1986yota4x4

got my tires balanced today, gonna adjust the valves and retorque the head tomorrow. also gonna start building my flat steel front bumper, got a few ideas and tricks up my sleeve

ChefYota4x4

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Nice, man...

I'm still getting goose bumps from that 'scare'! lol.... Great to hear you getting her sussed up!

1986yota4x4

so am i chef, im so glad its ok, been driving it alot the last few days and still no water or gas in teh oil so i think were good

oneIwilly

No,you wont have to upgrade the wiring.When you dont have enough power,its hard on things.You will just have enough power to run everything +, without putting stress on other parts of the system.Nice upgrade,I want.

1986yota4x4

here are the drawings of my bumper, no dimensions yet, got bored in class lol

irab88

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what's the bottom right view of?

1986yota4x4

top view, ill have metal coverint up the space between the grill and bumper, but these are just quick sketches

irab88

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sketch looks good. i like it

1986yota4x4

thanks, im excited, gonna use the plasma table in my high school shop to cut all the metal

ChefYota4x4

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Sweet, gonna give ARB and IronBull a run for their money, are ya? WHY NOT, man? Looks cool... Wish I could put to work my 'boredom projects' that are only on paper or in my head! lol.

1986yota4x4

yea, ive got the metal, and been toying with the idea, but finally drew it out today after not being able to sleep last night because i was thinkin about it

ChefYota4x4

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Have you seen those new HD Aluminum Bumpers?(Some special alum., can't remember... but supposedly REALLY tough and obviously light).....

NOT throwing a dart at your plans, hahhaha.. Can't wait! Just curious if you'd seen those?

1986yota4x4

Havent seen em, ill check em out, I'd rather build something than buy it

ChefYota4x4

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I think this was it... http://www.buckstop.biz/aluminumbumper.html

And, oh, sure, I know what you mean.... you'll have fun doing it, too

1986yota4x4

Got a question, how much coolant does these things hold?

ChefYota4x4

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I think it's near 2 Gallons... Like 1.75? Can't remember, and I SHOULD know that, lol. Seem to remember emptying a gallon, then most of another..WHEN FULLY emptied, and I mean like ''brand new build that doesn't have any in the motor/heater core/etc.".... i THINK 2 Gallons is plenty, including the reservoir, for TOTALLY empty. But if you're just adding... after draining what you can get out from the radiator drain plug? Just over a gallon I would think?

Pretty sure it's in the Haynes even. ??? Should be in the FSM as well. If you don't find it by the time I look, I'll post it up.

1986yota4x4

thinkin about mounting back up lights on top of my tool box, they ground through the mount tho, and im wondering if they will ground through the aluminum?

thspittingllama

it should be able to ground through it. if not just run a jumper wire from the light mounting bolt on the inside of the box, to the box mounting bolts going to the bed. There is a little more resistance going through aluminum over steel or copper, but you should be fine without the wire. i would check the resistance on the ground side once you have it set up. but should be an easy set up eather way.

1986yota4x4

Just got this in the mail! 120 amps

ChefYota4x4

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DAYUM, ...it's 'GOOOOOOOOOOLD', hehehe. Seriously, NICE~!

What's it from/for? (I know, your truck, WIMean is, NORMALLY what's it for? lol).

I Like how the Vbelt pulley is already on there! Another guy has a tech thread with a 120A Jaguar Alternator, but you have to remove the pulley and add your own.(Not a huge deal)... AND, it's plug is EXACTLY the same as the Toyota plug in ours.

How's your plug sitch? Same connector?