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#1181
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Dome light & heater
Trailer led interior light as dome light $6 from walmart & extremely bright
40,000 btu school bus heater with home made mounting brackets $ can't remember exact cost but cheap
#1182
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Couple more cause I'm cheap
80's camaro bucket seats & F150 center console $ free from a buddy
Ford FL1A oil filter for just a touch more capacity on the 22r
Yellow metric grease gun hose for front diff breather ebay $7ish its like 36" - 48" long? cant remember screwed right in so the thread pitch was perfect. Plus a 2nd fire exting. Just in case
Dimond plate floor boards $25 ( dirty as usual )
Pvc collars & great stuff foam sealant for the school bus heater house routing
Led clearance lights used as front blinkers inside the factory housing $5.56 tractor supply ( they blink fast but are bright )
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#1183
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I bought a pair of those Amber lights to on my plastic bumper end corners. There is a factory hole right there to access a nut. Fits right in. I want it to be a side marker and a blinker. There is no Side blinkers on my 1988. The blinkers face forward only on the front bumper. Couple bucks for the pair on ebay.
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SomedayJ (05-07-2020)
#1184
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Cheap Mod - Horn Upgrade
Found a pair of new- Hella Supertonehorns on eBay for a good price.
With some bits I already had- 16 gauge wire, wire loom, variety of electrical connectors, & shrink-wrap tubing this project came in around $50.00.
Not too shabby! Looks and sounds much better.
I didn't enjoy cutting into the OEM wires and removing the OEM horn connector... I will live.
With some bits I already had- 16 gauge wire, wire loom, variety of electrical connectors, & shrink-wrap tubing this project came in around $50.00.
Not too shabby! Looks and sounds much better.
I didn't enjoy cutting into the OEM wires and removing the OEM horn connector... I will live.
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SomedayJ (05-07-2020)
#1185
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Cheap Mod - Center Cup-Holder
Here is another cheap mod - under $20!
With the truck lacking cup holders, I have found a cheap reliable option- a sister company of Texas Saddlebag Inc, MoblOrg, offers their 'clutter-catcher' series of consoles. Turns out the 'Contour Seat and Floor Console' model fits perfectly after some reshaping.
As seen in the After picture below, this fits snug and out of the way, but provides easy access to your beverage of choice.
It comes a little long and bulky, so a series of pocket-knife, box cutter and/or fine toothed saw is needed to get the correct shape. After 15 minutes of carving it fits well w/ no unwanted movement or wear to the underside of the seat.
The best part... these are sold for $9.99 through their website. Hard to beat the price!
(Above) Stock- Before Installation
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(Below) After Installation
With the truck lacking cup holders, I have found a cheap reliable option- a sister company of Texas Saddlebag Inc, MoblOrg, offers their 'clutter-catcher' series of consoles. Turns out the 'Contour Seat and Floor Console' model fits perfectly after some reshaping.
As seen in the After picture below, this fits snug and out of the way, but provides easy access to your beverage of choice.
It comes a little long and bulky, so a series of pocket-knife, box cutter and/or fine toothed saw is needed to get the correct shape. After 15 minutes of carving it fits well w/ no unwanted movement or wear to the underside of the seat.
The best part... these are sold for $9.99 through their website. Hard to beat the price!
(Above) Stock- Before Installation
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(Below) After Installation
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SomedayJ (05-07-2020)
#1186
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Cheap and Simple Improvement - paint hardware -
This weekend I took advantage of the nice weather and painted the OEM mud-flap hardware, while I had it off, and threw on a clear coat for good measure.
Cost me next to nothing, and looks much better in my opinion!
This weekend I took advantage of the nice weather and painted the OEM mud-flap hardware, while I had it off, and threw on a clear coat for good measure.
Cost me next to nothing, and looks much better in my opinion!
#1187
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IIRC, the larger oil filter does not allow the proper oil pressure for this engine and linked to premature timing chain destruction. I learned this the hard way back in the early 90s. I’d only run OEM style filters now.
Want more capacity, put an oil cooler on, they are pretty cheap and come in various styles.
Want more capacity, put an oil cooler on, they are pretty cheap and come in various styles.
Last edited by RBX; 05-12-2020 at 05:42 AM.
#1188
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IIRC, the larger oil filter does not allow the proper oil pressure for this engine and linked to premature timing chain destruction. I learned this the hard way back in the early 90s. I’d only run OEM style filters now.
Want more capacity, put an oil cooler on, they are pretty cheap and come in various styles.
Want more capacity, put an oil cooler on, they are pretty cheap and come in various styles.
I drive them both a lot less now that I'm forcibly retired due to medical troubles.
Point is, that the Pureone filter has been working quite well on the pickup for about 250,000 miles now. I'm going to stick with it.
I just wanted to drop one anecdotal evidence into the discussion. I haven't done any real, scientific, profession type tests on either of my trucks, but if it's worked this well for this long, it's good enough for me. It does keep the oil in both vehicles looking much clearer than the Fram did...
Just my 2 cents, probably about what it's worth
Pat☺
#1189
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IIRC, the larger oil filter does not allow the proper oil pressure for this engine and linked to premature timing chain destruction. I learned this the hard way back in the early 90s. I’d only run OEM style filters now.
Want more capacity, put an oil cooler on, they are pretty cheap and come in various styles.
Want more capacity, put an oil cooler on, they are pretty cheap and come in various styles.
This filter is also marked: Denso 115010-0525
Toyota and filter manufacturers made the filters smaller so that a lesser number of filter models could be fitted to the greatest number of applications.
I believe these are long out of production, but they can sometimes still be found NOS. I was able to score a case of them last year.
Last edited by millball; 05-12-2020 at 02:32 PM.
#1191
I have one passenger mudflap bracket that was on my parts truck. Should get around to making a driver side and hanging some mud flaps…they make a huge difference in road rash…
#1192
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Custom Cupholders
After almost a year of riding around with my ghetto prototype, I finally got around to fabbing up some legit cupholders. Just needs a little touch up and then off to powder coat. I drew it up in Solidworks and then cut all pieces by hand with die grinders, etc. (Didn't have access to the laser cutter for this project so no being spoiled lol).
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