88 Yota 1Ton Time

[yotaphil]

Originally Posted by D-diesel

i was wondering if your rear t-case is 21 spline input or 23 spline input shaft?

21 spline holdin strong

Originally Posted by goose13

How are you liking your drive-line disconnect?
Is it holding up, any issues?

No issues just gains being able to burn makes a world of difference

[yotaphil]

So I have been super busy with side jobs, I live in my garage “Metaphorically speaking Not realy” when I am not sleeping or at my day job to make ends meet and get ahead of the ball for a few days. I still am out of a tow rig and trailer slowly working my way to a more comfortable position to try and jump on a decent deal for a truck to pay on even if it’s a few grand with minimal work to do that’s not a huge deal to me.


The Yota had a fender tore off a few weekends back and needs some wiring re-located, I also since have discovered one of my rear coilovers is tearing apart and may have to jump to a limit strap setup in the rear to neutralize the problem.


pics to follow

[juststartin]

You might have already said it but what shocks and springs are you running front and rear? Awesome build by the way.

[yotaphil]

14" Bilstein 9100 Rockcrawler coilovers and springs are still in the works of finding the best rates for the front and rear of the rig....

[250f4life]

Originally Posted by yotaphil

few good pictures I have

Awsome build man, what rates are you running in the rear now? Im just running an All-pro flat bed and Im dropping down to 150/175 on my FOA's. I would think you would be a good bit lighter than me with just what you have.
Also for the cheap tow rig, I just sold my 01, 7.3, 6 speed truck for a 97 Dodge 12 vave, I was wanting to lose alittle debt. Im really starting to like the 12 valve, I think its the best bang for the buck hands down for a tow rig. You can get 2wd's as low as 2k.

[yotaphil]

Yes my choice is between a 12 Valve dodge or a 7.3L OBS ford has to be 4x4 because I will be resorting to it as my only vehicle as I have come to the conclusion thinking it over during this time of searching and saving. I almost picked up a 96 F-250 7.3L PowerStroke with 182,xxx miles auto Trans shifted smooth but was 2wd so I decided against it in hopes of finding the better truck that I truly want.

[250f4life]

Originally Posted by yotaphil

Yes my choice is between a 12 Valve dodge or a 7.3L OBS ford has to be 4x4 because I will be resorting to it as my only vehicle as I have come to the conclusion thinking it over during this time of searching and saving. I almost picked up a 96 F-250 7.3L PowerStroke with 182,xxx miles auto Trans shifted smooth but was 2wd so I decided against it in hopes of finding the better truck that I truly want.

I went with the P-pump 12 valve basically cause any tow rig of that era is gonna be a turd bonestock. I know that both trucks can be modded but the Cummins is easier and cheaper to get the most power out of.

[brandt88]

Any updates on this thing.I love the build!!!

[Gravy]

slick build.

Thanks for sharing

[dras16]

NIce rig! I went to school with Davey. I never was friends with him but i am friends with some of his old friends like Josh Peters if you know him. I am building a rig finally. We should hook up sometime and go wheeling.

[85masteryoda]

This is one of my top five yoda builds out there. Mad skills man, ive read threw ur thread a few time and alway could do it again.thanks for posting it

[jthacker29]

Awesome build man! Any updates?

[yotaphil]

Funny thing I was just going to update my build tonight since I’ve been back working on the rig doing some upgrades and tweaking things getting it ready for this summer

So all started a few months ago a buddy jumped for a larger tank for his 4400 build so I ended up with a 22G RCI cell that fit surprisingly well in the tail section



So when tax time rolled around I decided to re-plumb the fuel system and make it look nice since all my fittings on the old cell where a mix of -8 to -6 to a brass fitting and this and that so I wanted it nice all one size same color fittings and hose....... So I wiped up a new base for the cell to fit in and rearranged a few things.

This is what I came up with

Battery leads all shortened up and secured

Pump mount I used a piece of tube sliced in half for the pump to lay in and hose clamped it to the half tube

Properly ran my rollover vent line to the highest point of the rig if the cell is at the lowest point in the sense of a roll and the truck lands on its roof

and a fluid rack for a gallon of antifreeze and gear oil

[yotaphil]

And tonight I was working on the tunnel cover. I'm moving the cutting brake lever to a better spot and building a linkage setup to move the drive line disconnect further forward so I'm not reaching behind the seat to grab it on the fly




The next thing to be done is a diff set of tires these damn 42's are a bit too much for my truck to handle weight wise thinking of downsizing to a 39 red label that I’m working on acquiring so if someone is interested I want to sell them as a package don’t want to separate the stazworks they work great but are no fun to take apart and I have a 5th brand new spare that goes with the other 4

[yotaphil]

Originally Posted by dras16

NIce rig! I went to school with Davey. I never was friends with him but i am friends with some of his old friends like Josh Peters if you know him. I am building a rig finally. We should hook up sometime and go wheeling.

Josh who's parents run the ace hardware in G-ville if so he is the one who ended up with daveys truck after he passed

and for sure man we do alot of local trails that are real close to dayton carson and reno......

[kiyul4130]

i can only imagine how heavy your wheel/tire combo is. i had cut 42 tsl on my truck just going from those to the iroks i could tell a bit of a difference.

[yotaphil]

Ya and on a 22RE the front case has to be in low no mater what or it stalls out right then and there just doesnt want to do it

[lawdawg21]

bad a$$ rig man! i like everything about it. can you post some pics or explain how you tied in your cage for the interior. i know there is a couple pics at the beginning of the thread but i would like to get a better feel of how you did it. also the sliders

[stinger69]

sick build def subscribed. i just picked up a straight axle yota but the frame is toast, an i plan on running 1/2 ton's only cause i already have them,but was looking at your's for some ideas an def got some plz keep the pics coming along with updates.

[warhammer44]

Ever find a tow rig?

[yotaphil]

Not yet I am currently building up my DD to sell off to pay for one hopefuly my fine fab work will fetch a good enough price to pay for a half decent tow rig

[dras16]

yeah that is the Josh that I am talking about. I am still trying to get my rig to be reliable so it might be a while before its ready again.

[yotaphil]

up date the truck is still doing awsome working on tires still went out and played at prison hill a local carson spot a few weeks back made some realy good climbs and found a ton of new lines. Realy need to get some video of it in action.

[yotaphil]

Well after starting my new job at Torchmate and doing trade work for some parts for my brown yota I’m finally getting some where. I have my new to me set of 39 Red label krawlers and will be buying rims and cutting beadlocks on the Torchmate X table at work to keep the beadlocks and rims under the 500 dollar mark but here is a shot of the fun I had awaiting my tire guy when he pulled up to dismount, remount, and what not yesterday he wasn’t to excited

[kiyul4130]

do you have trails out there besides moonrocks? im really wanting to wheel some dry stuff and the con/fordyce and everything over here is basically snowed in still.