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

as critical as timing i was thinking the samething

 

Yep. I went with this kit, which was all either genuine Toyota or OE manufacturer parts. Went in slick as snot and haven't had any trouble with it since.

 

i'd do it myself but im kinda afraid of moving the timing pulley's

 

Moving or removing? As long as you line up all the arrows and shit it's not a bad job. They all can be moved independently from each other. I didn't remove mine to replace the seals because mine looked fine.

 

i wont be removing them. i guess if theres a notch in the block for the arrows to line up with then i'll be ok.

 

Thanks I just measured the width of the bed and then found how tall it needed to be to clear cab and then decided how far over the cab I wanted it to go. The crossbars are spaced out 10 inches and I made it with 1 1/2 inch square tubing 1/8 thick.

 

I didn't remove mine. My seals weren't leaking, so I didn't bother.

As for the job, it isn't that complicated, just tedious and time consuming. I've never done engine work in my life before this year, and I did mine over the course of a weekend. Truck runs great. These engines are really easy to work on, lots of room, fairly intuitive. They're laid out the way you imagine an engine will be laid out, unlike a lot of the newer transaxle engines. Buy a Haynes manual, download the service manual, watch some YouTube videos, take it nice and slow, don't be afraid to stop everything and come on the board and ask stupid questions, you'll be fine.

 

Best way to find vacuum leak??? Have the same issue was thinking spray carb cleaner or something next to lines individually if I can't see any visible cracks/holes and see if idle changes???

 

That's is true these 5vz engines are amazingly simple to work on. I'll be doing this in a couple of weeks. When I have time from work

 

I leg day'd and got some lights, but didn't get the wiring

 

killing time Question:
I'm about to pay for spray the bedliner with Line-X , someone told me do it under the edges only , don't over the lap because looks ugly?
Is that true ?

 

Id paint the tops of the bed rails at least cause I use my bed

 

Over the lap? Do you mean up over the bed rails? Mine is sprayed over the top of the bed rails and about half an inch down the outside, and I don't think it looks ugly. I would just make sure they keep a perfectly straight edge when they mask it, because if it were ragged it would look like hell.

 

Yeah, that is what I tried to say over the bed rails....I think I will go that direction , thanks !

 

Thats what i did. Had to cut it 4-5 inches off of the length to make it fit.

 

Best picture I could find. Had it sprayed over the rail a little when I got the Line-X

 

Mine too. I like the look of the rubber on the box top rails.

 

I went a quarter inch over the rails, I think it lokoks really clean. Plus i actually use my bed so the added protection is a cool perk

 

It really does protect those bed side tops. I use my bed as saw horses all the time.

 

Exactly what I did, posted pics a few pages back