What Did You Do To Your 3rd Gen Today? - Vol 2
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2TH4IST
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Yes it's a chill trail with a few fun areas. It's my usual go to trail if I don't want to drive to far, nice place to vibe. Hope to see you out there or let me know if you want to meet up there and run a trail (after I finish the camping build).
There is also Bailey canyon trail (I call is sugar pine mountain) I do it starting from the 138 and turn around about 3/4 through the trail. University heights is kind of meh and that part of the trail is so so and came across some sketchy people. It parallels Cleghorn for a bit. And yes there are active gold mining claims up there, so no poaching lol.
Today, my arms are wet noodles from all the sanding I did today. But the main drawer system is sanded and ready to get stained. My compressors air hose blew out and I got a good hit on my left arm. I'll have to wait to stain it until the air hose arrives. Also will be upgrading my oil pressure and trans temp gauges soon. They are gloshift and are acting strange/funky. Went with speed hut and got them customized. They look great. Also got a hand throttle, so I can set rpm's when I'm using either the air compressor or wench. Getting darn close now.
There is also Bailey canyon trail (I call is sugar pine mountain) I do it starting from the 138 and turn around about 3/4 through the trail. University heights is kind of meh and that part of the trail is so so and came across some sketchy people. It parallels Cleghorn for a bit. And yes there are active gold mining claims up there, so no poaching lol.
Today, my arms are wet noodles from all the sanding I did today. But the main drawer system is sanded and ready to get stained. My compressors air hose blew out and I got a good hit on my left arm. I'll have to wait to stain it until the air hose arrives. Also will be upgrading my oil pressure and trans temp gauges soon. They are gloshift and are acting strange/funky. Went with speed hut and got them customized. They look great. Also got a hand throttle, so I can set rpm's when I'm using either the air compressor or wench. Getting darn close now.
The following was completed on Monday...after 2 weeks of working on it after work:
Front upper control arms replaced.
Front upper ball joints replaced.
Front lower ball joints replaced.
One CV joint replaced due to boot tear.
Front lower control arms could not be accomplished due to torque wrench not having the higher number of teeth to allow catching in that slim window of access for the central vertical bolt in the steering rack. If you have a torque wrench manufacturer and model number that does fit the job, please post it.
Front upper control arms replaced.
Front upper ball joints replaced.
Front lower ball joints replaced.
One CV joint replaced due to boot tear.
Front lower control arms could not be accomplished due to torque wrench not having the higher number of teeth to allow catching in that slim window of access for the central vertical bolt in the steering rack. If you have a torque wrench manufacturer and model number that does fit the job, please post it.
Posty
Junior Member
Maybe I'm misremembering but I don't recall needing to loosen that steering rack bolt to get the LCAs out.
I did for rack bushings of course and it does suck though. I ended up using a 2ft breaker to get as tight as i could, slow process.
I cleaned MAF & replaced a torn o-ring which seems to have fixed my high fuel trims. Last cleaned 5 years ago...
Posty
Junior Member
You're right! I must have blocked the torture from my memory lol.
This is the tool I used for the vertical bolt: 1/2" Drive Flex Handle/Breaker Bar 24" | GEARWRENCH
It sucked but technically worked to get it loose, then a smaller flexhead ratchet for the rest. Just watch out for the hard lines. Also if you're in there I'd consider doing rack bushings if they have never been done, you'll be doing a lot of the same work.
I was not able to fit a flexhead torque wrench up there.
Posty
Junior Member
Finally tackled the compressor install. This was my first automotive wiring job and I'm pretty happy with the results. It did make me want to replace the old terminals now...
For that one other person out there, the CMKA12 compressor + Marlin Crawler bracket does barely fit with [MENTION=636945]Spiker Engineering[/MENTION] hood struts.
For that one other person out there, the CMKA12 compressor + Marlin Crawler bracket does barely fit with [MENTION=636945]Spiker Engineering[/MENTION] hood struts.
Ordered an outboard shock mount kit. And some new FJ80 rear Tokico's.
On our way back form the usual summer road trip to Colorado and Utah, I felt the rear of the car getting a little bouncy. Losing both compression (I could feel it hitting the bump stop more easily and more often) and rebound. At some point I looked briefly under there and saw the passenger side shock was oily. Blown shock absorber.
Well, in the midst of getting ready to order new shocks I went out to take a closer look and... the shock was certainly leaking, but the upper shock mount had ripped out. A section of that bowl the upper shock mounts to failed due to rust. I thought I'd been decent at spraying water on them from the side to keep them cleaned out, but we live in the salt belt.
So I also got some outboard shock mounts and I'll weld those on and put a new pair of Tokico's on with them.
Damn the salt. I'll have to find another manual 3rd gen at some point, and keep it off salty roads so it will last forever.
On our way back form the usual summer road trip to Colorado and Utah, I felt the rear of the car getting a little bouncy. Losing both compression (I could feel it hitting the bump stop more easily and more often) and rebound. At some point I looked briefly under there and saw the passenger side shock was oily. Blown shock absorber.
Well, in the midst of getting ready to order new shocks I went out to take a closer look and... the shock was certainly leaking, but the upper shock mount had ripped out. A section of that bowl the upper shock mounts to failed due to rust. I thought I'd been decent at spraying water on them from the side to keep them cleaned out, but we live in the salt belt.
So I also got some outboard shock mounts and I'll weld those on and put a new pair of Tokico's on with them.
Damn the salt. I'll have to find another manual 3rd gen at some point, and keep it off salty roads so it will last forever.
TorqueOfTheDevil
Member
Remember me? :bounce:
I didn't really do anything to my 3rd gen today, its been daily driven since I "built" it about a decade ago. and time (and the wrong primer used on the plastics by the bodyshop) has taken its toll.
However I've started planning more heavily for the next stage :naughty:
I'm going to do it proerly this time!
I didn't really do anything to my 3rd gen today, its been daily driven since I "built" it about a decade ago. and time (and the wrong primer used on the plastics by the bodyshop) has taken its toll.
However I've started planning more heavily for the next stage :naughty:
I'm going to do it proerly this time!
JustTroItIn
Member
Finally replaced the fuel pump, strainer, complete fuel suction-tube assembly, and fuel-level sender with the updated unit from the TSB for gas gauge inaccuracy. I have had the long crank on hot start issue since buying this truck. The other day the truck would start then stumble and die. It threw P0171 - System too Lean code. I gave it a bit of gas and it started and ran normal after that, but taking it for a drive showed my long term fuel trim to be pretty high.
After replacing all the parts codes are gone, hot start issue is resolved, fuel trims are considerably lower, and my gas gauge is much more accurate. I wish I wouldn't have put this job off for so long.
After replacing all the parts codes are gone, hot start issue is resolved, fuel trims are considerably lower, and my gas gauge is much more accurate. I wish I wouldn't have put this job off for so long.
