What Did You Do To Your 3rd Gen Today?

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Swapped in a pair of OEM LC black tokiko shocks for the 5125 billies i originally put in when i did the lift 3 years ago.
Love the way it rides now. The Tokikos match the LX 450 8.75 wrap springs much better than the billies.

Now all that's left to do on the rear end is the braided steel brake line which i will do when i do the TBU at the end of May. And to wirewheel the surface rust and repaint and i will officially call the rear end mods complete.

Man, looks like OEM Tokiko is the way to go. Was planning to go Billy 5125 in the rear and 5100 in the front when I do my lift just for aesthetics with the front/rear matching shocks. But performance-wise I'm gonna have to mis match them.
 
Did a beginner/intermediate 4WD trail yesterday with my 2WD locked and it did great! Will pull video off my dash cam tonight.

The extra clearance with 17" rims and grabbers made a difference rolling over rocks. Can't wait for real skid plates and sliders.
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Did a beginner/intermediate 4WD trail yesterday with my 2WD locked and it did great! Will pull video off my dash cam tonight.

The extra clearance with 17" rims and grabbers made a difference rolling over rocks. Can't wait for real skid plates and sliders.
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That's awesome! Having fun off-roading in a locked 2wd. I am trying to convince my wife we need a locker.

Post some more pics please!!
 
Did a beginner/intermediate 4WD trail yesterday with my 2WD locked and it did great! Will pull video off my dash cam tonight.

The extra clearance with 17" rims and grabbers made a difference rolling over rocks. Can't wait for real skid plates and sliders.


You know what makes an even bigger difference then tires and rims? 4WD. :behindsofa:


It's pretty cool that your taking your rigs on some trails though. If you ever get up this way I'll show you around. There's a few trails that I'm sure you'd dig and 2wd locked will probably be fine on. The only thing about not having lo range is the trans temp. Lots of trails pull a ton of elevation. So keep an eye on the trans temp until you get the 4WD conversion done.
 
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Finally put these together. Not sure when I'll actually get them on the rig.

Parts: TYC assemblies, Morimoto D2S 4.0, Panamera switchback shrouds, 70mm switchback halos
 
Installed a new stereo
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and celebrated with lunch at In-N-Out
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Changed the plugs in my newly acquired '01 this weekend. After reading a in a few threads here that they came from the factory with 3 Densos and 3 NGKs, I'm pretty well convinced that this is what a set of plugs with 163000 miles on them look like. Sure has a lot more pep to it now!
 

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Drove it around a bit.
 
Jumped on forest road 6S05 off the 74. Didn’t get to explore as much as I would’ve liked as I got out there kinda late. I did run into another runner and got to talk for a few min with the owner. Seemed like a good dude. Seen maybe two or three other runners out there but only got a pic with this one. Definitely looking forward to going back out there
 

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You know what makes an even bigger difference then tires and rims? 4WD. :behindsofa:


It's pretty cool that your taking your rigs on some trails though. If you ever get up this way I'll show you around. There's a few trails that I'm sure you'd dig and 2wd locked will probably be fine on. The only thing about not having lo range is the trans temp. Lots of trails pull a ton of elevation. So keep an eye on the trans temp until you get the 4WD conversion done.
LoL, yes, 4WD

I was watching.my trans temps and most of the time it was around 160° but did max out at 185° after a long uphill, so I get it
 
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After doing a handful of searches and Thanks to all the great info on these forums, I was able to change the front, center and rear diff fluid with ease. Even when I experienced the same issue as many have before with the front diff drain plug being stuck and rounding out. I used a small chisel and hammer tapped it loose. Success!
 

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Sprayed my center caps with metallic silver.
 

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Nice shot man, what's this trail called?

The area is called the Alabama Hills, just outside Lone Pine, CA. It's not just one trail, its a big network of trails over a few square miles. Its easy to spend an afternoon or day exploring the area, and there are many incredible campsites to be found. The area became famous because lots of old westerns were shot there, some new movies too. Where the 4runner is parked in this picture is the campsite from the movie "Django Unchained"
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The eastern sierras are an amazing place with 1000s of miles of trails to drive and many beautiful sights to see.
 
Knocked out the full timing belt job, new fan clutch/fan bracket, AC compressor clutch bearing and idler pulley, replaced the radiator I destroyed (another Champion CC1998), URD crank pulley, URD idler pulley, full transmission flush.

It runs like a top.

As an aside, if you need to replace the gaskets around the timing covers, just order part 11328-20020. It's the gasket that will seal up the entire outer timing cover, but since timing cover 2/3 both need material, order that, which gives more than enough gasket to split between them, but is much cheaper than ordering any other gaskets. Also, I wouldn't waste your coin on buying other brands which just refused to stick to the plastic.

For anyone who has the AC whine, which I did (on high it was a freaking jet engine), I'd get a new idler pulley and AC comp bearing. Need to have the radiator out to pull the snap ring from AC comp, but its a 20 minute job with a puller, and made a huge difference.

And, for anyone interested in the URD crank pulley, the Schley 64400 won't help you reinstall it. I ended up using the cam pulley holder (Performance Tool W89208) with a pipe on the end rotated into the driveway. Like.a.glove.

Huge shout-out to [MENTION=120071]mtbtim[/MENTION] and [MENTION=102606]infamousRNR[/MENTION] for the video on the timing belt, helped that thing go by without any problems!
 
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