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I’m finally going to get around to building and posting on the resurrection and overland build of my 95 4Runner.
History: I’ve had this truck for about 4.5 years now. I had to have the engine rebuilt almost immediately to get it on the road and it was a great truck from then on. 2 years ago it had a rough 6 months I hit a huge deer that destroyed the factory bumper, grill, and headlight housings. I replaced the bumper with a winch bumper from Addicted Off-road which was like winning a prize. Except that a few months after that I had a ujoint suddenly fail on me at 70 mph, none of the typical vibration signs that I had learned early in my driving career to point it out before catastrophic failure. That took out the driveshaft, exhaust, and dented the gas tank and skid plate. At the time I didn’t have the money to fix it and couldn’t wait to source a junkyard one ( no where local had one). So it sat.
Fast forward to now. Over the last month I have torn down the interior for cleaning/ spraying Lizardskin and monstaliner while waiting for new parts to come in for other parts of the project. This last week I had time off and sprayed the exterior In monstaliner, installed the new driveshaft, and a new deep cycle AGM battery. It now runs on its own power and only needs the lights and bumper out on and the exhaust replaced and it will be drive-able. Although I have more plans for upgrades and there are still some mechanical issues that I’ll be working through from it sitting and both incidents.
As it sits currently.
History: I’ve had this truck for about 4.5 years now. I had to have the engine rebuilt almost immediately to get it on the road and it was a great truck from then on. 2 years ago it had a rough 6 months I hit a huge deer that destroyed the factory bumper, grill, and headlight housings. I replaced the bumper with a winch bumper from Addicted Off-road which was like winning a prize. Except that a few months after that I had a ujoint suddenly fail on me at 70 mph, none of the typical vibration signs that I had learned early in my driving career to point it out before catastrophic failure. That took out the driveshaft, exhaust, and dented the gas tank and skid plate. At the time I didn’t have the money to fix it and couldn’t wait to source a junkyard one ( no where local had one). So it sat.
Fast forward to now. Over the last month I have torn down the interior for cleaning/ spraying Lizardskin and monstaliner while waiting for new parts to come in for other parts of the project. This last week I had time off and sprayed the exterior In monstaliner, installed the new driveshaft, and a new deep cycle AGM battery. It now runs on its own power and only needs the lights and bumper out on and the exhaust replaced and it will be drive-able. Although I have more plans for upgrades and there are still some mechanical issues that I’ll be working through from it sitting and both incidents.
As it sits currently.
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