oregon 3rd gen build ****FOR SALE****

[THK Matt]

whats the news on this pig?

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

not a whole lot quite yet just rounding up some more parts and doing little to it getting ready for our next wheelin trip coming up in a couple weeks.... I still have a short list of to do before the trip

-finish tranny tunnel
-re-do trans x-member
-install electric fan on front of rad.
-top off fluids
-buy beer

then I have some things to get done to my tow rig before the trip as well... I will have some real updates soon

[THK Matt]

you just guna run stock birfs?

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

ya just until i can afford some 27 spline longs.... this will be my last trip on the stockers... luckily I have lots of friends with lots of spares so it should be all good!

[89sastoyo]

someone that lives right down the street from me bought your buddy's 2nd gen that has the 3rz and 42s, That thing is so big and so beat haha he was drivin it on the street today.

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

someone that lives right down the street from me bought your buddy's 2nd gen that has the 3rz and 42s, That thing is so big and so beat haha he was drivin it on the street today.

oh really thats funny stuff.... he just sold that to pay me to 3 link and SAS his 06 ford ranger... got the 14" FOA coil-overs and a lot of other goodies for the ranger ready to go on it...

[89sastoyo]

that will be sick for sure, so are you still gooing to bend?

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

yep still goin to ground hog in bend for the weekend hopefully leaving friday afternoon if not then 5am saturday....

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

  its back together and almost ready to wheel just a few little things I have been working on before our trip wheelin this weekend.... I HAVE to get my trnas tunnel done as its suppored to be hot this weekend and an open trans tunnel with the exhaust right there makes it way to freakin' hot for me so I got a sheet of 18 ga and got down to things... I re-used the front part of the factory tunnel as I had already started putting it back in a while back and it fits ok.....


also got some rock lights in from trail-gear

got the fronts installed today will do the rears tomorrow


got some other goodies in for a customer project

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

Thx bro... I got a bunch more done this past week as I had the week off to go on a wheelin trip that were not even going on now... I am gonna hit up some local wheelin tomorrow and prolly sunday too... here are some pics

rear rock lights


electric fan mounted up front

trans tunnel pretty much done *finally*


hooked up my switches

my new ballin seats

and saving the best for last  MY HALF DOORS


were doin some wheelin this weekend and its supposed to be hot so I can see if the electric fan takes care of my cooling issues

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

well we went wheelin yesterday and I broke another birf... this time it was the passenger side..... we had a pretty good time other than that part... the truck seemed to stay cooler and run better with the electric fan on the front of the radiator.... I am headed to the wrecking yard in a few minutes to get a stock tacoma muffler and find some gauges finally if they have any out there.... I tried finding an analog temp gauge before our wheelin trip but wasnt able to find one that fit the temp sensor port or the plugged coolant port on the block so I guess its back to the stock gauges idea...

[luvyota]

hey man cool looking truck maybe i will see you at browns camp or around 

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

thanks man! hell ya we are workin on planning another trip up to browns hopefully before the rubicon in sept

[luvyota]

cool let me know i want to start to try rocks, i really only go for mud.

[axled89]

i got a set of  stock  inners shafts and outers. they are good condtion tho.      just thaught i would throw that out there.
    i 'm  in need of some 3.0 to 3.4  engine swap stuff.   may be you can help.   

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

ya I have another set of inners and outers too but I am sick of changing them now and I will just wait till next monday and order up my 30 spline longs and not have to deal with it anymore.... I also plan to start on the roll cage next week.... I will get some pics up when I have something worth posting...

[axled89]

yah.  that's were i was at with stocker's  to.  i also did the long set up and have'nt yet had a prob.    the pics of the cage would be cool.          

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

oh ya I will be putting cage pics up when I get started on it.... I have a 07 ranger SAS going on this weekend to do before I can start on my cage... and the ranger is going on 14" FOA coil-overs, 3 link w/panhard and 40" MTR's so it will be a quite large job... once thats complete I will pull my toyota in the shop and get started pulling the front end back apart and building the cage/core support... I have a pretty good size list of things to get done before the round-up so I have to get busy on it!

[89sastoyo]

did you end up going to groundhog?

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

did you end up going to groundhog?

no we ended up staying on this side of the mountain and going to shotgun creek... nothing special but its some wheelin....

[89sastoyo]

for sure its been so hot bend probably woulda sucked...

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

for sure its been so hot bend probably woulda sucked...

ya that was part of the decision.... well that and the fact that pretty much everyone who was supposed to go pussed out on us.... I will still make a trip over there before winter hits... I wanna go wheel groundhog and the swartz

[Halladay]

yeah ground hog is way sick i havent gone to swartz whats it like?

HAha that was supposed to be from 89sastoyo not this i didnt realize he was logged in haha

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

swartz is pretty sick I wanna go there bad! its just out in the desert by prineville and some big nasty rocks! I wanna go to both soon for sure!

[89sastoyo]

well let me know my tow rig should be fixed asap i lost a couple bolts and im really not tryin to go the the dealer ship to get bolts so i have been putting it off but i think i should have it together pretty soon

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

more goodies for the 07 ranger

brackets I fabbed

the front axle

shocks (14" FOA coil-overs)

lower front links (2" 1/4" wall DOM)

the height the front needs to match (will be on 40" MTR's)

torn down


I might start a thread tomorrow once all the new pics upload its coming along quite nicely... I just got home from working on it..

[GJToyotabug]

thats going to be sick

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

thanks man... it is gonna be a monster... should work good too!
some more

lowers mocked up

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

oh hell ya!!! finally scored some longs... got 2 27 spline outers off craigslist for $250

[89sastoyo]

Thats a steallll and the ranger is lookin good cant wait to see it done are you helpin him or are you doing it?