1st Gen. Lunch Table - General Discussion

Should he get a vacay from the forum?

 

He must be buying you some beers!

 

No, but he has been helping me immensely along with almost every active member here.

 

Yup! That’s typical 1st gen owner on here!

 

Dirvers side front gas tank cross member.


Drivers side frame by the static hanger for leaf.

Thats... just horrible. Top of frame looks the same as what you can see in the pics.

 

Found a hole...

Cross member for tail of transmission mount. I did not measure but if I had to guess its 8-10 mm wide.

The middle of the truck appears to me to be worse than the rear.

Maybe I should have inquired about frame recall, but thats okay that I did not. Live, and learn.

 

Lots more crutiness than I was expecting.
Drivers side front sway bar mount.

 

So is this on the 2nd gen Tundra??

 

Nope, this is my baby. The 2002. The 2008 sequioa family hauler is the 2nd gen unit we have.

 

https://youtu.be/9bSsD4-Toj4

 

Got a small turkey baster full of mineral spirits, and squirted it into frame hole to see if it was completely through or not.

I watched the mineral spirits run out from the inside of the frame.

 

Find a used frame, bring it up to northwest Indiana and give me notice to take vacation days... throw a new frame under er

 

I would gladly help you. Based on what you've seen do you think this one is worth saving? Based on your reccomendation I would say "no."

 

Honestly yours has life in it. Clean what you can and you’ll probably last a few years

 

I'll do my best for what I can. Due to all my wire wheeling I think the front bearing on my ¼" impact is going out.

 

Maybe one day I'll find a good deal on a used frame, or on a new frame and take you up on your offer.

 

^^ That's a Hall of Fame post right there...

 

My hard lines weren't changed when the frame was. Result was my rusty leaking fuel line rusted to the brake line, so ended up having fuel & brake lines changed out, ...having only recently had p/s lines changed out. Sigh. but try to get a look see how your lines are in that rusty area - they may be fused to the frame at this point....doesn't appear so though.

 

just saying.... pups eat ear plugs.

 

That’s seriously an awesome gesture and your awesome to be willing to help out a forum member, yet complete stranger.
If your ever out west, your more than welcome to a warm bed, tour guided around, anything you want!

 

Did some wire wheeling around the hole to remove surface rust...

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Eh. We do so many frame swaps here and have the tools, it’s usually only a 2 day project.

 

Cut it out, weld in some plate. Paint outside and get Eastwood’s internal frame coating for the inside

 

Hand Yoga’d the Katana II’s in place. I like the simple design with no external driver box. The new bulbs feel not as hot as the older solid body design when operating. The newer fins design works. Cooling Fans seem quieter, too.

 

Looks good, but I wonder if your cameras light exposure settings were different for new picture. The parking lights appear MUCH brighter to me in "new" picture.

How was the "dim" bulb improved?

 

Yes, I think you are correct. This is a newer camera, as well. In person the new light output looks about the same as the old when they were new. I’ll do some driving tonight maybe to give it a test.

 

@empty_lord

Managed to finagle my arm inside the frame up to the elbow. There really is not a lot of metal in that area. Removed an alarming amount of scale from inside.


Frame feels VERY THIN in this location.