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Here's one of my other toys that I've been working on this past year. I gave $1000 bucks for it and it spit and sputter the way home as was calmly sucking fuel out of a homeade beer keg contraption.Still I felt like a got a deal on it. I'd always wanted an ole straight axle yota. The more I got into it I kept finding things wrong, bad transmission, bad rod bearing in the motor. I was right on the edge of selling it. Then I decided I would just go through it and do it up right. Plus I found a better build G52 trans for $100 that had came out of a good truck and he threw in the T-case for free. I was inspired after that. I'm glad I kept it now, it has been a fun truck so far and a learning experience. I was searching for some heat mat today online and saw that someone on YotaTech wrote an article up about it. Here is the link to it.
https://www.yotatech.com/articles/toyota-pickup-new-lease-life/#comments
Anyway, wanted to share some pictures of the build. You gotta love the ole Toyotas. Any other Grizz owners share an interests in the ole Yotas?
A few of the better upgrades I done to it.
4" lift springs with 35" BFG's
High Steer
Dual Transfer cases
5.29 gears front and rear with High pinion Land Cruiser front third member
Zip Air lockers front and rear
Tom woods drivelines
Descriptions of the pictures.
Two days after I got it, it was in the garage getting worked on. Pulled the bed to determine why he had it running off a beer keg instead of the fuel tank. Notice how a dog chewed up the driver seat.
Had about a day of fun with the torch just ripping stuff loose from the frame. Made a nice scrap metal pile.
Rewelded all new spring hangars and shock hoops on to get ready for the new suspension.
The day I completed the lift and rolled it out of the garage. I did the happy dance. It was alot of work. Did it all by myself.
More pictures coming!
https://www.yotatech.com/articles/toyota-pickup-new-lease-life/#comments
Anyway, wanted to share some pictures of the build. You gotta love the ole Toyotas. Any other Grizz owners share an interests in the ole Yotas?
A few of the better upgrades I done to it.
4" lift springs with 35" BFG's
High Steer
Dual Transfer cases
5.29 gears front and rear with High pinion Land Cruiser front third member
Zip Air lockers front and rear
Tom woods drivelines
Descriptions of the pictures.
Two days after I got it, it was in the garage getting worked on. Pulled the bed to determine why he had it running off a beer keg instead of the fuel tank. Notice how a dog chewed up the driver seat.
Had about a day of fun with the torch just ripping stuff loose from the frame. Made a nice scrap metal pile.
Rewelded all new spring hangars and shock hoops on to get ready for the new suspension.
The day I completed the lift and rolled it out of the garage. I did the happy dance. It was alot of work. Did it all by myself.
More pictures coming!
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