Ocell's 88 4Runner build thread
#701
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I've also used the tubes against a few trees and a wall in a creek bed. I love it, and highly recommend it if you're considering one.
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Great videos by the way, keep them coming.
#703
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My first broke CV axle! This weekend I did a 2 day trip to Katemcy Rocks in Grit, Texas.
http://katemcyrocks.com/trails.html
Near the end of the second day I heard a loud pop while starting a climb cut hard left. I backed out and drove a bit, everything seemed fine. I thought it was just the locker unloading. I tried the climb again and made it fine, then did a couple more trails.
On the drive back to camp things started flopping around and it became obvious I had broke the axle. I unlocked the hubs and made the 2 hour drive home at 80mph in an immense storm with no problems.
I'm putting a video together and hope to have it posted soon.
My first broke CV Axle! Katemcy lived up to its reputation this weekend. by Ocell, on Flickr
My first broke CV Axle! Katemcy lived up to its reputation this weekend. by Ocell, on Flickr
http://katemcyrocks.com/trails.html
Near the end of the second day I heard a loud pop while starting a climb cut hard left. I backed out and drove a bit, everything seemed fine. I thought it was just the locker unloading. I tried the climb again and made it fine, then did a couple more trails.
On the drive back to camp things started flopping around and it became obvious I had broke the axle. I unlocked the hubs and made the 2 hour drive home at 80mph in an immense storm with no problems.
I'm putting a video together and hope to have it posted soon.
My first broke CV Axle! Katemcy lived up to its reputation this weekend. by Ocell, on Flickr
My first broke CV Axle! Katemcy lived up to its reputation this weekend. by Ocell, on Flickr
#704
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Well, it could stay the same, but in my opinion it's pretty hard to get everything exactly back where it was with just some marks. For instance, you can mark the adjuster wheels, but if you put it in a thread or 2 deeper when you start off, marking it doesn't mean that when your marks line up the adjuster will be same as it was. All of this doesn't really matter that much though, I wouldn't take the diff out just to measure the BL. I think you're probably going to be fine the way it is, if you ever pull the axles to do the bearings maybe that would be a good time to check the BL.
Great videos by the way, keep them coming.
Great videos by the way, keep them coming.
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I decided to bite the bullet and replace the fuel pump to see if it fixes my issues. I've finally learned my lesson, between working on this 88 4Runner and my 91 BMW E30, to take things apart before ordering new parts.
I pulled the access panel to get to the fuel pump and found that someone else had trouble breaking the fuel line off of the hard line coming off the top of the fuel pump hanger. It folded the hard line, so I've been running with restricted fuel supply this whole time. I then had my own shot with PB Blaster, a wrench, a vice grip, and drilling a hole through the hard line so I could stick a screw driver through it for leverage. No luck. I finally popped it loose by cutting the hard line off and putting it in a vice with a screw through the hole I had drilled to keep it from rotating.
This is what I found when I removed the access panel. Ugh!
Even this didn't work.
This made it easy.
My Katemcy trip was coming up in a week, so I didn't have time to mess with pick-n-pull for a new fuel pump hanger. I thought of cutting off the threaded connectors, flaring the hard lines, and running standard injection hose. But, I was worried about getting to the end of the hard line that runs inside the frame up to the engine to flare it. In the end I just spent the money ($140, ugh) to get a used fuel pump hanger that showed a disconnected fuel line in the photo. Many of them showed the fuel hose cut off, so I figured they were seized on as bad as mine was.
I ordered a new Denso fuel pump from Rock Auto and got it all together the Thursday evening before the trip. I drove 2 hours to Katemcy, ran all weekend on the trails, and drove it back home with no problems. I'm feeling optimistic that I've fixed the issue. I'm assuming my pump was getting killed over time by trying to push fuel through that pinched line.
I pulled the access panel to get to the fuel pump and found that someone else had trouble breaking the fuel line off of the hard line coming off the top of the fuel pump hanger. It folded the hard line, so I've been running with restricted fuel supply this whole time. I then had my own shot with PB Blaster, a wrench, a vice grip, and drilling a hole through the hard line so I could stick a screw driver through it for leverage. No luck. I finally popped it loose by cutting the hard line off and putting it in a vice with a screw through the hole I had drilled to keep it from rotating.
This is what I found when I removed the access panel. Ugh!
Even this didn't work.
This made it easy.
My Katemcy trip was coming up in a week, so I didn't have time to mess with pick-n-pull for a new fuel pump hanger. I thought of cutting off the threaded connectors, flaring the hard lines, and running standard injection hose. But, I was worried about getting to the end of the hard line that runs inside the frame up to the engine to flare it. In the end I just spent the money ($140, ugh) to get a used fuel pump hanger that showed a disconnected fuel line in the photo. Many of them showed the fuel hose cut off, so I figured they were seized on as bad as mine was.
I ordered a new Denso fuel pump from Rock Auto and got it all together the Thursday evening before the trip. I drove 2 hours to Katemcy, ran all weekend on the trails, and drove it back home with no problems. I'm feeling optimistic that I've fixed the issue. I'm assuming my pump was getting killed over time by trying to push fuel through that pinched line.
Last edited by Ocell; 05-26-2014 at 09:23 AM.
#710
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I'm just planning on getting whatever's new (not a reman) at a local store like Advance or O'reilly's. I was looking in to the lifetime warranties, but they don't cover off-road use and I think I'd look suspicious when I roll up with a broken axle and rock-rash on my bumpers.
I'm fine with swapping in the $60 OEM style replacements for now. I've lasted a year and a half without breaking one, and I'm hoping to be SAS in a couple years anyway. $60 a "pop" isn't that bad.
I'm fine with swapping in the $60 OEM style replacements for now. I've lasted a year and a half without breaking one, and I'm hoping to be SAS in a couple years anyway. $60 a "pop" isn't that bad.
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Thanks!
We did a little tooling around in a creek bed yesterday. My friend shot this video and accidentally sent it to me in slow motion. It's kind of mesmerizing.
I made it up by turning hard-passenger right after he turned off the camera.
We did a little tooling around in a creek bed yesterday. My friend shot this video and accidentally sent it to me in slow motion. It's kind of mesmerizing.
I made it up by turning hard-passenger right after he turned off the camera.
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On my last trip out to Hidden Falls I was backing off of a ledge and I guess a rock caught my exhaust. It bent it back and I drove over it as I backed up. It broke the mounts off of the exhaust and broke the weld at the front of the muffler. I'm trying to figure out a better way to route the pipe so it doesn't hang down as low, and I'm trying to find a decent shop in Austin that can bend a new pipe and hopefully salvage this muffler. The system is fine as-is and I don't want to drop a ton of money getting all new stuff.
Hidden Falls Trip June 2014 by Ocell, on Flickr
Hidden Falls Trip June 2014 by Ocell, on Flickr
Hidden Falls Trip June 2014 by Ocell, on Flickr
Hidden Falls Trip June 2014 by Ocell, on Flickr