You have an amazing wife man. Not a lot wife’s will let this happen. But she’s a keeper. And you right is nice man, idk how you found motivation for this but I can’t. I give you big props. Keep up can’t wait see you built a 4Runner like this.
She's definitely a keeper. Especially now that we own an actual shop so I'm not just out in the driveway anymore. Thanks for commenting man, you'll find the motivation if you want something bad enough
You sold me as a subscriber because i just bought a 1st gen 04 its abeast already but you made me want more 😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤great video and awesome shout out to the fam. Keep it real
The 22 and up tundras and sequoias are using the same axle but went back to the 6x5.5 lug pattern. I’m not sure if the axle shafts will work in the old housing, but I do know the front wheel bearing from the 07 to 21 front hubs are the same as the 22 and up.
Still anxious to see you make another attempt at this. I've got my wife convinced to let me redo her '01 Sequoia build to tackle this next year. My 80 Series will run ahead of her and has run it several times. These are great machines
As a LC150 PRADO owner, I'm not sure how I found this video, but it's impressively detailed. The guidance under the truck, accessing various components, and reassembling everything is all very well done. Great job!
Wife just got a Sequoia and we are doing an Overland build and saw these steps and your review. We won't be doing anything remotely close to what yours went through but false guarantees and poor customer service are enough for me to find another solution. Thanks for the video!
@@treehouseoffroad how you going to carry an extra engine tho? If anyone could do a trail side engine swap it would probably be you. I wouldn't trust the new Tundra or Tacoma on the trail.
Nice video. I've been wanting to get another 05-07 but also thinking about flat towing it behind the RV. That would need a transfer case that I can shift into neutral. I am curious if the shifter assembly from the 01-04 would swap over and no cutting/welding of the shift lever.
Just saying if I can not figure out how to get the Sequoia case into neutral, this would be an option. Second was, I wonder if the 01-04 Sequoia shift lever would bolt to the new transfer case and eliminate the need to weld the fj lever.
Hey thanks bro, yes that truck is immaculate. Almost as if it were frozen in a time capsule from 2004. I remember being worried to work on it it was so nice
She's a beaut! A week ago I just purchased a 2005 197k miles. Ball joints & control arms were just replaced. Timing belt also. On 33's 6" lift. Billstein front shocks. Not sure what struts. Rear was converted to springs. A lot of work still needs done. I'm learning a lot from your vid here. Thank you. How is it running today?
Looks great man! (i know this was a year+ ago for you but I stumbled across your build). Union Valley Reservoir is 30 minutes up the road here, so rubicon videos are both fun and hilarious. It's great to see people enjoying ones own youth stomping grounds and funny because everyone seems to have this mystical view of "The Rubicon Trail", it's like any good off road experience, there's easy parts and parts that most just have to go around rather than through, but the place is kinda special. Next time you head up, take a day and head up to echo lake and hike to the summit. It's 8000 feet of granite elevation and you can see from Lake Tahoe to the pacific mountain range on a clear day.
@@treehouseoffroad well airplane cabins are pressurized to 8000ft typically so most people can handle it pretty well, if the rubicon is 6000ish so there's not too much difference. If you don't want to train cardio with a gas mask or can't acclimate quickly, just enjoy the walk. One of my best friend's growing had a family cabin on the lake and we would climb straight up to the flagpole as teens in about an hour, but if you want a safe adult hike you can go the long way round on the trail at a walking pace. There's a decent forest service lodge and parking at the entrance. It's definitely a top 10 mountain tops in CA, like Mt Whitney and Half Dome at Yosemite. Bring a camera, walking sticks, sunscreen, and water. A good writeup of the hike/climb can be found here, (it was a 5 hour round trip for the author) totallyunqualified.com/2018/08/echo-ridge-traverse/
I have a 2005 2wd Sequoia with rear air bags that leak. I'm going to do a 2.5 suspension lift but convert to just springs and shocks in all four corners. If I'm pulling out all the suspension, do you think I should add the spacers on top of a 2.5 lift? It doesn't look much harder to add the spacers to my 2wd which will never see off road. Also, what size tires are you running at the end of the video
@treehouseoffroad I was thinking a 2.5" suspension lift and add 1" spacer lift. Will that combo be OK just for a city rig. It will never see off road as it's a 2wd
Yeah no problem, someone informed me today that the parts list is no longer accurate. Apoc changed the threading on the trailing arms and I don't yet know what the correct thread pitch is
FJ owner here, no idea how I got to this video, but what an impressive and detailed video. From just the orientations under the truck, how you access certain components. to how you put things back together. Awesome work!
thought about that, but i want to keep stock spare location, thought about putting spare on roof, but then why not just put battery in box up there. cant decide...
Put it under the hood! There are plenty of companies that make kits and there's a lot of empty room under the hood of a Sequoia, especially if you get rid of the stock air box and replace it with a cold air intake.
Did this lift on my 05 tundra, great video! Couldn't figure out how to make the lower control arm to move lower until I watched! Great information! Thanks man!!
3:26 Every time I mention "if you can't do x, you shouldn't attempt y," it's met with pussyaching and accusations of being a hater. Glad to hear someone else saying it.
@@treehouseoffroad I think it's a generational thing and/or a result of having access to the internet. As much as I hate to sound like my dad... back when I was younger and before the internet, we knew how to ask questions and how to find the information. We didn't have dopes on RU-vid showing us how to do things the wrong way, we had physical factory service manuals with greasy thumb printed pages. It just blows my mind that with access to a near bottomless supply of information (the internet) where nearly the entire works of human history are reposited, where you can earn a masters degree on the same thing in your pocket that you take pictures of your cats and kids with, people still need to be spoon fed info, and when presented with the fountain to drink from, they'd rather be handed glasses of water. It's just baffling.
When cutting out your lower shock extension brackets you could have laid them out with the axle end connected them used a hole saw and drilled out that radius for two at the same time. Yes, you would need the correct hole saw or get yourself a plasma cutter before a plasma table. Good job getting after it.
I'm amazed that the 10.5" isn't a lot more popular..... This is a seriously legit axle. WAY stronger ring and pinion than the beloved Dana 60, and the carrier itself is dimensionally really close to the Dana 80 !! I've actually machined several Dana 80 lockers to fit these third members. Opens the door to 40 spline ! I love the light yet strong sheet metal housing, easy to weld, modify, ect...
I agree it should be more popular. You sound like you know what you're talking about, I'd love to pick your brain sometime in the future when I decide to beef this thing up. If that's okay maybe you could leave a social or hit me up at phin@treehouseoffroad.com. Thanks for the comment brother.
@@treehouseoffroad Yea I was pretty shocked when I started measuring the internals on the first one of these diffs I got my hands on..... There weren't any LSD / locker options, and I really liked the unit, so one thing led to another and I had one sitting there with a Dana 80 locker in it, custom floater ends and shafts and Wilwood 4 pot calipers on 13" rotors LOL !! Nowadays you can get ARB air lockers, and Eaton E-lockers, so pretty nice options, but I also like my Detroits for simple, hard core builds. The late (1998-up) Toyota 9.5" is also a super overlooked, under rated diff. That third member is super stout, can be set up with 35 spline side gears in ARB air locker and bolts into ALL ealier Toyota 9.5" housings back to the 1950's, plus many Chevy 1/2 ton truck housings dating all the way back to the early 1930's (Yes, the 9.5" Toyota is a evolution of a very old GM rear end.) It's roots started in late 1920's Oakland / Pontiac cars in both open driveline and torque tube form.
@@treehouseoffroad LOL That's a long story! I can't even begin here , but suffice to say I am a welder, machinist, fabricator, artist that does a lot of freelance r&d work and prototyping, and tend to be extremely curious and "outside the box". I won't go into a deep dive now, but I am totally frustrated with the current state of the automotive / offroad enthusiast "industry"........ Absolutely homogenized "monkey see, monkey do" Nobody has any "deep" know-how or understanding of history, or wrecking yard parts !!. 30-40 years ago, people were doing builds way more like yours, figuring out solutions, being creative... Now, I go to Easter Jeep Safari and it's a sea of 4 door JK's and JL's , Gladiators and some giant late model Tacomas and 4Runners, all pretty similar style. So boring compared with the old days !! Good job on your Sequoia, something different and a solid platform.
great vid! my sequoia is first most budget, then daily drive, next work, least important is real off road. just for fun i bungee corded a big pc 1800 odyssey battery right on top of the motor and i think that probably gets to hot. for my work i really need some extra juice. if i need to i can grab my home made hitch basket costom made for skinny battery but that really reduces the depart.(without getting in the way of the door) battery placement has been a real challenge with the sequoia. i will continue tying new things. let us know if you figure it out.
