What Did You Do To Your 3rd Gen Today?

[Mark_BC]

Well today I prepped my frame for Eastwood Internal Frame Coating, hopefully tomorrow. I drilled one additional hole in the bottom of the side with the gas tank skid plate since that takes up one threaded hole which is open on the other side to allow draining. Then I removed the skid plate bolt so it doesn't get permanently glue din with the paint and tapped out all the threaded holes on the bottom of the frame to clean out rust, and I'll do it again after painting.

Then I enlarged most of the other holes so I could stick my finger in to feel around at regular intervals. It's actually pretty clean. I removed any flaking I could find but there is only so much you can do through the holes. Then I blew it out.

After this I got a spray bottle with methanol and sprayed the hell out of it so it dripped out the holes. Then I did the same with acetone and also glugged it in the side holes so it really soaked everything. Then once dry I got out the Ospho. Oh the Ospho...

They warn to you to take safety precautions and man they ain't kiddin'. I had my sealed safety glasses on so my eyes were fine but any whiff would send me off choking so I just held my breath and ran in to do the spraying. I tried to spray everywhere inside every hole. I noticed lots was dripping out so I put a container under to recover most of it. Where it dripped on the concrete it sizzled and turned it white.

They say to let it dry overnight so tomorrow I'll hose it out then take it for a drive to dry it off and then hopefully spray on the Eastwoods, if it isn't raining. I only did the lower central portion of each side. I still have to do the front and rear sections where they slope up but this is a good start, on the easy parts.

 

[Mark_BC]

Rust mitigation:

Seems like its that time of year...

 

[ToyoNation]

Took my 4runner garage sailing.

 

[ToyoNation]

Looks Good!

 

[octanejunkie]

Rust mitigation

Looks good! Care to share your process?


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[theesotericone]

Looks good! Care to share your process?


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Bro, you live in Cali. We don't have rust. lol

 

[octanejunkie]

Bro, you live in Cali. We don't have rust. lol

Hahaha, true enough

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[KingPrat]

Bro, you live in Cali. We don't have rust. lol

This gave me a good chuckle

Looks good! Care to share your process?

A more detailed post HERE

 

[theesotericone]

This gave me a good chuckle

It's a huge bonus. I came out west for big rock and sun but the lack of rust was something I really grew to appreciate as well.

I grew up in Jersey and wrenched on more than my fair share of NE rust. I'm all to familiar with oxy and penetrating oils. Even that isn't good enough half to time so out comes the pipe wrench with a 4 foot extension to just break the damn thing off.

Since moving out here and buying my rig I haven't had to resort to any of those. It's a lived in Cali it's whole life. I've removed every bolt or nut so far with nothing but a steady pull on a 12" x 1/2" drive ratchet. Actually I did have to break out the impact to remove the axle nut but the torque on those is huge. lol

 

[KingPrat]

It's a huge bonus. I came out west for big rock and sun but the lack of rust was something I really grew to appreciate as well.

I grew up in Jersey and wrenched on more than my fair share of NE rust. I'm all to familiar with oxy and penetrating oils. Even that isn't good enough half to time so out comes the pipe wrench with a 4 foot extension to just break the damn thing off.

Since moving out here and buying my rig I haven't had to resort to any of those. It's a lived in Cali it's whole life. I've removed every bolt or nut so far with nothing but a steady pull on a 12" x 1/2" drive ratchet. Actually I did have to break out the impact to remove the axle nut but the torque on those is huge. lol

Pretty sure we have a case of PB Blaster laying around somewhere. Worth its weight in gold. Give those bolts a few days and you're making progress :rockon:

Saw my fair share of rust on rigs as I was in the buying process and some of it was gut-wrenching. Unfortunately this one does need the frame to be patched but otherwise it's in pretty good shape. Looking forward to continuing my project(s)

 

[Kracker]

Maintenance/Upgrades

Took it to the shop. Timing belt, valve cover gasket, A/C repair, bilstein coilovers and rear shocks, Tundra brake swap, intake gasket, catalytic converter. Now that's a shop bill.

 

[2ndhandyotaman]

After figuring out that the rear axle in my '01 has been swapped out with one from a '95-'00, I was finally able to get the right wheel bearings and associated pieces and finally press on the parts, slap the axles back in and get the new brakes put on the new backing plates. I did a gravity bleed while I was installing the brakes so hopefully I'll be able to put tires back on tomorrow and drive it around the industrial parks and see how well it stops.

 

[fightex]

Threw on the bronze TE37s, Hilux Surf spoiler, ARB bumper, JDM corners and Bushwacker flares last week. Finally got around to giving it a good wash today.

 

[Jayjayb96]

Awesome! Care to sell some or share files?

[MENTION=9637]Markus[/MENTION]clarkus I’m also down to buy one off you!

 

[papabeach]

Pulled the rear driveshaft and replaced this little gem...tried everything I could think to try to get the right angle without pulling the driveshaft and probably spent more time doing that than it actually took me to do it this way. Regardless, all is right in driveshaft grease land now and I can sleep soundly knowing my driveshaft bolts have been retorqued.

 

[XJeepguy]

New muffler and replaced the alternator , power steering and AC belts :thumb:

Getting ready for winter

 

[octanejunkie]

I didn't even start my 4runner this weekend. We biked and walked and just got back from the beach.
Life is rough sometimes.

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[Mark_BC]

I spent half the weekend watching Australian 4x4 videos, I especially like Ronny Dahl and 4WD Action. Now I'm hooked on Landcruisers. I want my next vacation to be a trip to Australia where I hunt down the best 4x4 I can find for my money and bring it back home... alive!!! The good thing about Canada is you don't have to switch it to left hand drive to make it legal. Look at this one!!! 1998 is the year I'd want but apparently they still sell the 79 series brand new but all manual everything like they did old school. They are SOOO lucky down there. :drool:

https://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Toyota-Landcruiser-1998/SSE-AD-4969273/?Cr=174

 

[StreetCreeper]

Took it to the shop. Timing belt, valve cover gasket, A/C repair, bilstein coilovers and rear shocks, Tundra brake swap, intake gasket, catalytic converter. Now that's a shop bill.

I'm feeling psychic and this number was plucked straight from my ass — your bill total is $3092.21?

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[DavidH.]

I replaced my brake master cylinder. After bleeding (2 person method, in the order passenger rear, driver rear, passenger front, driver front), it's stopping better than it ever has in the 3+years I've owned it. I skipped paying for the Toyota box but stayed OEM with an Aisin BMT-035. This is the one I ordered:

https://www.amazon.com/Aisin-BMT-035-Brake-Master-Cylinder/dp/B006YCJ7A2

The listing glossed over that it's actually a reman from Advics. That is Aisin's reman line from what I've read so I wasn't too concerned. Bench bleeding was painless and install is super easy since it's right up top and accessible. Hopefully I'll be good to go for another 165k miles now.