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Thanks man! Glad to know people are reading this stuff and hopefully getting something out of it. Should have some more coming soon.
MandAtaco
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I want to update with the trip we got back from a couple weeks ago. In short, it was EPIC! I'll probably do this in a couple different post as I've got a ton of pics I want to share and don't want things to get to long.
About 10 months ago a couple friends and I ( [MENTION=73515]ajonesnv[/MENTION] ) decided we wanted to drive across the Nevada portion of the Pony Express trail. If your not familiar with this famous part of American West folklore, here's a little reading for you...Pony Express History We all actually managed to coordinate our schedules, took a week off from work, spent months laying out the trail on Google Earth, loaded up the kids and headed out!
Three trucks left Vegas Saturday morning with 4 kids in tow ranging from 3 to 6 years old. Our other buddy left Reno at the same time to meet us ELY, NV.
My boys and me..
We had a head wind all the way up north, which in turn made me completely miscalculate the amount of fuel I have once the "light" comes on. We had planned to fuel about 5 more miles up the road when the truck decided she had no more. Luckily I had filled up one of my 5 gallon cans before we left Vegas. I had planned to fill everything else in Ely.
We met our other buddy in Ely for some dinner and gas. Ely is a cool place to hang out if you ever get the time, there's a lot of history and cool old places there. We also had another plan, like the mail carriers of past, we wanted to have the kids carry the mail across the trail. So we picked up some Nevada postcards for them to carry.
Once we left Ely we headed up to the PE at the Utah boarder where our "official start" would be.
PE marker and station right inside of Utah:
Camp for the night:
Sunday Morning we broke camp and headed to the Utah/Nevada boarder
Kids with their postcards ready:
Of course a picture with all the rigs:
Once we started heading across the state, I realized just how beautiful this part of the state is. The eastern side of the trail was all pretty well traveled maintained dirt roads. a little bit of slow stuff but nothing bad. We tryied to stop at every sign, marker, place of intereste we could find and snap a picture.
This was an abandoned bar/motel on the side of the trail where we crossed a highway:
I tried to get fuel, but I think there was something wrong with the pump.
A very cool cemetery we passed. It's believed that a couple US calvery riders are buried here along with a PE rider. There are no official records though and the markers have long since faded away. Really cool Nevada history!
Day 2 we had a tentative plan on where we wanted to camp that night. When we came up over a ridge and started down into the Ruby Valley, we knew exactly where we wanted to camp that night! This valley was gorgeous, probably one of the nicest places we saw along the trail.
The boys and I with the Ruby Lake and mountains behind us.
We set up camp that night in the foothills. Beautiful place with beautiful views.
Looking out from my tent:
Kids had a good time roping themselves some dead critters while we set up camp.
More stuff coming soon....
About 10 months ago a couple friends and I ( [MENTION=73515]ajonesnv[/MENTION] ) decided we wanted to drive across the Nevada portion of the Pony Express trail. If your not familiar with this famous part of American West folklore, here's a little reading for you...Pony Express History We all actually managed to coordinate our schedules, took a week off from work, spent months laying out the trail on Google Earth, loaded up the kids and headed out!
Three trucks left Vegas Saturday morning with 4 kids in tow ranging from 3 to 6 years old. Our other buddy left Reno at the same time to meet us ELY, NV.
My boys and me..
We had a head wind all the way up north, which in turn made me completely miscalculate the amount of fuel I have once the "light" comes on. We had planned to fuel about 5 more miles up the road when the truck decided she had no more. Luckily I had filled up one of my 5 gallon cans before we left Vegas. I had planned to fill everything else in Ely.
We met our other buddy in Ely for some dinner and gas. Ely is a cool place to hang out if you ever get the time, there's a lot of history and cool old places there. We also had another plan, like the mail carriers of past, we wanted to have the kids carry the mail across the trail. So we picked up some Nevada postcards for them to carry.
Once we left Ely we headed up to the PE at the Utah boarder where our "official start" would be.
PE marker and station right inside of Utah:
Camp for the night:
Sunday Morning we broke camp and headed to the Utah/Nevada boarder
Kids with their postcards ready:
Of course a picture with all the rigs:
Once we started heading across the state, I realized just how beautiful this part of the state is. The eastern side of the trail was all pretty well traveled maintained dirt roads. a little bit of slow stuff but nothing bad. We tryied to stop at every sign, marker, place of intereste we could find and snap a picture.
This was an abandoned bar/motel on the side of the trail where we crossed a highway:
I tried to get fuel, but I think there was something wrong with the pump.
A very cool cemetery we passed. It's believed that a couple US calvery riders are buried here along with a PE rider. There are no official records though and the markers have long since faded away. Really cool Nevada history!
Day 2 we had a tentative plan on where we wanted to camp that night. When we came up over a ridge and started down into the Ruby Valley, we knew exactly where we wanted to camp that night! This valley was gorgeous, probably one of the nicest places we saw along the trail.
The boys and I with the Ruby Lake and mountains behind us.
We set up camp that night in the foothills. Beautiful place with beautiful views.
Looking out from my tent:
Kids had a good time roping themselves some dead critters while we set up camp.
More stuff coming soon....
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Jaysen4runner
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Almost forgot, here is the other end of NMO mount and cable I added to the rack, for portable radio's.
What the seat covers?
MandAtaco
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They are CalTrend's off of Amazon. Been pretty happy with them so far.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BDWWGBA/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
MandAtaco
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We went on a 3 day trip hosted by the VegasFJCruisers up to Cerro Gordo Ghost Town. Just an idea of the elevation changes we encountered on this trip, -100ft or so BELOW sea level, to over 9000ft above! One thing I learned this trip is my rig hates climbing steep grades at speed!
Day 1 we traveled up from Las Vegas to Rhyolite, NV to check out what’s left of the town. After leaving there, we made our way into Death Valley via Titus Canyon and eventually worked our way across Death Valley and up into the hills to the Ghost town of Cerro Gordo. Here we dropped off our supplies for the couple that takes care of the place, and set up our camp among the history of a once booming silver mine.
Ryolite, NV
Titus Canyon
Wife and a full load of munchkins in the back seat doing what we love!
Day 1 we traveled up from Las Vegas to Rhyolite, NV to check out what’s left of the town. After leaving there, we made our way into Death Valley via Titus Canyon and eventually worked our way across Death Valley and up into the hills to the Ghost town of Cerro Gordo. Here we dropped off our supplies for the couple that takes care of the place, and set up our camp among the history of a once booming silver mine.
Ryolite, NV
Titus Canyon
Wife and a full load of munchkins in the back seat doing what we love!
MandAtaco
Member
Day 2 was spent high up in the mountains above Owens Valley, skirting along the edge until we made our way to the famous Salt Tram Crossover Station. This is an amazing place of history and if you get a chance do some research and see the kind of hard work and engineering people were willing to do back in the day. Once we'd explored all we could of that, we made our way into the valley floor via a winding up and down trail, and eventually back up to Cerro Gordo. We spent the rest of the day exploring the town, laughing with friends and looking at the Milky Way.
Trail to the Salt Tram Transfer Station. This was the top of the hill where the buckets of salt from the Saline Valley, transfer up and over the mountain down to the lake in the Owens Valley. Way Cool piece of history here:
Cerro Gordo, CA
Before I went to bed the second night, I pointed my camera at the sky to see if I could catch some of the stars and Milky Way. Lets just say this is an amazing place to star gaze!
Trail to the Salt Tram Transfer Station. This was the top of the hill where the buckets of salt from the Saline Valley, transfer up and over the mountain down to the lake in the Owens Valley. Way Cool piece of history here:
Cerro Gordo, CA
Before I went to bed the second night, I pointed my camera at the sky to see if I could catch some of the stars and Milky Way. Lets just say this is an amazing place to star gaze!
MandAtaco
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Day 3 we cleaned up and made a HUGE detour through Bishop California for some Schat's Bakery and to let my wife stop by and see where her Grandparents are buried. The only thing left after that was a scenic drive through Westguard pass and home. We had a great weekend over all, even with the kids melting down half way through the last day!
Just a few pics we snapped on the way out:
Cannot wait to get back up to Cerro Gordo, there is still so much to see there. If you plan a trip out there, remember, the town is private property! There is a caretaker on site and if you happen to catch him he can show you around. But be respectful of the location, the history, the artifacts. Take TONS of pictures, but leave everything else alone. These places are drying up all the time because of "treasure hunters". Cerro Gordo is a gem and I'd love to see it around for future generations.
Now on to the next one, Southern Utah is calling my name in a few weeks!
Just a few pics we snapped on the way out:
Cannot wait to get back up to Cerro Gordo, there is still so much to see there. If you plan a trip out there, remember, the town is private property! There is a caretaker on site and if you happen to catch him he can show you around. But be respectful of the location, the history, the artifacts. Take TONS of pictures, but leave everything else alone. These places are drying up all the time because of "treasure hunters". Cerro Gordo is a gem and I'd love to see it around for future generations.
Now on to the next one, Southern Utah is calling my name in a few weeks!
trailbikerider
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That is an awesome trip! Killer scenery too.
MandAtaco
Member
The last few months have been really busy for us, going try to get this thread caught up. I've got some stuff coming up too so stay tuned!
In October my wife and her team mate (Team Sugar High) competed in the first annual Rebel Rally. Do a quick google search if you want to know all the details of the event, but the short version is, its a 2000km, all women, 7 day navigation event that started in Tahoe and ended in San Diego. Navigation was done all map and compass, no electronics were allowed.
My wife and I road tripped up to Reno where she met her partner. Didn't get any wheeling done, but got to rub tires with some cool rigs, and do a little photography on the way home.
The Expedition Overland Tacoma and Xelles Racing Land Cruiser, very cool trucks and very nice people!
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Pics of the Jeep my wife and her partner ran. My wife was the navigator and her partner was the driver.
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Before I left Reno I had a chance to meet up with guy I had talked to several times over the interweb. Very cool guy, and a real nice clean 3rd Gen. Check him out on Facebook and YouTube! Mag - The Gizzard Stone
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Besides that, I had a real nice quite drive home by myself! Having 3 kids, this was a nice break. I stopped a bunch along the way and did a little exploring, there are some really cool old mining towns along the 95 and worth the time to stop.
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Goldfield Hotel, you have to stop here if you get the chance!
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Unfortunately for Team Sugar High, they drove off a dune at Dumont on Day 4, completely destroying the front Dana 44. The Rally mechanics "straightened" it that day, it "survived" the 5th day, but was done by the 6th day. The mechanics ended up finding a Dana 30 they could put under the front so the girls could finish the Rally. Between all the penalty, and outside assistance points deductions, they fished 2nd to last, but they finished! Even with working on the Jeep till early in the morning and being up at 4AM to go, they kept a positive attitude and I couldn't be more proud of both of them. Next year is redemption year for them!
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Alright, back to 4Runner stuff.
In October my wife and her team mate (Team Sugar High) competed in the first annual Rebel Rally. Do a quick google search if you want to know all the details of the event, but the short version is, its a 2000km, all women, 7 day navigation event that started in Tahoe and ended in San Diego. Navigation was done all map and compass, no electronics were allowed.
My wife and I road tripped up to Reno where she met her partner. Didn't get any wheeling done, but got to rub tires with some cool rigs, and do a little photography on the way home.
The Expedition Overland Tacoma and Xelles Racing Land Cruiser, very cool trucks and very nice people!
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Pics of the Jeep my wife and her partner ran. My wife was the navigator and her partner was the driver.
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Before I left Reno I had a chance to meet up with guy I had talked to several times over the interweb. Very cool guy, and a real nice clean 3rd Gen. Check him out on Facebook and YouTube! Mag - The Gizzard Stone
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Besides that, I had a real nice quite drive home by myself! Having 3 kids, this was a nice break. I stopped a bunch along the way and did a little exploring, there are some really cool old mining towns along the 95 and worth the time to stop.
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Goldfield Hotel, you have to stop here if you get the chance!
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Unfortunately for Team Sugar High, they drove off a dune at Dumont on Day 4, completely destroying the front Dana 44. The Rally mechanics "straightened" it that day, it "survived" the 5th day, but was done by the 6th day. The mechanics ended up finding a Dana 30 they could put under the front so the girls could finish the Rally. Between all the penalty, and outside assistance points deductions, they fished 2nd to last, but they finished! Even with working on the Jeep till early in the morning and being up at 4AM to go, they kept a positive attitude and I couldn't be more proud of both of them. Next year is redemption year for them!
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Alright, back to 4Runner stuff.
MandAtaco
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In October the OverlandNV crew headed out to Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. If you get a chance to to see this area, do it, absolutely do it! This place was amazing, absolutely gorgeous! We spent a total of 5 days on this trip, 2 driving up and back, and 3 leap frogging back and forth across the monument.
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Had a great time on this trip, ended up being 4 adults and 5 kids 7years and under. If you want to see any more pics, you can check them out here:
MORE PICTURES FROM ESCALANTE
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Had a great time on this trip, ended up being 4 adults and 5 kids 7years and under. If you want to see any more pics, you can check them out here:
MORE PICTURES FROM ESCALANTE
MandAtaco
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On my way home from Escalante my brake booster went out. I had assist if I was just cruising, but if I was under load I had nothing. I would let off the peddle quickly and hit the brakes and would have nothing! Think panic stop.
I swapped it out with a lifetime warrantied unit from Oriley's Auto Parts. I would have waited and got an OEM one, but needed it quick, we were heading out the next morning. I couldn't believe how much it cost, I called a bunch of different places and they were all $300+!
Still not happy with the pedal feel either. It feels fine up top but gets very stiff toward the end of the stroke. Way stiffer than the one before was. When I get some time I'll probably pull it and exchange it for another one under warranty.
I swapped it out with a lifetime warrantied unit from Oriley's Auto Parts. I would have waited and got an OEM one, but needed it quick, we were heading out the next morning. I couldn't believe how much it cost, I called a bunch of different places and they were all $300+!
Still not happy with the pedal feel either. It feels fine up top but gets very stiff toward the end of the stroke. Way stiffer than the one before was. When I get some time I'll probably pull it and exchange it for another one under warranty.
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MandAtaco
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Took a quick day trip to Delamar Ghost Town with some friends. Its a cool place about an hour and a half out of town. I didn't get any pics of the town itself, but a couple of us decided to take a detour through Caliente, NV and out the back way home.
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My wife was navigating and finds a faint line in the map book marked "Jeep trail", of course we had to take it. Ended up being more of a goat trail! Very over grown, hadn't been anyone on it in a while!
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In the last pic I'm trying to climb out a little ravine, took front and rear lockers to get her to climb up. What you can't see, and what I didn't see until my buddy in his 5th gen almost hit it, was a fallen log hidden in the brush on the other side of the truck. It ended up catching my rear quarter right below the glass. What do you do? Its an off road truck, and if you play with fire long enough your gonna get burned! Of course I added to the already million scratches going down the side too. LOL
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Great trip though, and it really made me remember how much fun it was to go slow in the technical stuff, Love it!
And just because everyone like to watch video's that make them cringe:
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My wife was navigating and finds a faint line in the map book marked "Jeep trail", of course we had to take it. Ended up being more of a goat trail! Very over grown, hadn't been anyone on it in a while!
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In the last pic I'm trying to climb out a little ravine, took front and rear lockers to get her to climb up. What you can't see, and what I didn't see until my buddy in his 5th gen almost hit it, was a fallen log hidden in the brush on the other side of the truck. It ended up catching my rear quarter right below the glass. What do you do? Its an off road truck, and if you play with fire long enough your gonna get burned! Of course I added to the already million scratches going down the side too. LOL
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Great trip though, and it really made me remember how much fun it was to go slow in the technical stuff, Love it!
And just because everyone like to watch video's that make them cringe:
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Jaysen4runner
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It was a busy last weekend/week! I got all the suspension on, but not without some issues. My Runner didn't spend a lot of time back east, but enough that some of the hardware was rusted/frozen. What a PAIN, I don't envy you guys in the rust belt AT ALL!
The upper arms, coilovers, rack guide, and rack bushings, and lower ball joints went on without a hitch. When I went to pull the tie rods off, I couldn't get the lock nuts loose, they were frozen solid. I tried heating them and soaking them in PB Blaster, and finally put them in a vise with a pipe wrench. Eventually had to cut them off hoping to save the tie rod itself. Unfortunately all the torquing I did messed up the treads on the tie rod itself. Luckily a good friend of mine had a set of OEM ones laying around, so I grabbed them from him and installed them on my truck.
When I went to loosen up the lower control arms, I noticed that the front adjuster on the passenger side wouldn't move. Again, soak, heat, torque to no avail. I ended up having to cut it out with a saw. Took 4 blades, man those adjusters are hard!
Here's were I screwed myself, for the sake of ease and speed, I went and purchased a new LCA made by Dorman. Long story short, everytime I would hit the brakes, The truck would go left and the steering wheel would go right. You can read the entire chain of events here: TRUCK PULLING WHEN BRAKING. And the video I took of the arm:
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I ended up pressing in a new Toyota Bushing in my old arm and everything worked perfectly!
A little Prunner action while I flipped her around to do the rear:
The rear was pretty straight forward. I removed the sway bar end links and the ebrake cable to allow the rear axle to drop way down. The 891's went in and out without any hassle. The shocks were a pain to unbolt and bolt in of course. I also built a bracket to move the ebrake cable up, and slid the ABS wires in there holders to get more room when the axle drops out.
All done!
You say you have to drill the rear shocks mount hole bigger to fit the LC shocks?why?
MandAtaco
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The diameter of the shock is larger than a standard 3rd gen 4runner, which also means the centering washer that fits inside the frame is larger. You have to drill out the frame a little larger to fit the LC centering washer. You can read some about it here:
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-g...em-black-tokico-80-series-lc-shocks-rear.html
Jaysen4runner
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Thank you guys!
MandAtaco
Member
Brought her home 2 years ago today.
She sure has changed!
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I'll be celebrating by spending the next two weekends out in the Mojave. :biggrin2:
She sure has changed!
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I'll be celebrating by spending the next two weekends out in the Mojave. :biggrin2:
MandAtaco
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Been on a lot of cool trips lately, need to update with some pics. But today I finally mocked this all together to see whats left. Just need a factory shifter for the crawl box and I'll have everything needed! Thought I could use the original short shifter I have, but the housing is to tall to fit with the triple stick set up.
:bravo:
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