The sequoia is the only 8.4 that I've found that has rear disc brakes. If I remember, next time someone has a sequoia rear with the axles out, I'll measure the flange and axle dimensions.

 

cool, i remember they talked about the taco brake kit would be the one to check/modify for the T100 axle.
you know what year runner went to rear discs?

 

The 4Runner went to disc brakes in 03, but if I remember right, they used the older V6 8 inch third, so I don't know if the rear disc setup will work.

 

yea, it all depends on the measurement from the back of the axle flange on the housing
to the wheel mounting surface(or the outside end of the axle), and the bolt pattern of the axle flange itself.

 

So I've got something new in the works. Couple of weeks ago, we had a truck come into the shop, which was equipped with Old Man Emu Dakars. He was complaining of a tinny banging noise from the rear which turned out to be a broken 5th leaf in the pack. He returned a week later, with new rear springs. We installed them, but he didn't want the new old ones. I grabbed them. I'm going to try to get the broken leaves replaced, and try installing them on my truck. The T100 has very similar spring dimensions to the 97-04 Tacoma. The centering pin is an inch further forward than the T100, and they are about an inch shorter by my research. I'll be sure to keep you all posted.

Here's some pics of the springs.

 

Latest wheeling trip is in the books! July is always one of the busiest months of the year for us. Somehow, we managed to get out on the trail. We ran the caribou 4wd route, south to north, from Eldora to north of Nederland. So, here's the pics.

My pretty lady and our little boy.


Our trucks. Mine, Evans 06 DCSB, Josh's '88, and out of the pic, my little brother Rob's '00 Taco.


Here's the group. Emily, my girlfriend, holding our little boy. Then Josh, followed by Amanda, Evans girlfriend, then Evan, then my bro Rob standing on Evans sliders.

Our trucks. Robs '00 TRD Tacoma, Evans '06 DCSB with coil overs and Dakars, mine, and Josh's '88 on bj spacers.


The backside...


Comin down from the flats.






Evan actually finished converting from height adjust bilstein's and an AAL the day before our run, so this was kind of a shakedown for the truck. Obviously, it was worth it lol.














The second half of the trail, from the caribou townsite out to the peak to peak highway, was muddy, and slick, and spongy. And, a lot of fun. It all ends with a creek crossing, or begins, if you run this trail from north to south.



Just before the creek crossing, the trail opens up to a mud pit that's probably ten trucks wide. Their were two distinct pits, so I thought I would be alright shooting through the middle, which looked solid. It was anything from it lol. That was the thickest, gnarliest mud in the pit. I entered, sank past the hubs up to my sliders, and got stuck. Thankfully, as soon as Evan pulled around to pull me out, I freed myself lol. This is the result lol.




I'll post the video of the creek crossing later, but after the creek crossing, there is a small trough. Here's the best pic Emily took all day. Josh kicked up the rock, right where Evan needed to run. He hopped over it, and Emily caught it. Looked great! Like I said, I'll get the video up as soon as I can.

 

Here's the video, as promised.

 

Great build man looking forward to doing this on my 93 T in the future

 

what shackles did you buy and where did you buy them i have been looking for awhile and can't seem to find any.

 

250000 - Greetings from Oregon:
I enjoyed your build story. Epic journey...
Do you mind if i ask your advice on a steering issue? You sound busy, so if you cannot then don't worry about it.
Anyway: 1996 T100 4x4 SR5, 199,000 miles - drifts right, especially on the freeway and takes 2 or 3 pounds of pressure to keep it centered. Alinement done 2 or 3 times; always ok. Replaced the idler arm 2 times and that solved the issue for a little while each time, but then back to the drift.
Where to start ? Pitman ? Bushings ? Steering box ? Control arm ? Dampers ? What the heck ? Making me a little nuts...thanks, and I look forward to seeing more of your builds - I had no idea there were so many ways to improve a T100...
Happy Trails, Mike

 

Hey mike, I think I saw aw your post in the T100 section. I'd start with rotating the tires, possibly swapping the front two from side to side to see if the pull follows the tires. Your situation honestly sounds like a bad tire, with a possible broken or slipped belt in the carcass of the tire.

And white, the shackles are Toytec 3 inch shackles for a 95-04 tacoma.

 

And now that the questions are answered, he's the latest to the truck. A problem that I've always had with the truck, is the light, glossy blue color of the paint reflects sunlight directly into my face driving into the sun. One the up side, I guess that's s bonus for good clear coat and paint, but it can make for some sketchy drives, considering I drive east in the morning to get to work, and west in the evening to get home. I've been looking around for some way to black the hood out, without going full blown black out on it. Then, my little brother got his hood blacked out on a whim by his tint guy at work. He used a 3M matte material, and it turned out great. So, after a few favors, my brother got mine done too. I think it looks great, and definitely does the job perfectly.



Now, the next portion isn't finished. I've slowly been collecting things for this next little bit of fun. Thanks to a friend of mine, I found a company that makes a winch bumper for my truck.

Northwest Trail Innovations is located up in Washington. In earlier photos in the build thread, you'll see my buddy Josh's '88 4Runner with one of their bumpers. The nice thing about them, is that they sell and ship the bumpers in individual pieces, for a end user weld together. This saves money and shipping costs. I Just picked up the bumper last week, and will get it welded together as soon as the oppurtunity arises. Along with the bumper, I will be installing a Badlands 12k winch, and a Trail-gear 20" LED light bar, with LED turn signals. Then photo is the stock photo off of the website.



And for others curiosity, here is the company website. The owner, Corey, is very friendly and helpful.

http://www.nwtrailinnovations.com

 

Thanks 250000...good idea; i will give it a shot.

 

Hey 2500, I got my super charger installed and it ran great, (lean but great). Anyways I installed the URD 7th injector kit and I think i screwed up with the line to the fuel pressure regulator. The T100 has that weird little thing with a few vacuum lines and that connector that goes to the fuel pressure regulator. I think thats where my issue is.

Do you have a pic of the back of your super charger to help me figure it out?

The trucks looking great!

 

Sorry it took so long to get back to you Z. I just ran out and snapped a pic of mine. So, from the top, we have the vacuum port off of the back of the charger. Yours might be different if you have an older grey charger. The first T fitting is the boost sense line that goes to the URD box mounted under the dash. The next one down is my T fitting for the Boost guage, with white plastic tubing coming out of the brass fitting. Below that, out of the picture, is the fuel pressure regulator.

Hope this helps!

 

No prob.

Ok, thanks, yea thats what I did with mine also.


Im having some weird tuning issue. My truck runs bad with the maps that came from URD. The TIMING map makes it difficult for me to get past 3k RPM.

Running just the injector map it does better but not as good as without the URD kit all together.

Im going to start messing with it a little but im confused why the timing map didnt work for me....

URD says they have never heard of this happening so im lost.

Any ideas?

 

Not a clue Z. I've been running the kit untuned for almost a year now. For me it was just plug and play. Haven't had any issues yet.

 

Ok, thanks. I unhooked the URD kit and floored the hell out of it. Never went lean.

Was high 10 low 11, 12 a few times.

Not seeing anything lean at high rpm. Maybe I've got some freak injectors or something. Boneyard 4runner motor. Who knows what's in it.

Thanks.

 

You got any pics of the new bumper?

 

Not yet. Waiting till it gets warmer around here. I've got a non insulated garage and no welder, so a friend of mine has agreed to weld it together for me. I don't want him out there freezing his butt off just for the bumper.