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

more parts came in.. this time for the tundra brake swap. caliper rebuild kit and some tundra backing plates.

 

Started some wiring but ran out of connectors.

 

What sort of liquor are you using to complement your electrical work?

 

Oooh...now i want whiskey...fuck tequila....

 

Jack Daniels Single Barrel Select

 

So I set out to fix my fuel leak today.

Started by taking off the bumper (and a thanks to @Madjik_Man, I saw your recomendation in another thread for going through the license plate light holes) and my hitch since the hitch gets in the way of getting the bed off and it was trouble last time. Plus Toyota wouldn't do my spare tire carrier recall because it was in their way. I can get that done now. Overall, the rear bumper is very easy to get off.

Next the bed came off. Again. Twice in 6 months. im n Xpert @ it now. Dad stopped by and gave me a hand lifting it off. Then we started doing whatever we could. Cleaning the gasket, the metal, sanding it smooth, unbending a bent part. Nothing. Gas was still coming out from underneath the top of the fuel assembly. My buddy stopped by and the 3 of us paid a visit to Advance Auto. After a bit of comparison, we decided on Permatex MotoSeal. We applied that to both the top and bottom of the gasket. A while later, we test it out. So far, it's showing no signs of wetness!!! It seems I finally have my fuel leak problem solved.

I'll test it tomorrow, a bit more extensively. If it is showing leakage again, then we'll have to try again with more of it or try a different approach. If it still shows no signs of leakage, then I'll clear my fault code and run it through all the drive cycles to get the systems ready and see if that solved the issue. I'll be a bit lost if that somehow wasn't responsible for the code I've got. I'm really hoping (and imagining) it was. Please let me pass inspection now.

 

I could but it won't be as good as factory has it.

 

You could do a pretty close if not better job if you prep well. Factory Toyota paint is pretty weak, not hard to outclass.

 

Drive in ready

 

this. factory paint is far from being the best.

 

Gonna need some more plastic adhesive, I did get paint that has a little to much yellow in the code.

 

those wheels are growing on me. theyve kinda got a classic look to them. what are they? theyd look good in a gunmetal gray or bronze.

 

Hmm they say Eagle? And I think they're supposed to be chrome. Pretty dirty.

 

eagle alloy 118s maybe

 

Because all the threads I follow and this one has been dead, heres a little something from today.

DSC_0699.JPG by Harrison M, on Flickr

DSC_0695.JPG by Harrison M, on Flickr

Rest of the final pictures in my build.

 

Replaced headlights and installed Rola rack. I wanted to mount the rack directly to the tracks on the camper using carriage bolts but my tracks were too wide to accomplish this. Mounted to the bars does make it easier to take on and off if I ever want to...still trying to come up with a way to lower it without it costing me too much.

 

Your truck looks really clean with those new headlights.

 

Looks awesome with the new headlights. I've been thinking about doing the same. Which lights did you get and how do you like them so far?

 

Spent some time getting ready for bigger tires

 

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