NICE Mods to be done in the driveway

Maniac · Post by **Maniac** » Sat May 16, 2009 8:44 pm

http://forum.ih8mud.com/79-95-toyota-tr ... hread.html

Wonderful what these guys get right in their driveways.

Post by **Mud Dog** » Sun May 17, 2009 12:55 am

Very interesting .... a brave man with a saw and welder, but then it's not a daily runner, and I would wonder if some of those "McGuiver" mods would stand up to our roadworthy codes

. Still a very entertaining read, thanks.

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Fri May 22, 2009 6:40 pm

Mud Dog wrote:Very interesting .... a brave man with a saw and welder, but then it's not a daily runner, and I would wonder if some of those "McGuiver" mods would stand up to our roadworthy codes . Still a very entertaining read, thanks.

ha, ha,,

so what of my McGuiver mods would not pass?
I do daily run mine at times.

thanks for the compliment of posting the build up here.
I am glad that it was a entertaining read for you..
4 wheeling is just so fun. But you can't explain it to some one else!!

here is the run from last week end. My modifications do hold up!!

http://forum.ih8mud.com/trails-events-e ... trail.html

Post by **Family_Dog** » Fri May 22, 2009 7:17 pm

Hi Mark, welcome here!

I have linked to some of your pictures on the other site... very Impressive!

-F_D

Riceburner · Post by **Riceburner** » Fri May 22, 2009 8:47 pm

Yotas make the best rockcrawlers ever. http://www.marlincrawler.com http://www.allprooffroad.com. etc. Strong, agile, etc. inspirational.

Riceburner · Post by **Riceburner** » Fri May 22, 2009 8:51 pm

Hey Mark are you running duals or a single case with lower gears, Swampers drooool!

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Sat May 23, 2009 1:24 am

Riceburner wrote:Hey Mark are you running duals or a single case with lower gears, Swampers drooool!

both trucks have dual cases, stock front, 4.7 rear, twin stick shifters, detroit lockers front and rear, 5.29 gears.

I made the front bumpers, rock sliders, shackles, braces, well pretty much everything else.

thanks for the compliment.

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Sat May 23, 2009 2:02 am

just figured out where you guys are.

Africa, that is pretty neat.
I have always wanted to travel, I lurk around the world with google earth.

if you would like more pictures from the USA, and Western South Dakota. Let me know.

please point me to a web site with pictures and stories of what it is like to live there.
Thank you.

Post by **Family_Dog** » Sat May 23, 2009 4:50 am

Right on the southern tip of Africa!

Here are a coup[le of sites featuring Web Cameras that you might enjoy:

http://www.sanparks.org/webcams/

http://www.vuvuzela.com/krugernationalp ... _shots.htm

-F_D

Post by **Mud Dog** » Sat May 23, 2009 5:01 am

I have always wanted to travel, I lurk around the world with google earth.

Yeah I do a lot of 'travelling' with that as well. :D
Home base is:

32° 59' 13.87" S 27° 56' 11.65" E

legend35 · Post by **legend35** » Sun May 24, 2009 9:55 am

Hi Mark ,very nice pictures.

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Mon May 25, 2009 6:03 pm

Ice Cave

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no not stuck!!

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the size of the groups that we take out. I think we counted 46 trucks on this particular trail ride.

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Post by **Mud Dog** » Mon May 25, 2009 8:59 pm

Great stuff, nice pics.

Looks like the Hilux is popular over there as well.

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:10 am

Mud Dog wrote:Great stuff, nice pics. Looks like the Hilux is popular over there as well.

the rest of the pictures.

great fun!!!

http://forum.ih8mud.com/trails-events-e ... trail.html

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Sat Aug 08, 2009 2:48 pm

new paint.
3 dimensional camo.

didn't fix the dents.

Post by **Mud Dog** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 8:50 pm

new paint.
3 dimensional camo.
didn't fix the dents.

Looks like you're trying to copy the wife's pink outfit (less the butterflies, of course)

BenHur · Post by **BenHur** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 11:57 pm

Cool

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:49 pm

back from the dead...

http://forum.ih8mud.com/trails-events-e ... trail.html

Tiger7 · Post by **Tiger7** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:16 pm

Dir kan net lekker wees.

Post by **Mud Dog** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:14 pm

Tiger7 wrote:Dir kan net lekker wees.

Translation " That can only be great / nice"

Jonathan, Mark (Missouriman) is from the USA and doesn't understand Afrikaans. He might feel more welcome if we tried to accommodate him in his own language.

(Location: Rapid City South Dakota USA. )

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:41 pm

Awsome stuff Mark, what's in the white box ? Looks like a water tank or something?

Post by **Mud Dog** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:47 pm

Probably a tool box / utility box with a compressor in there as well.

NicoP · Post by **NicoP** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:26 pm

Mark
That LUX looks awesome. What engine do you have in and what transfer box. I see the transfer box is nicely tucked in under the body not like ours that are sticking out. What can i do to tuck the transfer box in?

AM Racing · Post by **AM Racing** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:12 pm

Hey Mark nice pics. Good thing you have such big rocks over there or else you'd be playing scrabble or something :alvarin:

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:07 pm

Mark, you should come to ZA, not as many rocks...but plenty of taxi's to drive over

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 6:53 am

the white box behind the cab was a tool box. But it sat to high and has been replaced with a smaller one that sits down in the bed.

the air compressor is a york air conditioner compressor under the hood where the stock air conditioner pump would sit. pretty easy to set up with pressure switch and safty valves.

the transfer case is a dual set up with the stock reduction box in front and marlin dual adaptor and 4.7 gears with the dual stick in the rear case.

they set in the stock location using a bud built dual transfer case mount.
I bet you guys could make one for half what it would cost to ship one there.
they are 3/8 of an inch thick with a 3/16 inch thick skid plate.

both my truck and my wifes trucks are set up the same.

https://www.budbuilt.com/new/index.html

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 6:56 am

the motors are gas, 22re, the first year of the fuel injection over here and the last year of the straight front axles. 1985 model year.

I would sure like one of your 4 door diesel trucks with the solid front axle!!

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:32 pm

we have a dakota territory challenge each year.
many club runs each year with every one welcome.

I got our club to start a forum like this one.
and a main web site.
I run the picture site for our runs from the pictures I take and others send me.

so go to club runs.
then 2011 and check out our snow run pictures with stock to wild hand built off road buggies.

http://www.bh4wheelers.com/photos/main.php

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:36 pm

I found in the snow run that I was floating on 4 to 5 feet of snow.
until you stopped or in one case I just drove into the shadow of a tree and fell through the snow. My tires with the springs hanging were not touching the ground.
I hooked to winch to a tree and just came right up out of the holes and back ontop of the snow.

it was a lot of fun!!

I just bought some 35 inch by 15.5 wide for a 15 inch rim. super swamper sx's for the next show run. I mounted these on some bead lock rims that I had laying around. so I will be able to air down to next to nothing.

that should give me a total, tire foot print that is 6 feet wide by 5 or 6 feet long.
so my truck should float on the snow!!!

Post by **Mud Dog** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:57 pm

That's an awful lot of foot-print!!

Those extra wides aren't going to be good for much else besides the snow, unless you plan on going water skiing!

Personally I prefer narrow tyres (we don't have that much snow here) unless it's for sandy conditions, but let's face it, they always look great on any truck ... make it look mean.

Post by **Mud Dog** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:20 pm

Fantastic pics on your site .... would really love one of those rigs for the more 'rough stuff', but the availability of parts and the costs are prohibitive for most of us here ...... you have to expect some damage and breakages. Maybe in time .....

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 3:36 am

it is a very wide tire.
they were hardly used, looked new and were only 600.00 dollars for 4 of them.
with the price of tires getting so high here. I thought it was a great buy.
I looked on several web sites and they are 430.00 dollars each new.

Post by **Mud Dog** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:49 am

A good buy at that price, then.

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:50 pm

I bet those wide tires would work great in sand.
but I also think that the low horse power of the 22 re would be a problem.

I don't think you want to go slow in sand.

any ways these trucks are great fun.

I just bought a built up jeep.... I think I will be selling it soon as it is very hard to work on.

that and I have enough Toyota parts saved up to build maybe 2 Toyota's. I have more 1985 Toyota parts then the local salvage yard!!!

wow, how time passes so fast... these trucks are 26 years old and still kicking a$$. over 1/4 of a century....

I would just love one of your new, solid axle 4 door 4 runners with a manual transmission and the diesel motor..

I would trade both trucks and the jeep for one. but you can not even order these things here in the USA...

are they still using the solid front axles in your new trucks over there?

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:37 pm

my baby boy on the way, may 12 or 13.

Post by **Mud Dog** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:53 pm

Hi Mark, yeah these trucks are amazing .... The solid front axle models were last produced here in 1998, after which they fitted IFS (a pity IMO).

Too early to congratulate you on your son, but here's wishing you and 'mommy' all the best. Hope all goes well when the time arrives ....... I suppose the 'Pink Lady' has been standing idle for a while, and probably will for a little longer still, until 'Junior' is ready to go along.

Zandyl · Post by **Zandyl** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:21 pm

my baby boy on the way, may 12 or 13.

Hope this mod was not done in the driveway

Congratulations

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:22 pm

Best of luck Mark with the little one, coming around soon

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:02 pm

baby out wheeling...

cooking hot dogs.. lol

Post by **Mud Dog** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 11:06 pm

baby out wheeling...

And looking like enjoying every minute of it!

Sheesh! Those exhaust headers really DO get hot on the 22R motor!

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:16 am

yes they do.
i will be re checking my timeing chain when I have some time.

it only took 5 min to cook 5 hot dogs to where they looked like they had been on the BBQ.

Post by **Mud Dog** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:22 am

Now if one could harness some of that wasted heat energy ......

Rooies · Post by **Rooies** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:59 am

Hi Mark, awesome looking trucks you have there. Wouldnt mind to come and do some trails there by you guys. A mate of mine went on trainning to Jeeps 4x4 course in the states and he said it was very scary. I am curently busy doing a EFi conversion on my 22R & would just like to know what consumpsion you guys get with the factory standard 22RE.

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:16 pm

pretty hard to tell you.

stock I do not know.

big tires, lots of gearing, only driving to and on the trail rides. spending all day with the truck in a low range from 2.28 to 10.7 to one in the transfer case. I get about 15 MPG on gas.

but now remember, 36 inch tires with 10 psi in them I can barely get into 3rd gear going down the road.

kfxnando · Post by **kfxnando** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:02 am

always great to see how people across the pond do it!!

like the prop shaft!!

Gunta · Post by **Gunta** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:03 am

Mark, I think its time to fit a lexus and then you will get into 5th gear

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 5:45 pm

I can use 5th if the hill is steep enough!!

10 psi of air in the tires feels like you have the parking brake on!!

I do have a turbo motor that I am working on.

but also thinking about the chevy ls 1 motors.. or maybe use my toyota axles, transfercases on a chevy trail blazer with the 4.3 vortec in it.......

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 5:46 pm

kfxnando wrote:always great to see how people across the pond do it!!

like the prop shaft!!

it works!! 14 inch travel drive shaft that gets beat on hard.. for less then 20 us dollars is hard to beat!!

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 6:05 pm

Just came across this road trip on the internet.

please tell me that it is really not that way. It is a story about the congo...

I was horrified to read some of that, and some I would rather not even think about. there is a warning to not read the post that bothered me the most..........

it is a great story of adventure in a toyota and very well written. but some of it I found very disturbing.

http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/t ... o-Kinshasa

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 6:08 pm

oh,,, it is a very long read... have some time on your hands before starting in. I sat and read the whole thing.... all 80 plus pages worth. it is that well written of a story.

Post by **Mud Dog** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 6:20 pm

Thanks Mark, will read it later when more time available.

How's mother and baby doing?

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 2:11 am

doing great, he sure is growing fast!!

http://s637.photobucket.com/albums/uu92 ... 1%20Jacob/

Post by **Mud Dog** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 6:43 am

Little fella looks jolly enough

... not sure which of his parents he resembles more.

Nice pics, Mark,

and yes they grow fast .... seems like just a few weeks ago you were telling us of his arrival. In what may seem like a year or two, he'll be asking for the truck keys to go wheeling!

cprinsloo · Post by **cprinsloo** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 7:49 pm

missouriman wrote:Just came across this road trip on the internet.

please tell me that it is really not that way. It is a story about the congo...

I was horrified to read some of that, and some I would rather not even think about. there is a warning to not read the post that bothered me the most..........

it is a great story of adventure in a toyota and very well written. but some of it I found very disturbing.

http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/t ... o-Kinshasa

What an amazing adventure!!! They sure have some big ones!!

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:28 am

november pictures... trying to keep this alive. MY BOY!!

may be expecting again.. next week test will tell!!!

http://s637.photobucket.com/albums/uu92 ... %20garden/

Post by **Mud Dog** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:55 am

Hi Mark .... nice to see you back again!

The little guy is not so little any more! Time flies .... and it seems he's become a pumpkin farmer in the meantime!!

OOOOMS · Post by **OOOOMS** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:36 am

http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/t ... o-Kinshasa" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Interesting story, read it when published. Yeh, some scary moments...respect :!:

RooiLux · Post by **RooiLux** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:46 pm

OOOOMS wrote:http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/t ... o-Kinshasa

Interesting story, read it when published. Yeh, some scary moments...respect :!:

Het sopas heeldag gesit en die man se trip report gelees!Wow!!!Wat 'n trip en wat 'n ervaaring!Was 'n baie interesante lees kon nie ophou nie

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:23 pm

RooiLux wrote:
OOOOMS wrote:http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/t ... o-Kinshasa

Interesting story, read it when published. Yeh, some scary moments...respect :!:
Het sopas heeldag gesit en die man se trip report gelees!Wow!!!Wat 'n trip en wat 'n ervaaring!Was 'n baie interesante lees kon nie ophou nie

sorry man, no idea of what you just said.

I am english speaking here only.

missouriman · Post by **missouriman** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:27 pm

Mud Dog wrote:Hi Mark .... nice to see you back again! The little guy is not so little any more! Time flies .... and it seems he's become a pumpkin farmer in the meantime!!

thanks, he is growing up so fast. those pictures were taken in our garden. went around and picked up all the stuff that grew.. had the bail of hay. yes, lots of pumpkins. was really fun..

I just turned 49 years old.... guess I had my own grand baby!! but he is sure fun... Just not expected with my wifes cancer history and stuff... but happy that he is a part of my life.