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

Fame and Glory and the adoration of your fan base.

 

Yep, Did my balljoints when I did my lift and I haven't worried about them since, and I'm currently in the process of doing my timing belt/water pump, PO didn't change it at all so i have 140K with OE belt and WP.

 

Another option is to upload to a site like Imgur and then you can use the insert image button on here which just puts the URL of the picture into some brackets "" like that. Or imgur already lets you copy the image URL with the tags already in it.

 

Not sure if the '03 5VZ-FE V6 is set up like the '00 but if you have never done this before let me give you a small tip: If you decide to replace the hydraulic timing belt tensioner, you will need to unattach the A/C compressor from the mounting bracket and push it to the side (leave it attached to the hoses) and then completely remove the A/C compressor engine mount bracket. That's the only way to get the the two bolts holding the hydraulic t-belt tensioner.
I had a friend help me with my t-belt/water pump replacement and this was probably the hardest part of the entire repair.

With 140,000 miles on it you can probably reuse the hydraulic t-belt tensioner for another 100,000 miles though... I had my factory hydraulic tensioner on my Tacoma for 240,000 before I decided to replace it... It's not a cheap part since they go for as little as $100 (Gates brand) but it's an important part since it is what keeps tension on the t-belt.

Good luck!

 

Do you have the tapatalk app? If not get it. I can access like 3 forums at once on mine.

 

Upload from phone to your gallery. Then click on the camera button to see all pics while weighting a post. Then just click on one and poof...it's in the post. Magic.

 

I don't see how people like tapatalk. Or mobile version of tw. I'm on my phone all the time and I just used the desktop version. So much easier to navigate IMO.

 

I agree with you on Tapatalk, it is a jack of all trades but a master of none. It just feels broken and quite often double posts or just plain doesn't update and then I'm behind on what I was following or commenting on. However mobile TW works nicely and updates lightening fast and I can switch to desktop mode if I absolutely have to.

 

I upload to youtube then copy/paste the URL into the post.

 

I like the desktop mode on my phone..very simple to use

 

https://youtu.be/2STamyYGyWY

Click for smoke show

 

and a trail down the road after

 

I got rid of tapatalk and now I just use the mobile version unless I'm at a computer

 

I never had issues with tapa? Great for having all my forums in one spot and uploading images/moments on the fly.

 

I had issues....that and my thumbs are too fat for my phone. So, I typically only get on at work. Sometimes I'll fire up the ipad, but that is only if I need info immediately.

 

It certainly works, but it just plain feels clunky and is less feature rich than the free web mobile interface.

 

Tapatalk is a learning curve but once you figure out your way around it is a nice tool to have to keep all your forums accessible in one place. I'm sure I'm not the only one here but I am a member of several forums and even though I have them all bookmarked in my PC and much prefer to interact via PC, Tapatalk makes life much simpler when you are on the go.

 

Y'all need to quit talking about tapafluck and watch my seafoam smoke show! Lol

 

https://youtu.be/wVOa3xhl0bg

 

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