cp[mike] : 1992 Toyota Pickup SR5 (4x4 V6)

[excalibur02]

thats crazy money for some oem parts on this car...

At least you manage to do everything yourself! I expect nothing but the best! hehe

[cp[mike]]

treat the rust? lol most of what you see there is already bondo :P im going to give it a good washing before i mount them, but nope, definitely not going to be fixing the rust before covering over it. itll stay hidden for at least a few years... by then ill be looking for a new bed anyway (since its rusty in other spots too) it doesnt need to look perfect, but these flares will definitely hide some of the major visible flaws :P

i finished getting the brakes/axles/hubs/etc all apart. i now need:

2 new drums
2 new wheel cylinders
4 new brake shoes
2 new brake lines
1 wheel bearing
4 u-bolts (had to cut mine off)
2 bumpstops

stupid crap all broke during removal and like i said i had to cut the U bolts off (that was fun) so ill have to start lookign for all that stuff online.

at the very least, im finally done taking it apart (its taken me weeks) now i can start focuing on reassembling it ! ill have to take pictures of all my parts together before i install all of them.

i just cant wait to start driving it again... theres so many places i wish i could go, but i cant, by limit of my current vehicle and tire size

[cp[mike]]

last night i got the gas tank installed.

heres all the parts:


heres the pump mounted to the new bracket:


and it assembled. nice and clean compared to how horribly rusty the old one was...



and like i said i finished completely disassembling the rear suspension minus the leaf springs. you can see the shiny new tank in there...



tonight i ordered all of the parts that i need to finish putting this rear axle back together, which includes: everything listed above (new brake drums, shoes, cylinders, lines, hardware kit, 2x wheel bearings, U-bolts, and bumpstops) as well as a new set of 24 lug nuts, and a 4 piece set of new Chrome center caps for my wheels (to match the lugs :P) i will get pictures of that when it all gets here.


...and all i was planning to do was just replacing the $50 axle housing. riiiiiiiight...

[ilovemycb7]

you do it right. That's for sure.

Now get bigger tires for the flares.

[MikeW]

Was that Justin? What a fucking guido!

x2

Mike this truck is awesome. I love how you just "flared" over the rust. Fuck fixing it, lol. I like the clear lenses and those wheels make it look tough.

My uncle used to have an old Toyota truck like this. Damn near the same color too. Took HELLA good care of it too.

I think the next step, IMO, ditch that decal. While it does stand out and all that, it just looks....I dunno. It doesnt look it belongs.

[HondaFan81]

You crack me up Mike with all your projects. It's like you live to work on cars in your past time. Good job, I have always liked these trucks and the Tacomas. I never found them to accelerate quickly either, but they have very strong and stiff suspension and are very torquey for off-roading.

[aero]

Nice looking truck. I have always liked the toyota pickups. Sucks to see the rust though... being from FL, I hardly know what that stuff is

I am just waiting to see some nice muddy pics though.

[cp[mike]]

Nice looking truck. I have always liked the toyota pickups. Sucks to see the rust though... being from FL, I hardly know what that stuff is

I am just waiting to see some nice muddy pics though.

thanks brandon. to be honest i dont mind the rust so much, sure it makes for a pain in disassembling but all the more reason to just replace everything brand new :P

i finished putting it together friday after work. took it out into these muddy trail fields and got it COVERED in mud!!! it was at night in the middle of a crazy lightning storm, so i couldnt get any good pictures. when i was done i took it to the carwash to get it all cleaned off so i can install the fender flares against clean fenders. i actually have the front 2 installed, about to go outside right now and finish the backs.

and then im going BACK TO THOSE TRAILS lol they are mud & stone paths through the woods around a flooded reservoir... trails clearly designed for ATVs because i was dragging tree branches across the sides of the truck :X thats part of the reason i dont care about the rust/beat body... i plan to beat it more.

oh and the muffler fell off back there! lol i tossed it into the woods.... time to track down a new catback.

expect pics tonight or tomorrow!

[fatboy1185]

oh and the muffler fell off back there! lol i tossed it into the woods.... time to track down a new catback.

hahaha

[cp[mike]]

so i said i would post pictures. 56k good luck, but heres a bunch.

fresh brake parts


ready to install


hmmmmm i definitely need something to serve as an upper u-bolt centering plate. I only have 1 original bumpstop.......



so here are the bumpstops i ended up using. the one on the right is the original part (which i only have 1 of) so i got a pair of stock Tundra bumpstops (free!) heres a comparison:



they are ALMOST the same overall dimensions just a different end shape, but the Tundra has a 3.5" rear axle while my pickup has a 3", so i had to fold the ends up to fit snugly on the u-bolts...


rear brakes installed...


new line



good to go! you can also see the new gas tank.




i also got the bushwacker fender flares installed, they sit nice and flush and snugly on all corners and they hide all of the rust that i was hoping for. really cleans up the exterior!

before


after!






they stick out just enough



i also installed the new centercaps (that for some reason say EAGLE ALLOYS even though the picture showed a blank cap...) and new lugnuts. really make the wheels look a lot cleaner than they are...

before


after

[cp[mike]]

and then i took the truck out into this local area that has miles of empty land as you see that has a bunch of ATV and dirt bike trails and stuff, its really awesome. thats where my muffler fell off, once i got the fender flares installed i went back out there to take pictures.





on the way in...


you can see the small bump strip on the left for dirt bikers, i passed a family, a guy and 3 young kids.


oops







cool...



dammit!!!


gone...


oops



it got kind of dirty...


...so i gave it a bath. after going through dozens of these (and getting severely lost) enough water finally got in to make the truck stall out. i opened up the distributor cap & airbox and went and explored on foot (ie, tried to find the way out) and then ended up losing where the truck was!!!!!!! it was quite an adventure, its a very long story though... finally found my way back to the truck (following my tracks in the mud) and by then everything was dried out enough and it started right up. by then it was getting dark so i drove back home.



even after driving in tons of those puddles/pools and also in the rain, still kinda muddy...





it took those trails like a champ, unfortunately i dont have any pictures of the better parts that i was driving through, as they were getting more and more difficult with more interesting terrain, with numerous rocks and deep/tight trails. unfortunately the pictures above really diminish their appearance but by the time they were getting much more fun, i had no more power steering (leak? well see) and i was more interested in navigation than taking pictures, and i had no copilot. next time!!!

[AccordWarrior]

I hate you. That is all.

Hate hate hate.

Ps. I wonder if your pump just overheated.

[slick]

must be nice to be able to just go off road at anytime. i know its fun my friend took me out in his huge 2500 chevy one day and muddin was a fun adventure

[Dark_Accord]

that truck is awesome man ... ive allways wanted one....

any new updates?

[steelbluesleepR]

this is awesome man, i love your truck. i also got a 4x4 tacoma as a daily, its a 99 standard cab short bed with the 4cyl and auto, and i love it. its no CB, but its awesome for a completely different reason. as soon as i pay my parents back for it, i'll be doing some stuff to it so it can take some good trails, but til then it has to stay stock