the rustbucket..... getting scrapped for a taco

[sparkys83yota]

This is such a sick truck. Lookin real good! Looking foward to wheeling again real soon!

[86rustbucket]

NICE!!     now get it in so we can go play in this fresh snow!!

Build looks good btw. The upgrades look sweet!

nice upgrade. looks good so far. i still have alot of work to do to catch up lol

Thank you every one, I cant wait to try this out.

[86rustbucket]

This is such a sick truck. Lookin real good! Looking foward to wheeling again real soon!

Thanks a lot man,  maybe next weekend I bet it's crazy up at bald right now.

is that sunshine?
lucky dog, its gloomy up in these parts,
perfect f/axle!!

Thanks man!    Yeah thats the sun, it just cleared up today really. Its been miserable for about a week.     But there's about 8 feet of snow in our usual wheelin spot, so that should make it all worth it.

[lownlinked85]

Damn Brandon coming along really good I got a good story to tell you bout my neighbor with the jeep lol we were messing around down by the river and he was going through some tough with his and he invited me to go so I took my truck and he was hitting some decent stuff and I was right on him you could tell he was dissapointed my truck was right there with his he was upset he hella wanted to get me stuck

[86rustbucket]

I was right on him you could tell he was dissapointed my truck was right there with his he was upset he hella wanted to get me stuck

Hell yeah man,  your truck will go anywhere man, its got the works.  You dont need a 50,000 dollar jeep to have fun.

[lownlinked85]

I know you could tell too that he was upset I was keeping up he was trying to "spot" me around good lines, but I made it the look on his face was priceless when I idled up all that

[lownlinked85]

they should just leave those boulders there make it fun for 4 wheelers haha make everyone else use the detour.

[spc mike]

This is looking sick! Where did you score that high pinion E-locker at?!? Did you install the "4x4 labs" 6 stud kuckle tabs yet? How did you go about drilling and tapping the two holes in the third so that they were strait?

[86rustbucket]

This is looking sick! Where did you score that high pinion E-locker at?!? Did you install the "4x4 labs" 6 stud kuckle tabs yet? How did you go about drilling and tapping the two holes in the third so that they were strait?

Thanks   I put it up on a drill press that was level.  and i tried to prop the housing up as level as possible, using a torpedo level across the diff opening in all directions.

oh yeah and your inbox is full

[spc mike]

update?

[86rustbucket]

update?

Oops, Ive been lagging on the updates.   I got it all done and took it up and wheeled in the snow once. Everything went smooth, there were no issues with the Elocker or wiring. I'm happy with it.

Here's a few pics



need to make some motor armor



new marlin diff armor fresh gusseted housing w/ shaved drain pug



nice new pinion angle,    almost flat



and my $5 junkyard find,  a cruise switch off a semi truck

[86rustbucket]

Took the truck up to bald on the 4th of july weekend, it did pretty good. The Elocker has still been working great with no issues. So far it has egaged and disengaged everytime.

got a few pics but not many of my truck

[86rustbucket]

This thing hasn't done anything but sit in the driveway for a while. I put a new bumper on it, thats about all Ive done lately.

I'm hoping to run Dusy Ershim sometime in the next month or so.

[santa cruz crawler]

So sick !! Just read your build , lots of custom work.
Keep up the good work

[lownlinked85]

dude its like we dont hang out for a while and you just get bad ass done to your rig.

[86rustbucket]

I took it up and wheeled Red lake yesterday. We planned on going through to coyote but decided to just turn around after the gatekeeper.

[86rustbucket]

and one little video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7IJMgpFEZg

[toyotech]

nice video. looked like fun. bumper looks good too

[86rustbucket]

nice video. looked like fun. bumper looks good too

Thanks man, your 4runner is looking good too man. Its definitely come a long way.

I got a couple surprises coming in the next week or two.

[toyotech]

nice. cant wait.  hows the trail on red lake.  i wanna go chill at that lake sometime

[86rustbucket]

Red lake isnt too bad. just kind of a long and dusty ride.   we will have to go check it out this summer.

I could have swore I already posted this pic but i guess not. I"ve had these since January I just havn"t had a chance to use them yet.

[toyotech]

cool. summer time would be perfect.  the new beadlocks. i think i seen them posted a while back

[86rustbucket]

No i had the beadlocks, the 39.5s are new.

[Toy-Cra-Ze]

Nice rig!!

[86rustbucket]

I know, I change this thing around way too much and wheel it nowhere near enough. But I found a deal that I couldn't pass up. To make a long story short I wanted a wider axle as soon as I put the 39.5s on. So I traded a gun I had for a taco width rock assault front housing. The housing was nice looking and all but I started thinking, I could probably sell this thing and buy any axle I want. So I sold it and right before I ordered a diamond I found this old man up in coarsegold CA parting this thing out and picked up a Dana 60 front and Dana 70 rear for $600

[toyotech]

now the fun begins !!

[86rustbucket]

Nice rig!!

Thanks!

now the fun begins !!

Yep it should be lots of fun swapping these things in the Fresno heat.

[86rustbucket]

The plan is to get these things in and swap in a 3rz before the trails close for winter.

I already sold my carberated 22r and picked a 3rz out of a wrecked tacoma.
I have been collecting parts for both projects and I thing I have enough parts to get this going and keep interesting.


A little progress pic from yesterday and one of the new motor.

[toyotech]

wow already got the motor in. nice work and this heat is no fun at all. guess you can cool off once its done and ready to roll out for the winter trails

[IMMUDDY]

If you get over heated and need a cold beer(or water like me), I might be close enough to save you!