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

Yep.

 

Forgive my ignorance, what is an ES Stalk?

 

The stalk on the left side (blinkers) from an ES300.

 

I tested both battery and alternator both passed. Seen my terminals were a little f**ked up replaced them now I have 14.0-14.5

 

Does anyone know how to fix this hinge on the rear passenger door? Everytime I open this door the hinge travels down out of place. So if I try to close the door the latch hits the hinge so I have to push it up with my hand.

 

I don't see a hinge in the picture

 

Exact thing happened to my left rear door
Pain in the butt

I took the screwdriver to it
And hasn't happened since

I created a thread for it

 

T30 torx head driver. Tighten those screws.

 

Fucking autocorrect. Thanks.

 

Hinge, latch, whatever. No need to be a dick.

Oh hey, looks like we're in this together. Thanks for the tag @lotusichangedmyname

Thanks! I guess it'll tighten the latch back in place?

 

Is it the part on the inside that actually captures the ring on the body that's falling or just the entire mechanism coming out of place.

 

4 door 1G sluts are a special club

 

Hope this doesn't come out shitty, usually I draw on my phone not laptop.

The part in yellow is what blocks the door from closing. I can easily push it upwards with my finger in order to close the door, so its not a do or die thing but rather annoying when I need to open this rear door. The void in purple is where it should be closing.

 

Yeah so after three days of not opening rear door

It works fine now

I chalk it up to frigid 48F winter weather here that my slut didn't like due to her advanced age

 

#Represent

I see a 5vz swap in your forthcoming future.

 

Ssssshhhhhhh

I may or not may have emailed swap shop for cost on manual trans

 

Jon thanks for the info! I do have a pic of it let me know if it's similar to yours.

 

Whaaaa? Switch on the fly is just as good. You should see about any mods days over there in Cali, save a bit of coin.

So in your thread you never tightened the screws on the door? It just fixed itself or what?

 

I agree.

I've had 4, 1st gen Tacomas'. That is the normal temp position of the needle.
With that said, you should know that that gauge is notoriously know to be inaccurate. I run a scan gauge II in all my Toyotas because i don't trust the gauge. By the time the needle moves to hot zone, the damage is already done.

 

I just replaced my radiator and thermostat and loaded all new OEM coolant about nine months ago. That's about where my gauge sits when I'm at temp.