What Did You Do To Your 3rd Gen Today?

[nwguy]

Went and test drove one. Amazing and low miles, but super dirty engine, a fair amount of rust on the bottom side and an accident that showed up on carfax that showed a pretty decent repair under the hood. Not a terrible price, but had to walk away from it.

 

[RicMan]

Broke in the new tires a bit. 285/75/16 General AT2. Third set of these, first set of 285's. Got 60k+ miles out of my last 265's with a good deal of highway driving.

 

[Airmapper]

Working on this mount for a ham radio. I hacked up a single DIN cubby and I have a few of these Yaesu 1500's laying around.

I'm a little concerned about heat retention and hearing the speaker. Hoping it will look clean though.

 

[hyken]

You say you have a few of these floating around? Would you be open to parting with one? What frequencies does is cover? I assume it being a ham it does 2m and all that, but what about MURS frequencies or GMRS/FRS?

Working on this mount for a ham radio. I hacked up a single DIN cubby and I have a few of these Yaesu 1500's laying around.

I'm a little concerned about heat retention and hearing the speaker. Hoping it will look clean though.

 

[Airmapper]

You say you have a few of these floating around? Would you be open to parting with one? What frequencies does is cover? I assume it being a ham it does 2m and all that, but what about MURS frequencies or GMRS/FRS?

I think I'll hang on to them for now, I have 2 of them. One I'm working on putting in the 4runner, the other I've been saving for an APRS station.

I'm sort of the opinion if I see one I'll buy it kind of thing, they are discontinued but perfect for certain specific applications. They are 2m only so they are not quite as popular as other units among hams that like to talk a lot, but they are extremely rugged (pretty much a solid hunk of aluminum) and have a data port, making them perfect for outdoor APRS stations, and 4x4s.

The RX ability on these are 137 to 174 Mhz. Transmit on ham 2M freq. only. It will receive MURS but not GMRS/FRS. If hacked I suppose it might be possible for it to transmit on MURS, but I wouldn't recommend it, and that is the only thing it could even potentially do outside its designed purpose.

I've been seeing some Baofeng or TYT mobiles that are really small and dual band, you might look into those.

 

[octanejunkie]

Sorry to hear about your crash.

So i had a very similar think happen a while back. My hatch and the middle part of my rear bumper were destroyed. Body shop charged their insurance about 7K. I just took my old OEM bumper off and realized that they only replaced the center piece. I am pretty sure they charged them what the whole bumper would list for. If I had to fix it again I would have just ordered a new aftermarket swing out and been way happier. Lol.

Well, $7K will bury this truck, no insurance company would put that kind of cash into repairing an 18 year old vehicle. You got lucky af

Phew, you license plate bezel survived!!! That impact looks about as perfect as you could get. If it hit your trailer hitch the frame would be screwed up. No damage to body, man that is just a swap of the hatch and yer good to go!!!

Surprising that the bezel did as well as it did, and the guy did hit the hitch, but just with his stamped bumper, which crumpled.

That's gonna total the truck, sadly. Definitely figure out a way to fix it though! First, make sure the body where the hatch attaches wasn't bent...

I'm getting a $749 check from insurance for my front bumper from a lady backing into me in a parking lot just a couple weeks ago... And that is just for the lower plastic and the main chrome section.

-Charlie

Sadly, Charlie, you are probably right. I will either end up negotiating for "just fix the hatch" to keep cost down and under the totaled-out threshold, or let them pay me out for the vehicle and possibly buy it back and fix it. Life with a salvage title won't be so bad considering I'll drive this into the ground before selling it.

 

[Road Bull]

Well, $7K will bury this truck, no insurance company would put that kind of cash into repairing an 18 year old vehicle. You got lucky af



Surprising that the bezel did as well as it did, and the guy did hit the hitch, but just with his stamped bumper, which crumpled.



Sadly, Charlie, you are probably right. I will either end up negotiating for "just fix the hatch" to keep cost down and under the totaled-out threshold, or let them pay me out for the vehicle and possibly buy it back and fix it. Life with a salvage title won't be so bad considering I'll drive this into the ground before selling it.

I was surprise too when I saw the bill. But it was his insurance, and he was at fault. You don't have to settle on the first number they come up with too.

I would see what they say first and go from there. But you are right, the real world value for these older vehicles is not too high. I might be inclined to fight for a higher pay out, but it back, and continue mission. That way you have money to address the damage, and maybe have some left over.

 

[97t4r81]

Pulled my transmission and cleaned it up. This is before

 

[97t4r81]

And after simple green, scrub brush and electric power washer. Clean baby

 

[theesotericone]

Sadly, Charlie, you are probably right. I will either end up negotiating for "just fix the hatch" to keep cost down and under the totaled-out threshold, or let them pay me out for the vehicle and possibly buy it back and fix it. Life with a salvage title won't be so bad considering I'll drive this into the ground before selling it.

If you're really planning on running it into the ground then don't settle for anything. Get full value if they total it. Like [MENTION=119532]Road Bull[/MENTION] said, you don't have to accept there first offer. Get comps from a 500 mile radius around you. Convince them of all the time you have spent keeping your rig in top value shape. Then have them give you top value for it. Then buy it back. Do the repair yourself and take a vacation with the extra cash.

 

[octanejunkie]

If you're really planning on running it into the ground then don't settle for anything. Get full value if they total it. Like [MENTION=119532]Road Bull[/MENTION] said, you don't have to accept there first offer. Get comps from a 500 mile radius around you. Convince them of all the time you have spent keeping your rig in top value shape. Then have them give you top value for it. Then buy it back. Do the repair yourself and take a vacation with the extra cash.

I can pull a rear hatch from the junk yard, test fit it and have it painted and install it myself then use the leftover cash to buy aftermarket bumpers and just drive it.

Or, like y'all say, get top dollar for it, turn around, buy 4x4 and start over with maintenance and mods.

I'm gathering all my receipts and service logs to be ready. At least its fully roadworthy and not raining right now, not sure the rear hatch is 100% watertight, but it does close.

Decisions, decisions

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[MarkamisPrime]

What did you do to your 3rd gen today?

I was surprise too when I saw the bill. But it was his insurance, and he was at fault. You don't have to settle on the first number they come up with too.



I would see what they say first and go from there. But you are right, the real world value for these older vehicles is not too high. I might be inclined to fight for a higher pay out, but it back, and continue mission. That way you have money to address the damage, and maybe have some left over.

If you go on Craigslist and find 5 super high priced 4Runners they will give you top dollar for yours
I did this with a 95 Civic ex I had.
They wanted to give me $700
And ended up getting 2k from them after I did that [MENTION=95183]octanejunkie[/MENTION]

 

[kolelt]

And after simple green, scrub brush and electric power washer. Clean baby

Hell yes. Looks clean. Most likely the gaskets between the shifters are old and leak a little. Or the breathers are little clogged up.

If you are going to replace the gaskets for the shifters on the r150f. Be prepared for a headache. Easy to do. But for some reason. The FSM shows one thing. Then the dealerships shows another. I bought a gasket from the dealer for my r150f shifter . And it didn't work. Ended up making my own. Then some have oil deflector, some dontt lol.

 

[scoobydann]

Trail spares

Surprisingly easy but very messy


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[phattyduck]

Surprisingly easy but very messy

As long as you don't have to re-assemble an Rzeppa joint, CVs are easy...

-Charlie

 

[Ricktuk]

nothing in depth. just cleaned the headliner while it was out. Didnt look that bad but had three nasty microfiber towels when I was done.

 

[ColoradoT4R]

Plan on starting my yearly detail on it this evening, but this time I am going to divide each panel up and detail the crap out of it. Ill probably spend 3 hours on each panel and just take it slow. Its probably going to take me a week if I spend 3 hours but it will be so worth it :rockon:

 

[madesicc88]

Got new tires put on today before we take it 2000 miles up to Idaho. Went with the Falken Wildpeak at3w, stuck with the stock size. Looks good IMO. Much better than the old dry ass Michelins it had on it before. Also it doesn't sag, I am just on a inclined driveway.

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[habanero]

It took more than one day...

17 days of driving around, 3,486 miles, 12 dirt trails-some multi-day, 2 mtb rides, a few hikes, basically living out of the trucks and sleeping in a tent. My idea of a great time with the family.

Various mostly small repairs have commenced.

 

[nchacon1984]

What did you do to your 3rd gen today?

Continue my quest to swap out all the green oem bulbs for leds.

Glove box

Shifter

Key ring

It's a lot less subtle and visible than it appears.

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