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

I had my rear axle seals replaced a few months ago....

 

Yea..first LBJ bolts..then actualy LBJs.

and to think..i was gonna have all new seals in the new axle...hmm..

 

I seen those. That is an option but I would like to find something a tad bit different than the normal is possibly

 

4000 pages of 1st gen goodness... awww shucks

 

Looks good! Is the mesh just cut to fit then glued?

 

I feel like I've been here before...

 

This is how I feel with any new issue that comes up lately. Between torn cv boots, an ac compressor, belts, and locked up calipers I feel like I have been doing non stop fixing/maintenance.

 

Excuse my nasty old headlights, I have new ones now lol

 

This is so bad ass! I can't wait to get my own place some day

 

Same here...just replaced a CV boot, now a sway bar end link, bank 1 sensor 1 O2/Fuel sensor and new corner marker lights. What's next?

 

Well that's your problem, you still have your swaybar on!

 

Up at shop stripping cab, went to move the truck and she is spitting excessive water out exhaust 1st gen 3.4l since the rollover (real slow roll over mainly cab damage) drove fine the four five times I drove her up and down the street, and the many times I would warm it up in garage, let it run for 20-30 with some good revs.... Now start it up and seems to run fine, sounds fine but when I rev it, it spits water out the exhaust. Not just a lil bit but a good amount. Head gasket, head? Wasn't overheated that I know of. It's been at shop for two weeks and has been move in and out daily.

Suggestions, thoughts, tips anything helps at this point

I think my truck hates me now

 

soon. I have a barn with cattle scales in it. (Pretty cool to see old scales that still work.) The top of the scale is wood, and that area has PLENTY of head room in the top due to pulling in trailers. I'm thinking at least a two post.

 

No kidding...my 177,000 mile coils and leaf springs don't do much to keep the truck up right around corners. Even with the sway bar on I have a crazy amount of body roll. Once I upgrade in the fall or over the winter I'm going to try it with out the sway bar on. I'm thinking OME 883's and Dakar with the AAL in the back. I have a camper shell plus plywood sleeping platform and I frequently carry 9-10 scuba tanks that weigh 45 pounds each plus dive gear that's another 100-150 pounds. I'm still on the fence if I want a tube bumper or a plate bumper. Tube is lighter, but less protection...plate heavier, but more protection etc plus a winch, sliders and skids are on the list for the future as well. Oh yeah and then there's the aux gas tank.

 

Sounds to me like you need a tundra instead.

 

Go tube. If you were to get hit hard enough that it really mattered either will still result in your frame getting bent really bad. Ask me how I know..

 

Too big...maybe a T100 V8.

I'm leaning heavily in that direction. I have sliders on order and then the bumpers eventually. My next big mod to the truck is going to be a daily driver like an older Corolla or something.