I'm more of a visual learner so with apologies to Dropzone- I can delete this....

 

Hab - don't worry about it, it helps me out too memory wise to see it

 

I feel like I'm doing yoga when I work around the pedals area

 

Thanks, Hab. I've been looking for that, too.

 

still plugging away at this thing.
Project ExtendaRack has come in handy for long stuff, picks up some lumber
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so i could do this
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long air hoses help with the trailer flats
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finally out of the garage almost 2 years after it was parked and i started pulling parts
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clearing the garage out found a christmas gift from a few years ago
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Having the 81 in the driveway with the 94 was sort of bittersweet. lots of good times in the Trekker and a ton of it's parts live on in the 4Runner
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decided in the interest of safety and since the winch hadn't been used yet I would go with synthetic cable
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went with a rubber "thimble' a friend suggested, Made for UTV winches but for $12 on amazon figured it was worth a shot

 

hit a milestone I had never reached before in a daily driver

my wife agreed that the rubber flares looked like crap so ordered these, will hopefully have them on in a couple of weeks
they seem to be built pretty pretty good
test fit over the rubber flares, i think i am gonna like these
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You've been busy. Nice pic, the ol' Trekker with the 4Runner.

199,000 miles....just a toddler...

 

how do you like the creature comforts that the 2nd gen offer over the .5 gen? i still miss my second gen.

 

Thanks Hab. I like the 199k toddler
Love the 2nd gen, it has so much more room than my wife's Forested. We take it the majority of the time.
I do miss the 81 from the not having to worry about what I hit with it. It was a lot of fun driving around rigs that were 30 years newer and had more into suspension etc than I had into the while truck and making them jealous because I could do stuff they struggled with.

 

Picked up a soft shackle on recent parts order
so busted out some straps to compare connection methods

I like the soft shackle method since if a strap breaks you don't have a metal d-ring as a hazard but D rings are so plentiful (probably have 8 from over the year)
threading strap to strap works but is a PITA to get apart sometimes

So back on Jackstands


so after about 800 mile of the 4 cylinder 5.29 third from the 81 in the 94 it was feeling sloppy so swapped the stock 4runner V6 third back in. Stock gears and 35's bring the suck so dropped off a V6 third and this stuff to 85Toyman this morning

Should be able to pick it up on friday

and I think I am good on NATO/Wavian/Wedco gas cans


The genuine stuff is a little pricy but I had one of the cheap eBay 'NATO Style' Cans split on me last summer in the heat...

 

Nice cans!

 

id have to agree!

 

Swapped out the old flush mount back up lights for a set that didn't need to be chopped in half to clear the rear window
cool thing is this set has integrated turnsignals

 

You have brought this runner a long ways from when you first got it. It is looking great.

 

Nice find on the new aux reverse lights.

 

Robb, how many times has your niece asked for it back? 😀

 

Thanks Terry
Thanks Hab, for $30 and a couple of hours (multitasking) I am happy with the outcome
Haha, she ended up with a 2015 Honda so I think she is cool with it.
Her husband doesn't believe it is the same truck

Here is a video link of the lights in action
[URL="https://flic.kr/p/XnL4iG"]Video:

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Where did you get those lights from? I've been wanting to add a pair like that too my runner.

 

found them on ebay for $30. not the same seller but here is a link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-4Inch-36W...ZZWeyT&vxp=mtr

 

Thanks!