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I went up to Big Bear on Saturday to do some off-road with my brother-in-law & father-in-law. It was an easy trail but very wet.
some snow but mostly mud, water and ice. I haven’t had a chance to properly waterproof my truck and I paid the price. The 4Runner died, and about 10 miles from any roads. Luckily I’m usually over prepared.
Pulled the plugs & disassembled the intake.
used the compressor to blow out evap lines and cleaned all electrical. My family enjoyed the show.
I love this hobby. At one point a passer-by gave me his number and told me if I needed any parts give him a call and he will make a run.
i was able to get the rig running and off the trail. Toyota’s are so tough, even when you break them they run!
Found a pizza place but parking was a nightmare. Luckily I was already muddy so I pulled around back to the washed out lot.
Every time I shut the truck down I had to go through the ritual of resetting the ECU & convincing the rig to go closed loop.
Made the 2-hour drive home! Now to clean & properly troubleshoot this rig. I’ll be building a snorkel and doing waterproofing soon.
Coverd my TIA sticker
NASA sticker didn’t collect much dirt? Must be some fancy technology in that sticker
EEtwidget wrote:
6 minutes ago, EEtwidget said:NASA sticker didn’t collect much dirt? Must be some fancy technology in that sticker
Nah, just dark matter…
Off-roading is fun
my truck looks like I went off reading with the amount of salt and sand maine puts on its roads
? father-in-law told me he wants to go off-roading again this weekend. Should I go break my rig again?
Nice lookin runner man love it keep us posted on the snorkel and updates 🙂
I’m searching for an airbox off a ’99-02 5vzfe right now. I want to upgrade my MAF & the box will allow for the snorkel build.
hopefully I can do better then PVC, although it works I’m thinking about molding fiberglass
Looks like the side windows need wipers haha.
We will do some more off-roading as soon as I install my suspension lift kit. I’m just waiting for its shipment to arrive.