harbor freight has a soldering iron and solder for less than $10

Congrats on the new job! I hope you like it there!

Congrats dude! That's badass

Enjoying it so far! Thanks man.


Thanks Connor. Wish I could say the same for you at Magnablow :P Tell Larry Norris, Director of Sales, he can suck a fat one!

I sure love those Mud Terrains.






Pros -
Look SEXY
Raised white letters go great with the chrome
Stored indoors their whole lives before my ownership, little to no cracking

Cons -
Old... really old. 2001 manufacture date old. I don't want to have a blowout and die, old.
Rubbing like crazy on turns
Too big - hard to move, hard to stop
Storing the truck outside means the tires see sun daily.
I can't find another matching wheel, only 3 wheels match.



So while it might be a step back in aesthetics, I've taken the muds off and stuck them in the garage. Not sure if I'm gonna sell them or what. They'd look good on the truck if I ever got the change to garage it again.

I really wanted to go back to the 16" 5 stars that have been sitting unused in my garage. Those, but with better tires.

Thanks to @TRDteen , I bought a set of used BFG All Terrain T/A KO's. They don't have a whole lot of tread, but they're only a couple years old. I won't die driving on them.

Matt with his new KO2's.



His old tires. 285/75/16, Load D, BFG A/T




Dismounting the 265/70/16's from the old tire set.


285's mounted.


Compared to the 265's...


It was at this point that I realized that there'd be some left over tires. Someone on craigslist had a set of chrome 5 star wheels for sale, so naturally, they were a great candidate for the 265's.

Selling the extra set, $400.






I got some of the 3rd gen style flat center caps to replace the bulgy style that the T100 uses.




Both sets of 5 stars




Aaaand mounted. I forgot to pop the roof up, that helps with the aesthetic appeal quite a bit. These are noticeably toned down, however they are phenomenally better on the road than the muds were.

The fan clutch has not been doing its job, so as the truck heats up, the radiator cap wasn't sealing all too well and resulted in coolant loss while driving.

New AISIN fan clutch and a Stant 10233 radiator cap, no more problems.

Also got the input shaft seal for the upcoming clutch job. The clutch and trans parts are ready, but the 300ZX has to be sold and the 3rd gen driving before I touch it. One step at a time!!







Needs a bit of clean up after the mess the coolant made.


All is well...

Beautiful Yota's, COB!

May we know in what manner the starter shows sign of weakness?
I'm sure you know your truck well, but I wonder... Have you addressed the poor wiring OR in the case of auto transmission, the absence of a starter relay? Here I illustrate the paths of current needed to energize the starter solenoid compared on trucks without starter relay, trucks with starter relay wired wrong AT THE FACTORY, and those that have been properly rewired / retrofitted.

Nice job! Looks great!

Very good info. I have done a few starter relays on older Camry's at my old job, though, I've been slacking on adding one to the truck.

Thank you for the link.

Thank you!

Clutch time? 1.5 years later...






Leaking input shaft seal.








Koyo throwout bearing and greased fork






New OEM input shaft seal, clutch fork greased and ready to go




Non turbo clutch.




R151 flywheel, bigger than the W56 flywheel. Didn't get a picture of the R151 clutch mounted up.




276,000 and counting, now capable of boosting 7PSI. This truck is actually not too slow!

Man that thing is clean. Definitely one of my favourite 1st Gens.

Is the zuk mod the only suspension mod? Love the stance on this thing!

That's what I'd like to know, the combo tires/rims/suspension look soooooo goooood in his 4R. I'd like to do that in mine. Details please!

damn thats my dream rig there. looks super clean

got this same leak...couldn't figure it out but your post nailed it! thank you for the post and pictures. btw, that turbo sounds sexy