tryign to keep the mud out
07-25-2006, 01:55 PM
#1
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Corvallis Oregon OSU
Posts: 462
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
tryign to keep the mud out
ok about a month back i bought a 87 4runner sr5 with a brand new motor (not rebuilt) with 202k and 300mi on the motor. I drove i and waited for my buddy to get his truck goign so we could do some wheelin. Well as i waited the clutch went out and as i found out whoever had it befor had put in a cheapo clutch and the disc was comign apart. Fixed that easily becuase i have a lift and tranny jack here. Then i was ready to go. My yota is stock except for some 31 mud terrains on it. We went out to some easier stuff and and of course it did fine. I went through one mud run abotu 50 ft long and about 1 ft deep thats it. But when i got back it was all up in the engine compartment and everyone knows how much fun thta is to clean.
Well after looking closer i realized the gap guards suck for one and the whole underside of the truck in the front where the skidplate is pretty much open.
So i went down and bought so heavet duty plastic. Somethign like rubber floor mat. And i am proceding to make better gap gurds and try to fill some open air underneath.
Anyone else ever have probelms with stuff flyign up under the hood?
Ill post soem pics in about 30 minutes when i finish
Well after looking closer i realized the gap guards suck for one and the whole underside of the truck in the front where the skidplate is pretty much open.
So i went down and bought so heavet duty plastic. Somethign like rubber floor mat. And i am proceding to make better gap gurds and try to fill some open air underneath.
Anyone else ever have probelms with stuff flyign up under the hood?
Ill post soem pics in about 30 minutes when i finish
07-25-2006, 02:20 PM
#2
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Rochester, NH
Posts: 282
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
If you know anyone that does roofing the rubber roofing they use works great for making them. What i used on mine. Been on there for 2 years np. Also bought new push in retainers at Nappa with about a 1" head so they don't pull thru easy.
Good luck.
Good luck.
07-25-2006, 04:37 PM
#4
Contributing Member
my way of doing it was to stop playing in the mud sure its fun if you like to smash your truck into trees awsome or having to spend a few hours wasing the mud off
07-25-2006, 06:55 PM
#5
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Springs, Colorado
Posts: 1,671
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
wow, i didnt realize you ran into trees playing in the mud, its called tread lightly stay on the trail and be aware. you dont have to go through it like a bat outta hell, i could do that in our voyager.
07-25-2006, 06:58 PM
#7
Contributing Member
Originally Posted by Elton
my way of doing it was to stop playing in the mud sure its fun if you like to smash your truck into trees awsome or having to spend a few hours wasing the mud off
Trending Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Toys4parts
86-95 Trucks & 4Runners (Build-Up Section)
2
09-26-2015 01:56 PM
