PLEASE CHECK OUT MY TOYOTA PICKUP AND LEAVE ME SOMETHING SAYING HOW U HATE IT OR LOVE IT,,,I WILL POST ANYTHING NEW WHEN I CAN, ANY PROJECTS, ILL TRY TO KEEP TRACK OF AND POST THEM    rate me 5 stars!!

back in october, 2008, i purchased a 87 toyota pickup truck 4wd for a grand, it has 105,xxx on it, the 4wd was out due to missing hubs, and the frame was in need of some work. also there is a bad wheel bearing (see page 2 for directions) that i will soon need to pay attention to, there were 29 inch thornbird tires mounted on aluminum rims to get me rollin thru the trail, or down the road

 i will be using it as a winter ride, and a off roader to keep my cobalt nice

 

here are some of the pics of when i first got it, of course, i had to get it stuck five minutes after i got it home, haha

   

 

 

   this is the stock interior of it when i first purchased it

 

 my brother had some 32" bfg mud terrains on rims, so i bolted them up for a quick lift and performance gain

 

 

one of the first things i did to this truck , was swap out the no hubs for some brand new superwinch locking hubs, now she has true 4wd,  the next step was to redo the timing chain cover, it was leaking oil pretty hadly when i first picked it up. so with the help of a friend, and some time, we got the cover gasket replaced, and did the water pump too

this truck was in need of some work, a few months after purchase, the frame broke on me wile i was offroading it, so i limped it home, pulled the bed (horrible job since the bolts were rusted together!)

 

after some welding,and fabrication, we got the frame back together, we had to cut some metal out and weld it in place of the old rusted thru thin spots on the frame, this was the first project like this i have ever done, it was fun, and i learned how to use the welder pretty good, along with some cutting tools, all in all id say its a 5/10 on difficulty, and  10/10 on time consumingness

 

 

 

this is a picture of her sitting out on a snowy day without its gas tank, or bed on her

 

after the snow, i proceeded to lenghten the frame a bit, to make it stick out of the back of the bed , so i can run a bumper, the stock frame stopped about 7 inches under the bed

 after doing the frame, the stock bed didnt quite fit, so i had to trim the piece out from underneath the tailgate (it is already cut in this picture)

  this is how the bed was sitting before i trimmed it to sit on the frame evenly,, not too pretty

  after i did the frame repairs, and fitted the bed back on, this is how it lines up, a little off, but not much, maybe a loosen of the bed, and a push will straighten things out, i will mess with this at another time, i am not worried about it now

 this is a side view after i cut the bed to fit the frame, the rear lights are not installed on it yet,,, gotta love the "lift off" doors, just open the door and lift it straight off to go doorless!!

  this is a new pic as of 09, before i took it out to drive it for the first time since it had reconstrucive frame surgery

  a front on face shot of the truck, it shall never look this nice again after i start driving it

 

 

this is some of the finest wirk ever done on a computer, this is jus a quick sketch of the bumper i may consider, the rest of the black tubing will be hidden behind the stock bumper, also did the side rockers, and a very detailed skid plate,,, haha

 

i know this doesnt look professional, it took 3 min, wile my friend sat and laughed at it ,it should add the protection i need tho

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

as of 2-26-09, i got it back on the road, now i need to replace a front left wheel bearing

3-1-9 jus some quick shots of er before i walked inside

   

3-4-9  nite piks w/ the camera phone

     

3-5-9, time to do the frint wheel bearings, i found out that the left side was shot, and the right side wasnt that bad, so i just changed the left side   

 

SEE PAGE 2 FOR DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO DO IT!!

 

what an ifs looks like under the manual hub, this is a 2 1/8" nut, or i think 55mm works too

 

                 DIRTY                                                 CLEAN

        

 

 

I believe this may be the problem of my noise, this is how the front (outter) bearing came out        

          

 

 

 oooooooo alll shiny and newwwww

 

 

washing the parts up on our free parts washer, turned out very nice

        

here are some crappy pics in the dark, but is how the job looks when its done  ,yep superwinch, im thinkin bout rebuilding my aisins

        

 

 

after i got this project done, i lock the hubs in and GRUNT its making the horrid noise still,  it does it when the transfer case is in  2 and 4wd.... axle maybe? other bearings? i dunno

 

 

3-7-9    finally decided to take the truck a lil off roadin, i pulled in expectin to get mud on the tires, i ended up goin balls deep and gettin her covered!

 

This was the first off roading i really done with er since i bought it, but i can say it completely amazed me where it would go!, i got myself out of a rut, bumper deep, i ran into a truck rut sideways, and eventually it dug itself out!

 

 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

on the same nite i also installed a led light the difference is amazing!, , it was an easy swap, and only 20 bux on ebay

           this  is what you get

     

 

 

this is how to install it

1, remove plastic piece

        

 

2. remove old bulb,

3. install right size fuse

 

4. plug in led and double sided tape it up (tape is included)

 

 

WELL, DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE, U TELL ME

            BEFORE                                          AFTER

      

 

 

 

stay tuned for more pictures of the truck, and some great "muddy" pics, it is sure to be buried in the woods throughout the summer

 

MODS COMING VERY SOON

making my corner lights double as turn signals

waterproofing parts under the hood

re-route my intake, so it doesnt suck water in splashes  ,if u got any suggestions on how to do it, please tell me, i been lookin on here for pics of custom jobs, buc cant seem to find any