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

I drive a lot too. I think I topped my truck off from under half 4 times this weekend....

 

Sounds about right, I'm trying to cut back but once it's dark and I'm bored I usually go find trails, or just explore backroads. I can pretty much get anywhere around here without getting within 5 miles of the highway.

 

201,580

Before and after

So much room


Green tow package fan clutch

New radiator w/ TRD cap

 

I can when the snows not 2+ feet deep.

I changed my oil 2 weeks ago and already have 1300 miles down.... gets spendy.

 

I need to change mine too pushing my usual limit for dino oil. About 5300mi now, need it to get warm soon so I can ride the motorcycle instead.

 

Anyone have a write up for carpet removal? The original was removed and more searching turned up nothing.

 

Where did you get the new radiator from?

 

Thanks! I think I'm still gonna just drop down to 32's and maybe gain a little bit of torque for DD, but at least I won't be expecting to have a ton better performance.

 

Having an issue with very low idle on cold startups at certain outdoor temps around 55-80 or so degrees. After about a minute or so everything pretty much works itself out and it runs fine. Wondering if anyone can help me out. Either direct me to the proper thred or if I should just make a new one.

 

OK I have checked for and fixed a couple vacuum leaks recently but will have to check for more. I can go way more in depth about this but wanted to know if I should start a new thred or not. (Sorry new here)

 

That's why I started here figured new thred would get lost.
I'll try to go a bit more in depth. When I start the truck in the morning before work or any time when it has been sitting for a while it will start and fire to about 1100 rpm or so and then immediately idle down (within a second) sometimes to about 350 rpm or sometimes it just flat out dies. Only way to keep it running is to give it a bit of gas. After about 30 seconds it stops and runs ALMOST normal but still sputters a bit. If it's colder than about 50 degrees out or so there is not much issue idles around 900. (Warmed up idle for my truck is about 1200)

 

They are supposed to stay short like that right

Put some new NAPA Sensatrac shocks on the rear of the 97 I just bought. It doesn't dribble like a basketball down the road now.

 

I de-baged my tailgate and Raptor-lined my bed. No pics cause I'm a looZER.

 

Alright will give those a shot when I get the time. Probably gonna start with looking for vacuum leaks first.
What's the best way to clean the MAF? Read about it before but don't recall.

 

Alright thanks will give some of this a shot when I get the chance

 

https://www.walmart.com/ip/CRC-Mass-Air-Flow-Sensor-Cleaner-9.5-oz/36755294

 

Local Walmart has it in Stock. Anyone actually used this stuff is it better to use than break clean or electronics cleaner?

 

I used it. It cleaned it. I would love to say that my Taco flew out of the driveway with a rainbow streaming out of its tailpipe afterwards, but it didn't. The benefit of the MAF cleaner is that it doesn't leave any residue, which a lot of other cleaners do.

 

Rock auto. Just correspond your existing radiator # to a denso one.

 

Or any of the other ones too, most of them are made by the same manufacturer.