college student's 1st generation build!!(got silders now!!!!!!!!!!!!)

[6.72:1]

Excellent. I love a clean first gen. Tie-O-Tea!

[86turboyota]

very nice looking... cleanest first gen in the area for sure.  if your heart is set on a flat bed i think i know someone who has a flat bed on a 2wheel drive early 80s toy that is just sitting....

[mado13]

hottrod81's tryin hook me up with his so i think ill be alright... but ya flat bed for sure...
if i put another leaf under the front axle qould it level out? anyone?

[6.72:1]

hottrod81's tryin hook me up with his so i think ill be alright... but ya flat bed for sure...
if i put another leaf under the front axle qould it level out? anyone?

It could.

[mado13]

should i stick a front leaf or a rear leaf in the pack?

[6.72:1]

should i stick a front leaf or a rear leaf in the pack?

I have used both, but I like the rears a lot for my mix and match backyard spring parties....

[mado13]

another question...
for an easy lift i read that i could add 63" chevys to the rear and put the rear up front(with f-150 leafs to stiffen them up) everyone say hysteer is definitly needed.  I read on another post that the hysteer helps with the flex and steering issue.  So could i do the chevys in the rear, rears in the front and wait on the hysteer if i dont flex it.  Just use it for a DD, maybe a little muddin on the side?
one more...
other that the leafs and moving the rear perches what else should i plan on doing, needing to do the above mentioned swap?
Thanks for all the help-

[DTB]

but I like the rears a lot for my mix and match backyard spring parties....

lol its the martha stewart of off road!

[6.72:1]

lol its the martha stewart of off road!

Haha...well, I am an Emeril Lagasse fan if the truth be known, but that Bobby Flay fellar has some good cookin's too.


Let's not forget about the South's good 'ol Paula Dean either...she fixes up some mighty fine meals....

[86turboyota]

another question...
for an easy lift i read that i could add 63" chevys to the rear and put the rear up front(with f-150 leafs to stiffen them up) everyone say hysteer is definitly needed.  I read on another post that the hysteer helps with the flex and steering issue.  So could i do the chevys in the rear, rears in the front and wait on the hysteer if i dont flex it.  Just use it for a DD, maybe a little muddin on the side?
one more...
other that the leafs and moving the rear perches what else should i plan on doing, needing to do the above mentioned swap?
Thanks for all the help-

Saying you'll try not to flex it is like saying ill try not to drive fast in a fast car... highsteer is pretty neccesary... unless i guess you could make extended bump stops to prevent flexing...

[79coyotefrg]

another question...
for an easy lift i read that i could add 63" chevys to the rear and put the rear up front(with f-150 leafs to stiffen them up) everyone say hysteer is definitly needed.  I read on another post that the hysteer helps with the flex and steering issue.  So could i do the chevys in the rear, rears in the front and wait on the hysteer if i dont flex it.  Just use it for a DD, maybe a little muddin on the side?
one more...
other that the leafs and moving the rear perches what else should i plan on doing, needing to do the above mentioned swap?
Thanks for all the help-

you can get some nice flex  from  stock toy front leaves  mixed with F150  2wd  leaves,  only use the top 2 leaves of the toy pack, 

heres my truck with  my custom pack,  and stock steering

[6.72:1]

That bad-a Glen.

I haven't seen too much of your rig in action.

Gotta love the homebrew packs!

[79coyotefrg]

yes,  i went up RockFink Ravine  at Hotsprings,  rated a 3 out of 5,  on the first half, second half is a 4

[6.72:1]

Good going...maybe one day I will get mine finished and join you and stop getting off-topic in other folk's threads....

Haha....

[79coyotefrg]

Good going...maybe one day I will get mine finished and join you and stop getting off-topic in other folk's threads....

Haha....

problem is  alot of the trails i go on up there you would never get those rockwells between the trees

[6.72:1]

problem is  alot of the trails i go on up there you would never get those rockwells between the trees

Well, you know what that means....

[79coyotefrg]

Well, you know what that means....

chainsaw

[mado13]

coyote-how many f-150 springs did you use and did you use any shackles? what about moving perches?

[mado13]

andy- good point on the flexing but im just tryin to save some cash for a bit.  Im still paying off the last truck. hysteer is definitly coming just maybe not right away!
on another note- i belive i found the ticking... i found some soot burns above the exhaust manifold and can feel a bit of air escaping.  Im picking up the gasket first thing tommorow so ill let everyone know.  Andy this means ill definitly be looking to do some wheelin when i come up, it'll be nice to wheel with another yota, all my friends roll around in jacked up 1 tons... they cant go places that my yota can!

[6.72:1]

chainsaw

Redneck plowing.

I know those things can take out some small saplings...haha....

[79coyotefrg]

coyote-how many f-150 springs did you use and did you use any shackles? what about moving perches?

i used the top two toyota stock front leaves, then i think the bottom 3  of a f150,  and the 3rd leaf of a stock  toy rear pack,  then  fairly much the same in the back

everything bolted up to the stock mounts  using the stock bolts  and shackles

[86turboyota]

andy- good point on the flexing but im just tryin to save some cash for a bit.  Im still paying off the last truck. hysteer is definitly coming just maybe not right away!
on another note- i belive i found the ticking... i found some soot burns above the exhaust manifold and can feel a bit of air escaping.  Im picking up the gasket first thing tommorow so ill let everyone know.  Andy this means ill definitly be looking to do some wheelin when i come up, it'll be nice to wheel with another yota, all my friends roll around in jacked up 1 tons... they cant go places that my yota can!

sounds good.. im iching to go wheelin... let me know you want some help turing wrenches as well when your up here...

[Gittinit]

i used the top two toyota stock front leaves, then i think the bottom 3  of a f150,  and the 3rd leaf of a stock  toy rear pack,  then  fairly much the same in the back

everything bolted up to the stock mounts  using the stock bolts  and shackles

here is another from that weekend. his truck worked verry well but I didn't expect any less from Glen. 

[mado13]

sweet... this is awsome, ill be looking into this as soon as possible.
glen-what did you do in the rear?
what else should i be looking to get to do this "lift"?
Thanks so much for all the help!

[79coyotefrg]

i have 7 leaves in the back, top 2 toy then a leaf from a 2wd early chevy s10  then the third from the toy pack then a couple more from the chevy,  then the stock diving board

over all i shot for 3-4 inches of lift,  but  its not hard to get 4-5 inches

[86turboyota]

If your gonna be back in town tommarow me and some friends are gonna do a little trail run tommarow... so if your gonna be around let me know...

[mado13]

im not gonna be up untill around friday.
so i pulled the exhuast manifold to replace the gaskets.  Here what i found, all of the bolts were hand tight, one was stripped.  There was definitly a bad leak, lots of residue around one outlet.  The sad thing is this truck was in the shop before i bought it and had the head replaced.  The shop that it was taken to was super shop in Merced.  Im goning over everything i can get to that the PO said was replaced just to make sure they didnt make any other problems.  Man i know that my truck will never be visiting that shop again!  I haven't got the manifold back on yet because im still tryin to find a bolt but im almost positvie that that was the problem.  If it was ill be back on track and start working on puting together a lift!

[mado13]

ha!
fixed it! thank god!
a two hour job turned into an all day adventure but the noise has stopped.  I even have more power!  Im pissed that a shop would slack this bad but they did.   I informed the PO and he was shocked! he says he is not going to be using that shop anymore!  Next on the list is flatbed and im try to find some metal for some sliders.  Ill be checkin the junkyard to start gathering some springs!

[86turboyota]

are you going to custom fab your flatbed or are you interested in one thats already built... if you remember the ruhl's old toyota... the flatbed and truck are just sitting and im sure theyd let it go for cheap.

[79coyotefrg]

  dont flatbed  that purty truck