Thanks .. I love this build too , and hell !!! i'm doin' it !!

I have heard good and bad about the POR-15 .. and I hope it all comes down to "prep"
(I have done there prep "overkill" as per there instructions)


I have used it twice now .. and on the second (mine) .. I will let you know in about 10 years (I HOPE) .. 1ST is 5 years now and still going strong ..

that being said .. there are a bunch of other products avaliable , all depends on your budget ?

sorry , no experiance with rustolum



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started the teardown of the original 4runner the harness came out of ..

My therory here is to strip down the harness , and use what I can ..

from the "cut " ( as seen in ths pic) on the end of the trailer .. I'm going to use the original harness - some un-needed weight .





I also have the new booster , and brake master , and clutch master ..

i'll get pics tomorrow ..

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so as promiced .. the complete wire harness ... i'll bet this sucker weighs in @ 50lbs !!!
dont know what i'll be using .. but I wanted it in one piece ..





same here .. I know I will be using the booster , and brake master for sure .. but the rest , well ........ we will see .



and finally the front clip stripped .. and off to the recycler



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wow... awesome job so far! i wish i had the smarts to do somethin like that!! cant wait to see the finished product. looks like its a ll comin together

 

hah, yea, i love doin this kind of stuff too.
I am kinda on a low budget, and ive heard good stuff about the rustoleum, so ill try that. Thanks for the info
that wire harness does look heavy btw

 

Thanks
it's a huge project .. and has cost a fair amount of money so far and I dont even want to add up the receipts , but , really though , the money isnt the issue , the TIME is . it takes A LOT of time ..





no problem ... gotta go with what ya know .. and yes , I will be cutting about 40 LBS out of it ...



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so with family here for some holidays , and the shop being stupid busy , I havent gotten much done .. but every little bit , is a little more done .

I was working on the harness today , and got lots of it stripped ,






hooked up most of the connections , and tagged what I new .. and started cutting some of the non-ecentials , that I wont be using


and what I have cut out so far .




I have a few connections , that I have no Idea about (I didnt dissconnect).. so I'll have to do some research to figure out what they are .



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just holidays from work , not a national holiday .. and not me , seems I'm workin' all the time

and yeah .. my favorite , wiring .

 

it's a real good thing I love my Job and my hobbie .. huh ???

 

so finally finished the harness , and set it aside for now .. I know I have more to cut out .. but dont want to do it just yet , as I'm hopeing to incorporate the systems into the Trekker . I also need to get some more pieces from Daren (White Valley Collision) , as there missing from the original purchace .





and what I have cut out so far ..



I didnt weigh it , but I should have .....


I'm now ready to put on the cab .. then I can route the wiring some what , and fire this baby up .. ;D ;D ;D
but to do that , I now have to tear apart the original Trekker body ..



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Nice work! This is going to be the nicest Trekker on the planet!

Perhaps I missed it, but are you doing anything to the inside of the frame (to prevent it from rusting from the inside out)?

 

man o man wanna do my sas? lol good job way to dive on in and show it whos boss happy riding when shes done!

 

Thanks ......
yep , inside was extensivly cleaned , and prepped .. and then using my "special" wands , I POR-15'd the inside as well , you'll either just have to believe me , or go back and read some more ...............


I'm sure your to far away for me to work on your truck , But I do do this on a "profesional" basis as well http://www.toyotafiberglass.com .. or Precision 4X4 Center



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Huge inspiration! Great work slacker! Build up threads are quickly becomming addictive habit of mine....

 

thanks ToyoJay ..

Insperation is good enough for me !! but !!!! ... I hope your just not reading , but getting out there and "tweeking" something on your rig ??


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so how about this :







I'm thinkin' it's time to get that supercharger on order .. as i'm almost ready to fire up the engine ...

so I called my "old dealer" (one I use to work a " TRD DEALER " ) and went to order the new Supercharger ..

apparently , they got an email ......TODAY .... , saying that Toyota Canada was NO longer supplying TRD pieces in Canada ...



yeah great .. now what ?


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Somebody's got to have a NOS piece in stock - after all, it is Canada - geographically, the second largest country on Earth.

 

used?
pay someone in the states to buy one and ship it to you?

 

well all help apprecieated .. anyone know of one avaliable ?

 

I'm Jealous. It's beatiful!