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Went to a junkyard again today. Found a recently wrecked 99 Tacoma Prerunner that had some almost new tires on rims that I haven't been able to find locally. The guy wanted $180 for all four tires with rims, but I didn't have enough money. I'll be going back in a week to see if they're still there
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I'm a bit of a junkyard rat, I've got a lot of parts from Pick and Pull on my truck.
- Tube bumpers (front and rear)
- SR5 bucket seats
- Center console
- Stereo system (4 speakers w/ amp, and sub w/ dedicated amp)
- 4.56 diffs (currently in my truck now)
- 2 sets of factory 4.88 diffs (sold one set, kept one set for myself)
- e-brake cable
- Brand new brake pads all around (still in the box)
- Large amounts of 2 gauge stereo wire
- 2 aux driving lights, 3 aux. fog lights
- A bunch of switch, clips, bulbs and widgets that seem to break every time I take my truck apart.
- Crazy old chev horn (big improvement on the meep meep stock horn, more like ooooga now, but it burnt out my horn relay, haha).
- Shifters (as spare, cuz I welded in some extensions for the body lift).
- Sliding glass rear window (broke mine by accident)
- Toyota from tow hooks.
I find something to put in my truck probably 75% of my trips to Pick and Pull.
- Tube bumpers (front and rear)
- SR5 bucket seats
- Center console
- Stereo system (4 speakers w/ amp, and sub w/ dedicated amp)
- 4.56 diffs (currently in my truck now)
- 2 sets of factory 4.88 diffs (sold one set, kept one set for myself)
- e-brake cable
- Brand new brake pads all around (still in the box)
- Large amounts of 2 gauge stereo wire
- 2 aux driving lights, 3 aux. fog lights
- A bunch of switch, clips, bulbs and widgets that seem to break every time I take my truck apart.
- Crazy old chev horn (big improvement on the meep meep stock horn, more like ooooga now, but it burnt out my horn relay, haha).
- Shifters (as spare, cuz I welded in some extensions for the body lift).
- Sliding glass rear window (broke mine by accident)
- Toyota from tow hooks.
I find something to put in my truck probably 75% of my trips to Pick and Pull.
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i used ford superduty braided brake lines to extend my soft lines on my 80 pickup. a couple trips to napa auto parts store and i figured out which fittings and adapters i needed. i ended up spending $35 on the whole project.
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got pics? or more details? i throught toyota used completely different threading... or are you saying you bought some sort of adapter at NAPA? thanks
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the horn i picked up. $5
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianrab/5042001157/
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My Dad just told me we have a horn out of his old Cadillac(1976 I think)
So I'm gonna wire that up, I'm gonna have to go through all the stuff he took off that car before he junked it, he junked it when I was 6 and we both still wish he had pulled the engine. I think he said it was a 496... That would have gone good in my Yota
So I'm gonna wire that up, I'm gonna have to go through all the stuff he took off that car before he junked it, he junked it when I was 6 and we both still wish he had pulled the engine. I think he said it was a 496... That would have gone good in my Yota
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Ford Focus radio antenna (above the windshield) since I didn't want to drill a hole in my fiberglass fneders
Ford T-Bird Turbo Coupe hood vents to pull the hot air out
'82 Celica Supra clutch-type 7.5" LSD into my front diff
Ford T-Bird Turbo Coupe hood vents to pull the hot air out
'82 Celica Supra clutch-type 7.5" LSD into my front diff
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no pictures but i installed jag seats in the front of my runner, got the seats for free from fam
took the brake handle and cable of a racing bike to use as a hand throttle.free
on-off switches out of a cafe coffee maker. also took the 3 heating plates out to wire up later on to heat can food while camping. free
dual horn set up out of a uhaul truck tht i took out during work free.
found a fiber glass top outside of my work, cut the top section into a fat T to give my pass. shade with the top of. free
coil springs out of a 80's jeep to raise the back end up $60
thts all i can think of at the momnet
took the brake handle and cable of a racing bike to use as a hand throttle.free
on-off switches out of a cafe coffee maker. also took the 3 heating plates out to wire up later on to heat can food while camping. free
dual horn set up out of a uhaul truck tht i took out during work free.
found a fiber glass top outside of my work, cut the top section into a fat T to give my pass. shade with the top of. free
coil springs out of a 80's jeep to raise the back end up $60
thts all i can think of at the momnet
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'94 Toyota Pickup ECU/body harness connectors w/ 12" pigtails- $10
(to make jumper harness for 7MGTE-> Pickup without cutting the body harness on my truck)
(to make jumper harness for 7MGTE-> Pickup without cutting the body harness on my truck)
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Anyone know what truck had an under hood light that was on a spool. I played with one when I was younger and really want one now. As far as I remember it was essentially a utility light with an 8+ foot cord on it.