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[brillo_76]

Crap forgot to take photos of the passenger side cv joint change on shit box. [ boot rip on aftermarket axles] Replaced the leaking passenger axle seal at the same time full up the front diff.

The Napa new axles work ok. I have a set on Tetanus 1 for years without issues. Granted, it's better to reboot OEM axles. In the rust belt you have to watch. The 4 runners are ok. But the camrys etc rust under those extra things in the shadts etc and can snap from the rust.

Need to replace the oil pressure switch due to oil seeping through. I will let the go to the oil change in 2k miles.

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[brillo_76]

How does northern stainless exhausts sounds compared to stock exhaust on the 3.4?

Ya Toyota exhaust has a crazy price point!

I guess your 4r sees daily salt bath during snowy months? Or does puddles turn to salt water puddles during summer months?

Sorry I never experience a snow state. I was from Hawaii, and salt is everywhere in the air. More so if the car sees the beaches parking lots.

The salt and other chemicals are from the state are trying to melt the roads bare. In this area is a very bad freeze to thaw ratio. So, the temperature in winter is bouncing around all the time. It's this that really makes the steel rusts.

Actually, the salt water really dilutes fast gone when it rains.

The state really should just leave it frozen scape off the snow and call it good. There is no reason to melt it all off, then it goes down into the road cracks and refrezes busting the road surfaces apart.

It's just what the rust belt does. It's half harsh winter chemicals and half just the environment. The environment here is just really hard on steel.



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[brillo_76]

Too bad these 3.4s just don't sound very good with an aftermarket muffler. I had a Flowmaster 40 on my 1999 TRD Tacoma 4x4 and it sounded pretty good but that truck was a manual trans. Tried a Magnaflow on the 4Runner years ago and it was drone city.

If the oem exhausts were affordable. I go that route. However, they are not. I personally like my things quiet. But that's me.

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[brillo_76]

These capacitor based jump boxes are the answer to starting vehicles. Even if you blow a cell 10v or lower. They will charge up and give you 5 to 10 seconds of power without any batteries.

Perfectly to store without melting down your rig.

I really wish I had one in every vehicle as you no longer need jumper cables and are protecting the newer rides from being damaged by jumping.

I only one one, but it's saved me do many times it's not funny. Shitbox is missing it's buzzer and I sometimes forget the headlights off.

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[brillo_76]

I am currently working on Sienna vans mostly at the moment. [ we have 2] then back to the 3rd gens...

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[brillo_76]

Shitbox got another spare tire carrier. As the original was done.

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[SocalRunner15]

What an amazing build!

 

[JoeT4R]

A buddy and I yanked mine earlier this year since a 33 won't fit beneath the truck. I cry

 

[brillo_76]

A buddy and I yanked mine earlier this year since a 33 won't fit beneath the truck. I cry

Well. I like to have a spare. My brother doesn't care. Do being a was running his winter rig for a few months. I have to fix a few things...

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[brillo_76]

Here I thought my plate rusted through. That's a new one. Can't say I seen a 3rd gen shock snap. Just driving on roads only.

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[Speedy]

Maybe you're just hard on things and this is why we can't have nice things LOL

 

[JBurt]

What kind of shock was it?

 

[brillo_76]

Maybe you're just hard on things and this is why we can't have nice things LOL

My entire clans should be beta testers for everything..LOL

 

[brillo_76]

What kind of shock was it?

bilstein.. the exact number.. I am going to have to look up when i got those when i have some time.

 

[brillo_76]

Now this one is extremely interesting. The shock is fully functional and you can see it just sheered off. Not cracked half rusty. Nothing. Crazy. No plate or bracket movement

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[brillo_76]

So I just welded the brackets on for outboarding shocks. Tetanus1 which was thrown together for something to drive in 2015 with 215k as experimental plating just seeing how long things last in the rust belt. Now sits at 291k and my first vehicle plated when I couldn't even weld yet. I can now say that if you just weld plates on. You have 5 to 8 years. I am going to have to redo things to make this last longer.
Granted, I only going to 300k then I either sell this rig to South America only if the price is good. If not, I may make it a 3rd parts mobile.



Now, if you clean treat and paint metal this increases years.

I am actually quite surprised this frame lasted this long without major treatments.

This particular one isn't worth a frame swap.

This would have lasted longer if I coated the inside of the frame with heavily rust inhibitors. But I needed a control..

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[Rushthezeppelin]

I wonder if you will even have to be in purgatory with all the oxide penance you endure....I can't imagine the level of patience you have to endure this stuff.

 

[brillo_76]

I wonder if you will even have to be in purgatory with all the oxide penance you endure....I can't imagine the level of patience you have to endure this stuff.

I wanted to learn how to weld. So I used 3rd gen 4 runners frames as my practice... if you can weld on rusty rotted steel. You can weld darn near anything.

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[Speedy]

Defective shock?

Interesting on the frame.

 

[brillo_76]

Defective shock?



Interesting on the frame.

It could be. I figured the shock was frozen. Interestly. That shock is functioning normally. So no clue as the cause.



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