What have you done to your rig today?

made some room
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Took advantage of how nice it was and cleaned out the beds in both trucks as well as the new bed for the crew.
I've got a pin oak tree next to my driveway and I swear that thing will drop leaves all the way through winter, and by the time the tree is bare it's time for it to bloom again.
Made quick work of the short bed with the Milwaukee leaf blower, the long bed was a little bit more difficult because it's been a catch-all for construction debris, bolts and bits, and random garbage along with about 4 inches worth of leaves.
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Also cleaned out and removed the crappy plastic bed liner from the bed I picked up to replace the bondo filled box on the crew; and I'd spoken with the seller about the flip plate in it, there wasn't any rails on the truck so we were stumped as to how they pulled with it.
Well, I got the liner out and found out how they did it.
A giant steel plate, with the flip plate welded in the center and bolts ran through the bed floor into the frame.
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BNielsen said:
Took advantage of how nice it was and cleaned out the beds in both trucks as well as the new bed for the crew.
I've got a pin oak tree next to my driveway and I swear that thing will drop leaves all the way through winter, and by the time the tree is bare it's time for it to bloom again.
Made quick work of the short bed with the Milwaukee leaf blower, the long bed was a little bit more difficult because it's been a catch-all for construction debris, bolts and bits, and random garbage along with about 4 inches worth of leaves. View attachment 408807
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Also cleaned out and removed the crappy plastic bed liner from the bed I picked up to replace the bondo filled box on the crew; and I'd spoken with the seller about the flip plate in it, there wasn't any rails on the truck so we were stumped as to how they pulled with it.
Well, I got the liner out and found out how they did it.
A giant steel plate, with the flip plate welded in the center and bolts ran through the bed floor into the frame. View attachment 408809
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Update, got the plate pulled and sold. Bed is luckily in good shape underneath; some caked on dirt and a few other holes but nothing that can't be cleaned. Going to cut some chunks out of the other bed for patch panels and probably do up the bed with Herculiner or Rust-Oleum bed liner to hide some of the body work
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I remember this wasn't that much fun the last time.
Lost almost all my coolant this time coming home from the meet up at UNF.
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Didn't run hot that I saw.
Button it up and get some fluids back her.
 
I guess this can go in here. If you've seen my quest for a bench sander, you know I'm building exhaust for my 71 K20.

I have never tig welded stainless and before that, my tig skills are not great. Thanks to some pointers from friends and ol YouTube, i have satisfactory results and a huge sense of accomplishment.

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That's sexy! Is there a crossover in the muffler?
 
Fuel filter housing and HPOP rebuild ( new gaskets and O rings) on my 02 F350 7.3, hopefully this last me another 20 years or 130,000 miles, whichever comes first. Needless to say it was no fun at all.
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New inner and outer tie rods, upper control arms, struts, wheel bearings, rear shocks, and more I'm forgetting. I believe Tacomas come from the factory with rust. There was nothing easy. Every nut and bolt fought back. Had to cut the rear shocks off along with the sway bar links. The only things I didn’t replace were the lower control arms and cv axles. I’m hoping those lowers don’t bite me in the anus. The bushings look rough.
 
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New inner and outer tie rods, upper control arms, struts, wheel bearings, rear shocks, and more I'm forgetting. I believe Tacomas come from the factory with rust. There was nothing easy. Every nut and bolt fought back. Had to cut the rear shocks off along with the sway bar links. The only things I didn’t replace were the lower control arms and cv axles. I’m hoping those lowers don’t bite me in the anus. The bushings look rough.
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Aaaand the lower control arms did come back to haunt me. Alignment shop rounded off the adjustment nut on the driver side. It’s seized up pretty good. Now I get to cut them out and replace the arms and all of the hardware. AWESOME!!!!
 
Working on some rear brakes before getting it sold next weekend.

Not sure why I never knew this before, but you can 100% use the newer style, two piece, AAM 10.5/11.5 hub seals on an older 14 bolt!

I was at work last night and the thought popped in my head. I used the "more info" tabs on RockAuto to compare the seal's OD and ID. Sure enough, they're the same! This should keep the first picture from happening again and the shoulder of the spindle will no longer be the sealing surface. Good lord, it was NASTY in there!

I had been thinking it was the wheel cylinder leaking, but I was wrong.


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Croatan_Kid said:
Working on some rear brakes before getting it sold next weekend.

Not sure why I never knew this before, but you can 100% use the newer style, two piece, AAM 10.5/11.5 hub seals on an older 14 bolt!

I was at work last night and the thought popped in my head. I used the "more info" tabs on RockAuto to compare the seal's OD and ID. Sure enough, they're the same! This should keep the first picture from happening again and the shoulder of the spindle will no longer be the sealing surface. Good lord, it was NASTY in there!

I had been thinking it was the wheel cylinder leaking, but I was wrong.


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You got a part#?
 
Ask and you shall receive :D

Old style

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New style

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Of course, it's tougher to get the hub/drum assembly off and on. On the AAM axles it's just the hub itself, but it'll be worth it!

I was thinking about how many parts the AAM 10.5 shares with a regular 14 bolt (spoiler alert...it's almost ALL of them) and though "hmm...what about the hub seals?". Boom. Winner!
 
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