What Did You Do To Your 3rd Gen Today?

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For the first time since I've owned the runner, all the dash lights are off! I think I'll make a thread about how I got the parking brake light to stay off.
 

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Added a B&M 70264 Transmission cooler! Was harder than i thought it would be! Next is to replace the antenna tomorrow morning.
 
Nice. What type of material and brand did you use?

Are you going to carpet over it? I glued basic carpet under-mat as a top layer over my sound-deadening.
 
I drove mine today.... but can't say I enjoyed it. The PP springs/ TrekMaster R/T setup has got to GO!

Borla sounded pretty good at least.

And of course it looked good... it's a 3rd gen after all.
 
12V outlets installed

I installed 2 extra 12V outlets in the side of my console today. My 97 only came with 1. I got them from West Marine.
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Just a teaser....

On the left '99 stock springs. Middle, 891s and on the right are the 861s.

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Upgraded from my 891s and comfort shocks to 861s and the Bilstein long travel shocks from Toytech. Gave me two inches over all (total 40" from ground to wheel well)

I promise I'll post pics tomorrow. It got dark on me and the truck is dirty... But long story short is this:
Because of my CBI Rear Bumper my 891s couldn't hold up. Started to sag so I add the 10mm spacers. Still sagged and I was having a 1/4" negative rake.
After this 861 upgrade, I have a great stance now and the ride is so much smother!!! I love the feel for it!

Ok... Couldn't wait... Here's a poor pic of the truck after the lift. I'll have better ones tomorrow!
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Nothing sexy, but I put in new spark plugs and wires, and cleaned the MAF and the TB.

With a project like that about the best you can say is "I didn't screw anything up".

Actually though, I bought a couple wobbly 3/8 extensions from Harbor Freight and it made even the rear driver side plug a piece of cake. Just taped the socket and the extensions , and it all went together perfectly. Started on the first crank (probably on TB cleaner) but ran great.
 
Installed my B&M 70264 Super Cooler and a new antenna!
 

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Cleaned out the garbage then got my siren working again then installed a couple lights in the grill. Someday soon I'll start a build thread and put the pics up.
 
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