sloyota's 88 SAS

[sloyota]

Thanks BBW. Cody and i are moving right along,its hard when we work 40 hours a week and have girlfriends doesnt leave enough time.Cody is doing a really good job on my truck and where taking our time on this because my truck is aslo my dd.cant wait till it's done..i'll have the best of both worlds...  

[sloyota]

transfer cases done
skidplate on
start of the rear end

[Ramrod]

looking good why did you take off the bed and gas tank?

[sloyota]

looking good why did you take off the bed and gas tank?

got to weld the new spring hangers on and the gas tank is in the way.the bed came off to make it easier to do shock mounts and we got to make a crossbrace for the new rear shackle hangers,and get ideas and measurements for my flated i'll make next year

[CRS]

iT IS A TOTAL OF 18 BOLTS AND APRX. 25 MINUTES OF WORK TO TEAR OFF THE BED AND TANK OFF . IN MY OPINON ITS THE BEST WAY TO WORK ON THE REAR SUSPENSION, NO CRAWLING AROUND AND NOT MUCH OVER HEAD WELDING. PLUS SOMEBODY (HINT HINT 1SLOYOTA) HACKED THE FRAME OFF AT THE SHACKLES AND I NEED TO BUILD IT OUT TWO INCHES SO I CAN MOUNT THE NEW HANGERS. ALL IN ALL IT JUST MAKES LIFE EASIER.

NOW FOR MY TECH AND TWO CENTS:

    MARLINS ADAPTER IS SLIPPING IN QUALITY. FOR A MAJOR REASON. ONE I HAD TO DREMEL OUT THE CASTING TO GET A WRENCH ON THE PASSANGERS SIDE MIDDLE BOLT    ALSO I BELIEVE THAT THE OLDER ADAPTERS WERE JUST A BETTER MADE PIECE.

    MARLINS CROSS MEMBER IS OK IT GETS THE JOB DONE. HOWEVER I WOULD NEVER TRADE IT FOR MY BUD BUILT. THE CUTS WERE UN CLEAN. THE LARGE ROUND BOLT HEADS FOR THE T CASE MOUNTS SAT LOWER THEN THE CROSS MEMBER IN THE END ITS JUST A ROUGH PIECE NOT WHAT I HAVE COME TO EXPECT FROM MARLIN.


I LIKE MARLINS COMPANY ALWAYS HAVE. THEY MAKE GRAET PRODUCTS, I AM GLAD MARLIN DECIDE TO NOT SELL OUT. I THINK THEY WERE GROWING TO FAST AND NOT PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THINGS LIKE THEY USED TO.
     
     

[Hyena]

THE LARGE ROUND BOLT HEADS FOR THE T CASE MOUNTS SAT LOWER THEN THE CROSS MEMBER

Thats what happened with my buddies skidplate also.  I gave him one of my spacers and bolt set from my Sky-Manufacturing crossmeber and that fixed the problem.  It made the round piece flush with the bottom of the plate.  the build-up is looking good.

[sloyota]

new beefy rear crossmember
almost done

[TrackVino]

Dude, this thing looks good. I dont think ive ever seen anybody unbolt the ifs, just seen it cut off. Anyway, looks good.

[Rocksurfer]

Looking good, I would not want to hit you from behind with that gusseting on the frame. It would hurt!!

[CRS]

Thanks guys the cross member came out good. !sloyota is a big help. he is getting pretty good with the grinder:) Later on down the road he wants to go to flatbed so i thought this rear section would look cool with that. almopst done thanks for looking

Also remember

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[gotrocks]

nice job on that rear cross memember.  Very clean work.  When you think it'll be done?  I can't wait to see how those springs flex.

[CRS]

The rain here in Petaluma is not letting up. so things have slowed a bit plus we are waitning on parts. The third member should be back tommorow and then i can bolt back all the rear axle stuff and get it back on tires however Marlin still has not sent us the drain plugs (its been 3 months) so i am going to go to handle that tommorrow. so by tuesday it will be back on wheels and ready for a driveshaft. these 84 -85 front driveshafts are getting harder to find. so with all that said evrything will be ready by the end off the week hope that !sloyota can find a driveshaft for me? 

[Ramrod]

I am going to pillsburry wed to friday if you guys finish it soon enough we could meet up and test it out up there

[shad]

The rain here in Petaluma is not letting up. so things have slowed a bit plus we are waitning on parts. The third member should be back tommorow and then i can bolt back all the rear axle stuff and get it back on tires however Marlin still has not sent us the drain plugs (its been 3 months) so i am going to go to handle that tommorrow. so by tuesday it will be back on wheels and ready for a driveshaft. these 84 -85 front driveshafts are getting harder to find. so with all that said evrything will be ready by the end off the week hope that !sloyota can find a driveshaft for me?

Just modify your ifs front shaft:
http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/tech/cvmod/

[CRS]

yes i have modified the front d shafts and been very succesful but for a daily driver i just dont like them. Thanks for the link.

Big blue thanks for the invite i hope to have it done but we will see.

[sloyota]

just waiting for driveshafts and rims

[toybuilt]

just waiting for driveshafts and rims

Your shocks look a little on the long side

[sloyota]

there 14" billsteins and i should have got the 12"

[Ramrod]

Where are you getting your rear driveshaft done?  I took mine to driveline service of santarosa and they put a cv on and thicker tube in like 2 hours for $90

[sloyota]

got her rolling.need to swap the shocks to 12" and get a ARB air compresser for the front locker and make a square front driveshaft.other than i could not be happier with the work CTF Offroad did.Hope by summer to have the front cab exo caged,then work on the flatbed.My crawlbox keeps popping out of gear while driving down the street,so it's got a bungge cord around..I'll get some better photos

[CRS]

I (CTF off-road) had a great time with your truck Wes, I work with alot of different people and Just want to personally say thanks to Wes for being a great PATIENT customer. I really had fun with your truck and am glad to see you are enjoying it as much as i did. I am planning for memorial day to the con hope we can go together and see what she can do.

Cody (owner CTF offroad)

I guess i can plug my company one more time for S&G thanks again Wes

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[sloyota]

CTF off-road 

[Ramrod]

have you driven it yet?  lets see some more pics, maybe a side and front shot

[sloyota]

ok ok i'll get some better photos,and yes i'm driving it another 300 miles to go on the break in period.gives me time to build a front driveshaft and fix my crawl box,stupid thing pop's out of gear going down the street..not cool with me.marlin might want to do some more R&D on these..just my 

[Ramrod]

That was happening to lilbuddy I don't know exactly what he did

[Volcom]

ok ok i'll get some better photos,and yes i'm driving it another 300 miles to go on the break in period.gives me time to build a front driveshaft and fix my crawl box,stupid thing pop's out of gear going down the street..not cool with me.marlin might want to do some more R&D on these..just my 

Heavy Duty Shift Spring   

Is your transfer case popping out of gear on the trail? This heavy duty spring will reduce or eliminate this pesky problem. Easy to install from outside without disassembly. Use one spring for crawl box, two springs for rear transfer case.
MC-14216, Heavy Duty Shift Spring, $4 (each)

http://marlincrawler.com/htm/transfercase/tcase_ac.htm

That should take care of the problem

[sloyota]

from what here marlin know about this problem with those springs and they dont change it.Big Mike says it doesnt need it,he needs to drive my truck,then he'll see..and the t-case cast adaptor plate needs some work as well,more R&D.I havent takin it to the trail yet still doing the break in on the gears.Thanks for the link Volcom.

[Ramrod]

How are you breaking in your front diff?  I broke my rear gears in on the freeway to the con the day after christmas for a snow run

[sloyota]

the front diff is already brokin in.the rear i'm doing on the street

[whiteman]

I was told that with a brand new set of gears you are supposed to break them in in 25 mile increments letting them fully cool between each, and once you have reached 100 you do each 100 miles until you reach 500 and then your done but are recommended to change the oil every 1500 miles.

Sounds a little over secure to me.