Yep, Terry it was frustrating. Good idea about adding some grease. I did notice a lot of wear points. When i find a replacement spring I will had some grease too.

 

After 23 years the factory stripes were faded and chips, especially the passenger side.
I had tried heat gun and goof off when I saw a thread some where about a drill powered adhesive remover. Watched some video on YouTube and decided to order one for $10 off amazon

After a couple of hours it looked like this

Driver side before

Passenger side before

Testing it, makes a poop ton of dust


About 2 or 3 hours I was done


Pretty happy with the outcome for $10 and an afternoon

 

Looks awesome!!! I did it the same one once and burned thru the paint to the primer.... Got to be careful with those things, but they do an awesome job taking the stripe off

 

Lookin good Robb. Those rubber wheels do make a mess. We've used them a lot for removing stickers / stripes from boats. The gel coat is much more forgiving as it doesn't get as hot. Tony

 

Thanks Don, I figured I would practice on the front fender and worked my way up to the main body, i didn't apply much pressure, just let the drill and wheel do it's thing.
I had never heard of these things unitl last week.
Thanks Tony! messy is right, i am glad i did it on a day it was raining, it really helped keep the dust down.
I can see where these would be great to use on a boat. You guys probably use an air driven drill that would make it go much faster.

 

Looks good naked.

 

Most things do, hab.

 

Good one Hab
haha...you haven't seen some of the stuff I have seen through night vision, only a few thousand miles could save you

 

Man, that looks like a good little tool! I like the decals on my rig, but they are so warn out . I wanted to replace them with brand new ones and the ones ones I found cost wayyyy to much.

Are you going to add any decals or leave it like this?

 

Just getting caught up on your thread, looking good Robb, you always have good ideas for lighting upgrades! I'm going to have to get one of those pinstripe/decal erasers, my SR5 stripes are in horrible shape!

 

thanks, pit is a pretty good bang for the buck little tool. I liked the decals but having one side in decent shape and the other looking like crap was driving me insane.
I am not gonna put any thing new on the truck. I think I got lucky in that you have to be really close to see a difference between the red under the stripes and the faded exposed paint.
Ed- thanks, i like playing with wiring. I can't wait till i get my sliders and front bumper built and install a 160 amp alternator. I'll be able to mount some floods on the rack and driving lights up front.

anyone that decides to use the drill eraser, watch a few youtube videos. The passenger side went twice as fast after I figured out a good pattern

edit: if anyone has the RYobi 18v tool stuff, this little 6 position battery charger kicks as for projects when you need a lot of batteries

 

Just got off the phone with 85Toyman. The 4Runner will be heading down to his shop in a few weeks to have the IFS chopped off and have the straight axle from the 81 thrown under it and see some real tires under it. Really happy that this thing is gonna be on the trails soon.

 

Woohoo let me know when your ready for trails again I'm headed up next Saturday to hood for the last bit of snow

 

Sweeeeeet

 

forgot that I am gonna need to swap oil pans.
this is the only list I can find so far (from a 15 year old post on pirate, with 15 year old prices)

Oil Pan $125 --auto zone $120 http://www.autozone.com/external-engine/oil-pan?filterByKeyWord=oilpan&fromString=search&isIgn oreVehicle=false
12101-65030
other stuff looks I will order from
Plate (windage tray/baffle) $30
12122-62040
Strainer (pickup tube) $30
15104-62060
Gasket (for pickup tube) $2-3
15147-62020
Dipstick $15
15301-62060
Guide Tube $20
11452-62060
Guide Tube Union $5
9040510033
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update: looks like i can get the parts for about $250...hopefully order them in the next couple of days

 

You have a 3VZE? I think you can use the same windage, dipstick, and location. 2wd and T100s had the correct oil pan you need, but you know this. The rest of the list looks right from memory.

 

This should give the front end a little better protection and give me a place to stuff the winch i got for Christmas 3 years ago

 

Nice. It's always good to dust off an old gift for use.

 

Swapped bumpers
Stock

Trail Gear Bumper

Need to figure out some different turn signals

 

I just did a turn signal mod on mine. Here let me show you a picture of it, surprisingly it came out WAY better than I thought it would.