Tacoma Solid Axle Swap
#401
Originally posted by ChrisCo
So, making it a convertable is Phase III?
What is it with the parking garages there at work? You'd think they'd make 'em accessable to the "fit-through-the-door challenged" folks who work there
So, making it a convertable is Phase III?
What is it with the parking garages there at work? You'd think they'd make 'em accessable to the "fit-through-the-door challenged" folks who work there
I guess they figure the average height of a BMW doesn't require much more than 6'6"

What's the difference between a BMW and a porcupine?
#404
Originally posted by ChrisCo
Oh, man! I was drooling over that truck when I was 10 years old!!!
Oh, man! I was drooling over that truck when I was 10 years old!!!
Ya, it's two years newer than that one but oh well, by the end of the week it'll be even better than Marty's truck.
#405
Originally posted by Shane
Me too, now I just drool over my truck instead.
Ya, it's two years newer than that one but oh well, by the end of the week it'll be even better than Marty's truck.
Me too, now I just drool over my truck instead.
Ya, it's two years newer than that one but oh well, by the end of the week it'll be even better than Marty's truck.
#407
Aw come awn... No winch, All Terrain tires, no sliders, likely a cosmetic rollbar.... It's Hollywood, what did you expect. It's nice LOOKING.
I was 19 when it came out... I guess I'm an old
I was 19 when it came out... I guess I'm an old
#408
Originally posted by Cebby
Aw come awn... No winch, All Terrain tires, no sliders, likely a cosmetic rollbar.... It's Hollywood, what did you expect. It's nice LOOKING.
I was 19 when it came out... I guess I'm an old
Aw come awn... No winch, All Terrain tires, no sliders, likely a cosmetic rollbar.... It's Hollywood, what did you expect. It's nice LOOKING.
I was 19 when it came out... I guess I'm an old

hehehhe You AND me... I was 20... I guess that makes us the old men...
#411
Originally posted by Toyo_Runner96
wow, so that movie came out in 1985.......................which made me 1 year old
wow, so that movie came out in 1985.......................which made me 1 year old
#414
Originally posted by Toyo_Runner96
you AND rob together eh?
j/k
you AND rob together eh?
j/k
#416
Very well thank you
I didn't want to bore everyone with the day to day stuff I have been doing and since Shane was going strong, I figured people's attention was directed there anyway. None the less, I was just working on a status update for the web site.
We are well into Phase II now. The truck is currently back on jack stands and the rear third member is at the diff shop getting geared. This weekend we will put the third back in and install the fancy new crossmember I have sitting here in my office. Then, Monday morning, I am having the front diff locked and geared. By sometime midweek, next week, I will have a custom made driveshaft ready to go and I will be a full fledged 4x4 SAS Taco
I have contacted a few folks and the plan is to do the trucks maiden voyage off road on the 20th
More photos of Phase II, then of the shakedown cruise will be appearing on the site over the next days and week.
http://www.watrd.com/SWAP
I didn't want to bore everyone with the day to day stuff I have been doing and since Shane was going strong, I figured people's attention was directed there anyway. None the less, I was just working on a status update for the web site.We are well into Phase II now. The truck is currently back on jack stands and the rear third member is at the diff shop getting geared. This weekend we will put the third back in and install the fancy new crossmember I have sitting here in my office. Then, Monday morning, I am having the front diff locked and geared. By sometime midweek, next week, I will have a custom made driveshaft ready to go and I will be a full fledged 4x4 SAS Taco

I have contacted a few folks and the plan is to do the trucks maiden voyage off road on the 20th

More photos of Phase II, then of the shakedown cruise will be appearing on the site over the next days and week.
http://www.watrd.com/SWAP
#417
Tonight is an off-night, so I dunno if Rob will reply...so I will 
Here's the rig's current state:
http://www.watrd.com/SWAP/webcam.jpg
(note that the image will change when we turn the webcam back on at some point in the future)
Third member is out for regearing, and barring any unexpected inturuptions, I/we should have back in place tomorrow evening.
Rob also picked up the new cross member this morning, and we plan on getting that installed this weekend. I've only seen a picture of it, but it looks pretty slick from what I have seen.

Here's the rig's current state:
http://www.watrd.com/SWAP/webcam.jpg
(note that the image will change when we turn the webcam back on at some point in the future)
Third member is out for regearing, and barring any unexpected inturuptions, I/we should have back in place tomorrow evening.
Rob also picked up the new cross member this morning, and we plan on getting that installed this weekend. I've only seen a picture of it, but it looks pretty slick from what I have seen.
#418
Originally posted by WATRD
Very well thank you
I didn't want to bore everyone with the day to day stuff I have been doing and since Shane was going strong, I figured people's attention was directed there anyway. None the less, I was just working on a status update for the web site.
We are well into Phase II now. The truck is currently back on jack stands and the rear third member is at the diff shop getting geared. This weekend we will put the third back in and install the fancy new crossmember I have sitting here in my office. Then, Monday morning, I am having the front diff locked and geared. By sometime midweek, next week, I will have a custom made driveshaft ready to go and I will be a full fledged 4x4 SAS Taco
I have contacted a few folks and the plan is to do the trucks maiden voyage off road on the 20th
More photos of Phase II, then of the shakedown cruise will be appearing on the site over the next days and week.
http://www.watrd.com/SWAP
Very well thank you
I didn't want to bore everyone with the day to day stuff I have been doing and since Shane was going strong, I figured people's attention was directed there anyway. None the less, I was just working on a status update for the web site.We are well into Phase II now. The truck is currently back on jack stands and the rear third member is at the diff shop getting geared. This weekend we will put the third back in and install the fancy new crossmember I have sitting here in my office. Then, Monday morning, I am having the front diff locked and geared. By sometime midweek, next week, I will have a custom made driveshaft ready to go and I will be a full fledged 4x4 SAS Taco

I have contacted a few folks and the plan is to do the trucks maiden voyage off road on the 20th

More photos of Phase II, then of the shakedown cruise will be appearing on the site over the next days and week.
http://www.watrd.com/SWAP
#419
I have contacted a few folks and the plan is to do the trucks maiden voyage off road on the 20th
Actually the current one was a bit dicey, as I had to climb to the top of the ridge above Spada Reservoir in 6" of very wet snow.
#420
Originally posted by ChrisCo
THere's the rig's current state:
http://www.watrd.com/SWAP/webcam.jpg
(note that the image will change when we turn the webcam back on at some point in the future)
THere's the rig's current state:
http://www.watrd.com/SWAP/webcam.jpg
(note that the image will change when we turn the webcam back on at some point in the future)
Unless you're IFS's the rear...


