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

Your always getting thrown up on that page.......

 

Got my Rack and RTT mounted today.

 

Headed to Moab next Thursday, really ready to go.

 

Is that the small 12" kobalt/betterbuilt toolbox? If so, does it ever get in the way or inconvenient when loading the truck with anything big or bulky? Weatherproof? Good amount of space for tools, recovery, spare parts? And is it worth the price? Thanks man lol

 

Whose rack?

 

No its a full sized box, came from H&H Home & Truck Accessory. It has about four inches of space under it and has never got in the way, Yes its weather proof so far, all of my tools, air compressor and recovery gear fit in it, it was a gift so the price was good for me.

BAMF rack

 

Forgot to post last weekend that we got my bedside repaired, fiberglass had some damage from shipping, not too bad, but our first attempt at fixing didn't hold up. Tried again with some other stuff and it turned out great. Quite the pain in the butt getting the holes lined back up to the bed

No pic of the bed but I set my front fenders back on just to stare at it lol. Should be making more progress on it at the end of next week.

 

I installed a 4-foot fire stick, red TRD Mountain decal ,1.5 wheel spacers , and a Yakima bicycle carrier on my Yakima roof rack all within the last couple weeks .

 

Looks good man

 

Thanks , I have spent way too much money on my truck in the last month

 

Looking good. I forget, which LT kit did you go with again?

 

Total Chaos.

 

Just changed my U-Joints. It wasn't as tough as I was expecting. I just dropped the whole drive shaft and did one end at a time. I used the balljoint press from advanced auto. It was a little tough to keep the press oriented correctly since the yolks are not flat. I also had to file some edges to get rid of burs.

It eliminated a driveline noise that I have had for a long time. There was no noticeable play in the joints before removing them, but once I had the whole shaft out I could tell there were some rough spots in the bearings. Shifting from D to R is move smoother now and less jerky.

 

Can anyone give me the part number for the spark plug tube gaskets? I'm not sure what they're called and I'm having no luck on the camelback Web site.

TIA

 

Total Chaos

 

Had to put my Shackles back on to get the rake I wanted after loading all my gear and RTT.

 

That's a TG rear bumper right?

Did you have to remove the bumper to move the shackle bolt? I've got my bolts facing the other way so I can adjust them without having to remove the bumper.

 

Finally wired up my winch tonight. Now I know why everyone says to do it before installing the ARB font bumper, it was a total PITA...

 

If you haven't bought the valve cover gaskets yet, just buy the Stone gasket kit on Amazon. It's made in Japan and comes with all the stuff needed minus the FIPG sealer. It's also a lot cheaper than Toyotas piece meal deal

 

Let it beat me up again. Lower control arm bolt is fused to Coil Over adapter and will not come out. Ground off bolt head to punch it through other way and no dice. Going to try and get sawzall in there tomorrow, if that doesn't work LCA is coming off with CO for rebuild.