Went on vacation with the family last week, back to my old stomping grounds in Western NE. Came home to boxes full of parts ready to go on the Taco, and my internal batteries fully recharged.
Vacation was great, I was up around 5am every morning setting irrigation water, it was 2nd cutting of alfalfa hay, so we had plenty to do...nothing smells quite like fresh cut alfalfa hay. We put a new rear bumper on the Electric Banana from earlier in this thread. Did a lot of other chores that Jerry needed a second set of hands/operator for, around the farm. Lots of good food, and more importantly, great people!
Sunday we were home and I got quite a bit knocked out after 3 different trips to town. Swapped over the wheels and tires, much needed improvement in looks and safety. Changed the broken ****** mount, front O2 sensor, the rear diff oil, fuel filter, greased the driveline, and coated the frame with Fluid Film.
While working on the diff I pulled the actuator for the diff lock. The motor/gear spins free and it easily locks in place moving the rack inside the housing. I put it back together and got it to work out in the gravel after messing with it, but it still isn't right. Not sure if the motor just isn't strong enough anymore or what the problem is. This morning when I tried it again, I couldn't get it to lock the diff, it just kept flashing the light on the dash, tried creeping forward and reverse both...maybe one wheel needs to be spinning on its own?
Still need to get the front accessory belts changed, ****** serviced, plugs/wires changed, and do an oil change(not needed according to the sticker on the windshield, but I'll get it on my 5k schedule with my preferred oil). Waiting on plugs, first batch of six Denso's they sent me had 1 NGK plug and 1 incorrect Denso, and they were poorly packaged, so I sent them back. Hope to have all of that done next weekend.
On to the pics!
Some scenery from our trip, we weren't rewarded with the normal color swatch sunsets, too hot and too much humidity. Most of the shots are looking south, southwest, or west.
I like the low mount, giant MDT mirrors. Ignore the headers on the door. Extra wide rubber on the rear, ******* bars. Air dam may be a bit excessive for your roads.
