Marlin Crawler Inchworm Taco Box info and quick demo

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Hey and thanks for checking out my video! here is a quick little demo of the Marlin Crawler Taco Box I just installed. My crawl box is a bit of a hybrid from Marlin with an Inchworm case and adaptors and Marlin gears so I call it a Marlin Inchworm Taco Box.
Here I demo each of the gears from the FJ transfer case and the crawl box and then climb about an 18" ledge at idle to showcase the torque and traction provided by the crawl box.
Mini wall climb at 5:45
I did the install myself with the help of my dad at his shop in NC in March 2020. It was labor-intensive, but not terribly difficult to accomplish. It took a total of 2.5 days from the time the first wrench hit the truck to the time we called it done but could have been accomplished about a day sooner if we hadn't also been installing a heavy flywheel, performance clutch, and internal hydraulic slave cylinder. Overall, I freaking love having a crawl box and, after as much use as it gets, wouldn't go without it!
Total, the truck now has 28 gear options, 4 reverse speeds, and 24 forward and gear ratios of 1:1, 2.56:1, 4.7:1, and 12:1 an the transfer case. And many in-between combinations of ratios by selecting a different gear at the transmission. The current overall crawl ratio is 186.6:1 at the wheels with plans to improve that up to 215:1 in the future by re-gearing the differentials to 4.30 from the factory 3.73.
You can check out my build thread on TacomaWorld.com by clicking the link below for more information. There's a lot of BS but I try to keep the modifications all organized with links on the first post.
My build - www.tacomaworld.com/threads/h...

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@69ZZ502FLAGuy 3 года назад

Dude, I just "wasted" like 3 hrs thanks to you. :^ ) I watched your vid and then went to your Taco World page where you did a major write-up. Read it all - loved it! You spelled it all out so anyone interested can duplicate your mods with all the links to sites given. You're methodical and meticulous - Marine Corps trng, sir! Ooh rah! I'm a retired Navy guy ('07) and now working at a Naval Depot facility doing F-18 rework & other acft. I thoroughly enjoyed your vid & your TW writeup. Not sure exactly how that'll apply to my GX-470 and LX-470, but you had some pearls I picked up on. Thx!

@obamadontreadgood 3 года назад

I really appreciate the compliments! It's been a labor of love, both the write-ups and the truck. I got sick of hunting and digging for hard-to-find information and wanted my build thread to be a bit easier for others to navigate through the junk and BS to find valuable information. Glad you enjoyed it :D

@jbt7115 6 месяцев назад

Great info and set up!

@JoeMamazHouse 4 года назад

#Goals!! Great video buddy very informative.🤙

@obamadontreadgood 4 года назад

Matt TTC #0010 there's a stimulating stimulus check a'commin! 😜

@JoeMamazHouse 4 года назад

shade-tree pilot Right on!!!

@trevorj.8401 3 года назад

So many levers!!!!! that's so badass! I can't wait to put a taco box in my rig.

@obamadontreadgood 3 года назад

Honestly, knowing what I know now, it would have been one of the very first mods I made to the truck.

@trevorj.8401 3 года назад

@@obamadontreadgood yeah im getting ready to throw in some new ring and pinion gears and then get a taco box shortly after, need a lift kit too with bigger tires. It feels like they all gotta happen at the time almost lol

@obamadontreadgood 2 года назад

@@trevorj.8401 Manual or auto? What year?

@trevorj.8401 2 года назад

@@obamadontreadgood 2nd gen tacoma 2011 automatic.

@charliepuckett7385 4 года назад

Great info here. Thank you.

@obamadontreadgood 4 года назад

Thanks!

@scrappyweeman4952 4 года назад

I worked next door @ tobin hangar. I never knew your taco had the mods. I was wondering who was playing on the ledge whenever I saw the tire scuffs..

@obamadontreadgood 4 года назад

scrappyweeman haha yeah, that's all me. I should probably pressure wash those out. Next time you see the truck over there come by the office and say hey!

@greggomez1151 3 года назад

Bro, bad ass mod. I've been wanting to do this since I came across it. I noticed, maybe because you're manual, you didn't need to shift levers, then push any type of button. Did you bypass this with the FJ arm as well? I'm in a 2013 auto, so am curiois?? 2nd, did you mean S.A. Tx?? Thanks for the vid. Bad ass truck!!!

@obamadontreadgood 3 года назад

Thanks! It's a really fun mod. Completely changes the offroad game. I think you're talking about the ADD to engage the front differential that comes on Tacomas. I deleted the ADD when I installed the FJ transfer case replacing it with the solid FJ tube. Everything in my 4WD is mechanical, no failure-prone, plastic-gear-driven actuators to engage or disengage for 4WD to work for me. It goes in and out of 2/4WD, High/Low, and 1:1/4.7:1 with each of the three levers. And yea, I'm in SATX. You can see more of my build here ---> www.tacomaworld.com/threads/hoverlover%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cthere-are-many-like-it-but-this-one-is-mine%E2%80%9D-extra-long-title-bs-thread-and-build-too.545636/ Feel free to contact me there also if you want to see more of the truck. If you're local, we meet up monthly at Cars N Coffee, too.

@greggomez1151 3 года назад

@@obamadontreadgood bad out!!! I'd love to see that truck in person. I'm actually in New Braunfels, and work in S.A. so I may have to treat for lunch and "Taco-Talk" because my schedule never allowed me any meets with cars and coffee. Man thanks for responding, and hope to meet up sometime.

@RidedarkFc 10 месяцев назад

I wish Toyota had done this from the beginning. I’ve been having trouble with 4WD for a couple months now

@adautowerks3902 3 года назад

Love the build! question, did your FJ tcase come from a automatic or manual? Also is it necessary to get a Hurst shifter to clear the Triple shifter?

@obamadontreadgood 3 года назад

It came from an auto. I'm sure it can be done but you'll most likely need to cut a lot out of your center console as well as a lot of bending on the triple shifter. In the grand scheme of things, it's only a few hundred bucks more, it DOES drastically reduce shifter throw, and it does look pretty good even if chrome isn't your thing.

@toyotakurtis 4 года назад

Great video, I had a dual case setup in my 95 pickup. Loved having a twin stick. My stock transfer case and marlin crawler were top shifting. Does your triple stick have levers coming over transfer case to get the shifters that far forward? Does your triple stick get in the way of your transmission shifter? Also the FJ case, did you use the one from an Automatic ? Did you have to do any custom wiring? Did your speedo cable hook up to the FJ case? Thank you

@obamadontreadgood 4 года назад

I spent a lot of time measuring, removing, heating, bending, and repeating to get them to fit in the factory shifter location without hitting the trans shifter. It was a pain in the ass and took the better part of a day to do, but I got it exactly how I wanted it. Worth it! I did use an auto FJ case but I didn't have to deal with the speedo because my 2013 taco uses wheel speed sensors. As for custom wiring, not really, I just had to bypass the 4x4 ECU to get the lights on the dash, the ATRAC, and the factory locker to work properly.

@clooperman3745 2 года назад

@@obamadontreadgood Certainly makes a big difference, our tree surgeon has a Unimog 406, in lowest forward gear at tickover it covers about 80 yds in an hour! around 4000 to 1!!!!!!!!

@JamesMartin-lt8hx 3 года назад

So I have a 2012 but mine is a automatic but I want to do that same thing so are you saying you have to get a transfer case out of a fj cruiser if so what year mode and I was thinking of getting the trail gear crawl box

@obamadontreadgood 3 года назад

You don't need an FJ case to do this mod.

@terry1390 3 года назад

Can you do that a2021 Tacoma auto trans some how?

@obamadontreadgood 3 года назад

Yes MarlinCrawler has the info on their .com

@Andox741 2 года назад

Sup dude, aircraft mechanic here! Haha Would I be able to install the triple sticks without installing the crawl box yet? Do you think that would work since you’ve already gone through the process and seen the internals and what not. I have a 2011 Tacoma AC 6sp manual trans 4x4.

@obamadontreadgood 2 года назад

I don't think you could do that, at least not with the RADesigns sticks I used. I don't think it was be easy or practical to Frankenstein the triple shifter temporarily to make it work like that. There is good news though: if you do the FJ swap with the twin stick mod, and cut the hole in the floor for the shifter, the hardest part is pretty much over and the crawl box will just button up in between the trans and xfer case with the triple sticks when you do get it. I believe it's Trail Gear that has a double stick option for the FJ case that would work until you're ready for the crawl box.

@mountainslapstick6170 2 года назад

How hard was this to do? Do you have to do the dual stick or can you do a single? I have a 4.0 auto I want to do this too

@obamadontreadgood 2 года назад

It wasn't difficult at all, just time consuming. It can definitely be done by yourself over a weekend with the proper tools. You do not have to do the dual-stick mod but I would recommend switching over to the FJ transfer case and do the ADD delete up front if you're looking to add the crawl box, it just makes sense and it's a much better system than the Tacoma diff and xfer case. Those plastic gear driven actuators are prone to failure and cost more than a used FJ case to replace. When they do fail you're stuck in 2wd, 4hi, or 4low. That said, many have had good results sticking with the factory Tacoma transfer case.