@@BijanY thanks for the feedback, I always see people posting 2-3x a week and wonder what people actually like to see, it’s nice to hear from the people that actually watch the videos!
HVAC foam and weatherstripping materials for doors and windows work great as well. You could also use a thick rubber door sill sweep (attaches to the bottom of the door to negate drafts between rooms, etc.). I do like your inner tube/pool float idea, though, as it's likely cheaper, and you can pick up a lawn tractor inner tube for less than $10 and install or remove it quickly as well. Ingenuity! 🥂
@@wood1205714 I would have loved to do any of these things, but there’s a solid window in the back of the truck, so there was no way to open it up to the shell!
Black paint, bugger all air flow and the sun quickly makes for an oven. When you took the dogs into consideration it made me smile. good on you for taking care of your dogs!
I legit just found your account through this video I think it was this video an I clicked on it bc I love road trips camping car repairs and LONG VIDS lol
Another great video bud!!! Love the toyota trucks!! I never get bored nor have I ever fast forwarded through any of them so make them however is better for you and I'll watch em!!!
I think I need to look for one! My grandsons senior year project is his, I think his is a 2012, had around 300k+ miles motor took a spoopie, he went 5.9L cummins route/stickshift, had no bed, he just modified an LC79 landcruisers fold down bed, for it in May, hes also making his own 4 season camper. Doing alot of the alum work right now, hes hoping to be done before winter gets here so he can test it out roaming his pa's property. Its almost done, then he will break everything down for paint. His other projects? Last year he built a 240z around a 6.2L from a challenger, his Mazda Miata, has a 5.2L from a gt350r, his 55 belair? Has a honda K28 crate motor swap. He has a 91 mustang notchback with a toyota supras 6cyl turbo swapped in. He has a mini cooper with a honda b18c5 from an integra. Hes building an older Honda CRV right now, with a 2023 Honda Civic Type R as a donor, hahaha...
Yeah, road trips videos are great fun. Nice little truck you ended up with, that bed cap is super nice, looking for one myself. Amazing how easy it was to add cruise control.
I bought an identical tacoma as yours. great to see it still kicking with 300k. I am going to put the cruise control on it i had no idea it was that simple thank you
@@redlineranch. all I wanted to do was swap the leather for cloth and I ended up having to swap the whole frame across. Don’t even get me started on the F250 bench to bucket conversion
I love your videos, dude. You do great work. My suggestion for videos is to make short videos based on specific vehicles, then when you amass a number of them, edit them together and post compilations. That's the best of both worlds. Also, don't limit yourself to one or the other. Go with your gut if a video could/should be longer or shorter. Let your work schedule dictate what you produce, not what you think people may or may not necessarily want. The work will find its audience, and people can watch content at their own speed. Keep up the great work, my dude!
scrolling past your video an im a toyota fan, I would recommend getting some support brackets underneath the fiberglass for your rooftop tent over time it may crack. Great content keep it up. Suprised you didnt clean the timing chain housing
My father had the exact same truck bought it new and it had like 350k when he sold never did anything to it other than oil changes those are good trucks
Yea the longer videos are great. Good explanation of what you're doing too. I also wanna check out your trip on a video if you post it Just subscribed 👍
Long videos just makes me more happy becuase I can enjoy your awsome content longer! I actually saw a 2nd gen Tacoma near my house, identical to yours but it may have 4wd. I am going to modify mine with alot of the same mods you did in this video!
Length does not matter. Content matters. For instance, some posters might show four brake rebuilds when it is really just the same content four times. I like your ability to "customize", as needed, in a competent way. My favorite content providers do this, for instance, NNKH, Jonathan W, SimonFordman, Budget Buildz, etc. You have a good channel. Jonathan W's channel is a masters class in innovation.
@@redlineranch. YW! With Jonathan W you have to go back 4-5 years. Now he does mostly steam engines, before that heavy equipment, but back a few years, he built whole cars from piles of parts and fabricated what he didn't have. Here is a 1951 Studebaker he saved, even doing a new interior by hand. Not your thing, but opens the mind to what is possible: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rQW9oLlrww8.html
Awesome truck! If ya ever want to swap the steering wheel, all toyotas use the same spline and are interchangeable, some cool info for toyota guys haha
Im a new subscriber, and man do I like Tacoma content. I have an Access Cab TRD Sport that I overland/camp out of, but this makes me want to go buy a regular cab 5spd truck for pure roadtrips lol. Great quality, i do enjoy the longer videos.
@redlineranch. that's way better than I'd have thought with the RTT on the canopy. I'd keep my 4x4, but buy a regular cab in addition, so I wouldn't really miss out on anything. And what you did is exactly what I'd want, so I'm glad you have this pretty in depth video for when I need it 😆
Not sure if you did this, I would run ether a flat bar or u channel on the underside of the tent. Washer is ok ish I would want spread the weight out more evenly
Length is irrelevant for the people that really want to watch. Appeasing the algorithm is the real challenge. I wonder if a hybrid schedule is feasible for you? Like maybe one long form to every four 10-15 min releases just as an example. Either way love the content -- hope to see a highlights reel of your trip.
With the seats...i would think you can jump a pin n the truck thinks someone is in it....but it works n stops the beeper wenu buckle up......gd luck....i got the same truck but 5-speed
Honestly, make them as long, as you feel is good for that video. I like longer videos, but only, if you only do a quick job, I'm also happy with a shorter video :)
Noted! It’s all about making sure the content is engaging, and I don’t like to draw out 5-10 videos on one build, I prefer to get as much done as possible
Also PLEASE post the video of the Road Trip I was assuming that would deff be a seperate video I just did the same thing as you I bought a 1998 Lexus GS300 and made a video fixing it up doing the AC repairs exc an went on a 2000 mile road trip over Memorial Day weekend and now it’s my daily and I sold my other daily bc this Lexus is deff the upgrade
Hey guy, I have an 05 tacoma just like yours but it’s stick shift. Would that cruise control work on my taco? Any information would be greatly appreciated.
@@MI-me3pt as far as I know, it would. The only thing that might be different would be a clutch/ brake switch, but for 20$ it’s worth the gamble buying the cruise switch in my opinion
why did u change the head gasket just cus it overheated i wouldve def did ur own diagnosis before going off what the dealer said or did u leave some of the diagnosis out of the video
@@dylanjk5946 it got hot enough that it tripped the 290* sensor code and melted the radiator, I was honestly surprised that the head wasn’t cracked or more internal damage, and the previous owner had said it overheated multiple times, and he “kept driving to get where he was going” so I figured better safe than sorry especially with the time limit I was on to get on the road. I didn’t want to have any issues 2000 miles from home
@@redlineranch. yea the compression test wasnt bad for a engine with 300k i wouldve at least wanted to do a leak down test but thats just me being lazy u just skipped the bs and now u know ur good
I noticed this tacoma for sale on local Facebook market place then all of asudden this video showed up in my recommendations lol I was wondering maybe u seen it there's a 2019 tacoma access cab sand color 44k miles salvage title for 22k I checked it out the frame is bent were the back bumper go's on it I put a deposit on it but after reading on the internet I guess it's a commen problem with these tacomas the frame bends when it gets rear-ended I wonder if it's even worth buying it for that much
@@kamryn7496 personally I’d never spend 20k+ on a salvage title Tacoma, people are asking outrageous numbers. My best advice for buying good deals on used cars/ trucks is patience, eventually a good deal will come up and if you have cash in hand you can usually get it.
@@redlineranch. yeah think I'm going to road trip to Arizona to buy one they are lower priced out there then in new mexico. You know if the 3.5L is better then old 4.0L wonder witch one would last longer 3.5L does make weird noises at idle
@@kamryn7496 from what I’ve personally experienced the 4.0 are great engines, had a 2010 taco with 585k on the original engine, one set of head gaskets done to it.
I prefer longer videos dude when I look for new car channels if they have short videos like only 10-20 mins I tend to skip them for another channel that has longer vids I’m sure others are the same way
I don't know why ask if we like long or short videos. Every youtuber does it and everyone is always evenly split on length of video..my point being just do what you want and stop trying to please everyone because you can't...half will always be unhappy so screw em.
