What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

Looks great man, like the bumper and sliders.

Got some goodies ordered for my tacoma should be here next week

 

What gear oil did you go with? Did you replace the tranny (manual) oil too? Thanks.

 

you make all that yourself?? Some damn nice work on that bumper and skidplate.

 

Yup! 100% Kent made! Thanks!

 

This is sweet, we need to have a Co meet so I can see this!

 

In the middle of the led 3rd brake light install and got the old one off now the question is, what the hell do I screw the new one into to hold it in place can someone help???

 

You have to drop head liner and everything

 

I didn't have to I got it.

 

Gonna go with you only removed the lense lol with the two phillips screws.... There's two bolts that hold the actual light assembly onto the cab you don't have to completely remove the headliner cause I was able to bend mine down to reach the bolts when I ran my cb

 

had the ac recharged

 

Who has added a tranny cooler to their auto tacos? Was it worth it? My transmission grts really hot here drving in the sand I just dont know how much a dedicated tranny cooler will do

 

Mobil 1 75-90 on the rear diff and transfer case, I haven't done the tranny oil yet, and haven't done the front diff because its leaking

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...r-4454-for-1st-gen-tacos-and-4runners.322279/

Maybe this might help. I haven't read through the thread yet. I just saw it in a buddies build.

 

Oil change done (switched to Mobil 1), d-ring tie downs in the back of the bed, and Seafoam-ed the engine - not near as spectacular as the youtube videos I'm sure you've seen - but it did smoke enough that I stood out in the open, away from the truck both to keep out of the smoke and to let anyone watching the white clouds of smoke see that I wasn't concerned.

 

Thank you

 

So, I had it for sale, and was planning on moving to the dark side, and purchasing a bigger truck. That has changed. I have now started looking for an engine swap. @Blackdawg , what do you think about a 2jz swap? hahaha. I saw your posts from years ago on a supra site.

I found a motor, with a w58 transmission already attached! Kinda salty, but cheaper than a new truck....

I have the 2.7l I4, which I *think* has the the w58 transmission, is that correct? If so, would that mean I could simply pull my motor, install that one with a custom harness, and other odds and ends and my 4wheel drive would work correctly?

 

Ordered a timing belt/waterpump kit on ebay with accessory belts as well as the idler for the ac belt. Maintenance mods are the least fun ways to spend monies. Probably also going to order new lower shock mount bolts and the marlin crawler rear diff plate from low range.

 

No more braces

 

Looks great buddy

 

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