my brothers 19 gallon tank. I've only got a 13 minute commute with at least 4 fuel stops in between so its easy to get near E and fill with 19.x gallons.

Oh yea, wimpy weenie here lol. I had an S10 Blazer that were prone to pump failures, having replaced one in a 94'. They didn't like getting hot which was a result of ROE all the time, which being poor at the time was unavoidable lol.
The other side of the coin is the heat & humidity in Florida develops a lot more water with an empty tank in short order.

[importman]

I've put exactly 20 gallons in mine once. It probably would have held a few more tenths but the pump cut off at 20. I use the Murphy rewards and get a discount of 10, 20, or 30 cents on gas depending on how much I spend in the store. But the discount is good for 20 gallons only. I don't usually run that low but I was on a road trip and I stretched it to make it to a Murphy that had a killer low price anyway.

[Inv4drZm]

Tundra update:

Started the bed swap last weekend, more or less finished this weekend. This is the only project I can remember that took more than 3 days to be driveable. In the end, not worth it LOL. At least 50hrs so far. All by myself. But now it's a truck Toyota never built. No single cab short bed 1st gens were ever made.

Started with this bed I picked up in Tulsa:



Half the torx bolts stripped out so used the angle grinder.







Not quite the right setup. Ended up using the forklift to remove the old and install the new.









Used this bad boy to remove the stuck bolts:





Found out these vents don't allow my doors to close very easily, tons of air wooshes out when slamming a door and the door stays ajar 1/4" unless the window is rolled down or you press on the door when slamming. Not sure of the fix yet.









New bed on:



Plasma'd the bed mounts that aren't used on the short beds.



Marked the cuts. 22" out of the least rusty section of the frame LOL.



Plasma cutter straight edge:

[Inv4drZm]

Had to trim the cab pinch weld to make room for the frame rail:





The marriage was successful:
(plated the inside of the frame as well)



Cut out the body mounts from the removed frame rail section and rewelded. Toyota only had one part # for both sides, they aren't symmetrical.





Made new brake lines. You may ask why not shorten the existing brake lines and reflare the ends? Cause I'm an idiot.



Finished result. Still waiting on the shop to shorten the driveshaft for it to be driveable. Should be around 108" wheelbase. 4Runner is 110" and FJ is 106". Had to fabricate a new front crossmember for the fuel tank, rear fuel tank crossmember was re-used and unchanged. The big muffler is removed for now and a turn-down bolted on. I guess I'll try to reuse the rear bumper though its mostly rusted through. Fuel supply and return lines were shortened and reconnected with tubing. Same with the evap line going to the intake.

[montijo505]

That looks like a lot of work lol. Looks really unique honestly. Good work! Can't wait to see which direction you go with it.

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[y=mx+b]

Originally Posted by Inv4drZm

Tundra update:

Started the bed swap last weekend, more or less finished this weekend. This is the only project I can remember that took more than 3 days to be driveable. In the end, not worth it LOL. At least 50hrs so far. All by myself. But now it's a truck Toyota never built. No single cab short bed 1st gens were ever made.

Man, looks like this weekend was a grind! The short bed on the tundra is messing with my brain a little haha. I already hadn't seen a single cab tundra until reading here a while ago, and now its a whole new animal.

Forgive me for not remembering, but was this going to be a street truck or a solid axle crawler? I know some ideas had been thrown around a while ago, but I can't remember. I also saw you were looking into a turbski in another thread. Either way, sounds like its going to be cool.

edit: pun not intended on the grind, but I'll keep it haha