cbechtold's Long Travel IFS Crawler Tacoma Build

[cbechtold]

Yep. Machine finish was the correct call. Now to get some dirt on them!


PXL_20230505_231106948 by Cory Bechtold, on Flickr

I also ditched the swingout for wheeling season this year and put my spare in the bed. I feel like I'm going to like this change, but I'm definitely not use to seeing the truck without one.


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[cbechtold]

Alright. This is like version 3 of this already the 3rd go around of rewiring the truck, and if I'm lucky, this will be the last setup on the truck, or at least for a long time. I finally made my mind up on how I'm going to wire everything and where everything is going to be stored. I've got to give credit where credit it due. My buddy Rob showed my what he was doing for his truck which is pretty damn similar to how I have things setup here. He can go more into detail on his thread once he post that, but props to him for being the brains behind this.

Here's the short of what's going on and what's going to live in this little box.

- Dual Optima YellowTop 34/78 Batteries
- ICT Billet Battery Trays
- KeyLine Dual Battery Isolator
- Switch Pros SP-9100 Unit
- Blue Sea Fuse Panel/Terminal Block/Bus Bar/Circuit Breakers
- Fastronix Remote Charging Post/Military Spec Battery Terminals
- ARB CKMA 12 Air Compressor

I've still got a bunch of work to get to before I bolt this in the bed of the truck, but so far, I'm pretty happy with how this is turning out. For the wiring talk, this time I plan on wiring the winch and the truck separately and adding cut off switches for both of them. Outside of that, I'll start wiring accessories to it once I get this bolted down to the truck starting with the compressor and lockers. Lights and whatnot can come later.


PXL_20230516_020701377 by Cory Bechtold, on Flickr


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PXL_20230516_015131544 by Cory Bechtold, on Flickr

 

[cbechtold]

Got a little bit more work done on the auxiliary electrical system. Put some cutouts in the electrical panel for the switch pros and fuse panel for ease of use when wiring. Also got my KeyLine Dual Battery Isolator Kit in and a handful of the wires taken care of. Still got some more wiring to get around to, but good progress today.

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PXL_20230521_225549877.PORTRAIT by Cory Bechtold, on Flickr

Fitment is absolutely mint. Way better than I could have ever done without that help of my Dad and his mill.


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[cbechtold]

Well in an attempt to get the truck ready for Summer, I'm trying to wrap up my "Winter Projects." It ain't going to plan lol

I start on a good note, here's a photo of the truck with the new wheels. Still can't get enough of how these look.


PXL_20230525_013036565 by Cory Bechtold, on Flickr


PXL_20230525_012910317 by Cory Bechtold, on Flickr

Now on to the main thing I'm working on over my 4 day weekend, fixing my steering rack leak.


PXL_20230526_182231805 by Cory Bechtold, on Flickr

I'm also taking this as a time to upgrade a weak point for these trucks. Hello Total Chaos Lower Uniball Conversion.


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These things are beef. Also going to run dual sheer heims now and see how those work. Hopefully I don't kill a steering rack quickly or break mounts like a wet napkin.


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Now into my biggest road block now. I'm still completely confused on how I didn't see this when I did all the work for the long travel last year, but one of the fittings for the power steering is completely rounded off. I'm hoping I can get parts tomorrow if by some stroke of luck a local Toyota dealership has the power steering lines. I'll be making calls in the morning, but worse case I guess I'll order parts that I need and go a head and start working on the electrical stuff for the truck again.

 

[thezentree]

Good luck. That’s a $500+ hose

 

[cbechtold]

Good luck. That’s a $500+ hose

Yeah, that's what I'm seeing as well. Sucks, but it's a 20+ year old truck, so I guess I signed up for it lol

 

[Blender]

do the TC uniball lowers have the same angular travel as an OEM LBJ? is the uniball cup canted relative to the mounting face? The random welded conversion i tried doesnt allow enough droop travel.

 

[cbechtold]

do the TC uniball lowers have the same angular travel as an OEM LBJ? is the uniball cup canted relative to the mounting face? The random welded conversion i tried doesnt allow enough droop travel.

Similar amount of angle, but as you said, the canted uniball allows for more optimized travel with the steering linkage. They also optimized these around heim steering since the biggest complaint with their heim steering kit was the heim would bind at full droop on factory LBJs. Also no more needing to cut off the steering stops since these are also built with LT droop in mind so clearance is mint.